President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with France 24 that after the incident in the Kerch Strait he tried to contact Vladimir Putin, but the Russian president did not respond to a request from Kiev. Poroshenko claims: “Unfortunately, Putin still has not replied to my request to hold directly a telephone conversation in any format - in a bilateral, in Norman with the participation of American partners and so on” (quote for RBC ).

In the estate of Melford Hall, located in the county of Suffolk, a manuscript book containing an extensive collection of works of the outstanding English poet John Donna was found. The manuscript was discovered by the expert of the Auction House Sotheby's Gabriel Heaton, who examined the private archive of Melford Hall. In one of the boxes, along with other documents, there was a volume in the binding of calf leather.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the issue of the exchange of Ukrainian sailors detained as a result of the Kerch incident is not worth it now, Interfax reports.

On December 2, 1921, Gleb Kaleda, geologist and priest, was born. Personal business Gleb Alexandrovich Kaleda ( 1921-1994 ) was born in Petrograd. His father was a major economist, graduated from the Minsk Theological Seminary and the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute. Mother came from the noble family of the Sulmenevs. Upon moving to Moscow in 1927, the family established close spiritual ties with former members of the Christian student movement.

The State Commission approved the crew of the Soyuz MS-11 ship, which will go on December 3 to the International Space Station (ISS), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Gagarin Cosmonaut training Center. Oleg Kononenko, Canadian cosmonaut and American astronauts David Saint-Jacques and Anne Charlotte McClain will go to the ISS.

Grigol Vashadze, the presidential candidate losing elections, said that he intended to seek voting outcomes through the court, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that in the second round of the presidential elections, the independent presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili (59.52% of the vote) supported by the ruling party, the Georgian Dream, won. Vashadze, who is considered a protege of the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, received 40.48% of the vote.

The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which was planned on December 2 , was postponed, SpaceX said on its twitter. The Falcon 9 missile should deliver 64 spacecraft of various organizations and companies of 17 countries of the world to the near-Earth orbit as part of the Spaceflight SSO-A: Smallsat Express mission. The reason for the delay in the launch of SpaceX called the need for additional checking the engine of the second stage.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the air of the Russia 1 television channel, stated that before the Big Twenty summit in Buenos Aires, where the Russian and American leaders were supposed to meet, strange coincidences occurred. Lavrov noted: “I am not a supporter of the theory of conspiracy and all kinds of conspiracies.

In a number of settlements of the Arkhangelsk region, including the regional center, on December 2, mass protests were held against the construction of the garbage training ground in Shies, Interfax reports. According to the organizers, up to several thousand people went to rallies in Severodvinsk and Arkhangelsk. Representatives and deputies from the Communist Party, LDPR and Just Russia spoke at rallies.

Katerina Norseeva OPEC photo: marketwatch.com Bloomberg , citing its own sources, writes about the new recommendations of the OPEC economic commission. Experts advised the organizations to reduce the volume of oil production by 1.3 million barrels per day compared to October 2018. These measures will help to avoid an excess of proposal in 2019 and balance the level of demand. The information is confirmed by The Wall Street Journal.

The head of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities, Vladimir Yakushev, said that his department is working on a financial support program for Russian constituent entities to solve the problem of deceived equity holders, TASS reports. Currently, it is proposed to allocate land plots for which they are trying to find interested builders to find out the unin littleness from the dishonesty of developers.

Bloomberg , citing its own sources, writes about the new recommendations of the OPEC economic commission. Experts advised the organizations to reduce the volume of oil production by 1.3 million barrels per day compared to October 2018. These measures will help to avoid an excess of proposal in 2019 and balance the level of demand. The information is confirmed by The Wall Street Journal. “According to our data, a reduction of 1.3 million barrels per day would be effective for market balancing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to liberalize the regime of obtaining Russian citizenship by Ukrainians. He made such a statement at a press conference in Argentina, where he took part in the meeting of the heads of state G20. “We will not introduce any restrictions on citizens of Ukraine, moreover, on the contrary, we will go along the path of liberalizing the stay of Ukrainian citizens in our territory and liberalizing them to obtain Russian citizenship,” NSN quoted him.

On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, negotiations between US President Donald Trump and President of China Xi Jinping took place. According to the Central Television of China , the United States from January 1, 2019 will not introduce additional duties on Chinese goods imported into the country, and then the parties will continue negotiations. Previously, Trump intended to increase duties from 10% to 25% from the New Year.

Former US Secretary of State James Baker told The New York Times about the last words of the 41st US President George Bush Sr. Recall, Bush Sr., who headed the United States from 1989 to 1993, died on November 30 at the age of 94. In connection with the death of the predecessor, the current US President Donald Trump canceled the press conference at the G20 summit, which took place in Buenos Aires. As Baker said, before his death, the Bush Sr.