The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov called the statement of foreign politicians about the intervention of the Russian Federation to hold a referendum on the membership of Great Britain in the European Union (EU), RIA Novosti reports. “This testifies to the very primitive, short -sighted and unprofessional quality of politics and politicians who prefer various fictions, fables and horror stories.

From the beginning of 2016 until mid -December, 144 journalists have died in the world. This is the largest number of victims over the past 10 years, reports the non -governmental organization Press Emblem Campaign, which leads its statistics. Last year, according to the organization, 135 media employees were killed in the world due to their professional activities.

The International Sports Federation (FIS) reported that “if necessary” was ready to temporarily remove Russian skiers from participating in the competitions, whose names appear in the second part of the report of the head of the Independent Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) Richard McLaren. Currently, the federation reported, the report data are analyzed with the participation of specialists of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The LDPR proposed celebrating Christian church holidays on the Julian calendar, as in the West, and celebrate Christmas on December 25, and not on January 7, as it is now. This was stated by the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky at a meeting of the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports. “Only we [Russia] came up with a new style. There was a Julian calendar, we moved to the Gregorian.

Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said the report of the WADA independent commission will not affect the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Interfax reports. “I do not see any problems. Someone has a great desire to take it away, we understand this, everyone has their own goals, but in general I do not see any problems. McLaren's report has nothing to do with him, ”Mutko assured. He explained that everything is being done in the country for the development of the sports sphere.

The expedition of the Ukrainian geological exploration ship "Windel" discovered a large gas deposit on the northwestern shelf of the Black Sea near the Odessa region. This was announced by the acting head of the public service of geology and subsoil of Ukraine Nikolai Boyarkin, reports Ukrinform . He said that the minimum deposit volume is 40 billion cubic meters. At the same time, the presence of about 35 billion cubic meters of gas has already been confirmed.

One of the world's largest Internet trade systems Amazon on December 7 first delivered an order to the buyer through an unmanned aerial vehicle, according to the company's website with reference to its founder Jeff Bezos. Delivery was carried out in the UK, and only 13 minutes passed between the moment of placing the order and its receipt by the client.

Three defendants in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Moscow in 2015 partially pleaded guilty to crimes. This was written by RIA Novosti agency with reference to the Moscow District Military Court. “After the announcement of the indictment, the defendants stated that they were partially guilty,” the agency’s interlocutor explained.

From December 15 of this year, the import of Egyptian potatoes to Russia will be partially allowed. At the same time, the Rosselkhoznadzor retained a number of zones, which were previously defined as quarantine for Russia, from where the ban on the import of potatoes into the country's territory will still remain. This was written by TASS with reference to the press release of the department.

In the village of Yarkovo, the Tyumen region on December 1, in a front garden, one of the houses was cut by spruce, which was installed on the square near the central house of culture in honor of the New Year. The spruce grew near the house of 86-year-old Anna Folts, who planted a tree half a century ago with the already dead son. The spruce was a memory of him.

In 2017, the Russian government plans to send about 55 billion rubles to support demand in the Russian automobile market, Vedomosti write with reference to the project of the Ministry of Economic Development, submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. The program provides, in particular, 17.5 billion rubles will be allocated from the budget in 2017 to update the fleet in 2017, which will additionally release 250 thousand cars of various types in the country.

Director Alexei Teacher answered the words of criticism of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) addressed to the film "Matilda", reports Radio " Baltika ". “For me, this is just a misunderstanding. I will be happy to invite all people from the church, I really want to show all the deputies to Matilda. Because I am confident in myself, in those people who made a picture, and there are many honored people, ”the teacher said.

Anna Sakoyan A man in a mask in front of the White House. Old.1 101.ru The English -speaking media again became interested in the topic of the alleged Russian cyber diversion as applied to the American presidential election. Some authors complain about the blurry of the problem, others believe that the operation of this topic does not speak well of the democrats.

The official representative of the elected US President Donald Trump Jason Miller said that the politician really decided to transfer his press conference to January next year, Reuters reports. At this meeting, Trump will be ready to discuss issues related to his own business with reporters. Earlier it was reported that the billionaire intends to part with his assets to the inauguration, which will take place on January 20.

Igor Lebedev, Vice Speaker of the State Duma from the LDPR, suggested paying to the deputies for processing, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier today, State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin made a proposal after the New Year holidays to introduce an elongated working day on Wednesdays. “Our meetings will be longer - until 19:00, and the breaks for an hour shorter, this will allow us to completely unload the entire agenda,” said Volodin.