The Dnieper Court of Kiev arrested the leader of the UKROP party Gennady Korban for 60 days, reports . the 112 Ukraine TV channel During the reading of the court decision, Korban’s supporters chanted “Ganba!”, but the defendant asked them to maintain order. “I ask you to maintain order. Because now this could lead to some casualties, God forbid someone gets hurt. I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt because of me. Let's achieve everything legally.

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the head of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (PDP), Salehattin Demirtas, and his statements about Kurdish self-government. This was reported by the Dogan agency. Demirtas was suspected of committing actions that violate the constitutional order of the country.

Winner club participants discussed the responsibilities of owners and top managers during a crisis December Winner Club discussion Who will lead the business through the crisis; will he make fateful decisions for the company? Team, answered this question by the participants in the December discussion of the Winner club, held by RBC, the Simple company and BFA Bank at the Helvetia Hotel.

The wife of former special forces soldier of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Efremov, detained in Finland at the request of the United States, contacted Novaya Gazeta with an open letter to President Vladimir Putin. It was published on the publication's website. “My husband gave 30 years to defend Russia. We went through all of Afghanistan, two Chechen wars and other hot spots. Without sparing his life, he defended the interests of the country, for which he received numerous awards.

Seoul and Tokyo have reached an agreement on one of the most sensitive issues in relations between the two countries since World War II. Japan has admitted responsibility for the sexual exploitation of Korean women during the war.

Former head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin said that Russia has not yet passed the peak of the crisis. According to him, if oil prices are low in the next six months to a year, there will be a further decline in the economy Former head of the Ministry of Finance Alexey Kudrin (Photo: Sergey Savostyanov/TASS) Russia has not yet passed the peak of the crisis, as evidenced by additional deterioration in economic indicators in November.

Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation published a concession agreement between Rosavtodor and the RT-Invest company, operator of the Platon truck toll collection system. Navalny calls it “secret” on his blog Opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Photo: Pavel Bednyakov/TASS) The agreement was published on Alexei Navalny’s blog.

The defense of the former head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky appealed his arrest in absentia, told RIA Novosti . press secretary of the Basmanny Court of Moscow Yuno Tsareva The legality of the arrest will be checked by the Moscow City Court. As Interfax clarifies , the complaint was filed by an appointed lawyer, the hearing date will be set later. The fact that Khodorkovsky was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list became known on December 23 .

The suspected murder weapon of Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead in 1986 in Stockholm, has been found in Sweden, Expressen reports . According to the publication, the possible murder weapon was handed over to the police by criminologist Leif Persson. He, in turn, received it from an anonymous person. We are talking about a Magnum pistol. Its examination is currently underway. Expressen notes that the damage from the bullets that killed Palme complicates the work of experts.

Swiss oil trader Gunvor has agreed to sell its last asset in Russia, a source told Reuters. We are talking about a 50 percent share in the Novorossiysk oil terminal Oil terminal (Photo: Lori) that Gunvor has agreed to sell its last asset in Russia - a 50 percent stake in the Novorossiysk Oil Terminal (NMT) - to a subsidiary of Transneft .

One of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia, Alisher Usmanov (Forbes estimates his fortune at $14.4 billion), is pleased with the dividends that Norilsk Nickel pays to its shareholders and would like to increase his share in it. Currently, the Metalloinvest holding owns 3.2% of Norilsk Nickel shares.

According to most analysts, Russian stock indices and shares will trade near the achieved levels during the day. Investor activity in trading will remain low Anastasia Sosnova, analyst at JSCB Russian Capital: “Today, trading on Russian sites will most likely be relatively calm. Despite the fact that there is a decrease in purchasing activity on the sites, in general, in the last trading days of 2015 a strong drop or increase in indices is not expected .

The Russian government has extended the decree on providing medical care to citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons who were forced to leave this country until 2016, according to the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. The federal budget has allocated 978.3 million rubles for these purposes, the document notes ( .pdf ).

The Russian government decided to increase the authorized capital of Russian Railways JSC by 8.95 billion rubles. The corresponding order was published on the website of the Russian government. “This money will be used to develop the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway and its radial directions. held today .

Russia will expand sanctions against Turkey, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. According to him, Moscow has no goal of refusing cooperation with Ankara, but an “adequate response to unfriendly actions” is necessary. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (Photo: Alexander Kurov/TASS) Russia will expand the sanctions imposed against Turkey after the incident with the downing of the Su-24.