Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine discovered the archive of the overthrown president of the country Viktor Yanukovych, the 112 Ukraine television channel reports. The documents were seized as a result of a special operation that was prepared for several months.

The Moscow Basmanny Court recognized the information set out in the documentary of the German Doping Doping Doping Doping documentary, Interfax reports. Thus, a lawsuit was satisfied on protecting the business reputation of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (WFLA) to the spouses Stepanov, director of Khansu-Yoachim Zeppelt and Ard channel.

The Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi made a revision of the sanctions that were imposed against Russia, reports Reuters. “It is clear that we have the same position as the entire international Western community ... But I think that this package of sanctions will be revised, not in the next few hours, but in the coming months,” Renzi said. Earlier, the Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentloni stated that the country would support the extension of anti -Russian restrictive measures.

The US Federal Reserve has increased the base rate by 25 basic points - to 0.375% per annum with a record low level of 0-0.25%. reports Reuters . This step coincided with the expectations of analysts. Previously, the rate has been preserved at a minimum level of 0-0.25% since 2008. At the end of September, the head of the Fed, Janet Yelenn, said she expected to increase the key rate before the end of the year.

Polit.ru publishes a video clip of a meeting with a historian, Associate Professor of the History Faculty of Canadian University, Simon Fraser Ilya Vinkovetsky, Simon Fraser University). A conversation on the topic “Russian America: The Administrative Experiment of the Russian Empire” took place on December 10 in the I.S. Turgenev. The full video version of the lecture can be seen on the channel "Polit.ru" in YouTube.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the suspension of the agreement on the free trade zone with Ukraine from January 1, 2016. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The missile that has fallen on a residential building in the village of Sopka near Severodvinsk belongs to the class of anti-ship missiles of the P-800 "ONICS", writes " Lenta.ru " with reference to a source close to the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the advanced version of the rocket, underwent tests, crashed. The incident occurred on December 15th. The rocket damaged the roof of the three -story buildings and two apartments. None of the people were injured.

The system of charge from trucks with a mass of above 12 tons of Platon will increase the costs of transporters, will lead to a deterioration in their position and will negatively respond to other sectors of the economy, write “ Vedomosti ” with reference to the interviewed experts. The Ministry of Economic Development calculated that the fare for heavy trucks should be 97 kopecks/km until 2019, however, by order of the government, the fee per kilometer is set at 1.53 rubles.

In the departments of Zastropombank there is a cash currency deficit, Rambler News Service told a source close to the bank. This morning, the Central Bank disabled Zastroprombank from the system of banking electronic fixed payments (BESP), the Vedomosti writes. According to Interfax , delays on payments transfer operations were recorded in Zayprombank. According to the Rambler News Service source, “currency cash ends in almost all departments.

Washington sent an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf in the purpose of activating air strikes on the positions of the Islamic State (a terrorist group prohibited in Russia). According to The Hill , on Tuesday the American warship Harry Truman passed through the Suez Canal. It is assumed that he will come to the destination for Christmas, then an attack on IG fighters will begin, a representative of the US Navy told the publication.

The reason for the car accident involving five buses with children in Vladivostok, according to preliminary data, could be the inattention of drivers and their non -compliance with their safe distance, TASS reports. It is noted that all buses were technically serviceable, equipped with tachometers and speed excess blockers. One of the buses left the scene on his own, four had to be evacuated.

One of the candidates for the post of chairman of the Yabloko party is Sergey Ivanenko, however, if he is elected, this may mean the actual return to the leadership of the party Grigory Yavlinsky. This opinion was expressed by Polit.ru Deputy Director of the Center for Political Technology, Alexei Makarkin, commenting on the media reports about the preparation of the party for the reporting and election congress scheduled for December 19 and 20.

The son of Foreign Minister of France, Tom Fabius, was detained to testify as part of an investigation of the case of fraud and money laundering, writes Le Parisien . According to the publication, a search was carried out in the Parisian apartments of Fabius Jr. The investigation intends to establish what the detainee bought an apartment in Paris in 2012. The cost of apartments with an area of ​​280 square meters was 7 million euros. Earlier, Fabius-Jr.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the creation of the National Center for the Development of Technologies and the basic elements of robotics. The center will develop robots for military and scouts, the text of the document says. The functions of the new center will be: - monitoring of work on military, special and dual -purpose robotics, - Development of such technology, - Her test and standardization.

The explosion technicians of St. Petersburg conducted an additional check of the SU-017 flight safety on board the Aeroflot Boeing 737 aircraft due to a bomb call, RIA Novosti reports. It is known that the woman called. Explosion equipment checked the plane for explosives, police officers are trying to establish the identity of the caller. According to preliminary data, suspicious objects were not found.