Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed on Monday, December 4, during violent clashes with the Houthis, Al Arabiya TV channel reports , citing sources in the Yemeni People's Congress Party. The video shows Saleh lying on a blanket, surrounded by militias celebrating his death, which appears to have come from a gunshot wound to the head, the channel said. Earlier, the militias blew up Saleh's house in the center of the capital.

North Korea made a successful launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile. The country with a totalitarian regime burst into the club of nuclear powers Photo: kcna.kp The day of November 28, 2017 has every reason to go down in the history of international relations. On this day, North Korea tested the new rocket-“Shzason-15”. Runned vertically, it reached a height of almost 4500 km.

The State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations unanimously supported a draft resolution banning American media journalists recognized as foreign agents from visiting the lower house of parliament, Interfax reports . It is planned that the question will be considered by the Duma at the plenary session on 6 December. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the deputies' proposal to ban the admission of representatives of a number of American media.

The prosecution considered the guilt of the former Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev in receiving a bribe of $ 2 million from the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, fully proven. Prosecutor Boris Neporozhny during the debate requested from the court for Ulyukaev 10 years in prison with a sentence in a strict regime colony, RBC reports . In addition to the term of imprisonment, the prosecutor asks to fine the former minister for 500 million rubles.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed to analyze the report of Roscosmos on the reasons for the loss of the Fregat upper stage with satellites, which did not enter the desired orbit after the launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The prime minister stated the need to "submit proposals on how to rectify the situation, and on who will answer for this, of course, " Interfax reports .

An unusual performance in Vilnius: migrants from Russia and other countries tell on the stage of the Lithuanian drama theater about their ordeals Photo: Teatras.lt / Dmitrij Matvejev Director Mantas Yangchauskas and his creative group decided on a bold experiment. They persuaded their heroes - not actors, but people of other callings and professions - regularly, twice a month, talk about themselves right on the stage. Five heroes are united only by the fact that they are all migrants.

The Central Bank of Russia revoked the license from Eurostandard, whose business "was focused on conducting" shadow "currency exchange transactions that were not reflected in accounting and reporting," the Central Bank said in a statement . In November, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation discovered the theft of a large sum from the cash desk of Eurostandard.

Sberbank of Russia erroneously reduced the balance of the accounts of some of its customers' cards. They promise to restore the balance within five working days, Interfax reports . On November 30, Sberbank customers experienced difficulties with certain card transactions. The failure was promptly corrected. The last time a significant failure in the bank's cards occurred in June. At that time, some customers could not pay with cards at retail outlets.

The company provided illegal long-distance and international communication services. The service was used, including by telephone terrorists, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs . “For several years, attackers have been operating on the territory of the Moscow region, as well as in the Yaroslavl, Kaluga regions, Krasnodar and Altai regions, providing their customers with long-distance and international communication services,” said Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk.

The case of the former Minister of Economy Ulyukaev, from the point of view of the historian of the special services of Nikita Petrov Photo: kavkazr.com NT: *The Ulyukaev case made a lot of noise thanks to the role that the 6th management of the FSB played in this matter. In fact, it turns out that the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin “privatized” the whole management of the FSB in his interests in order to carry out such operations.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appealed to President Vladimir Putin with a request to grant the status of "sole executors" to 12 organizations so that they can start working without holding competitions. These organizations should be engaged in the construction, repair and reconstruction of special purpose facilities. In 2018-2027, about 1 trillion rubles will be allocated for these purposes, Kommersant writes .

Unidentified people blocked the Ukrainian TV channel NewsOne on December 3. A truck with sacks, from which barricades were made, drove up to the territory of the canal. The entrance to the canal building was blocked with barbed wire.

Starting December 11, US consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok will resume issuing visas to Russian citizens. This is reported by Kommersant , referring to the words of the US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, John Huntsman. US diplomatic missions in Russian regions stopped issuing visas in August following a diplomatic conflict between Russia and the US.

On December 4, during the debate at the trial of the ex-Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev, the accused asked the court to acquit him and send materials to the Investigative Committee for verification in relation to the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin on the grounds of a deliberately false slander and in relation to operational employees on signs of bribe provocation. It is reported by Mediazona .

Ivan Tkachev, who headed the division in July 2016, may leave it. The option of appointing Tkachev to serve in one of the regional FSB is being considered. The former head of the 6th service of the FSB’s own security department, a longtime associate of General Oleg Feoktistov , Ivan Tkachev, has too many ill-wishers in Lubyanka, told NT two sources in the law enforcement system . Tkachev is still a colonel, notes one of the interlocutors, implying that in his position he should be a general.