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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace Rex Tillerson as head of the US State Department, according to the New York Times on Thursday, November 30, citing a source in the presidential administration. The place of head of the CIA can be taken by Republican Senator from Arkansas Tom Cotton, who is Trump's "key ally" on national security issues. Cotton has not yet received an offer, but he is ready to head the CIA, according to NYT sources.

OPEC countries have agreed to extend the deal to limit oil production until the end of 2018, Interfax reports . The OPEC+ meeting is taking place in Vienna to discuss the extension of the deal to reduce oil production after March 2018. Saudi Arabia supports an extension of the OPEC+ deal to cut oil production, Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said. The heads of the oil departments of Iran and Iraq also noted that they are in favor of extending the agreement until the end of next year.

The second half of May has the Japanese Prime Minister and the French president have meetings with Putin at the invitation of Putin The Kremlin is trying in every possible way to observe seriousness in the presidential election. He even removes information about Putin's meetings with the leaders of other states after the inauguration in May 2018.

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 .