As part of the deal under the auspices of the UN, about 450 Syrian fighters and members of their families were removed from two regions of Syria, Reuters reports . A plane carrying 330 Syrian Shiite fighters and civilians evacuated from two pro-government towns in northwestern Syria has arrived at Beirut airport. Another plane carrying 126 people, mostly Sunni Muslim rebels trapped in Zabadani near the Lebanese border, landed at Hatay airport in southern Turkey, agency sources said.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced to prison terms two students of the Astrakhan Medical Academy, found guilty of financing the Islamic State (a terrorist organization banned in Russia). According to the verdict, Elena Arshakhanova will spend 5 years and 3 months in a colony, and Said Khalikov will spend 5 years and 6 months, the RIA Novosti agency reports .

Consumer rights advocates note that up to a third of goods in domestic stores are manufactured with violations The food embargo imposed by the Russian authorities in August last year has led to more than just rising prices. It turned out that instead of stimulating the growth of domestic production, the sanctions led to a sharp decline in product quality, writes Rosbalt . What happens to the bread?

The terrorist organization "Islamic State" (banned in Russia) has developed detailed rules for keeping slaves. The rules (fatwas) spread by the theologians of the Islamic State were given to US special forces during a raid on Syrian territory in May of this year. Extracts from the document were published by Reuters . The rules, in particular, stipulate when a militant can have an intimate relationship with a slave.

The Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda intends to begin flights to Germany in 2016. This was announced by the airline's press secretary Elena Selivanova, TASS reports . “Pobeda Airlines plans to begin operating regular flights to Cologne in February. “Pobeda also submitted an application to the Federal Air Transport Agency for international permission to operate regular flights to Memmingen [Germany],” she said.

2015 became a period of confrontation between Russia and the United States. Is there any hope that soon there will be, if not a “reset,” then at least a “cold thaw”? Negative results In 2015, Russian-American relations finally plunged into a period of protracted confrontation. Bilateral cooperation continues to wind down in various areas.

The main failure of 2015 should be considered the activities of the US-led coalition to combat the Islamic State (banned in Russia). this in an interview with the Russian News Service . stated Konstantin Dolgov, Commissioner of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, “Frankly speaking, this is mainly an imitation of the fight against Daesh (another name for the Islamic State - RBC ), there were no serious results,” he said.

An aide to Dmitry Rogozin denied reports that the Deputy Prime Minister shot himself in the foot at a shooting range.

Despite the reduction in bonuses and jobs on Wall Street, there are jobs that will be in demand next year, writes Bloomberg . According to analysts, recruiters and executives surveyed by the agency, bankers in the oil and gas sector will be in greatest demand. They will have to help energy companies affected by sharp declines in energy prices. Companies will also need bankers in the field of restructuring.

Finnish Sanoma sold its last Russian asset - the publishing company of Cosmopolitan and Esquire magazines in Russia.

The Consul General of Hungary Pal Fabian, who was involved in an accident in Ufa on December 25, died in a hospital in Bashkortostan, the reports with reference to the Ministry of Health of the republic. Bashinform agency The ministry noted that this happened on the morning of December 29, “despite all the resuscitation measures carried out by doctors.” The accident occurred on December 25 on the Kropachevo - Mesyagutovo - Achit road.

Since the beginning of the year, the number of borrowers in Russia has decreased by more than 10%, and the average loan size, on the contrary, has increased by 8.5%. Demand for loans is falling due to declining income and banks' caution, experts say The number of borrowers with existing loans at the end of 11 months of 2015 decreased by 4.2 million, or 10.6%.

A database containing the personal data of 191 million American voters has been found freely available on the Internet. It is still unknown who supports it and for what purpose American computer security expert Chris Vickery discovered an online database with personal data of 191 million American voters. He reported this in his article on the website DataBreaches.net .

Another glitch occurred on the Moscow Exchange. After the clearing session, trading on the derivatives market was stopped Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS On Tuesday, trading on the derivatives market of the Moscow Exchange began with a delay after intermediate clearing, which takes place at 14:00. The official representative of the exchange, Lev Bystrov, told RBC that the problems began after the interim clearing session. “The session lasts from 14:00 to 14:04.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on laying a gas pipeline to supply the Kaliningrad region. According to a document published on the website of the Russian government, a branch will be laid from the Vilnius-Kaliningrad main gas pipeline to the point of insertion into the gas pipeline branch to the Kaliningrad underground gas storage facility. The gas pipeline will be laid in the Zelenograd region and the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea.