The representative of the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky Kulle Pispanen denied the information that appeared in the media that he plans to launch 100 million euros, thawed on his Irish account, to finance the information campaign against the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, writes Gazeta.ru . “This is not true. The point is that he is going to spend part of this money, which is not yet stipulated, on the development of Open Russia .

The National Literary Prize “Big Book” this year went to the writer Leonid Yuzefovich for the novel “Winter Road”, RIA Novosti reports . The award ceremony took place on December 6 at the Pashkov House in Moscow. In second place, the jury was put by the "aviation" Yevgeny Vodolazkin, the third place was given by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, the Jacob Staircase. “Winter Road” by Yuzefovich was published last year.

The European Broadcasting Union, which is the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest, is negotiating with the Ukrainian authorities on the abolition of black lists for Russian artists for the duration of Eurovision-2017 in Kyiv. This was reported to Izvestia in the press service of the broadcasting union.

The Department of Science and Technology, which is part of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, was dismissed in full force. This is written by indicator.ru , referring to two sources close to the department. “No one still understands what this means. Firstly, now the end of the year, and there are a large number of documents, reports that need to be signed, and all of them are in sealed documents.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will submit his resignation on the evening of December 7. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “The budget has been approved. At 19:00 I will officially resign. Thank you all and long live Italy,” Renzi explained. Legge di bilancio approvata. Alle 19 le dimissioni formali.

The Russian football club "Rostov" tied in the Andhoven with the Dutch PSV with a score of 0: 0. It is reported by TASS . This result takes “Rostov” to group D to third place with five points, allowing the team to get to the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. “For Rostov, the third place has become an unequivocal success - the debutant of the Champions League looked decent against the backdrop of“ Atletico ”and“ Bavaria ”, leaving a PSV without European competitions in the spring.

Entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky launched five media projects. In early 2017, they will leave the test mode and will be available to the general public. The newspaper Vedomosti was confirmed by Khodorkovsky himself. We are talking about the media, which are developing as part of the Open Media project - the publications Open Economy, Infometer, the Center for Investigation Management, Gauss and Cultrigger.

The ATR 42 passenger aircraft Pakistan International Airlines crashed in Pakistan. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the local police. Breaking: Missing Pakistan International Airlines Plane with 40-45 PEOPLE ON BOARD HAS CRASHED IN NORTHERNARN - Regional Police Official - Reuters world (@reutersWorld) December 7, 2016 There were 47 people on board - 42 passengers and five crew members, writes Daily Pakistan . The aircraft followed from Chitral to Islamabad.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will conduct a traditional interview with Russian journalists on December 15. It is reported by RIA Novosti . This conversation will become the ninth in a row for the prime minister. “We expect that the topics of the economic results of the year, government plans for the next year, the results of the elections to the State Duma will be affected,” said Natalya Timakova, press secretary of the Government Chairman. The conversation will be broadcast live.

The Government of the Moscow Region will spend 169.1 billion rubles in the framework of the Effective Power program, designed for 2017-2021. This was reported by RBC with reference to the Ministry of Government of the Moscow Region. Most of the funds --166 billion rubles - will be allocated to the program from the regional budget, the rest of the money will come from the federal and municipal budgets and extra -budgetary sources. An annually 33.8 billion rubles will be spent on the program.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the RF Vybuza proposed preventively responding to economic risks and threats to Russia's security. It is reported by TASS . “We must take into account these trends, react preventively react to risks and threats. At the same time, our main, fundamental answer is to increase his own economic potential, ”Putin said, urging not to close from the global economy, increasing his own efficiency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with senior officers and prosecutors on the occasion of their promotion and assignment of new ranks. This was reported by the Kremlin press service. Putin also addressed the FSIN employees, saying that “the Federal Penitentiary Service is important to strictly comply with the requirements for the conditions of maintaining convicts, never forget that these are stumbled, but also Russian citizens” (quote for Interfax ).

State Duma deputies adopted in the second (mainly) and third (final) reading a law that increases the minimum wage to 7800 rubles. It is reported by Interfax . Upon approval by the Council of the Federation and the signing by the President, the law will enter into force on July 1, 2017. Now the minimum wage is 7500 rubles. Since July, this amount will increase by 4%. The law on increasing the minimum wage will affect 930 thousand workers.

State Duma deputies adopted in the second and final third readings a law that allows the court to block sites with information about psychoactive substances. It is reported by RIA Novosti . We are talking about smoking mixtures - spice, stimulants ("salt"), hallucinogens. The ban falls on the placement of information about the methods of manufacturing and using such substances. The bill was introduced by the government in April 2016.

The International Olympic Committee decided to extend the sanctions imposed by the organization against Russia in July 2016. It is reported by AP . On July 19, the IOC recommended that the international federations of winter sports look for places of competitions outside Russia.