The Olivier Salad, Kharcho, vegetable stew with chicken, compote or beer "El", bread. 200 rubles. Veterans and poor pensioners for free "-such an ad appeared on the door of the cafe in St. Petersburg, and then in social networks. In just a few days, the whole city found out about this action, and the old people began to come to a business lunch from all over. Nobody asks any certificates confirming income. Pension certificates are not needed either.

The coastal guard of Japan on Thursday discovered the North Korean fishing boat next to the Japanese island, where the crew of eight people tried to hide from the storm. This is one of the many cases when the North Korean ships, distressing, drift into Japanese waters, reports Reuters. The boat was towed to the northern part of the Hokkaido Island for verification, the Beier Guard spokesman said. The authorities of Japan have yet to decide what to do with the ship and ten fishermen on board.

It is still unclear whether the Russian team will allow the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang - the doping scandal continues to rage, and the final decision of the IOC will become known only on December 5. Nevertheless, preparations for the Winter Olympiad are its turn: on November 29, a show was held in Moscow in which the public was presented with a new form of the Olympic team developed by the new official equipment, Zasport .

The RT channel financed by the Russian authorities was deprived of accreditation in the US Congress. This was reported on Wednesday evening by the Associated Press. RT on its website confirmed this information. The corresponding letter addressed to the director of the American division of the channel Mikhail Solodovnikov sent the Gallery of Radio and TV Correspondents of the US Congress.

The France prosecutor’s office is suspected of a member of the Federation Council Suleiman Kerimov in tax evasion totaling 400 million euros. This was reported with reference to sources by France Press. According to the agency’s interlocutors, Kerimov since 2006 has not paid taxes on the purchase of five villas. It is alleged that about 40 million euros were paid in cash. In the case of Kerimov, a realtor was arrested, her name is not called.

Members of the free historical society condemned the intention of the Investigative Committee of Russia to investigate the version of the "ritual murder" of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. The authors of the appeal published on Thursday emphasize that we are talking about the so -called myth of ethnic aggression - an attempt to accuse the Jews of committing ritual murders of Christians.

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onufry The Bishop Cathedral in Moscow on Thursday supported the idea to provide more independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC). Earlier, such a request was addressed by the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onufry. He sought that a separate chapter “Ukrainian Orthodox Church” appeared in the charter of the Moscow Patriarchate. Mobile application Radio Liberty. Subscribe!

In the backpack of the half -brother of the DPRK leader Kim Jong Nam, poisoned in Malaysia, there was an antidote. This was announced at a meeting of the Malaysian court considering the murder case of Kim Jong Nam, an expert toxicologist Sharmilla, which is referred by the Singapore newspaper Streit Timz. According to the expert, there were 12 bubbles with atropine in the back of the North Korean leader.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia satisfied the lawsuit of a citizen, as well as the opposition party "Girch" on the recognition of the anti -constitutional norm of the Criminal Code punishing for the consumption of marijuana. From now on, the smoking of a "light drug" is not a crime in the country.

The detention of the demonstrator by the police special forces. Argentina, times of military junta, 1970s In Buenos Aires on November 29, an open trial ended for more than 4 years over former Argentine military sailors and special services, who were found guilty of mass killings during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s of the XX century .

Semyon Reznik. This short life. Nikolai Vavilov and his time. - M.: Zakharov, 2017. - 1056 p. Almost half a century ago, in the ZhZL series, the book of Semyon Reznik about Nikolai Vavilov was published. These days in the Sakharov Center, the writer presented his new - already fundamental - biographical book. Again - about the famous academician, genetics, botany and traveler.

The situation is discussed by diplomats Valentin Moiseev, Andrei Fedorov, public figure Pavel Zatogaylo. Presenter - Vladimir Kara - Murza - Senior.

The monument “Freedom. Power in the service of the people” appeared in Kostroma, established at the expense of the local entrepreneur, deputy of the regional Duma Vladimir Mikhailov, who announced his intention to run for the presidency of Russia. The power is depicted in the form of a fairy -tale character of the snake Gorynych, drawn in the plow. The heads of the snake symbolize three branches of power - executive, legislative and judicial.