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District in Sochi after the storm From-for a strong wind with sleet more than 204 thousand people in the South of Russia were left without electricity. On Friday, 9 December, TASS reported the southern regional center of EMERCOM. “As of 8:00 Moscow time, in the South of Russia the power outage recorded in four regions: Adygeya, Kalmykia, Krasnodar Krai and Rostov oblast. The zone disable got the 277 inhabitants of the settlements of the 33 municipalities”, — said the Agency interlocutor. December 8 at the head office of EMERCOM in Krasnodar region residents warned of a sharp deterioration in the weather. According to meteorologists, in the region of rain, wet snow and wind gusts up to 15-20 meters per second. Possible ice and sleet sticking, noted on the Agency’s website. 4 December in Sochi due to a severe storm inundated the first floors of hotels. Hurricane-force winds with gusts up

A Moscow pensioner injured when fall of the Elevator in the clinic, had surgery at the Institute named after N. In. Sklifosofskiy. On Thursday, December 8, reported online edition m24.ru. The condition of 71-year-old woman was still serious, she is in intensive care. As told the chief doctor of the city polyclinic No. 220 of Vera Shastina, before the ambulance, assistance to the injured was provided by the hospital staff. Then the woman transferred to the Institute Sklifosovsky. The incident occurred in the outpatient clinic No. 220 in the Presnensky district of Moscow on 7 December. The Elevator fell from the eighth floor, but did not fall into the mine, worked since the braking device. Were in the cockpit pensioner received fractures of both legs. In fact the incident is conducted investigation verification.

Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has begun to doubt the competence of the employees of the court who had admitted a man an offender for filing to the Prosecutor. This assumption, he announced on Thursday, December 8, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”. The head of state was surprised by the contents of the document transmitted to him in the meeting of the Council for development of civil society and human rights. What exactly was it in the note, is not specified. “The judgment written: so-and-so, surname and then — “committed [an offense] by writing the application in the Lipetsk regional Prosecutor’s office”,” read, Putin was indignant: “What is it? You really crazy, or what?” He said that he will instruct the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Supreme court to deal with this situation. Because of such regulations raises questions about the qualifications of the judiciary, said the

The preservation of language, culture and traditions of the indigenous peoples of Russia will be given attention. This was stated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, informs the correspondent of”.ru” on Thursday, December 8. “Of course, a question of crucial for a country like Russia is important. We surely will take up this matter,” — said the head of state at a meeting with members of the Council for human rights. He expressed regret with the fact that the preservation of cultural diversity of the country engaged in “residual principle”. On 31 October, Putin supported the initiative on creation of the law of the Russian nation. It is based may lie the strategy for the development of national relations. Member of state Duma Committee on nationalities Affairs Grigory Ledkov noted that the document may be developed and adopted during the year. October 5, at the first meeting of the

Vladimir Putin Moscow could not accept the position of Western institutions in relation to the death of Russian military physicians in Syria. This statement was made by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Council for development of civil society and human rights, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru” on Thursday, December 8. According to the head of the state, “a major international structure (…) just put on the same footing and deceased of our physicians, and those who attacked the hospital, and made it clearly consciously knowing where a medical facility.” He stressed that “it is absolutely unacceptable and inadmissible”. Putin recalled that the doctors arrived in the Arab Republic “not to take part in the hostilities, and to provide assistance to people and local population.” The President thanked the Russian Red Cross, who strongly condemned the murder of employees of the Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo. Earlier

Franz Klintsevich First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich considered exaggerated media reports that the militant group “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (banned in Russia) agreed to leave Aleppo. This is stated in the statement of the Senator, arrived in edition “Tapes.ru” on Thursday, December 8. According to him, terrorists will not be able to adjust to civilian life, and most of them “nowhere to go”. “I think that the news about the request of the militants to evacuate them from Aleppo will not live long,” — said Klintsevich. He also believes that “without Stripping is still not enough”. Earlier on Thursday it became known that fighters of “Dzhabhat EN-Nusra” fighting in Aleppo with the Syrian opposition against the government troops, asked for the evacuation. The group of militants of the armed opposition withdrew from Central areas of the city open on specially for them the

From 2017, the monorail trains will go at intervals of 15 minutes during rush hour and at intervals of 20-25 minutes the rest of the time, it said on Thursday, December 8, the TV channel “360”. According to head of Moscow metro Dmitry Pegova, monorail “in fact will work in tour mode”. The Agency urban news “Moscow” also notes that on the monorail possible excursions. “Excursions to the ICC and the draft of the city at night, the subway has attracted great interest. We did not expect. In terms of monorail also think how to make it attractive,” said Pegov. Moscow monorail system was opened in 2004. It consists of a single line, located in the North-Eastern administrative district of Moscow. Originally the monorail was working in the tour mode range of motion was 30 minutes, and in 2008 moved in the transport mode.

Dmitry Peskov The employees of the Russian presidential administration (PA) has no plans for a meeting with arrived in Moscow Advisor to the elected President of the US Carter page. On Thursday, 8 December, said the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reports the correspondent of”.ru”. “No, we are, frankly, no contact had and have still, and in this case there’s no plans,” — said Peskov. He added that he does not know, in what status Paige is visiting the Russian capital. He also noted that the AP learned about the visit of Advisor to Donald trump from media reports. The arrival of Carter Paige became known earlier on Thursday. Paige himself said that he will stay in the Russian capital until 13 December and plans to meet with “influential businessmen and leaders of public opinion”. During the presidential campaign in the United States Paige advised trump on relations with Russia. The

Ivan Abramov The first Deputy Chairman of state Duma Committee on regional policy and problems of North and Far East Ivan Abramov considers unfair the fact that the far Eastern Federal district will receive from the budget less than a number of other regions. This view he expressed in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Wednesday, December 7. “Even at the meeting of the security Council voiced that it is necessary to give impetus to the Far East. Still the far Eastern regions feel significant underfunding, and all the programs,” — said the Deputy. In the second reading of the draft Federal budget for 2017-2019, the next year the Chechen Republic relies more than 40 billion rubles of subsidies to the Amur region will allocate 4 billion. “We always somehow are funding the Caucasus is much more than the far East. I do not agree,” — said Abramov. Earlier Wednesday, Russian

Ruslan Balbec State Duma Deputy Ruslan Balbec suggested to recognize as genocide the last two years of the civil war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, December 7, RIA Novosti reported. “The punitive operation in Donbass, the civil war, thousands of innocent civilians killed, the conscious theft of the European loans and the reluctance to develop its own economy, the total impoverishment of the people — that the actions of these tyrants, who engaged in the genocide of their own people,” said Balbec. In his opinion, the beginning of the genocide should be considered as February 2014, when the country experienced violent change of power. He stressed that after the coup d’etat in Ukraine, held “the policy of extermination of dissent”. Balbec also believes that the current Ukrainian government could condemn the population to hunger. In particular, the probability of this indicate poor economic performance, the politician said. Earlier Wednesday, the Verkhovna