The US Federal Reserve raised the base rate from 0.25-0.5 percent to 0.5-0.75 percent, according to a press release from the regulator. This is the first increase since December 2015, and before that the rate was raised in June 2006. At the same time, since the end of 2008, the regulator has kept it at a record low of 0–0.25%. The Fed explained the decision to raise the rate by a possible return to inflation at 2% and stabilization of the situation on the US labor market.

The head of the American company Space X, Elon Musk, joined the business advisory council created by US President-elect Donald Trump. This was announced on December 14 by the Trump team. In total, 16 people were included in the council. In addition to Musk, Trump's advisors include Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Disney CEO Bob Iger.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended the arrest of thief in law Zakhary Kalashev, known as Shakro Molodoy, reports . Interfax The court granted the petition of the investigation and extended the arrest of Shakro Molodoy until March 15. The court also extended the arrest of four more defendants in the case. They all deny their guilt. Recall that thief in law Zakhary Kalashov was arrested in July this year.

Sberbank will lay off 8% of employees in 2017 due to the transition to online banking, Bloomberg reports citing sources. “In the coming years, Sberbank will earn not so much on traditional banking products, but on the synergy between us and partners. Therefore, we are looking for analysts who can profit from these relationships,” Deputy Chairman of the Board Vadim Kulik said, noting that the bank plans to hire 200 new analysts in three months.

Rosneft is appealing against the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court on a claim to protect the company's business reputation against RBC. It is reported by RNS with reference to the official representative of the oil company Mikhail Leontiev.

As a former Field commander of the DPR, they first covered in Russia, and now they bring to the issuance of Kyiv Photo: Ivan Zhilin / "New Gazeta" The story of the famous sports coach and field commander of the DPR Peter Gilev, to whom Russian officials publicly promised refuge, citizenship and conditions for work. Today he is brought to the transfer of Kyiv. In the Yalta department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on migration issues, do not push through.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has become the leader of the annual rating of the most influential people in the world according to Forbes magazine. Putin tops the Forbes rating for the fourth time. As the newspaper notes, the Russian leader extends the influence of his country to almost all world states. “Both at home, and in Syria, and in the US presidential election, the Russian leader continues to achieve whatever he wants,” the newspaper writes.

On December 13, 2016, the opening of the street installation-reference “Pokrovsky concentration camp” took place in Moscow. Within the framework of the campaign “Enterity to the City” and the project “Topography of Terror. Moscow". Together with the faculty of media, communications and design of the Higher School of Economics

The Syrian army liberated the Sukari quarter in the eastern part of Aleppo, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe city's areas controlled by terrorists has decreased to 2.5 square kilometers, the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties reports. “The Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Warring Parties prepared the withdrawal of militants from the city in the direction of Idlib through a special corridor in the Salah ad-Din quarter.

The director of the Kremlin Museums, Elena Gagarina, considered justified the decision of the Amsterdam court to return to Ukraine the Scythian gold exported from the Crimea before its annexation to Russia, reports . Interfax Gagarina stressed that the museum fund is considered the property of the state, and not the property of a single museum or cultural institution.

Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko did not see the prerequisites for postponing the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is to be held in Russia, reports . Interfax Commenting on the new report of the WADA independent commission headed by Richard McLaren on doping by Russian athletes, Mutko said that the document would not interfere with the 2018 World Cup. “I don't see any problems.

The State Duma this year refused to hear the final report of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, reports . Interfax As the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Culture, Elena Drapeko, said, the content of this report of the Ministry of Culture is irrelevant. “It was decided to postpone this report due to the fact that officials of the ministry prepared their speech, exclusively dedicated to 2015,” she said.

Members of the Federation Council approved the draft federal budget for 2017-2019, TASS reports . 155 senators voted for the adoption of the bill. On the eve of the budget plan until 2019, the State Duma approved . Recall that the budget was drawn up based on the oil price of $40 per barrel and inflation within 4%. The government expects that budget revenues will grow in the coming years, and in 2017 they will amount to 13,487.6 billion rubles.

What Rex Tillerson is known - the head of Exxon Mobil - future Secretary of State of the United States Photo: EPA/Sergei ILNITSKY Billionaires and retired generals - the elected President Donald Trump fulfills the election promise “to drain the Washington political swamp” and invites people with minimal experience in state posts to his Cabinet, but proven in business and the armed forces.

The mayor's office of Ryazan called unreliable information about the searches. The press service of the city administration confirmed the visit of the FSB, noting that it was a "scheduled inspection of the premises." “In one of the structural subdivisions of the administration of Ryazan, employees of the Office of the Federal Security Service in the Ryazan Region conducted an inspection of premises, buildings, structures, terrain and vehicles.