Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a message to the Federal Assembly after appointing the Council of People's Commissars of the Elections of the Head of State, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the source. Senator Alexei Alexandrov previously reported that the decision of the Council of Election will be adopted at the meeting on December 15.

On Monday, the press appeared excerpts from the correspondence of Donald Trump Jr., the son of the US president, with the exposure of WikiLeaks. Initially, fragments received as a result of leakage were published. But soon Trump Jr. himself published on his Twitter screenshots of full chains of messages, which included these fragments. This event was considered necessary to discuss large media. The discussion mainly consists in the retelling of messages with rare interspersed metacrols.

530 people became victims of a powerful earthquake on the border of Iran with Iraq. Another 7.5 thousand were injured, reports the Iranian agency Mehr News Agency . The earthquake occurred on Sunday November 12, a hundred kilometers west of the Iranian city of Kermanshah. As a result, 12 thousand houses turned out to be completely destroyed, the same amounts were damaged.

Yuri Gorlin Worker at the scene of the accident AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Nikerichev Andrey The Russian government is developing a plan for a more active inclusion of older people in the economy, the Izvestia newspaper writes. According to them, the Cabinet of Ministers plans to stimulate the employment of older people - including through the development of the Institute of Mentoring, as well as with the help of vocational training.

Representatives of all four fractions of the State Duma made a correction for consideration, which allows us to recognize foreign media by foreign agents. About this, as reported by RBC , said Vice Speaker Peter Tolstoy. The document has not yet been published on the Duma website . According to him, to decide which media will receive the status of a foreign agent, the Ministry of Justice of Russia will be, as in the case of foreign agents among non -profit organizations.

Sergey Hestanov Tax Inspectorate for the work of AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Zykov Kirill How exactly Russians can pay taxes on cryptocurrencies, the Ministry of Finance of Russia explained. The letter, which sets out the position of the department, is not a normative nature, but allows those who wish to receive information on this issue, the newspaper " Vedomosti " explains.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that it has evidence of the intervention of the US military in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist organization (IG, prohibited in the Russian Federation) in order to promote their interests in the Middle East. The statement of the department says that the US armed forces only imitate the opposition of extremists, but in fact they prevent the Russian VKS from applying.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia corrected publications designed to demonstrate an “undeniable confirmation” that the United States cooperates with the Islamic State group banned in the Russian Federation (IG or ISIS). Earlier, the military department caught the fact that the pictures published as evidence of this cooperation coincided with personnel from the computer game, as well as with old military records.

The US Department of Justice confirmed that the American branch of the Russian RT channel registered as a foreign agent in the United States. TASS writes about this. The acting assistant to the Prosecutor General Dan Boente said that the Americans have the right to know who acts in the United States in order to influence the government or the public on behalf of the foreign side.

On November 13, in Belgrade, a meeting of the US special representative Kurt Volker and Assistant President of Russia Vladislav Surkov took place. This is stated in the message on the website of the US Embassy in Russia. Representatives of the two countries met for the third time as part of efforts to stop the war in the Donbass. They discussed joint efforts in this direction and decided that the work would continue in the future.

The FAS Russia last week began the verification of retailers selling iPhone x, suspecting them in conspiracy. This was reported to the RNS in the press service of the antimonopoly regulator. They stated that the audit would last until the “picture with sales and prices for this brand of iPhone” is clear. They also noted that the FAS conducts an audit on his own - without attracting Apple smartphones for consultations and manufacturer.

The Italian national football team will miss the World Cup for the first time since 1958: Skuadra Azurra missed the chance to reach the final stage of the championship, unable to beat the Sweden national team in their field. The match Italy - Sweden ended with a score of 0: 0. Since the first match between the national teams ended with the victory of the Swedes with a score of 1: 0, the sum of the 2018 World Cup, the Swedish national team, in the final stage of the meeting.

The former governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh, married to the poetess near Moscow, Ekaterina Reifer. This was announced by the lawyer of the ex-official Andrei Grokhotov, Interfax reports. According to the defender, the ceremony was held on November 14. “My client today married his bride. They can be congratulated, ”Grokhotov told the agency. The former governor made an official proposal to the Reifer on October 11 at the hearing, where she was a witness in his criminal case.

The chief freelance oncologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia Mikhail Davydov leaves his post and leaves the position of director of the Blokhin Russian Oncology Center. He confirmed this information of RBC . Earlier, the source of the publication said that Davydov will quit on November 27.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that American troops would not leave Syria until positive results during negotiations in Geneva to resolve the Syrian conflict, reports Reuters . The head of the Pentagon emphasized: " We will not leave now, before the Geneva process begins to work." According to Mattis, American troops should help prepare conditions for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Syria.