Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that during a government meeting on Monday, December 7, possible measures against Russia were discussed in response to the sanctions imposed by Moscow against Turkey, Reuters reports . According to Davutoglu, Ankara remains open to negotiations with Moscow, but will introduce retaliatory sanctions if necessary. Davutoğlu made a similar statement last week, on December 3, during a meeting with leading Turkish businessmen.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appealed to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg demanding the withdrawal of the Turkish military from the country. Al-Abadi wrote about this on his Twitter . “Prime Minister al-Abadi spoke with the NATO Secretary General about the presence of Turkish troops [in Iraq]. Mr. Stoltenberg reaffirmed NATO's commitment to Iraqi sovereignty,” the prime minister said in a statement.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky remains in London and will not appear when ordered by investigators. The authorities are dissatisfied with his social activities, the expert explains the filing of a new charge.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov spoke at a press conference about his contacts with the Syrians, because of which he was included in the sanctions list of the US Treasury.

Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets did not rule out that the moratorium on pension savings could be extended after 2016. She stated this in a conversation with reporters. “Here I agree with the Central Bank. We do not rule it out,” Interfcax quotes Golodets. Earlier, on December 2, the regulator presented a report from which it follows that the Bank of Russia does not rule out extending the moratorium on the formation of pension savings for 2017.

Photo: ci.am In the 21st century, direct clashes between regular armies have given way to “hybrid wars,” when the parties use insurgents, terrorism, informational and economic methods to suppress the enemy.

The Fox News channel has suspended two commentators for using obscene language against US President Barack Obama, CNN reports . Fox News strategic analyst Ralph Peters scolded the president for Obama's low-key stance toward US enemies. A couple of hours later, channel employee Stacey Dash, commenting on Obama’s address to the nation on the topic of terrorism, accompanied her words with abusive language. “Fox employees Lt. Col.

A passenger bus traveling from Donetsk to Moscow overturned in the Voronezh region, reported . the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region According to the department, the accident occurred at approximately 4:40 Moscow time near the village of Lipovka on the M-4 Don highway. A 50-year-old Neoplan bus driver, moving towards Moscow, caused the bus to overturn.

The Russian Ministry of Transport has approved changes to the Federal Aviation Rules “Aviation Security Requirements for Airports,” as follows from the information published on the portal of regulatory legal acts. According to the order of the Ministry of Transport, security zones with a width of at least 50 meters from the buildings of air terminal complexes and other airport facilities must be created in the terminal areas. For airports of local airlines, this measure is advisory in nature.

51% more Russians came to Lithuania this year than last year Lithuania was the only country that increased the tourist flow from Russia. As the press secretary of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST) Irina Tyurina told Interfax , 51% more Russians came to the Baltic country from January to September 2015 than during the same period last year.

In the year since the start of the military campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the number of foreigners fighting for the Islamists has doubled, reaching 31 thousand, experts estimate.

Telecommunications giant Verizon may buy Yahoo!'s core Internet business, which it plans to put up for sale. Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo announced this on December 7, reports Reuters . “If we understand that it meets our strategic objectives and makes sense for our shareholders, and we can extract value from the asset,” Shammo said when asked if the operator is considering buying Yahoo!'s assets.

On the fortieth day of the death of the crew and passengers of the Airbus A321 aircraft, a memorial service for the victims will be held in St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg. An RBC St. Petersburg correspondent was informed about this at the reception of the director of the state museum-monument St. Isaac's Cathedral, Nikolai Burov. The memorial service will be held on December 9, at 12:00 Moscow time, by the vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese, Bishop Markell of Tsarskoye Selo.

Photo: Evgeny Epanchintsev/TASS Concern for victims motivated the government’s negative response to the initiative to decriminalize the Criminal Code, supported in a message by Vladimir Putin. Minor crimes are needed by security forces for statistics, the expert explains.

The Kremlin does not agree with the statement that in 2015 Russians experienced a sharp decline in income. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this.