Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday during a press conference, following negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Syria Valid Muall, announced the suspension of the visa-free regime with Turkey. This statement was made three days after the Turkish Air Force shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber.

From today, November 28, the Orthodox begins the Christmas post, which lasts 40 days and ends on Christmas, January 7th. It is not as strict as the great post: the rules allow the use of vegetable oil on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and on Saturdays and Sundays until January 2 inclusive - fish. It is also allowed to eat fish on great holidays - the introduction of the Wahram of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 4), the day of St.

Former president of the Moscow Football Club "Lokomotiv" Nikolai Naumov told the publication " Football " that in 2009 the then President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin threatened him with dismissal. According to Naumov, the threats of dismissal were made after Lokomotiv prepared a complaint against Zenit in a sports arbitration court in Lausanne due to the fact that the St. Petersburg team exceeded the permissible number of legionnaires on the field.

Heating in the Crimea, disconnected due to a shortage of electricity, will resume on December 7. This was announced by the Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of the region Alexander Zhdanov, Interfax reports. In Crimea there are more than 5300 apartment buildings, most inhabitants sit without light. According to the official, "the supply of power supply is carried out in 1336 apartment buildings, which is 23%." He added that heat supply to the houses will be performed by December 7th.

Russian singer Sergei Penkin is prohibited from entering Ukraine, Interfax reports with reference to the Security Service of Ukraine. Penkin planned to perform on December 12 in Kyiv, at the International Center for Culture and Arts (October Palace), on December 13 in Dnepropetrovsk, the next day in Kharkov and December 16 in Odessa. “We warned the Ministry of Culture and the October Palace on the ban on his entry into Ukraine,” the SBU representative told the agency.

From Tuesday, Russian-Turkish relations rolled up from the “strategic partnership” with the prospects of additional supplies of hydrocarbons to Turkey to the level of a papa situation, when any, even cultural interaction, is curled up, and the parties look at each other from the bottom. Both Russia and Turkey have iron logic. Let's try to figure it out.

The St. Petersburg truckers decided to "go on a campaign to Moscow," the representative of the truckers Alexander Himan said on the Radio " Says Moscow ". The information was confirmed by RBC by the coordinator of the protest campaign Sergey Gulyaev. According to Himan, such a decision was made after that representatives of the truckers were not allowed to meet with the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov, who took place in St. Petersburg.

As a result of the attack of militants to the UN peacekeepers in the north, Mali died at least three military personnel, Euronews reports. As Reuters reports with reference to the representative of the UN multidisciplinary integrated mission in Mali (Minusa), the two dead are peacekeepers from Guinea, the third murdered civilian specialist was the third killed. The attack occurred near the city of Kidal. According to eyewitnesses, the base of peacekeepers was fired from mortars.

In Burkina-Faso, a passenger bus moved out of the road that ran along the dam, and fell into the pond. As a result, 22 people drowned, eight more were injured, BBC News reports. The incident occurred near the village of Kibalogo, 45 km from the city of Bobo-Diulo. Burkina-Faso is a state in West Africa with a population of about 18 million people.

In the UK, the book of Cheril Green and Roberta Gilchrist was published, dedicated to the results of several decades of archaeological studies of the Glastonbury abbey. Of course, the authors had to mention numerous legends associated with this place.

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The United States is trying to persuade Turkey to send an additional contingent of the Turkish military to the border with Syria, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to representatives of the US presidential administration. The American authorities believe that across the section of about 100 km borders there is a transfer of the militants of the Islamic State (IG, the movement is prohibited in Russia) to the combat areas in Syria and vice versa.

10 people became victims of poisoning falsified alcohol products in Krasnoyarsk, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional head of the TFR. “Today another hospitalized has died. This is a man born in 1960. Thus, at present, ten people have become victims of surrogate alcohol, ”said Glavka. The department’s website reports that in Krasnoyarsk the day before, six suspects were arrested in illegal sale of surrogate alcohol. Criminals traded their products via the Internet.

Turkish citizens began to complain about pressure from Russian official bodies, Interfax told the Republic of the Republic in Moscow. “In recent days from different cities of Russia, complaints from Turkish citizens living in Russia to pressure from official bodies began to come to the embassy. Complaints come from businessmen, workers, students and ordinary citizens, ”the embassy said. In this regard, the diplomatic mission intends to receive explanations from the Russian authorities.

The shore of the Sakhalin port city of Nevelsk was polluted by oil products from the Nadezhda tanker, which sat 150 meters from the coastline. This was announced by Interfax by the head of the "Ecological Watch of Sakhalin" Dmitry Lisitsyn. “The whole coastal line - from the location of the thrown tanker [in the northern part of the Nevelsk water area] to the southern part of the city - is very contaminated with oil products, for about 5 km,” the ecologist said.