Russian President Vladimir Putin and the current US President Barack Obama held a short conversation at the APEC summit, which takes place in Peru. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports . “At the beginning of the retreat (working meeting) they greeted each other and talked very briefly,” Peskov said. Journalists' accompanying the American president said that the heads of state talked in the meeting room near Putin's table.

The elected US President Donald Trump and a candidate for the Secretary of State, a participant in the presidential race in 2012, Mitt Romni told about the results of the meeting, NBC News reports .

The VTB Supervisory Board will choose a new chapter due to the fact that Aleksey Ulyukaev, who holds this post, is suspected of a bribe. It is reported by Interfax . “On December 14, we are holding a planned meeting of the Nabsum Council at which the new chairman of the Supervisory Board will be elected.

US Secretary of Defense Astton Carter and US National Intelligence Head James Clapper advised President Barack Obama to remove Admiral Michael Rogers from the post of head of the National Security Agency (ANB), reports TASS with reference to The Washington Post. The recommendations of Carter and Clapper were transferred to the White House in October.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the problem of concluding a peace treaty, as well as issues related to the preparation of the visit of the Russian president to Japan, Interfax reports. “I expect that today we will discuss the issue of the upcoming visit next month, the problem of concluding a peace treaty, as well as trade and economic cooperation,” Abe said.

The ATLAS V Rocket with a new generation of GOES-R has successfully started with the US Air Force base in Florida, the National Aeronomous Office and Research of the US Space (NASA) reports . At the moment, the launch vehicle "rotates high above the surface of the earth." The launch took place at 02:42 Moscow time, NASA is a live broadcast. The rocket was supposed to start an hour earlier, but technical problems were discovered, due to which the launch had to be postponed.

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagard, positively appreciated the actions of the Russian authorities, including the head of the Central Bank of Elvira Nabiullina, to maintain macroeconomic stability in the country. This was announced by the deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development Stanislav Voskresensky, RIA Novosti reports .

Syrian authorities rejected the plan of the UN specialist Stefan de Mistura about the provision of self -government of the eastern part of Aleppo. It is reported by Reuters . “This proposal is absolutely unacceptable. This is a violation of our sovereignty, ”said the Foreign Minister of Syria Valid al-Miallem after negotiations with de Mistur. The eastern part of Aleppo is controlled by rebel groups, as well as militants of the Ang Nusra terrorist organization.

The Soyuz MS-03 manned ship with the crew of the new expedition on board successfully fastened to the node of the Dawn module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), the flight management website reported . The ship's dock was carried out according to a two -day scheme in automatic mode. The spacecraft delivered to the ISS participants in the long-term expedition of ISS-50/51 Russian Oleg Novitsky, the Frenchman Tom Sand and the American Peggy Witson.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel intends to re -elect. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources in the leadership of the ruling party of the CDU. According to the interlocutors of the agency, Merkel said this at a closed meeting of the party leadership in Berlin. It is expected that in the evening of November 20, this will be officially announced.

Gazprom’s annual fee for gas transit through Ukraine may increase by $ 4 billion if the Stockholm Arbitration Court decides in favor of the Ukrainian company Naftogaz. This was told on his Facebook page by the commercial director of Naftogaz Yuri Vitrenko. “The problem is that Gazprom will have to pay us tens of billions of dollars of compensation, sell gas at a much lower price, pay $ 4 billion more for transit every year and not impede our integration in the European market,” Vitrenko said.

The prosecutor's office of South Korea brought official accusations to Choi Sun Sil, a friend of the country's president Pak Kyn Hy. It is reported by Reuters . Choi is accused of abuse of power: according to the supervisory authority, she forced large corporations to sponsor the funds affiliated with her. Similar charges were brought by the former assistant to President Academy of Sciences, Jeon Bomu.

More than a hundred people became victims of the train crash in Uttar-Pradesh. This was reported by BBC News with reference to local police data. More than 200 people were injured. Now rescuers continue to work at the scene. The disaster occurred about 100 kilometers from the city of Kanpur about three in the morning local time, when most passengers were sleeping. 14 train wagons went off the rails. It is still unknown what caused the crash.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill announced the need to remove abortion from the compulsory medical insurance system. It is reported by RIA Novosti. “If the state says: this is your personal file, it emphasizes its negative attitude to abortion. Well, no one helps, for example, alcoholics and drug addicts to acquire alcohol and drugs at the expense of any insurance?! There is no such thing, because it is evil, it is harmful.

At least 63 people were killed and about 150 were injured in the gathering of a passenger train near the city of Poroyan in the most populated in India, Uttar Pradesh, reports The Hindu. 14 train cars have left the rails. Doctors and local officials arrived at the place.