The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released an official commentary on the resumption of the issuance of US visas in the regions of the Russian Federation. The Foreign Ministry positively assesses this step, but expresses regret that, in fact, visa services will continue to be carried out only to a limited extent.

Mikhail Saakashvili calls on supporters to reach the Maidan and demands the resignation of the President of Ukraine Photo: ru.tsn.ua On December 5, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine came to the Kyiv apartment of the leader of the Rukh of the New Forces, the former President of Georgia and the ex-governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili. They had to hack the door to the room.

Update: The fire has been contained. There were no casualties. In the Perm Territory, a fire started in the colony "White Swan". According to eyewitnesses, three buildings were engulfed in fire: a store, a headquarters and a canteen. No casualties have been reported yet, the portal 59.ru reports . The fire broke out on the roof, there are no reports of casualties.

The volunteer forum, where Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive on Wednesday, December 6, is an ideal platform for announcing the nomination, say NT interlocutors close to the Kremlin. It is important for Putin to make an announcement about participation in the elections in the environment of young people. In this way, the theme of the future development of the country can be supported.

In Kiev, law enforcement officers are conducting a search in the apartment of Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the Movement of New Forces, according to the 112 Ukraine TV channel . Investigative actions are taking place within the framework of criminal proceedings, which do not concern the possible expulsion of Saakashvili from Ukraine, the report says. Representatives of the rescue service, police, ambulance are on duty near the house. Saakashvili himself climbed onto the roof of the house.

Wealthy Russians, facing personal US sanctions, have come up with the idea of ​​issuing special bonds with which they could return money to Russia, Reuters reports . According to agency sources, bonds issued in foreign currency will have a higher yield than bank rates. At the same time, their owners will be able to remain anonymous. The Ministry of Finance refused to officially comment on this information.

The Kremlin examines two scenarios of Vladimir Putin's nomination to the president. According to the first, he will announce his decision at the Volunteer forum on December 6. The "late" scenario involves the nomination only in two weeks Photo: kremlin.ru Nobody doubts the fact that Putin will nominate the presidency in the coming days in the Kremlin. Putin has no reason to leave the current post, says a senior interlocutor in the presidential administration.

Photo: Eastnews/Mauritius As if elections. 10 years ago, The New Times has published an investigation into its correspondent Natalia Moral about the “black” scheme for financing parties participating in the parliamentary race on December 2, 2007. Control over the financial flows of the election campaign is one of the factors that ensured the victory of the party in power.

Updated: According to NewsOne TV channel , Mikheil Saakashvili was detained and taken out of the building. Downstairs he was met by a crowd of local residents and journalists. In Kiev, law enforcement officers are conducting a search in the apartment of Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the Movement of New Forces, according to the 112 Ukraine TV channel .

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Tom Kent commented on the inclusion of several information projects of the corporation in the list of foreign agents in Russia. Kent stressed that the organization's activities in Russia may be subject to even greater restrictions, but the journalists are not going to stop working. “We will closely monitor all reports from the Ministry of Justice and other Russian authorities regarding our company.

Ksenia Sobchak plans to create a political party after the 2018 presidential election, she said on the air of Dozhd . “My role is a person who, having shown a certain result with the line “against all”, can then form a large movement, a party, which can then participate in the Duma elections. A movement that hasn’t been in Russia for so long,” Sobchak said. On November 15, Sobchak announced that she would go to the polls from the Civil Initiative party.

Sogaz Insurance Company won a tender for insurance of military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces in 2018-2019 worth 11.2 billion rubles. In additional documentation for the notice of the competition, data on the number of dead military personnel were published, Vedomosti writes . According to these data, 630 servicemen of the Ministry of Defense died in 2012, 596 in 2013, 790 in 2014, and 626 in 2015.

The next real term was given in St. Petersburg to the activist for the VKontakte post with criticizing the system established by Putin.

A criminal case has been initiated against the head of the Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Lieutenant General Pyotr Grishin and his Deputy Police Colonel Oleg Mazur. They are suspected of financial abuse during state purchases of equipment for the needs of the center. Searches are being carried out in the offices and apartments of Grishin and Mazur, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs , Irina Volk.

has The Washington Post received a police report describing the final days of former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin. Lesin spent them in Washington, where he drank a lot of alcohol. The report says that Lesin drank from the moment he checked into the Four Seasons hotel on November 2, 2015, until he was found dead three days later in the penthouse of the Dupont Circle Hotel. November 3 at 13:45 Lesin met a friend at the hotel.