The World Boxing Council disqualifies the Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin, TASS reports . His doping test showed the presence of Ostarin prohibited substance on the eve of the battle with Canadian Bermane Stylen for the title of temporary champion of the Supereshweed World according to WBC in Yekaterinburg, if the Russian fault is proved in violation of anti-doping rules.

The deputy chairman of Parnas, Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., announced the exit from the party, reports TASS. “After this vote, I can’t stay in the party,” he said, after re -election, the chairman of the party Mikhail Kasyanov. “Until the last moment, I believed that it would be possible to save the situation. Yesterday, leaving the party, we also persuaded us to leave, but we refused.

The salaries of state employees, including health workers, in 2017 will grow more smoothly than provided earlier, according to RIA Novosti, said the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov during the joint collegium of the Ministry of Finance of Tatarstan, the departments of the Federal Tax Service and the Federal Treasury in Tatarstan.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov said that he was impressed by the Yeltsin Center exposition, which he visited in the chord of a trip to Yekaterinburg, RIA Novosti reports. “Yes, impressive, impressive,” Mikhalkov said at the exit from the museum. A tour of the museum was conducted for him by the director of the archive of the center Dmitry Pyshnin. Mikhalkov came to Yekaterinburg to battle the Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin.

Blocks of the Linkedin social network and Pornhub pornographic site became the main events of Runet in 2016. According to TASS, this was stated by the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov in an interview with NTV, which will be released on December 19. “In scale, the most significant and key event is the blocking of the Linkedin social network. And speaking in sound and distribution, it is a blocking pornographic resource Pornhub.

Mikhail Kasyanov was again elected chairman of Parnas, such a decision was made by the party congress. According to TASS, 81 delegates out of 110 voted for Kasyanova. On December 16, several members of Parnas left the party at once. As one of Pavel Elizarov, the cause of mass care, explained on his Facebook, explained on his Facebook - disagreement with the leadership.

The operation of the Russian Center for Reconciliation on the withdrawal of Aleppo militants separated representatives of the “moderate opposition” from “irreconcilable radicals”. According to Republic, this is stated in an official statement by the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov. “This operation has opened a new window of possibilities for introducing a regime of termination of hostilities not only in the province of Aleppo, but also in other areas of Syria.

The UN Commission completed the investigation of the shelling of the humanitarian convoy in Syria in September 2016. This was reported by TASS with reference to the UN press service. As stated in the press service, the confidential report with the findings was transferred to the study of UN General Pan Hi Muna. “The General Secretary will very carefully study it in the coming days.

Naftogaz of Ukraine regards Gazprom’s statement about the possibility of disconnecting gas to European consumers as Russia's preparation of a new gas crisis. This was reported on the website of the corporation.

As a result of the explosion in the city of Kaiseri, 13 military personnel were killed in the central part of Turkey, another 48 people were injured, Hurriyet Daily News reports . The explosive device worked on the way of a bus with military personnel and civilians. None of the extremist groups operating in Turkey has yet taken responsibility for the terrorist attack. According to the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Weisi Kainak, the goal of the explosion was precisely a bus with the military.

Donald Trump Trump Organization will not build a hotel in Azerbaijan. According to the Associated Press with reference to the lawyer of the elected President of the United States Alan Gartin, the company breaks the contract because other participants did not comply with the terms of the agreement. The plans for the construction of a 33-storey hotel of the Lux Trump class and its partners were announced in 2014.

The head of the Union of Cinematographers, director Nikita Mikhalkov examined the exposition of the Yeltsin Center, reports TASS. The director’s press service did not specify what evaluation the director gave the exposition. It is reported that Mikhalkov came to Yekaterinburg to battle the Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin. On the eve of the First Deputy Executive Director of the Presidential Center B. N.