The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has lodged a protest with Moscow over the conscription of Crimeans into the Russian army. Kiev is officially demanding that the decision be reversed. This is stated on the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. "The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expresses its strong protest in connection with the conscription of Ukrainian citizens living in the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea and in the city of Sevastopol," the statement reads.

Goyo Montero's performance Asunder was made especially for the festival / Irina Grigorieva Literally on the eve of the opening, Diana Vishneva announced that she herself could not dance for medical reasons. She was supposed to appear on stage at the opening gala and in the evening of Stravinsky ballets at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in the role of Petrushka, created especially for her.

Sevastopol Governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov, elected to this post on September 10, has been included in the EU sanctions list, according to the EU's official journal.

The American company Google is going to develop an algorithm for filtering news with “Russian propaganda”. The main sources of propaganda on the American Internet are primarily the sites Russia Today and Sputnik, executive director of parent holding Alphabet Eric Schmidt said at the International Security Forum in Halifax. Read on vedomosti.ru “We are trying to develop systems to prevent this,” Motherboard quotes the top manager as saying.

Sberbank has released a limited collection of youth cards as part of cooperation with the Black Star music label and Yegor Creed, the bank’s press service reported. You can choose a #THIS card online from two design options. “The first 1000 [to sign up for the card] will receive T-shirts from Yegor Creed!” – says on the bank’s website . According to Alexey Giyazov, director of marketing for retail business at Sberbank, competition for young clients dictates a new reality.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called US President Donald Trump. This was reported on the White House website. The call lasted about an hour. They managed to discuss several topics: Syria and cooperation in the fight against ISIS (the organization is banned in Russia). The call was an important start to improving relations between Russia and the United States, which need to be restored, the White House website said.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) may support the introduction of a minimum price for a pack of cigarettes. This was announced by the head of the control and financial department of the FAS, Vladimir Mishelovin, writes TASS. According to Michelovin, this initiative will help reduce the illegal market. This was the case with alcoholic products, he recalled. However, Michelovin stressed that the final decision has not yet been made.

Google is working on creating an algorithm to filter news containing “Russian propaganda,” Eric Schmidt, chief executive of parent holding Alphabet, said in an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum. He explained that the company primarily considers the websites RT and Sputnik to be sources of propaganda. “We are well aware and we are trying to develop systems to prevent this,” quoted him as saying.

Greenpeace Russia recalled that pollution was detected in the Southern Urals near the Rosatom-owned Mayak plant / Denis Sinyakov / Reuters Roshydromet confirmed "extremely high" environmental pollution with the radioactive isotope ruthenium Ru-106 in the villages of Argayash and Novogorny in the Chelyabinsk region.

The Tsar is good, the boyars are bad: on the eve of the presidential elections, Russian business complained to the president about the prime minister – he, they say, is violating the promise made by the head of state back in 2014 not to increase the burden on business. The government has violated the moratorium introduced by the president before, but now the new rules of the game have been published at the wrong time – when business plans for the next year have already been drawn up.

Deputy Minister of Transport, curator of civil aviation Valery Okulov may leave his post "in the coming days", Kommersant writes , citing one of the top managers of the aviation industry and a source in the government apparatus. The corresponding order may be signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Ministry of Transport called the publication's information "rumors about personnel appointments" and refused to discuss it.

Russian Senator Suleiman Kerimov has a diplomatic passport, he has immunity and cannot be detained on the territory of another country. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Interfax reports. “The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassy in Moscow have been informed that Kerimov is a member of the Federation Council of Russia,” the Russian department noted.

November 21, 2017, 00:51 / Business Rosatom will increase its investment program fivefold In terms of investment costs, the state corporation is able to catch up with the leaders - Gazprom and Rosneft Ivan Peschinsky Rosatom will spend a trillion rubles / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Rosatom's investment program will increase 5 times by 2023, said Gennady Sakharov, director for capital investments, state construction supervision and state examination of the state corporation.

To achieve success in life, Russians need to spend more time at work, says the head of Rostrud, Vsevolod Vukolov. In an interview with TASS, he noted that he has great respect for all professions, but there are a lot of professional holidays. "But it seems to me that we celebrate a lot, and I would advise everyone to spend more time on work," Vukolov said.

After the end of Russia's military operation in Syria, Russian military bases in the country will remain, but the size of the Russian ground forces and, possibly, the Aerospace Forces will be reduced. This was stated to Interfax by Franz Klintsevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.