Russia’s top investigative agency has accused exiled tycoon and former prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky of involvement in the 1998 killing of a Siberian mayor, accusations he has dismissed as false Guardian says.

The extended session of the Defence Ministry Board has taken place at the National Centre for State Defence Control on December, 11. It summed up the results of activities of the Russian Armed Forces for 2015 as well as set the tasks for the next period.

As new Electronic Toll Collection system named Platon being put into operation, long-distance truck drivers from different regions of Russia set off to the Russian capital to paralyze the Moscow ring road traffic protesting against the tolls.

Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador to the UK, managed to cut to the quick two political forces – Turkey and Tories – and express “support” for Labour leader – all in a single 140-character message published in Twitter on the 3rd of December. Checkmate.

With the seven days of negotiations left before the conference closes on Dec. 11, there are two alternative draft texts in circulation, which all nations agreed on Friday to accept as the basis for talks, Reuters says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses lawmakers and other officials at the Kremlin in Moscow, December, 3

Britain started to carry out first air raids in Syria hitting oil fields that Prime Minister David Cameron says are being used to fund attacks on the West, soon after British Parliament said "yes" to launching military actions against Isil.

Stansted Airport is to sign a full-service airline in 2016, its owner said, as the capacity of London’s runways are increasingly insufficient. Now primarily low-cost and charter airlines are based in Stansted.

Media briefing “Russian Federation Armed Forces fighting against international terrorism. New data” in the National Center for State Defence Control.

Russian Defence Ministry presented the evidence that Turkey government and Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself are funnelling millions of dollars in illicit oil revenues to Islamic State terrorists in Syria and Iraq.

Piketty and Klein to give Keynote Addresses at UCL SSEES event:

The final decision on whether to introduce Cameron’s final draft for deciding Britain’s future in EU to European Council is likely to be taken tomorrow after Cameron and Tusk have a telephone conversation.