Caught under sanctions, Gennady Timchenko handed over to his daughter Photo: RIA Novosti The old acquaintance of the Russian president, Gennady Timchenko, a former co -owner of the Gunvor oil oil industry, was under American sanctions in 2014, got rid of many of his assets.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has apologized to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for the incident with the civil aircraft of the Belavia airline. This is reported by the agency BELTA. During a telephone conversation, Poroshenko noted that the perpetrators were punished. The heads of state agreed that the relevant services would soon hold consultations on security cooperation to prevent such incidents.

People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko during a meeting of the Podolsky District Court of Kyiv accused the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Igor Plotnitsky "of terrorism, capture and kidnapping." This is reported by Interfax. Savchenko also accused him of her kidnapping. “It was planned, coordinated and carried out by him, including an action of kidnapping. And this is not allowed even in the conduct of war, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.

President-elect Donald Trump and incumbent President Barack Obama met at the White House. It is reported by Reuters. It is reported that during the conversation, issues of foreign and domestic policy were discussed. Barack Obama noted that he had a "wonderful conversation" with the billionaire. He promised Trump to do everything possible so that he could successfully complete the tasks before him.

"New Gazeta" asked Muscovites what they expect from Donald Trump Gleb Limansky, Anastasia Shablinskaya

The State Duma plans to increase the number of assistants to deputies and members of the Federation Council from five to seven. About this writes "Gazeta.Ru" with reference to sources. We are talking about assistants in the regions from which the deputies were elected. The number of those who work directly in parliament will remain the same - two people. The corresponding bill will soon be submitted to the State Duma, the publication clarifies.

The reaction of German politicians on the 45th president of the United States Photo: EPA Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the presidential race shocked not only the American establishment. The leading German politicians on the eve of the voting day expressed confidence in the celebration of common sense over frank populism, often not stinting on derogatory epithets addressed to the shocking billionaire-candidate.

What is known about the detention of "Ukrainian saboteurs" Photo: TASS The FSB announced the detention in Sevastopol of Ukrainian saboteurs who planned to arrange a series of explosions in the Crimea. In Kyiv, statements by Russian special services are called fiction. Who is right?

The European Union plans to extend sanctions against Russia in December. It is reported by Reuters with reference to five diplomats. “The expansion should happen in December. Nothing has changed in Ukraine, so there is no reason not to renew them, ”said one of the agency’s interlocutors. It is noted that the extension of sanctions is planned before the assumption of the office of US President Donald Trump in January, since then the process may become more complicated.

US stores mistakenly put on sale a copy of the weekly Newsweek magazine with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the cover and the headline "Madame President." about it . writes The New York Post Only 17 people managed to buy a fresh issue of the magazine. A total of 125,000 copies were printed. It is noted that the distributor company Topix Media is to blame for the error.

Levada Center director Lev Gudkov explains The vast majority of polls favored Hillary Clinton. This mistake found wide resonance in Russia. After all, we also had elections not so long ago, as a result of which United Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party received noticeably more votes than the polls gave. In this regard, a hypothesis arose: some of the respondents are simply embarrassed by their real preferences.

Anti-virus software manufacturer Kaspersky Lab is going to file a complaint against Microsoft not only with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, but also with the European Commission. It is reported by TASS.

The Department of History of Novaya Gazeta represents Frame YouTube Transcript - This lecture, of course, is inspired by the events of the recent past. And at the same time, time came to her, because from that congress of the Russian abroad 90 years have passed to this day, and this is in some way the anniversary date, and it is worth recalling it. This congress is well forgotten in our Russian life.

The head of the UN humanitarian mission in Syria, J. Egland, asked the Ministry of Defense to increase the duration of the "humanitarian pauses" in Aleppo. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov. “On November 7, our representative in Geneva actually received a letter from Mr. Egland, which contains another request to increase the duration of future humanitarian pauses in Aleppo.

The protest of the white working class, the inhabitants of the outback and the outskirts, who got tired of the Washington rules Barack Obama was one of the first to congratulate Donald Trump. The conversation of the 44th president with the one who will become the 45th in January took place at 3:30 am. Obama invited Trump to a meeting at the White House and promised that his team would ensure a "smooth" transition of power to people from a future Trump administration.