The report of the organization "Reporters without borders" for 2014 speaks of the death of 66 journalists in the world in the world, whose death was associated with their professional activities. A year earlier, there were 7 percent more such cases, but, as the organization, which was based in Paris, notes in Paris, cases of decapitating journalists in Syria with members of radical groups indicate how extremely dangerous media officers are in conflict zones.

Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina Since December 16, the Central Bank of Russia raised a key interest rate from 10.5 percent to 17 percent per annum, the corresponding decision of the bank was published on its official website on Tuesday night. "The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia decided to increase the key rate to 17.00 percent per annum from December 16, 2014.

Kerry about the possibility of lifting sanctions

We are talking about the crisis of the Putin system and the onslaught of the reaction with the professor of the Higher School of Urbanism (GU-SHE), the observer of the Kommersant Publishing House Grigory Revzin

News in the United States are, as you know, quanta, strictly measured portions, with an indispensable change in sensational materials: today's sensation is difficult to recall tomorrow. But there are sensations that last-and not a day or two, but much more.

Monstrous hostage captures in Pakistan and Australia, plans of the new / old government of Japan, World War II against violence against sex workers

Freedom quotes on December 16, 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 18:00 12/16/2014 Sechin: The ruble was collapsed by Navalny and Kudrins. 1991, 1998, 2014: General and different. Waiting for defaults. How to regain solidarity The head of Rosneft , suspected by many in involvement in the sharp fall in the ruble, spoke out without offenders.

Human Rights Watch published a report on discrimination against representatives of the LGBT community in Russia In St. Petersburg, a school teacher was fired for non -traditional sexual orientation. The girl was called Anastasia. She does not want to, communicating with the press, to give her last name, she cries, because she is very difficult: a few days ago she was fired from school No. 565, where she taught music to children with the difficulties of development.

A year ago, the Central Bank "could not imagine this in a terrible dream" “The situation is critical: what is happening, even in a terrible dream could not be presented a year ago,” admitted the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank (Central Bank) of Russia Sergey Shvetsov on Tuesday, after a night decision of the bank on a sharp increase in the basic interest rate and when the ruble exchange rate has collapsed by a third.

The Superjob Research Center for the Superjob recruitment portal has presented new results on the viewing of wages at the 1C programmer position.

World oil prices have decreased again. On Tuesday, the Brent barrel was worth less than $ 59 - for the first time since May 2009. During the day, the ruble exchange rate decreased by 10 percent to the euro and 8.6 percent to the dollar . On Tuesday night, the Central Bank of Russia - in order to stop the fall in the ruble exchange rate - increased the key interest rate from 10.5 to 17 percent per annum.

The decrease in the personal rating of Shinzo Abe did not affect the victory of his party The victory of the ruling party in the early parliamentary elections in Japan again showed the power of the habits of the inhabitants of the country In Japan, in the pre-trial election to the lower house of the Parliament, the liberal-democratic party of the country's prime minister Shinzo Abe won a confident victory.

Fragments of the Falcon aircraft after a disaster at Vnukovo Airport Until April, the Moscow Basmanny Court extended the home arrest to the flight manager and the Vnukovo airport manager, and also left a detention of an aerodrome service engineer for another four months. All three are accused of the crash of the Falcon aircraft, on board which was the former head of the Total oil company Christoph de Margeri.

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Says the representative of the unisef Christoph Bulirerak