The Prosecutor General’s Office reported on victories in the fight against corruption. In particular, we are talking about the theft of money allocated to prepare the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, it is not clear whether it was possible to stop a crime or investigation began in the fact of the loss of budget funds.

The most popular Russian video on YouTube in 2015 was the video “Bee and Winnie Pooh”, more than 28 million people watched it. “The rating of the fastest growing videos in Russia in 2015” was published in the official blog of the Russian Google (the corporation belongs to YouTube). In second place in popularity among Russians is “Pepp Pig in Russian all episodes in a row”. On the third-“mega-epic video”.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that next week he was going to come to Moscow to meet with President Putin and discuss with him the topic of Ukraine and resolving the situation in Syria, writes Reuters . Kerry’s visit to Moscow, thus, should take place on the eve of international negotiations to resolve the situation in Syria, which can be held in New York on December 18.

On December 8, 2015, a dialogue meeting was held as part of the joint cycle of the University of KGI and Polit.ru- “KGI: Ideas and Faces” . This was a conversation with Ivan Begtin - a specialist in the field of work with data, director of the Information Culture ANO, a member of the Committee of Civil Initiatives. We continued the conversation with Ivan after the meeting. Part 1 Are there any systemic problems of public administration that prevent data disclosure? Yes.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during the annual “ conversation with Dmitry Medvedev ” stated a leading growth of social expenditures in the budget over the past fifteen years. According to Medvedev, the consolidated budget expenditures on the social sector are growing. He promised that the growth of an article in defense costs would not affect the financing of the social sphere.

The official euro exchange rate established by the Russian Central Bank as of December 10 increased by 25 kopecks to 75.56 rubles. The dollar rate decreased by 10 kopecks - to 69.20 rubles. On the Moscow Exchange , at 16:20 Moscow time, an average of 69.43 rubles (+3 kopecks to the level of yesterday’s closure) were given on an average of 69.43, the euro traded 75.93 rubles (+20 kopecks). At the Ice London oil exchange, oil began to grow in price.

The section of the M4 Don highway 108.6 km has become paid. The corresponding order was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. According to the document, a fee will be charged for traveling on a highway 117 km - 225.6 km in the Moscow and Tula regions. The received funds will go for the repair and maintenance of this section, is added in the document. The first paid section on the Don highway was launched five years ago, now there are seven of them.

On the website of the UN climate conference, a draft new World Climate Agreement has been published . Earlier, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that the document will be adopted before the evening of December 11. The project is a workpiece, it contains several options for solving environmental problems, which the parties cannot agree on. So, a decrease in the average temperature on the planet is considered both 1.5 degrees Celsius and less, and by 2 degrees.

Anton Bykov Messenger Photo: Windowscentral.com The Russian authorities are looking for ways to regulate the work of messengers who do not have representative offices in Russia, and therefore are not controlled by supervisors. A copy of the impending bill was at the disposal of the newspaper Vedomosti . Sources of the publication claim that the document was developed by Roskomnadzor on behalf of the presidential administration. The Kremlin promises that no restrictions will be introduced.

Currently, for traveling cars weighing more than 12 tons on federal routes, it is supposed to pay 1.53 rubles for each kilometer of path, this tariff is valid from November 15, 2015. From March 1, 2016, it will be increased to 3.06 rubles per kilometer. Payments are collected through the Plato system, while the penalty for non -payment initially amounted to 450 thousand rubles at the first violation and 1 million rubles with repeated.

There were no Russian aircraft over the area of ​​the Syrian army, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov. It is reported by Interfax . The representative of the department said that, according to the General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces, the Western coalition inflicted a blow to the field camp west of Deir Ez-Zor. According to him, 4 people were killed as a result of the attack, and another 12 were injured.

No restrictions on the work of messengers in Russia are planned. This was announced today by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. “I know that the topic is really being worked out, but it is not in terms of restrictions. As far as I know, there are no restrictions there, but the study of the topic is carried out, but this is not connected with any instructions, especially the presidential administration, ”Peskov quotes Interfax quoted.

On December 8, within the framework of the joint cycle of the University of KGI and Polit.ru-“KGI: Ideas and Persons”, a dialogue meeting with a specialist in the field of work with data, director of the Information Culture ANO, member of the Civil Initiatives Committee Ivan Begstin was held. See the photo report Natasha Chetverikova. Open data is state information presented in machine -readable form under free licenses, free for commercial and non -commercial use that has no legal restrictions.

Maria Blokhina World oil prices photo: geo.tv The last two days the cost of oil has been rapidly falling. On December 7, it has already updated the minimum level since 2009, falling below $ 41 per barrel Brent . The next morning, oil quotes slightly exceeded the mark of $ 41, but then they began to fall again. According to the ICE Futures London Exchange on December 8, the cost of a barrel of Brent fell below $ 40.

Yandex Internet search engine compiled a rating of the most popular user requests for 2015. In the category “Events” in the first place is the collapse of the Russian A321 Airbus in Egypt, then there are a war in Syria and the “Islamic State” (grouping is prohibited in the Russian Federation), as well as a parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. In the “Men” category, Boris Nemtsov was most interested in Yandex users, in the “Women” category - Jeanne Friske.