In the court in the case of the murder of Nemtsov, his close friends Yashin and Ryklin were interrogated In the court in the case of the murder of Nemtsov, his close friends Yashin and Ryklin were interrogated, and also announced the testimony of the only witness - Anna Duritskaya This week, the process in the Moscow District Military Court in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov began with losses - one of the main jurors was left.

Russian border guards detained Ukrainian servicemen on the border with Ukraine in the Rostov region, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional FSB border guard. Former border guard Oleg Danilyuk and soldier Bogdan Belozerov admitted that they deserted. One was detained in the Tarasovsky district of the Rostov region, the other in the Chertkovsky district. Danilyuk, a native of Zhytomyr, was mobilized into the border troops in January 2015.

The Embassy of Benin confirmed the seizure of a ship with Russians on board by pirates, reports . TASS “Citizens of Ukraine and Russia are indeed on the ship. According to various estimates, up to four Russians can be on board the ship,” said Ambassador Aniset Gabriel Kochofa. He noted that the ship was outside the territorial waters of Benin. According to Kochof, the Russians should be released when the ship returns to Benin waters.

The State Duma approved in the second and third, final readings a bill on strengthening criminal liability for law enforcement agencies for the illegal prosecution of entrepreneurs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation, the reported . Kremlin press service The report notes that the telephone conversations took place on the initiative of the Turkish side.

The owners of alcohol stores in Chechnya voluntarily renounced their licenses for the sale of alcohol, Magomed Mustafinov, director of the department of economics, trade and consumer market of the Ministry of Economic and Territorial Development of the Republic, said in a conversation with Kavkaz.Realii. According to the official, in this way all the shops that sell alcohol have ceased their activities.

An employee of the Center for the Promotion of Family Education "Polyarnaya Zvezda" in the north-east of Moscow was fired for beating a child, the reports , citing a representative of the institution. Moscow agency According to the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, in connection with the previously published information about the beating, the Babushkinskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office of Moscow is conducting an investigation.

German security forces announced the threat of the country's destabilization before the election Photo: RIA Novosti In 2017, Germany, in connection with the upcoming parliamentary elections, expects increased activity of foreign hackers. This was announced in an interview with the German press by the new President of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Bruno Cal.

The court did not accept the lawsuit against the OP, filed by human rights activists who were not included in the new composition “A judge who does not know how to separate public relations from other types of legal relations needs to be verified by its legal qualifications” On November 21, we (Elena Masyuk, Lyubov Volkova and Lidia Dubikova) through his representatives - Doctor of Law, Professor of the Law of the Higher School of Economics, lawyer Elena Lukyanova and lawyer Vladimir Dancha -

Russia will cut oil production by 300,000 barrels per day, reports RNS. This was stated at a conference following a meeting in Vienna of representatives of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Qatar Energy Minister Muhammad Saleh al-Sada. This is the first agreement to reduce oil production since 2008, notes Reuters . Oil production will be reduced by about 4.5% (1.2 million barrels per day).

French composer Didier Marouani intends to file a libel complaint against singer Philip Kirkorov, reports . RIA Novosti “Through lawyers, we will apply to the prosecutor's office on the fact of illegal detention, and we will also apply to law enforcement agencies, including on the fact of slandering me,” Marouani said. According to Marouani, he became "a victim of a stupid, criminal act." He claims that he received more than 60 messages from Kirkorov, and not from pranksters.

Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer with the Anti-Corruption Foundation, accused the Moscow police of being inactive in connection with the attack on her husband, sociologist Sergei Mokhov. On her Facebook, Sobol said that the district police officer, who was initially assigned to investigate the attack case, refuses to handle it: “it’s too complicated, if your husband beat you, I would do something, but this is clearly not my competence” .

US President-elect Donald Trump plans to retire from business before his inauguration to focus on his post. this He announced on his Twitter. Trump will hand over the business to his family members. On December 15, he is going to hold a press conference in New York to talk about his business plans. Trump noted that he is not required by law to do this, but he considers it necessary so that there is no suspicion of a conflict of interest against him.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Basmanny Court on the suit of the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, against Novaya Gazeta. “Novaya Gazeta is not satisfied with the decision of the court, which ordered us to refute the information that was not contained in the publication.

The new Minister of Economic Development of Russia was Deputy Minister of Finance Maxim Oreshkin, according to the Kremlin’s official website. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the appointment. “Maxim Stanislavovich, you work not so long ago, but, in general, there are already many, and work successfully. I want to offer you the position of Minister of Economic Development, ”the president said. Oreshkin agreed to head the ministry.