Text broadcast from the interrogation of the Navalny brothers

The activity of currency speculators since the beginning of 2014 has had about 8-10% of the impact of the depreciation of the ruble, according to a report on monetary policy, which was published today by the Bank of Russia. “The contribution of the speculative motive to the weakening of the ruble since the beginning of the year <...> is, according to our estimates, about 8–10 percentage points,” the document says.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the need to enter new sales markets and called on people to stop relying on Russia, addressing representatives of local authorities. “We cannot always pray for Russia alone, even though it is a brotherly country to us. Because, you see, this one market collapsed and we flew after. Yes, we once sold 85% to the Russian market, today it is already 40-45%,” quotes the head of the Republic of Belarus.

Tiger Ustin, released as part of the presidential program, returned from China to his homeland Tiger Ustin, released as part of the presidential program, returned from China to his homeland Ustin, a tiger of a non -sorcerer's temper from the Putin cohort, successfully kept the Chinese Tarabarovs of the island for a whole month, yesterday returned to Russian territory. The young tiger was released in June in Jewish autonomy as part of the Presidential Tigrine program and soon went on wanderings.

Chechnya: Protect those who defend the right The events of the past week have shown that the Russian Constitution does not actually operate in the Chechen Republic, and those who demand that the law be observed are in immediate danger. On December 4, 2014, a group of militants attacked Grozny, killing or injuring dozens of policemen.

Mayoral elections are gradually being canceled even where they promised to keep them - contrary to public opinion Over the weekend, Krasnodar Territory Governor Alexander Tkachev vowed to abolish the election of heads of administrations because residents are "tired" of voting and the regional budget incurs "significant costs" due to election campaigns. And last week, on Constitution Day, December 12, the mayoral elections in Yaroslavl, who resisted to the last, were canceled.

During trading on the Moscow Exchange at 19:08, the euro rose to 78.5 rubles, the dollar - up to 63.1 rubles, according to Slon. Thus, according to the data at 18:52, the euro exchange rate per day increased by 6 rubles, the dollar - by 4 rubles. Compared to the close of trading on Friday, December 12, the value of the Russian currency today fell by more than 7%. A few minutes later, the maximum value dropped.

Professor Andrei Zubov announces a lecture on December 17, which Anatoly Razumov will read - historian, archaeologist, head of the Returned Names Center for the Russian National Library

"Free the love!" - this is the name of the film about people separated by prison. All of his heroes went to jail due to the imperfection of the legislative and judicial systems. The innocence of many of them has been proven, or the articles under which they were convicted are no longer considered crimes.

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is in the Moscow pre-trial detention center "Pechatniki", went on a hunger strike, as the girl's lawyer Mark Feigin wrote on his Twitter. The defender told Slon that Savchenko has health problems (one ear hurts, the other cannot hear). The girl insists that an otolaryngologist be allowed to see her.

The interrogation of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, accused in the Yves Rocher case, took place in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow. This part of the meeting is the final one. As Navalny's lawyer Vadim Kobzev told Novaya Gazeta, the case is in the final stage, after the interrogation of the defendants, the stage of additions to the judicial investigation remains. According to the lawyer, it will end today, December 15th.

The authorities of St. Petersburg will spend about 2.5 million rubles on corporate parties of prosecutors and security officers The authorities of St. Petersburg will spend about 2.5 million rubles on corporate parties of prosecutors and security officers On December 19, employees of the FSB, FSO and SVR, and on January 14, employees of the prosecutor's office in the closed government residence of Smolny "K-2" on Krestovsky Island will celebrate their professional holidays.

Gasoline prices in Moscow have fallen. AI-92 became cheaper by 31 kopecks/l, AI-95 — by 26 kopecks/l. According to Interfax , now the average cost of AI-92 is 33.08 rubles per liter, AI-95 - 35.96 rubles per liter. Last week, President Putin expressed bewilderment at rising gasoline prices. FAS, in turn, informed the Russian oil companies that their gasoline prices do not correspond to the market situation.

21:35 The police confirmed: Monis was killed. In addition, there is data on the death of another, now former, hostage. He died in the hospital: according to preliminary data, due to a heart attack. Thus, as a result of today's events in Sydney, two civilians died, five people, including police officers, were wounded, a terrorist is killed.

The Russian ambassadors were summoned to the Danish and Swedish Foreign Ministries after Saturday's incident with a military aircraft in Swedish airspace. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Danish and Swedish media. Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said that what happened endangered the lives of civilians, which is completely unreasonable.