Russian athletes are ready to participate in the 2018 Olympics under a neutral flag. The corresponding application is published on the website of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OKR). Athletes claim that their decision is “dictated by not personal career ambitions”, but by the desire to play for their homeland, for their relatives and friends. On December 5, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed the Russian team from participating in the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Kim Jong -un is visited by the Chemical Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the DPRK, August 2017 North Korea is moving in the development of biological weapons. It is reported by The Washington Post with reference to sources in intelligence of the United States and Asian countries, as well as military experts.

Veronika Skvortsova Minister of Health of the Russian Federation “According to Rosstat, since 2012, the average monthly salary of doctors, medium and younger personnel has increased by more than 48%, 46%and 75%, respectively,” Source: TASS It is not a fact that the Rosstat data show even a greater increase in these salaries - in contrast to the results of the surveys of the doctors themselves According to one of the so -called “May” decrees of the President of Russia (signed by Vladimir Putin on

White Bear with a New Year package (illustrative photo) In Kamchatka in the village of Ust-Khayryzovo, when turning, the plane blew the airplane from the turbine, which were unloaded directly on the flight field. It is reported by Kam 24. In the Russian Post, the publication was told that the parcels were collected, checked that they were intact, and delivered to the sorting center. The department stated that the crew of the aircraft grossly violated the instructions. A service check has begun.

Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, who fled after the Euromaidan to Russia, filed a lawsuit against the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko, accusing him of slander. This was reported by Ukrainian media with reference to the press service of the businessman. Kurchenko claims that he is in no way connected with the ex-president of Georgia and the leader of the Ukrainian "movement of new forces" Mikhail Saakashvili.

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Europe refused to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. EU members will support the international status of the city so far are Israelis and the Palestinians will not agree with each other. This was stated by the Supreme EU Commissioner Federica Mogherini.

Lyudmila Alekseeva The head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva was awarded the State Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights activities for 2017. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The candidacy of Alekseeva for the state council of human rights nominated the Presidential Council for Human Rights. Mobile application Radio Liberty. Subscribe!

Mikhail Saakashvili in the Pechersk Court of Kyiv, December 11, 2017 On Monday, the Pechersky court of Kyiv refused to send the ex-president of Georgia, the leader of the Ukrainian Rukh of New Forces, Mikhail Saakashvili, under house arrest. The vessels on charges of "assistance to the participants of criminal organizations" and "concealing their criminal activities", if one is destined to take place, the former President of Georgia will wait for free.

The explosion at the bus station in Manhattan was recognized as an attempt to attack. This was announced at a press conference by New York mayor Bill de Blazio. During the explosion of a homemade device, four people were injured. Nothing threatens their lives. On suspicion of organizing the explosion, a native of Bangladesh was detained.

Sergey Yesin In Minsk, a writer and former rector of the Literary Institute named after A.M. died Gorky Sergey Yesin . He was 81 years old. Esin was born on December 18, 1935 in Moscow. In 1960, he graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University. In 1969, his first major story was released - "we live only twice." In 1979, Esin became a member of the Union of Writers of Russia.

The United States resumed the issuance of visas in the Russian regions in a limited volume. American consulates in Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg began to conduct interviews again, the US embassy said in Russia.

One of the founders of the Free Russia forum, political emigrant Harry Kasparov on the “political chess” of 2017, the “elections” of 2018, Ksenia Sobchak, Grigory Yavlinsky and Alexei Navalny and the struggle for tightening international sanctions against the regime of Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Text and video are available from the link TTPS: //wwww.svoboda.org/a/28909325.html

Supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili tried to break into the court building in Kyiv, where the issue of choosing a preventive measure to the former President of Georgia was decided *** Experts reject the official version that the source of the recent release of Ruthenenia-106 was a burned outdoor satellite *** Petersburgsky human rights activist Leonid Romantov about his book “Letter to Alexei Pichugin "