A cargo aircraft An-26 crashed in the Congo. This was written by TASS with reference to the ambassador of Russia to the Republic of Alexei Sentebov. According to him, 23 people were on board, including three crew members - Russian citizens. However, according to him, information about the crew has not been confirmed. AFP reports six dead.

The Sestroretsky District Court of St. Petersburg registered a lawsuit against the American Ministry of Justice to protect, honor, dignity and business reputation of RIA Fan Elena Husyainova. In the United States, she was accused of interfering in their elections. According to the Russians, the American Ministry of Justice posted on his website information that is not true. She asked to delete the information posted and publish a refutation.

News "The law is pleasant, New Year." The Council of Council approved the law on raising the minimum wage by 117 rubles from the New Year 21 December 2018 The Federation Council approved the law on increasing the minimum wage (minimum wage) by 117 rubles, reports Interfax. The minimum wage increases from 11 thousand 163 rubles. up to 11 thousand 280 rubles. per month. The previous increase in the minimum wage was in May of this year. The new minimum wage will begin to operate on January 1, 2019.

The US Department of Defense is going to withdraw to half of 14 thousand military serving in Afghanistan. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to sources in the ministry. According to the agency, this decision is connected with the intention of US President Donald Trump to negotiate with the Taliban. As one of the interlocutors of the agency said, the troops can be withdrawn to the summer of 2019. Previously, Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

The price of Brent oil for the first time in more than 15 months dropped below $ 54 per barrel, RBC reports . At a minimum, it reached $ 53.73, which is 1.14%, or $ 0.62, below the closing level of previous bidding. The price of wti brand oil is also reduced. On December 20, the cost of the barrel of this oil fell 2.8%, and on Friday sank to $ 45.56 (minus 0.7% to the closure of previous bidding).

The bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia Alexander (Kudryashov) was recruited in 1982 by an employee of the KGB of the Latvian SSR under the pseudonym "Reader", reports "compromat.lv". His card was found in the KGB archives open on the eve. “In the Riga restaurant“ Tallinn ”Kudryashov earned a living by ordinary bartender.

RIA Novosti published a material entitled ““ out of the blue ”: Simonyan spoke about OFCOM accusations against RT.” In it, the editor -in -chief of the MIA Today and RT channel talks about the conclusion of the British media regulator, which found seven cases of violations of the British Broadcasting Code in the channel programs. The material of RIA says: ““ The British Roskomnadzor rolled out seven warnings to us, absolutely out of the blue.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis will retire at the end of February 2019. This was announced on Twitter by US President Donald Trump. He promised to approve the candidacy of the new minister in the near future. General Jim Mattis Will BE Retiring, With Distination, At the End of February, Inter Having Served My Administration as Secretary of Defense for Two Years. During Jim's Tenure, Tremendous Progress Has Been Made, Especially with Respect to the Purchase of New Fighting .... - Donald J.

The Russian Guard will sue RBC due to publications of the agency on the supply of products for the department. As stated in the press release of the department, in the material of the Friendship contract published by RBC on December 10: why the FSB Supplier interested the FSB "" A number of gross inaccuracies were allowed ", and the situation with the public procurement" was represented by the public in an absolutely distorted form.

The Soviet District Court of Nizhny Novgorod sentenced to two years in prison the creator of the Male State Group of Vkontakte, Vladislav Pozdnyakov, Mediazona reports . Pozdnyakov found guilty of arousing hatred for women (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

The head of the movement “For Human Rights”, Lev Ponomarev left administrative arrest, which the court appointed him as a punishment for a call to an inconsistent protest, and was released. It is reported by Interfax. Ponomareva was released at 10:00 Moscow time. In a conversation with reporters, the human rights activist said that he was released from the Meshchanskoye police department, where he was brought at 8:30 on Friday.

Roskomnadzor began checking the resources of the BBC in Russia after the British regulator accusations against the RT channel. This is stated on the website of the department. On the eve of the British media regulator, OFCOM said that it could apply a number of measures in relation to the Russian state television channel, in particular, a fine of 250 thousand pounds (21.3 million) sterling or a license review due to violation of impartial rules.

The British OFCOM media regulator can apply a number of measures in relation to the Russian state television channel, in particular, a fine of 250 thousand pounds (21.3 million) sterling or a license review due to violation of impartial rules. According to Interfax, this is stated in the provisions of OFCOM of April 3, 2017 about sanctions in case of violation of the broadcast license.

The Office of the Development of Physical Culture and Mass Sports of the Vladivostok administration demanded that 5-10 employees of the institutions accountable to the weekly charges with the Governor of Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako accounted. According to VL.ru, the Vladivostok administration claims that participation in the event is voluntary. A copy of the document was published by Znak.com.

The United States began preparations for the “immediate” withdrawal of troops from Syria after President Donald Trump announced victory over the Islamic State terrorist group in the region. According to the American press, this decision was made by Trump after a conversation with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who opposes the support of Washington’s military units of the Kurds.