Any citizen of the country that meets the requirements prescribed in the Constitution can nominate to the post of president of Russia. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the legality of participation in the presidential election of opposition Alexei Navalny, the rain reports. “In the Constitution, we have a list of criteria that Russian citizens must comply with in order to put forward to the presidency.

American actor Stephen Sigal, who received Russian citizenship, became the co -founder of the company “Russian Fair”, which is organizing trading floors in the country. It is reported by RBC. According to SPARK, Russian fairs are engaged in retail trade: products and tobacco products. The company will arrange "industrial and agricultural fairs", decorated in a traditional Russian style.

The US economy in the third quarter of 2016 increased by 3.5% compared to the same period last year. The third, the final assessment on the dynamics of GDP was published on December 22, the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Trade. Thus, the bureau for the second time improved the estimate of the quarterly GDP. According to preliminary estimates, the American economy in the third quarter increased by 2.9%, according to the second - by 3.2%.

The Fancy Bear group may be involved in a hacking mobile application, which is used by the Ukrainian army to increase the accuracy of artillery shooting. This is stated in the report of the analytical group Crowdstrike. As noted in the report, since the end of 2014, an application has been distributed in Ukrainian military forums to simplify calculations when firing from the D-30 howitzers. The application was developed by officer Yaroslav Sherstyuk and downloaded about nine thousand times.

A bottle of concentrate for the adoption of baths "Hawthorn". Photo: Kirill Shipitsin / TASS The intervention of the state in any public problem, as a rule, opens the lobbyist race, and the main intrigue associated with the hawthorn tragedy in the Irkutsk region looks - if officials take the top, they will increase excise taxes on alcohol -containing products, and if alcohol businessmen will become cheaper to the level of hawthorn tinctures and liquids for baths.

The popularity of Russia among Americans decreased to the level of 1986. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the Chicago Council on global issues. 1005 US citizens took part in the December survey. They had to note on a 100-degree their attitude to Russia, where “0” meant “very cold and negative” feelings, and “100 degrees”-absolutely positive. The average indicator was 32 degrees.

The scam of Russian hackers who created the Methbot network, the specialists who discovered their network of White OPS called one of the largest video -classes in the history of the market. According to the investigators, daily the creators of Methbot could earn from $ 3 million to $ 5 million per day. Hackers created the skopia sites of the largest Internet resources-CNN, Facebook, The New York Times and many others-and sold video for them, winding out views with their network.

The Bank of Russia appreciated the “hole” in the capital of the military-industrial bank (VPB) of 36.58 billion rubles. This was reported in the materials of the regulator about the financial condition of the VPB. Earlier, the Central Bank evaluated the difference between assets and obligations of the HSS of 27.25 billion rubles. Thus, the “hole” in the bank increased by more than 9 billion rubles.

The government is going to limit the sale of alcohol -containing medications, including Valocordin and Bulfary. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, who oversees alcohol regulation, Interfax reports “As for medications, they should certainly be sold in the pharmacy network and according to the prescription of doctors, according to the so -called prescriptions,” he said.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow found the former head of Rospechat Boris Mironov guilty of calls for extremism. It is reported by Interfax . Mironov was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. The criminal case against Mironov was opened after the Zamoskvoretsky court in 2014 recognized his books “Russians. Last line ”and“ Battle with the Jew of Judea ”.

After a sharp fall in the ruble, at the end of 2014, every year in December, Russians wait if the collapse will happen again. So far, the ruble, on the contrary, is getting more expensive. But the economist Yakov Mirkin, who predicted the devaluation at the beginning of 2014, warned on December 21 that the new decline in the ruble is inevitable now. Republic asked Mirkin to talk about his fears in more detail.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced the former student at Moscow State University Alexander Ivanov (Varvara Karaulov) to four and a half years in prison. Translation of the meeting of the bikes of RIA Novosti. The court counted Karaulova’s stay in the pre -trial detention center, so the actual period of the former student will be three years and four months, TASS reports .

The preparation of Moscow for the celebration of the New Year will cost the budget about 2.8 billion rubles. This conclusion was reached by RBC after studying the data of public procurement. In total, the capital's authorities concluded 81 contracts with suppliers. Most of the competitions were won by Soyuzpets Kontrakt, which concluded 37 contracts for 1.6 billion rubles.

Russia will not suspend air traffic with Tajikistan. About this writes "Interfax" with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Transport. The department reports that Yamal’s flights from Zhukovsky near Moscow in Dushanbe and Khujant are agreed. “We received permission from the aviation authorities of Tajikistan to commit a charter in Dushanbe from Zhukovsky.

The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht will pay the largest fine in history for corruption to the authorities of the three countries. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal . Odebrecht will have to pay a fine of $ 2.6 billion to $ 4.5 billion to the authorities of Brazil, the USA and Switzerland. Brazilian prosecutors note that the company will pay this fine for 23 years.