Oppositionist Alexei Navalny decided to collect a billion rubles for his presidential campaign using crowdfunding. About this writes " Medusa ". “In the Moscow elections, we collected 104 million (donations). For federal, you need ten times more. Based on the first day, we understand that we can collect them with small donations and have no risks, ”Navalny said. He is sure that crowdfunding is the safest and most effective strategy.

The Exhibition "Scythian Gold" should be returned to Ukraine, and not the Crimean museums, where exhibits of the exhibition were previously located. This decision was made by the Amsterdam district court on December 14. Recall that archaeological finds from the collections of the Museums of Crimea were brought to the exhibition in Amsterdam to the referendum in 2014, as a result of which Crimea decided to become part of Russia.

Advisor to the head of the Balashikha near Moscow, former adviser to the head of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation Anatoly Batashev announced his intention to run for the Green President of Russia in 2018, reports RBC . Batashev assured that such a decision was made on the basis of a desire to present the “green” in the power and draw attention to the field of ecology.

The Moscow City Court reduced the fine to Blogger Anton Nosiku, who was accused of publishing an extremist post in the Live Journal. This was announced on Twitter by the party activist Parnas Polina Nemirovskaya. The penalty was changed from 500 to 300 thousand rubles. - Nuclear dance (@polinanem) December 15, 2016 Instead of 500 thousand rubles, they were obliged to pay 300 thousand. The sentence entered into force.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that in 20 Russian regions above the epidemiological threshold of incidence of influenza, TASS reports. Popova noted: “At the 49th week, which ended this Sunday, this is already an excess of weekly epidemic rapids in 20 entities, plus this in 10 central cities of subjects.” In particular, in the Ivanovo region, the epidemiosa is exceeded by 24%, in the city of Ivanovo the excess amounted to 69%.

Industrial production in Russia in November 2016 increased by 2.7% in annual terms. This is evidenced by the data of Rosstat published on December 15. The demonstrated industrial growth in the month has been maximum since December 2014. At the same time, in October, the indicator fell by 0.2%, and in September - by 0.8%, which became the most significant decrease from the beginning of the year.

The President of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Anders Besserberg said that he received a list of the WADA World Anti -Doping Agency, which mentions 31 Russian biathlonist. Athletes are suspected of using prohibited drugs, VG reports. “Some biathletes from this list have already disqualified or have completed their careers, but there are those who continue to participate in international competitions. We will give recommendations within a week, ”Besseberg explained.

The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that Russia and the European Union (EU) should build a friendly dialogue and work together on serious world challenges. This was reported by RIA Novosti . He is sure that it is necessary to deal with global problems together instead of "friends against someone." “But, of course, one can hardly agree with the idea that you can be friends against someone, if you mean these dangerous conclusions.

The head of the British Foreign Department Boris Johnson wrote on his Twitter page that he called the ambassadors of the Russian Federation and Iran in the UK in order to express his concern to the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. “It is extremely important to protect civilians and deliver assistance,” Boris Johnson explained.

On Tuesday, the elected US President Donald Trump nominated for his future Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the head of the oil company Exxon Mobil. Now the media lively discuss this candidacy. The Economist notes that Tillerson was presented as a "diplomat who at the same time still knows how to produce oil." Indeed, the author comments, the experience of oil production for more than forty years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Japan. Upon arrival, he will go to the residence of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nagato, where they will negotiate. This was reported by the Kremlin website . Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov noted that four representatives from each side will also take part in the negotiations. After that, a separate conversation between Putin and Abe is planned.

Grigory Golosov , Nikolai Petrov D. Medvedev with journalists. government.ru On December 15, a press conference of the head of the Russian government Dmitry Medvedev was held. During the communication with representatives of the five largest Russian television channels, which was broadcast on the air called “Talk with Dmitry Medvedev”, the Prime Minister summed up the results of the year and spoke about the plans of the Russian authorities for the year as follows.

The Chairman of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker on the air of the German television channel ZDF called the proposals to introduce anti-Russian sanctions due to the situation in Syria. Junker noted: “Anyone who thinks that the introduction of additional sanctions will help to resolve the Syrian drama show a special form of naivety. This will not make any impression on Russia ”(quote for TASS).

Andrei Kondakov, head of the International Center for Legal Protection (MPC), representing Russia's interests in a dispute with Yukos, said that the Supreme Court of Sweden rejected the lawsuit of the former minority shareholders of the Yukos from Spain, disputing the refusal to pay them $ 2 million in compensation.

In Aleppo there is an evacuation of quarters captured by the opposition armed with opposition. It is carried out with the assistance of representatives of the International Red Cross, and, according to media reports, both representatives of the armed opposition and their families themselves are evacuated. The Russian military also participate in events on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin.