The famous Russian singer Sergei Lazarev will represent Russia at the Eurovision 2016 International Musical Competition. The performer reported this on his Instagram. “For me it will be a great honor to perform on behalf of our country! This will be an exciting experience, I'm sure of that! And I hope that you, just like me, fall in love with the song that I will perform at the competition in Stockholm! Wish me good luck and hurt me. Thank you, ” the message said.

A bill has been submitted to the government, which introduces administrative punishment for violation of the procedure for providing medical care, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova. The head of the Ministry of Health noted that the legislation is proposed to amend not only regarding the order of medical care, but also regarding the quality.

In the annual message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin advocated the humanization of the Criminal Code - the decriminalization of a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the transfer of their composition to the category of administrative offenses. In the traditional poll, Polit.ru invited readers to express their opinion on the need to humanize the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On December 12, 1951, Fedor Konyukhov, a traveler, was born. Personal business Fedor Filippovich Konyukhov (72 years) was born on the shores of the Sea of ​​Azov in the village of Chkalovo Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. His parents were peasants, raised five children. Since childhood, Fedor went to the sea with his father for fishing. He also loved football, was engaged in athletics, sailing. At the age of 15, the Sea of ​​Azov crossed alone on a funny boat.

The Bank of Russia decided to maintain a key rate at the same level of 11%, the regulator said. The corresponding decision was made on December 11 during a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank - the latter this year. A decrease in the key rate will resume as inflation slow down and subject to weakening inflation risks, the Central Bank said in a statement. The next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank is scheduled for January 29, 2016.

Ilya Karpyuk The “liberal party” with a lurking breath is waiting for Saturday - on this day, the program “New Russian Sensations” will show on NTV, the main character of which is Lesya Ryabtseva. The main character of Twitter scandals and Facebook discounts has recently been almost forgotten-but she failed to completely leave the information space. Lesya Ryabtseva became known at the end of 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the dismissal of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia on Safety for Transport Viktor Kiryanov and the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, assistant minister Elena Alekseeva. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The reason for the dismissal of Kiryanov and Alekseeva is not reported.

The United States accused Assad’s regime of buying oil from the Islamic State terrorist organization (IG, prohibited in the Russian Federation). According to Reuters , citing the US Department of Finance, IS in Syria receives from oil trade about $ 40 million per month. The largest part of this income comes from the Syrian government. Part of the oil is sent to Turkey. The Daily Beast publication published a large text on this occasion - mainly about Russia.

The vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Sergei Movchan, sent a letter to the Federal Customs Service with a request to unlock the import of auto-complex from Turkey, Interfax reports. The letter states that after the commissioning of economic sanctions against Turkey, the auto enterprises and suppliers were faced with serious delays in Turkish goods at customs. This happens, in particular, at the Baltic, St. Petersburg, Pulkovo and other territorial customs, Movchan noted.

The Zenit-2SB launch vehicle of the Ukrainian production with the Russian meteorus-player "Electro-L-2" and the acceleration unit "Fregat-SB" started from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Information about this, as well as several animated videos illustrating the landing of the Soyuz, are published on Twitter Roscosmos. The Zenit missile was launched at the calculated time - at 16:45 in Moscow.

Representatives of the Syrian opposition established the Supreme Committee on negotiations, writes The Washington Post. The Committee was created following negotiations in Riyadh. It included 32 people who represent the national coalition of opposition and revolutionary forces, the National Coordination Committee, as well as armed groups. In addition, among the members of the committee there will be independent representatives.

The Turkish intelligence services found that the customer of a number of large terrorist attacks in the country, including Oktyabrsky in Ankara, was the leader of the cell of the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) in Turkey, 33-year-old Ilhami Bali, reported by the Hurryet newspaper. Currently, law enforcement agencies are active.

The authorities of the South and Northern Kores began negotiations on the normalization of bilateral relations, the Yonhap agency reports. Negotiations are held in the city of Keson in the DPRK. The South Korean delegation is headed by the Deputy Minister for Association of the Khvan Bu GI. On the part of North Korea, negotiations are headed by the vice director of the secretariat of the Committee for the peaceful association of Korea Jung Jong Su.

The American police evacuated the Council of American-Islamic Relations in Washington, writes The Washington Post. The reason for the evacuation was to obtain an envelope with a certain powder. The official representative of the Council Ibrahim Hepper said that the substance was discovered after one of the employees opened the envelope. According to him, there was also a “letter of hatred with a message” also in the envelope. He was planned to be studied in the future in the FBI.

Hungarian archaeologists believe that after several years of searches they managed to determine the place where the heart of the Turkish Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent was buried. In the fall of this year, they managed to excavate the remains of the walls of the alleged tomb, and they have high hopes for the next season. The results of their work are reported in a press release on the website of the University of the city of PEch.