"Firstly, we must say frankly that we ourselves are partly to blame for this, because we gave a pretext for this [dismissal of the team].

Teresa Gets Scared Every Time / Universal Pictures "You know, your story is a bit like Groundhog Day." - "What Groundhog Day?" - "Well, the movie with Bill Murray - haven't you seen it?" This dialogue comes at the end of Happy Death Day, and it's one of the film's sweet moments: the writer and director having the audacity and mirth to openly say where they got the plot from.

December 06, 2017, 00:24 / Finance Otkritie Holding is looking for new assets to replace the lost bank FC Otkritie The company bought almost 10% in the Qiwi payment system and increased the share to 22% Alexandra Astapenko Anna Eremina Otkritie Holding is looking for new assets to replace the lost bank FC Otkritie / Dmitry Novozhilov / Vedomosti The Otkritie Holding structure bought 9.77% of class B shares of the Qiwi payment system.

The work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating the case of Russia's influence on the US elections, is yielding its first results.

The Finnish Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Helsinki over a possible border violation by a Russian aircraft. This was reported on the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Twitter page. The Russian representative was asked to clarify the situation. "The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and informed about the violation of airspace. Russia was asked to provide an explanation," the statement said.

The US State Department is closely monitoring the situation that has developed in Kiev around Mikhail Saakashvili. This was stated by the official representative of the US State Department, Heather Nauert, whose words are quoted on the State Department website . "We would like to call on the Ukrainian authorities to de-escalate the situation," she said. Nauert also called on all parties to the conflict to avoid violence, respect the rule of law and international obligations.

The Russian authorities will not prevent Russian athletes from traveling to the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang in a neutral status, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with workers at the Gorky Automobile Plant. "We, without a doubt, will not declare any blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from participating [in the Games], if any of them want to participate in a personal capacity," RIA Novosti reported him as saying.

December 06, 2017, 12:41 / Finance / News The Ministry of Finance does not see the need for special tools for asset repatriation undefined Vedomosti There is no need to create new special instruments for the return of foreign assets to the country, Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Moiseev told reporters. “From my point of view as a person responsible for the development of financial markets, I believe that we have many tools, good and different.

December 06, 2017, 00:21 / Business Land prices in Russia have reached five-year highs Next year, farmland may become cheaper Irina Sinitsyna Sanctions for those who do not cultivate their land have reduced the number of speculative investments / Ilya Naymushin / Reuters The value of agricultural land in the main grain-producing regions in 2017 reached its highest level in the last five years - both in rubles and in dollars.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov commented on Vladimir Putin's nomination on his Telegram channel. "Today, Vladimir Putin made a statement about his candidacy for the presidential elections - for us, it is a historic day, a holiday," Kadyrov wrote. Earlier, Kadyrov wrote there that "if we want a great power, then Vladimir Vladimirovich should be the president." Only a real leader like Putin can rule Russia, the head of Chechnya noted.

06 December 2017, 01:27 / Opinions Very poor teachers just became poor Coming out of the crisis, public sector employees’ salaries increased – but only slightly Pavel Aptekar As the Russian economy emerged from the crisis, doctors and teachers began to dress a little better: there were fewer truly poor people, that is, those living on a salary in the amount of the subsistence minimum (MS, now 11,163 rubles for the working population), than at the height of the crisis, but their share remains

06 December 2017, 16:08 / Finance Dvorkovich did not rule out issuing special bonds for asset repatriation undefined Vedomosti Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich did not rule out the implementation of a proposal to issue special government bonds for businessmen who fear American sanctions. “I cannot rule it out,” Dvorkovich said (quoted by Reuters), noting that the authorities are considering a way to stimulate the repatriation of assets to Russia.

December 06, 2017, 21:19 / Business Russian Railways trains will begin to bypass Ukraine from December 11 undefined Vedomosti From December 11, Russian Railways will launch all passenger trains bypassing Ukraine along the new Zhuravka – Millerovo railway line. This was stated by Dmitry Pegov, director of the company for passenger transportation. “Some trains are already running there. The transition will last exactly one day – from December 10 to 11.

06 December 2017, 15:46 / Business Tkachev called on Rosselkhoznadzor and PepsiCo to make peace undefined Vedomosti The conflict between Rosselkhoznadzor and PepsiCo will soon be resolved, said Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel. According to him, reconciliation will happen in the coming days or even hours. Tkachev noted that each side must draw certain conclusions.

The Defense Ministry's tender for military insurance, held back in October, revealed the number of deaths, which the agency provided to insurers for calculations. Thus, in 2015, this figure was 626 people. However, the Defense Ministry specifies that some of the insurance cases occurred in the previous year. The military department began disclosing the numbers of servicemen killed (for various reasons) when Sergei Ivanov was minister.