Iranian authorities have announced their intention to invite foreign companies to extract oil and gas. The work will take place in the form of joint ventures Iran, South Pars. Workers in front of an oil refinery (Photo: AP) According to the TASS agency , the Chairman of the Committee for the Review of Oil Agreements, Mehdi Hosseini, spoke about Tehran’s plans. According to him, the main ones for future work will be production sharing contracts with the National Iranian Oil Company.

There are victims as a result of a shooting at a medical center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The city's prosecutor general announced this on his Twitter . According to Reuters , the attorney general first wrote about the two dead, but then deleted his message, replacing it with another: “My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed in today’s confrontation in Colorado Springs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed sanctions against Turkey. His decree includes a ban on the import of certain Turkish goods, restriction of the activities of Turkish organizations in Russia, as well as a ban on charters between countries Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on measures to ensure national security and on the application of special economic measures against Turkey.

Three people were killed in an attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Mali. about this . Bloomberg A local official told He said that at about 4:00 local time the base was attacked by militants armed with rockets and mortars. The evacuation of the wounded is currently ongoing; in total, more than 20 people were injured. On the afternoon of November 20, terrorists seized a hotel in the capital of Mali. They broke into the building and took about 170 people hostage.

“Turetsky Choir” may change its name due to the conflict between Russia and Turkey after the incident with the Russian Su-24 bomber, which was shot down by the Turkish Air Force. the Russian News Service about this The head of the team, Mikhail Turetsky, told . In addition, the musician is considering the possibility of changing his own surname. “It is difficult to make a hasty decision on such an important issue. Changing the name of the team is easy.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) banned Russian singer Sergei Penkin from entering the country, who was planning to perform concerts in several Ukrainian cities in December. reports this Interfax with reference to SBU representative Elena Gitlyanskaya. The SBU warned the Ministry of Culture and the October Palace in Kyiv that Penkin was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine, Gitlyanskaya clarified. The SBU did not name the reasons for banning the singer from entering the country.

The sanctions that Russia has imposed on Turkey will only worsen the problems between the two countries, Ankara believes. Earlier, Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing sanctions on Turkey in response to the attack on the Su-24 Turkish Embassy in Moscow (Photo: RIA Novosti) Sanctions like those Russia has imposed on Turkey will only worsen the problems between the two countries.

The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, temporarily suspended the deputy minister of fuel and energy of the republic, Yevgeny Demin. The corresponding decree was published on the website of the head of the region. “Temporarily, for the period of the inspection, remove Evgeniy Afanasyevich Demin from his position as Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy of the Republic of Crimea,” the document says.

Emergency rescue teams of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are sent from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Nevelsk to eliminate possible fuel leaks from the stranded tanker Nadezhda. Interfax was informed about this by the press service of the regional ministry. The department noted that while there is no information about an oil leak from the ship’s tanks, it is being clarified. There are eight crew members on board, the Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed.

Two residents of the Orenburg region died after being poisoned with fake Jack Daniel's whiskey. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to the Investigative Committee, on November 24, the victims purchased two bottles with the name “whiskey,” each 1 liter in volume, costing 200 rubles per bottle. On November 25, they drank the purchased alcohol, the next day they felt unwell, fell into a coma on November 27, and died today.

The Crimean authorities will stop accepting holidaymakers at the sanatoriums of the Ministry of Health from December 1 due to the impossibility of organizing heating for these facilities Lack of electricity in the cities of Crimea.

The list of Turkish goods prohibited for import into Russia may appear as early as Monday. Not only food products can get into it, the government said Turkish sweets on a store counter (Photo: REUTERS 2015) The government may publish a list of Turkish products prohibited for import into Russia as early as Monday. reports this Interfax with reference to a source in the financial and economic bloc of the government.

Three people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting at a medical facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was reported by local police, reports Associated Press . Reuters clarified that the other two victims were civilians. According to the agency, which cites local authorities, nine people were injured in the shooting. Earlier, CNN, citing police spokeswoman Catherine Buckley , reported that 11 people were injured during the shooting, including five police officers.

In the area where the Nadezhda tanker ran aground, in the Nevelsk region in the south of Sakhalin, there are rainbow spots and a fuel leak has occurred. this The regional Ministry of Emergency Situations reported . The department noted that pumping out oil products and inspecting the bottom of the vessel will be carried out after the weather improves. Specialists from the emergency rescue and environmental operations center will install booms, the ministry added.

The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes recommended that the lower house of parliament adopt the budgets of the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund for 2016 in the second reading, Interfax reports . According to the project, PFR revenues next year will amount to 7.529 trillion rubles, expenses - 7.704 trillion rubles. The projected budget deficit will be 175 billion rubles, while in 2015 the budget deficit of the Pension Fund is expected to be 623 billion rubles.