Today, 1640 journalists gathered in the hall, where the annual press conference of Putin took place, and they all tried to attract as much attention as possible.

The Moscow Arbitration Court refused to satisfy the lawsuit of the German concern Siemens against his Russian partner Technopromesport demanding to return the turbines that were sent to Crimea annexed by Russia. This is reported by Interfax. The court also refused to “technological export” in the counterclaim of invalidating the contract points with Siemens, which prohibited the supply of turbines to Crimea bypassing the sanctions of the European Union.

Two American aircraft F-22 Raptor US fighters F-22 intercept two Russian aircraft over the part of Syria where, as the Pentagon said, they should not have acted. During the incident on Wednesday, American fighters included special lights and outbreaks, as well as interferes to convince the Russian Su-25 to leave this area. One of the US pilots undertook special maneuvering to avoid a clash in the air, said Pentagon representative Eric Pahon.

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The court in Belgium officially closed the case of the extradition of the former head of Catalonia Carles Puchdemon in Spain. This happened after the call of the international arrest warrant. According to lawyer Paul Bekar, Carles Puchdemon will remain in Belgium and will lead the election campaign from there. Puchdemon left for Belgium on October 30 after the Spanish authorities dismissed the Catalonia parliament and resigned the local government.

Representatives of the concern claim that they were deceived by partners from Rostec structures. According to the contract, the equipment was manufactured for the station in Taman, but in the end it fell into the annexed Crimea.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

“There will be no negotiations with North Korea until it changes its behavior in the international arena,” the representative of the White House said on Wednesday, questioning the words of the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who suggested that Pyongyan enter the dialogue at any time and without any preliminary conditions. The White House did not clarify whether Tillerson's proposals were approved by the president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds in Moscow the so-called "large press conference"-the latter for his third term of stay as the head of state. Radio Liberty maintains an online broadcast of the press conference. This year, a record number of journalists - 1640 are accredited at this event. According to approximate estimates, the chances of media representatives to contact the president are approximately one to 30, TASS notes.

Gleb Pavlovsky, Roman Tsimbalyuk and Stanislav Kucher about the "Event of the Year" Annual press conference of the President of the Russian Federation. Gleb Pavlovsky, Roman Tsimbalyuk and Stanislav Kucher about his impressions. Presenter Elena Rykovtseva. Full video version of the program Elena Rykovtseva: An exceptionally dreary event we are discussing today, everyone who saw will understand me-the press conference of Vladimir Putin.

In Estonia next year, the command of the cybercouses will begin work. This was stated by the commander of the defense forces of Estonia Richo Terras. Terras noted that the Estonian army is currently experiencing problems with specialists in the field of information technology. The Ministry of Defense plans to attract people who would like to go to the actual service in Cybervoysk.

The Russian special services detained the father of the brothers Abror and Akram Azimov, who are accused of preparing the April terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro. This was reported on Facebook by lawyer Dmitry Dinze. The police stated that Akhl Azimov was taken to court, but did not specify which one. There is no reliable data on its location. Dmitry Dinze believes that the father of the Azimov brothers could be in the "Secret Prison of the FSB", which his sons had previously told.

Two million dollars, which the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev received from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, was provided by a certain Valery Alexandrovich Mikhailov. This was reported by the publication of RBC with reference to the testimony of the FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, who is called the initiator of the criminal case. The document says that Mikhailov is a friend of Feoktistova and an employee of the company, somehow connected with Rosneft.

The State Duma of Russia adopted in the third, final reading the law on increasing the criminal term to life imprisonment for recruitment to the ranks of terrorist organizations. From now on, for financing terrorism, declining, recruitment or other involvement of persons in the commission of a terrorist orientation crimes, a punishment is established from 8 to 20 years in prison or a lifelong opinion. Earlier, the maximum term of punishment for recruiters was 10 years of prison.