Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a press conference for journalists from five TV channels. The conversation was about the economy, social problems, relations with the United States and the opposition within the country. According to Medvedev, economic growth of 2% is not stagnation. At the same time, growth has not reached the “ceiling”.

list of the 50 most influential people in business in 2017 Russian trolls are included in Bloomberg's . The compilers of the list explained this by the interference of trolls in the political processes in the United States. The scale of the intervention remains to be seen, Bloomberg notes. The agency points to hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been spent promoting political ads on Facebook created by troll bosses.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, where the trial is underway in the case of ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, could read out the testimony of the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. But for this, Ulyukaev should have had the opportunity to challenge them, and the accused did not have it. So in its decision the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation explained the fact that the testimony of a key witness was not read out in the court of first instance, RBC reports .

The threat of new US sanctions has made proximity to Russian President Vladimir Putin a toxic asset for some of Russia's richest people, writes Reuters . Interlocutors of the publication in business and political circles spoke about the atmosphere of fear and anxiety among businessmen who are afraid of being blacklisted by the United States. “The situation is suspended. They recognize you as close to Putin - try to prove that this is not so.

At the age of 87, military test pilot first class Marina Popovich died, TASS reports on Thursday, November 30 . Popovich was the first woman to break the sound barrier. The test pilot mastered more than 40 types of aircraft and helicopters. Popovich has 102 aviation world records. She is also an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Doctor of Technical Sciences and a member of the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation.

"An important trend of the outgoing year is increasing attention to the personality" On December 12, a presentation of the annual Award of the Open Russia “Profession - Journalist” will be held in Tallinn. The prize is awarded for the second time, and I am very glad that this story continues to live. As last year, the Expert Council of the Prize selected from the work sent to the competition (and this year the number of work sent increased by a third), a short list of finalists.

Russian Prime Minister answered questions from journalists of five television channels Concluding the meeting, Medvedev congratulated everyone on the upcoming New Year. 13:38 The government was able to respond to challenges - low oil prices and sanctions? “As they managed, let the citizens of our country evaluate, but it seems to me that our actions were correct,” Medvedev answered. 13:35 Fishman asks about Alexei Navalny and the investigation of the FBK about Medvedev.

Former employees of the central office and a subsidiary of the company stole 300 million rubles, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs . They were arrested and taken into custody. “The attackers produced forged documents, according to which the subsidiary company had fictitious accounts payable in the amount of 3.2 billion rubles. in front of an organization controlled by the defendants.

Representatives of the congress of independent deputies of Moscow presented the draft new law on local self -government.

Alina Zhestovskaya became the head of Ksenia Sobchak’s headquarters in Yaroslavl, who in 2015 in Perm initiated an action for the manufacture and sale of voodoo dolls depicting the then US presidents Barack Obama and Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. So she fought with what is happening on the Maidan in Kyiv. “Alina Zhestovskaya became the head of Ksenia Sobchak’s headquarters in Yaroslavl ...

As a result of the rupture of the heating main in Moscow, which occurred on the evening of November 29, 8 people were injured, and 5 of them were hospitalized, Interfax reports . “The condition of a 36-year-old man, who is in City Clinical Hospital No. 36, is assessed by doctors as extremely serious. The victim has serious burns to the head, torso, upper and lower extremities," the source said. The condition of two more men who are in the burn department of the Research Institute.

The most interesting and resonant statements by the prime minister in an interview with five television channels Photo: government.ru About Navalny and his film “He is on Dimon”: I will not comment on the wraps “The more you comment on all kinds of discharge, the better they are. I did not sue, so as not to promote these citizens. I will not create additional advertising to them. But the people who are covered by these films have the right to defense, and there are already court decisions.

Nikolai Lyaskin resigned as head of the Moscow headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny. From Monday his place will be taken by Sergey Boyko. Lyaskin reported this on Facebook. “This is a mutual decision: mine and the federal headquarters. We are preparing and launching a new large and important project, which I simply would not be physically able to combine work on and at the same time manage the Moscow headquarters.

All purchases by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the FSB, and the Foreign Intelligence Service will be conducted behind closed doors until July 1, 2018. This decision was made by the Russian government, Vedomosti reports. In some cases, state-owned companies will be able to hide information about their contractors.

The UN Security Council at an emergency meeting discussed the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea . US Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Haley proposed to deprive the DPRK of all the rights and privileges of a member of the organization. Hailey said it was time for all countries to completely cut ties with the DPRK. According to her, the United States does not seek military confrontation, but issued a warning to Pyongyang.