Alfa Bank will open a credit line for Detsky Mir in the amount of up to 9 billion rubles. This was said in a statement. “Under the credit line, the borrower has the right to receive loans, the maximum amount of a one-time debt for which on any day of the credit line’s validity period is no more than 9 billion rubles,” the statement says. The credit line expires on December 31, 2021.

December 27, 2017, 17:10 / Economics Since the beginning of the year, inflation in Russia has reached 2.5% undefined Vedomosti Weekly inflation in Russia increased by 0.1% from December 19 to December 25, according to materials . Rosstat Consumer prices increased 0.1% for the fifth week in a row. Since the beginning of December, inflation has gained 0.4%, since the beginning of the year it reached 2.5%.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin believes that the public's sharp reaction to the video of the dachshund's liquid breathing experiment is a sign of the machinations of a "fifth column" financed from abroad. "It is no secret that there is a "fifth column" in Russia that lives on the money of our enemies, that carries out the orders of the enemy. This is pure enemy intelligence," Rogozin said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.

By getting rid of candidate Navalny, the authorities only strengthened the position of politician Navalny The fact that the Central Election Commission did not allow Alexei Navalny to become a candidate in the Russian presidential elections does not mean that the politician has lost the opportunity to actively participate in them.

Starting January 1, Russia will reduce the number of airports available for use by American observer aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing a military-diplomatic source. The agency's source explained that the list of airfields is planned to be brought "in line with the treaty." According to him, this will be a mirror response to the measures announced by the United States against Russia.

Communication with the first Angolan satellite after its launch from Baikonur was lost, Interfax reported , citing a source at the cosmodrome. After separation from the Fregat booster, the satellite established contact, the source specified. According to him, the connection was later lost - the satellite stopped transmitting telemetry information. Roscosmos has not yet commented on the information.

Russia's authorized representative in the contact group for settling the situation in Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov, confirmed that the prisoner exchange was completed in Donbas on Tuesday. "This is an important event, first of all for the people who returned home and will celebrate the New Year with their loved ones. This is the first stage of the exchange in the "all for all" format," Gryzlov told journalists.

On Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. Moscow time, incumbent President Vladimir Putin brought documents to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to nominate himself as a candidate in the presidential elections, TASS reports. He came in person because his presence at this stage is required by law. There is no word yet on when the submission of documents will be completed. After the documents are accepted, the Central Election Commission has five days to check them.

December 27, 2017, 14:55 / Business Mikhelson transferred part of his stake in Sibur to Gazprombank for trust management undefined Vedomosti The majority owner of the Sibur petrochemical holding , businessman Leonid Mikhelson, has ceased to control 14.4% of his 48.5% stake in the petrochemical holding, the company reported. From the reports it follows that the businessman transferred these shares to the trust management of CJSC Gazprombank - Asset Management.

Nine people have been hospitalized after the explosion at the Perekrestok supermarket in St. Petersburg, Fontanka reports, citing the Kalininsky District administration. Officially, the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) reported four victims taken to hospital. “The wounded were taken to various medical facilities in the city,” the district administration’s press service reported.

There are systemic management errors in the management of the state corporation Roscosmos. This was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel. "We had high hopes that we would enter the trouble-free years, but at the end of last year there was an accident, this year there have been 20 successful launches, one accident," Rogozin said.

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A symbolic sacrifice to the Olympic gods has been made: the main Russian enfant terrible of the doping scandal, Vitaly Mutko, has been banned for life from any Olympic events – no, not resigned, but sent on leave, temporary. This decision should be interpreted as the desire of the Russian authorities on the eve of the Olympics in Pyeongchang to finally remove domestic sports and the 2018 World Cup, an image-building event for the Kremlin, from the line of fire.

The Pentagon estimates that there are about 1,000 militants of the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) remaining in Syria and Iraq, said Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the international coalition fighting IS. He noted that previous data indicated 3,000 terrorist organization fighters remaining in these countries. "But according to the latest estimates we received today, there are about 1,000 of them in Iraq and Syria," the military portal Military.com quotes him as saying.

December 27, 2017, 10:05 / Business / News Experts estimate the income of the shadow market for online alcohol sales at 1.7 billion rubles undefined Vedomosti The annual income of the illegal alcohol market on the Internet is at least 1.7 billion rubles, Group-IB experts have calculated. “According to the most minimal estimates, the income of retail and wholesale illegal sellers on the Internet amounts to 139.2 million rubles. per month, or 1.7 billion rubles.