From poisoning by the perfume concentrate "hawthorn" 52 people died. This was announced by Interfax by the press secretary of the Ministry of Health Tatyana Lebedeva. “In total, 54 people with symptoms of poisoning were taken to hospitals, from which 28 have died by now. The total number of dead is 52 people, ”she said. Earlier, 53 dead were reported , TASS wrote about 54 dead as a result of poisoning.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on the federal budget for 2017-2019. This was reported on the Kremlin website on December 20. According to the document, in 2017, the inflation rate in the country will not exceed 4%, and the budget deficit will be about 2.75 trillion rubles. The gap between the income and expenses of the state in the next two years will decrease - to 2.1 trillion rubles and 1.14 trillion rubles, respectively, inflation will remain at the level of 4%.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that tightens the criminal liability for the illegal prosecution of entrepreneurs. The document was published on the official portal of legal information on December 20. In accordance with the law, amendments are made to the criminal and criminal procedure codes of the Russian Federation. So, the initiation of a criminal case against the obviously innocent will be punished by deprivation of liberty for seven years (instead of five).

The Bank of Russia accused the former Deutsche Bank employee Yuri Khilov and his relatives of manipulating shares at the Moscow Exchange. This was told by the representative of the Central Bank Valery Lyakh, Interfax reports. From 2009 to 2015, they could earn on illegal operations up to half a billion rubles. The same damage was caused by Deutsche Bank, Lyakh said. The total amount of operations for three years amounted to 300 billion rubles.

75% of Russians believe that they suffered from the crisis. How exactly? At the Perm factory Goznak. Photo: Maxim Bogodvid / RIA Novosti Over the past two years, the Russians have been impoverished by 12.3%-their real disposable income from October 2014 to October 2016 has been reduced so much on average, experts of the Institute of Social Analysis and Prediction of the RANEPA.

The United States has suspended the work of its diplomatic mission in Turkey after the murder of the Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara. This was reported on Twitter of the American Embassy in Turkey. “The US Embassy in Ankara and the Consulate in Istanbul and Adan are closed today and do not work normally. Interviews on the visa will be postponed, ”the report said.

In the case of poisoning by concentrate for the baths "Boyaryshnik" in Irkutsk, nine entrepreneurs and their employees engaged in retail sale of goods were detained. This was stated by the official representative of the Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko, Interfax reports. According to the latest data, from the "hawthorn", which found methanol, 55 people died, 40 are in the hospital. An emergency regime has been introduced in the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the head of Germany, Joachim Gauk and Chancellor Angela Merkel, after the death of people at the Christmas fair in Berlin, Interfax reports. “A crime committed against civilians is shocking with its cruelty and cynicism,” he said. Putin also wished for recovery to the victims and handed over the words of sympathy for the relatives of the victims.

What important laws will come into force from the beginning of next year Photo: Rostislav Netisov / RIA Novosti New Year is the traditional time of entry into force of many laws and rules, which are easy to forget about if you do not closely follow them. Republic has chosen several initiatives that can most of all affect the life of millions of Russians.

The Berlin police released the detainee on suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attack at the Christmas Fair. This was reported by Focus, referring to the statement of the prosecutor's office. The department reported that the investigation has no evidence proving the guilt of the suspect. Earlier, the police doubted that the detainee is really a driver of a truck that crashed into market visitors. The suspect himself denied his guilt.

For more than two weeks, the topic of “initiated Russia” of hacker attacks does not leave the first lanes of leading American newspapers and television channels. The version of involvement in the hacker attacks was generally accepted in the American establishment - except for Trump and his supporters, who react to the idea of ​​interfering in the US policy of third -party policies ironically. In Russia, the topic is given much less attention.

In early December, the Turkish government nationalized the largest private gas importer in the country - Akfel Holding, in which Gazprom and Gazprombank had a share. It is reported by Kommersant. According to the sources of the publication, now the Turkish deposit insurance fund (TMSF) “performs the functions of shareholders”, and the holding board of directors consists of representatives of the Fund and consultants.

The emergency regime due to poisoning by surrogate alcohol was introduced throughout the Irkutsk region, Interfax reports. Such a decision was made at a meeting with the governor of the region Sergei Levchenko. Earlier, the emergency mode was established in Irkutsk, where, according to the latest data , 52 people died from the poisoning of the “hawthorn”. The mass poisoning of the “hawthorn” in Irkutsk became known on the evening of December 18.

How the NKVD was able to fill in the American government agents and why this did not last long Photo: Bettmann / Getty images The growing scandal around the hacker attacks on the servers of the US Democratic Party and other attempts to influence the American elections that are accused of Russia makes us think: is large -scale foreign interference in American state structures at all?

The Berlin police are not yet sure whether the person who was detained on suspicion of hitting people at the Christmas Fair, the driver of a truck that crashed into visitors to the market. This was stated by the head of the city police Klaus Kandt, reports Reuters . Earlier, the Berlin police on their Twitter indicated that the suspect detained at the scene of the incident rejects the accusations of intentional collision with people.