Vladimir Kekhman resigned as general director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater and became the artistic director of this theater, Kommersant reports on Saturday, December 2 . The chief director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater is officially Vyacheslav Starodubtsev. According to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, until June 2018 the theater will work without a general director.

reports on Saturday, December 2 As early as Wednesday, December 6, US President Donald Trump may announce that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, The New York Times . However, the US embassy will remain in Tel Aviv for the time being. Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was Trump's campaign promise.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian Prosecutor General's Office to check how the legislation in the field of citizens' rights to peaceful assembly operates, follows from a document published on Saturday, December 2, on the Kremlin website . Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika is due to submit a report to the president by February 15.

reports on Saturday, December 2, on his Facebook . The police came to the campaign headquarters of Ksenia Sobchak in St. Petersburg on Ryleeva Street, activist Vadim Sukhodolsky Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came two hours before the opening of the headquarters.

The Senate approved a bill on the largest tax reform in the United States since 1980, according to Saturday, December 2, BBC . The document passed in the Senate with a minimal result: 51 senators voted "for", 49 "against". Tax reform was one of Donald Trump's top campaign promises. It is supposed to strengthen the American economy. Democrats criticized the bill for giving too much indulgence to the wealthy.

Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn was accused of deceit of the FBI of the United States The former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump Michael Flynn was charged with intentionally giving the FBI for his contacts with the officials of Russia. Flynn threatens up to five years in prison and a fine of $ 250 thousand. Accusations to Michael Flynn on Friday, December 1, Robert Müller was presented in the Federal Court of County of Colombia.

In Prague, at least four people died after the collapse of a pedestrian bridge across the Vltava, according to Saturday, December 2, "Echo of Moscow" . The bridge is a 250-meter structure. Now people are being searched under the rubble. Water athletes and a helicopter are involved. River communication was interrupted in the emergency area. The City Council of Prague has been convened for an emergency meeting. The bridge was built in 1984.

Supporters of the American project to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East “bragged” after the election of US President Donald Trump that their project, which involves lifting sanctions on a Russian company, has support in the White House, Reuters reports on Saturday, December 2, citing unpublished documents . . The project involved the participation of the Russian company OAO United Machine-Building Plants, which specializes in the production of nuclear equipment.