The euro exchange rate during trading on the Moscow Exchange at 10:55 grew by 86 kopecks compared to the level of the previous closure and amounted to 73.14 rubles, setting a new record. The dollar rate grew by 57 kopecks and reached 58.75 rubles. Earlier in the morning, the dollar rate was 57.85 rubles, the euro rate was 72.05 rubles. The official Euro exchange rate set by the Central Bank for December 15 is 70.5289 rubles, the dollar - 56.8919 rubles.

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On December 11, the Bank of Russia sold a currency for 26.41 billion rubles to stabilize the ruble exchange rate, the regulator website says. From November 10 to December 1, when the ruble was released in free swimming, the bank was not engaged in interventions. The dollar exchange rate by 10.07 Moscow time, according to the Moscow Exchange, decreased by 33 kopecks - to 57.85 rubles, the euro - by 23 kopecks, to 72.05 rubles.

A new collapse of the Russian currency is observed in the domestic foreign exchange market. This was reported by the Moscow Exchange . At the time of the closing of trading at 18:33 Moscow time on December 15, the dollar cost 62.19 rubles, which is 4.02 rubles higher than the level of the previous closure. The euro for a day increased by 5.02 rubles to a mark of 77.3 rubles.

The British singer Sarah Brightman will begin training in the star town in January 2015. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko, Interfax reports. Brightman plans to go on a 10-day flight to the ISS on October 4, 2015. The singer should become the eighth space tourist at the ISS. She will fly along with the Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and the astronaut of the European Space Agency Andreas Moysen.

During the special operation, the police freed a man held hostage in one of the apartments in the Belgian gent. This was reported by the RTL radio station. It is reported that the hostage was not injured. Earlier, the police arrested three armed men who held him in the apartment. All capture participants surrendered to the police without resistance. According to local media, the incident may be associated with drug trafficking.

The police opened a criminal case on the fact of the incident by the bear, which was previously shot down by the locomotive in Norilsk. This was reported in the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office, RIA Novosti reports. In relation to the driver, an administrative case has been instituted for violating traffic safety rules. In addition, the Norilsk police opened a criminal case of abuse of animals.

Ingeocom’s construction company offices are conducted by investigative actions. It is reported by Interfax with reference to a source in power structures. “In the company Ingeokom, investigative actions are carried out by several units of law enforcement agencies,” the source explained. It is noted that the correspondent of the publication could not get through to the office of the company, the leadership of Ingeokoma is also inaccessible to comments.

Moscow doctors evaluate the possibility of transportation to the capital of the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, hospitalized the day before in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Rostov Region. “Upon arrival, doctors should evaluate the possibility of transporting Yevgeny Yevtushenko to Moscow,” the regional department said in a statement. During Sunday and Monday, Yevtushenko has a stable state.

The Party “Another Russia”, led by Eduard Limonov, withdrew a lawsuit from the European Court of Human Rights on the elimination of the National-Bolshevik party previous to it. This was reported on the website of "another Russia". It is reported that the party appealed the decision to liquidate the National-Bolshevik party previously created by Limonov in 2007, but the lawsuit has not yet been discussed. “Our lawsuit has been ignored by the ECHR for seven years.

On December 15, employees of the Department of Economic Security and Corruption held a search and seized documentation at the Lenfilm film studio production center, Fontanka.ru reports. According to the publication, a search is carried out by the UEBIPK at 10-12 Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, as part of a pre-investigation audit on the grounds of an economic crime. Pichugina spokesman Valery Karpov did not confirm information about searches.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev met with the head of the Chinese government-Prime Minister of the State Council of China Lee Kakian, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting was held in Astana on the eve of the summit of the heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

After the start of testing the national payment system, it turned out that it could not protect international transactions. It is reported by Kommersant FM . Currently, eight banks are experiencing NSPK, among them - which fell under the sanctions of Gazprombank, SMP Bank and Russia, as well as Rosbank.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation proposed to exclude from the procedure to change the status of the municipality a public hearing, gatherings and surveys of the population, Kommersant reports. The current version of the Law on Local Self -Government provides for the receipt of the consent of residents at a public hearing, gatherings, or during polls to change the status of a municipality, with the exception of the unification of two or more settlements into one.

During the conflict in eastern Ukraine, at least 4707 people were killed, more than 10 thousand were injured. This is evidenced by the data of the 8th report of the UN Monitoring Mission for Human Rights, Interfax reports. In a document prepared on the basis of materials of the monitoring mission working in Ukraine, it is reported that from mid -April to December 12 to at least 4707 people were killed and 10,322 were injured in the eastern regions of Ukraine affected by the conflict.