The Kyiv Commercial Court ordered the Russian company Gazprom to pay a fine of $ 6.8 billion for abuse of the monopoly position in the Ukrainian gas transit market. The hearings on the case were held on Monday closed. At the beginning of 2016, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recognized Gazprom as a monopolist in the gas transit market , accused the Russian company of constant violations of the terms of the contract with Naftogaz and ordered to pay a fine of $ 3.4 billion until April.

The Russian multi-purpose fighter Su-33 crashed when going to land on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the pilot was able to eject and was selected by a rescue helicopter. The department stated that the accident occurred due to a cliff of the cable that helps the aircraft slow down on the deck. As a result, the Su-33 rolled out of the deck. During the short time of the stay near the Syrian coast, Kuznetsov has already lost two aircraft.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Heydar Jemal The chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia and the co -chair of the Russian Islamic Heritage Public Movement, Heydar Dzhemal, died. This was reported on his Facebook page. Jemaly was 69 years old. Journalist Maxim Shevchenko wrote that the cause of the death of Heydar Jemal was a long and serious illness. Jemal headed the Islamic Committee of Russia since 1993. He was one of the initiators of the creation of the Coordinating Council of the "Left Front".

Launch of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with the Russian High Ship Progress at the Baikonur Cosmodrome The Roscosmos next year will refuse to use the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, which brought to the orbit of the progress cargo ship, a crashed on December 1. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. In February 2017, Soyuz-U is planned to use one more time to launch the progress cargo ship.

The United Nations condemned the death penalty in Belarus. Last week, the European Union confirmed the execution of three death sentences in Belarus - during November prisoners Gennady Yakovitsky, Ivan Kulesh and Sergey Khmelevsky were executed. Earlier, in April 2016, Sergey Ivanov was executed. On December 5, the special speaker of the UN Miklosh Harast said that the executions testify to the glaring neglect of the Belarusian authorities to the right to life.

France Prime Minister Manuel Waltz, as expected, announced on Monday, December 5, the nomination of his candidacy to participate in the presidential election, which will be held in April and May 2017. Manuel Waltz will receive the official status of a presidential candidate from the ruling Socialist Party if he wins the primaries in January.

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France Prime Minister Manuel Waltz is expected to announce the nomination for president of the country today. The prime minister’s office reported that he would make an official announcement about participation in the elections tonight in the suburbs of Paris. To become an official candidate from the ruling Socialist Party, Waltz will need to win the primaries in January. Among his rivals, however, there will be no President Francois Hollande: he refused to run for a second term last week.

Alexey Navalny in the Leninsky District Court of Kirov The court in Kirov rejected the request for the return of the so -called Kirovles case to the prosecutor’s office, which is the defendants of which are oppositionist Alexei Navalny and entrepreneur Petr Officers. Earlier, the court also rejected the claim of lawyers to terminate the criminal prosecution, citing the “premature” of this requirement. Lawyer Svetlana Davydova demanded to return the case to the prosecutor to eliminate violations.

Aleppo December 5th The UN Security Council on Monday will consider the draft resolution on a truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo and the resumption of access for humanitarian aid in the regulations besieged by government forces in the east of Aleppo. The project , introduced by New Zealand, Egypt and Spain, provides for a truce for 7 days, the Voice of America reports .

Ratko Mladich in The Hague In the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague, the prosecution party began to act with final speeches in the process in the case of the former army commander of the Bosnian Serbs Ratko Mladich. The general is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

On December 5, the Lenin court of the city of Kirov began re -consideration of the so -called case of Kirovles - in relation to the leader of the Foundation for the fight against corruption Alexei Navalny and entrepreneur Peter Officerov. This decision was made in mid -November - then the Supreme Court of Russia canceled the verdict issued three years ago, and sent the case for a new consideration.