During his visit to Iran, Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry of the Russian Foreign Department, with the country's authorities, discussed the proposals of US Secretary of State John Kerry to resolve the Syrian conflict, RIA Novosti reports . “We just said on this issue too,” Bogdanov told reporters. Kerry expressed his proposals for the Syrian settlement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at a personal meeting.

Drivers of the truck and bus on the Khanty-Mansiysk-Tyumen highway roughly violated the rules of movement, which caused the accident and death of passengers of the bus that transported the children's team in sports acrobatics. This was reported on the website of the regional IC of Russia. Both drivers were taken to the investigation department, where they gave conflicting indications regarding the location of vehicles at the time of the accident. Investigators decided to detain drivers.

The criminal case on the fact of an accident in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug was transferred for further investigation to the Main Investigation Department of the IC of Russia. This was reported on the website of the department.

Readers of one of the most popular US magazines - Time chose a 2016 man. According to the results of the vote on the website of the magazine, he became the Prime Minister of India Narendre Modi, gaining 19% of the vote. In second place, the founder of the WikiLeaks website of the Wikileaks, Julian Assange and the current US President Barack Obama and the elected head of the American state Donald Trump. All of them received 7% of the vote.

On December 4, the funeral of Fidel Castro, who died on November 26, took place in Santiago de Cuba. The heads of more than two dozen states arrived to say goodbye to the leader of the Cuban Revolution. Political scientists and journalists reflect on his role, the importance of his activity and the scale of the policy of the politician, expressing opinions in the media and social networks.

In the Hyperkub of the Skolkovo Innovation Center last Friday, December 2, the first forum for certification “Certificate this” was held. Basically, entrepreneurs who knew exactly what they were interested in were gathered: the speakers answered specific practical questions, gave advice and evaluated the situations that the forum participants voiced.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law adopted by the Federal Assembly, which establishes, in particular, fines for refusal to gas workers in the inspection of gas equipment. The document is published on the Kremlin website. Failure to replace the repair of the slab and other gas equipment in a timely manner entails a fine for the company in the amount of 40-100 thousand rubles, for officials-5-20 thousand rubles.

The elected US President Donald Trump on his Twitter page criticized China for high taxation of imported American goods and the construction of a military complex in the South China Sea. “Did China ask us, the devaluation of their currency (which complicated competition for our companies), the high taxation of our goods going to their country (the USA does not tax them) or the construction of a large-scale military complex in the middle of the South China Sea?

Owners of shares in several large retail chains of Russia, including Yulmart and Rive Gosh, Dmitry Kostygin and August Meyer - one of the most successful tandems in the Russian business, writes Profile .

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of an employee of the Russian Mobile Military Military Hospital in Syrian Aleppo, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier today, Associated Press, citing a Russian officer, reported the death of a nurse from the Russian field hospital in Aleppo. The Ministry of Defense reported that in addition to the deceased medical soldier, when shelling the hospital, two of her colleagues received injuries by members of the armed opposition.

Maria Blokhina Forum "Hope for Technology" minpromtorg.gov.ru On December 1, the 1st National Forum of the Rehabilitation Industry and Universal Design “Hope for Technology” was held in the hyperkub of the Skolkovo Center on December 1. It was attended by developers of new technological solutions for people with disabilities, entrepreneurs in the field of assistant technologies, as well as representatives of state power, expert community, investment funds and development institutions.

The European Space Agency (ECA) announced the results of a meeting of ministers from 22 member states of ECA, which determined which space research projects would receive further support. The next decade, the agency requested funding in the amount of 11 billion euros, ministers agreed to allocate 10.3 billion. Despite the accident that happened recently with the Skiaparelli descent on Mars, the ECA EXOMARS 2020 project, which provides for landing on Mars, will continue, as planned.

At the Syrian air base, Khmeimim, transferred to Russia for unlimited use, was the arrangement of the territory. In particular, the Russian military built a platform for military aircraft and a helicopter platform, warehouses and baths, Dmitry Bulgakov, deputy minister of defense on material and technical equipment, told Izvestia .

The representative of the Ministry of Finance of the Chechen Republic Zaur Dukaev denied its own words that the region would not receive enough subsidies from the federal budget for 2017, RNS reports. According to Dukaev, the volume of subsidized assistance to Chechnya has not yet been determined, since the State Duma of the Russian Federation has not yet approved the second reading law on the federal budget for 2017 and 2018-2019.

After the results of the Italian referendum on constitutional reform, the euro exchange rate at the beginning of Asian trading on December 5 fell to a minimum of March 2015 $ 1,0505 compared to 1.0665 dollars at the previous session. This is written by Marketwatch . Upon completion of the vote count, it became known that 59.11% voted against the reform, 40.89% of Italians voted for it. This was reported by ANSA .