Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that with the publication of the possible interference of Russia in France’s affairs against the backdrop of riots due to the prospect of fuel rise in Paris, they are slander, Interfax reports. Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine has published a statement stating that Russian special services may be involved in the organization of protests in France.

The head of the capital's municipality Krasnoselsky Ilya Yashin appealed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation with a request to verify the legality of the participation of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kolokoltsev at the Congress of the United Russia party, according to Yashin's social networks.

Scientists from the University of Nebraski in Lincoln and the University of California at Santa Cruz for the first time in history found that the epigenetic mechanisms, that is, the transmission of hereditary information without changes in the DNA sequence, are characteristic of even archeas-representatives of the special domain of living organisms that differ from bacteria and eukaryotes.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will abandon the proposal to chip driver rights and certificates of registration of vehicles in favor of the idea of ​​digitizing these documents, a source in the government, familiar with the situation, told RIA Novosti . Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed a draft order where it is proposed to equip the driver’s licenses and STS electronic information carriers in order to reduce the risk of fakes.

The country's Foreign Minister Jean-IV Le Drian said that the French authorities have organized an investigation into the possible intervention of Russia in the protest of “yellow vests”, which have been held throughout France since mid-November due to the prospect of increasing fuel prices, Bloomberg reports. Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine has published a statement stating that Russian special services may be involved in the organization of protests in France.

Assistant to the chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine Oleg Slobodyan said that Russia is hindering the passage of 1 0 4 Ukrainian courts in the Kerch Strait, UNIAN reports. Slobodyan claims: “The Russian Federation passes the vessels, but still the time of delayed ships is quite large. According to our information, in the area of ​​the Kerch Strait there are 104 vessels in both directions in line, which are planning to pass the Kerch Strait.

The press bureaus of the capital’s department of the Federal Bailiff Service confirmed the write-off from the account of the ex-Minister of Economy of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev, a fine of 130 million rubles appointed to him by the verdict of the Zamoskvoretsky court, Interfax reports.

In Stockholm, a ceremony of presenting an alternative Nobel Prize in Literature was held. The awards were awarded the 81-year-old French writer Mariz Conde, reports the Organizing Committee of the New Academy Award.

Kommersant in a report under the heading “Lagging - Little Death” is trying to understand what Vladimir Putin’s business was thinking about during the Congress of United Russia. “ Russians are deployed in a digital profile”: the prototype of the platform will be launched until the end of 2019. “ Oncomials will be added to the register”: this will allow in stages to monitor their treatment. “ New Governors will work in the Councils”: the United Russia has updated the guidelines of the party.

About 700 Russian tourists cannot fly out of China. According to RBC with reference to the Association "Tour Mesh", we are talking about vacationers on Hainan Island. All of them bought trips from the tour operator "Pearl River".

Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the applicants for the title of “Man of the Year” according to Time magazine in 2018.

The Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) opens an office in Moscow for the sale of banks' assets that have passed under its management after a license’s recall, Vedomosti reports with reference to the General Director of the AFA Yuri Isaev. Isaev noted: "We want to sell all the assets we have faster and more efficiently." However, at present, only a limited circle of people knows how to participate in auction. It is assumed that the opening of the office will change the model.

On December 10, 1937, Sergey Averintsev, philologist, cultural historian and biblicalist were born. Personal business Sergey Sergeevich Averintsev (1937-2004) was born in Moscow in a professor's family. His father, and his mother were biologists. The father was a representative of the intelligentsia of tsarist Russia. Sergey was a late child - when he was born, his father was already 62 years old.

The All -Russian Popular Front (ONF) conducted a survey dedicated to the availability of medical care in Russia . According to its results, which is given by RBC , 24.5% of Russian doctors received instructions to impose commercial medical services to patients. The survey was conducted from October 26 to November 5 among 4 thousand medical workers, including 3.5 thousand doctors from 85 regions of Russia.

The main military prosecutor’s office and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) check the single food supplier of the Russian Guard, RBC reports with reference to sources. According to the interlocutors of the publication, in November the FAS opened the case of the presence of signs of violation of the legislation of Russia on the state defense order in the supply of products of the Russian Federation with the Friendship of Peoples with the Friendship of Peoples.