The Yandex.Taxi service stopped working in Crimea, RBC reports . “The service constantly expands geography and in this regard is testing the service in many cities and regions. Including testing was carried out in Crimea. At the moment, it is completed, ”said Yandex.Taxi representative Elina Stavayskaya. The company does not plan to resume work on the peninsula yet.

News FSB showed the detention of ISIS members preparing terrorist attacks in Moscow - video 15 December 2016 The FSB published a video of the detention in Moscow, who were preparing terrorist attacks in Moscow, militants of the prohibited terrorist organization Islamic State, RBC reports .

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally took part in the Russian secret campaign, which was supposed to affect the outcome of the US president. This was reported by NBC with reference to two high -ranking sources in American intelligence. According to the interlocutors of the TV channel, according to the new investigation, Putin personally controlled the hackers who hacked the servers of the US Democratic Party, and watched the stolen materials used.

The Moscow City Court reduced the amount of the fine imposed on the blogger Anton Nosik for his post in the Live Journal about Syria bombing from 500 thousand to 300 thousand rubles, Interfax reports. “The court ruled: the verdict of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow dated October 5, 2016 in relation to the nose of Anton Borisovich partially change and apply another version of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” the decision said.

Gazprom Mining and Turistic Center OJSC prepared projects of four resorts, which are proposed to build on the territory of the Caucasian biosphere reserve. This was written by Kommersant with reference to the video presentation of new objects. Ecologists explained to the publication that this could cause damage to the reserve, to disrupt plans to restore the population of the Sochi leopard and lead to the exclusion of the Western Caucasus from the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The US authorities decided to weaken the sanctions imposed against Rosoboronexport to buy optical equipment for aircraft. According to TASS, the representative of the US State Department told about this. As the interlocutor of the agency explained, the presence of an electrolyt sensor OSDCAM4060 is necessary for the operation of aircraft-observers under an open sky. “This purchase will allow the United States to better evaluate Russia's compliance with the contract,” he said.

The elected US President Donald Trump proposed to the post of public secretary Rex Tillerson, the 64-year-old head of Exxonmobil. In an interview with FoxNews, listing the main advantages of Tillerson, Trump especially noted his experience in transactions with Russia and his connection (having a long history) with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Gazprombank finances the Glencore consortium and the Qatar sovereign fund QIA as part of the purchase of 19.5% of Rosneft shares. According to RBC, the federal official told about this and confirmed a source close to the board of directors of Rosneft. Last week, Rosneft and Glencore announced that 19.5% of the company was estimated at € 10.2 billion.

The chairman of the Karelian branch of the Memorial, Yuri Dmitriev, was arrested on charges of making children's pornography, the Republic of Republic of Republic of Superior reports . Dmitriev was detained on December 13. Then a criminal case was opened. He is accused of making pornographic photographs with the participation of a minor. Dmitriev threatens from 8 to 15 years in prison.

The chairman of the European Parliament Martin Schulz excluded the possibility of Ukraine entering the European Union, RIA Novosti reports . He made such a statement after a meeting with the leaders of the EU countries. “We are talking about an association with a country that asks to share economic activity with us, which may lead to an increase in employment in Ukraine,” Schulz said.

Rosneftegaz will transfer all money to the budget from the privatization of 19.5% of Rosneft shares, there is no doubt about this, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian television channels. “By the way, another decision that I made in connection with privatization concerned the support of those deposits, which had the level of nap, as they say, higher than that of others.

According to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, history is not only a science, but also a tool. He stated this in an interview with Novaya Gazeta. “We must be an absolute fool or a completely naive person to deny it. We can endlessly argue on this topic, but as soon as it comes to specific facts, we will find that both sides use these same facts to prove their subjective position exclusively, ”Medinsky believes.

Journalist Julia Ioffe was fired from the American publication Politico after she published a rude message about the daughter of the chosen US President Donald Trump on a personal twitter, Forward.com writes . In tweet, Ioffe wrote that the president’s relatives, in addition to the first lady, were not supposed to take jobs in the White House. In this regard, the journalist suggested that Ivanka Trump consists in intimate relationships with her father, for which she will get her own office.

News Poroshenko greeted the EU decision on the extension of sanctions against Russia 15 December 2016 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko greeted the decision of the European Union on the extension of sanctions against Russia, the press secretary of the head of the Ukrainian state Svyatoslav Tsegolko said. “The president greeted the EU unanimous decision on the extension of sanctions against Russia,” Tvitter wrote on his Twitter page.

The US Federal Reserve has increased the base interest rate to 0.5-0.75%. This is stated in a statement by the leadership of the financial regulator following the results of the meeting. The rate is increased for the first time in a year. In December 2015, the regulator increased the interest rate from 0-0.25% to 0.25-0.5% per annum. According to RBC, investors took into account the almost 100 percent probability of increasing the rate against the background of previous statements by the Fed.