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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.

The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center opened in Yekaterinburg on November 25. More than 30,000 exhibits and 13,000 photos are on display. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took part in the formal opening ceremony.

Russ­ian news­pa­per Kom­m­er­sant pub­lished a state­ment by Russ­ian Gen­eral Pros­e­cu­tor Yuri Chaika in response to a 43-minute video expose of cor­rup­tion and crim­i­nal­ity involv­ing his two sons and rel­a­tives of senior pros­e­cu­tors in his office. The “Chaika” movie was  pro­duced by Russ­ian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny and his Foun­da­tion for Fight against Cor­rup­tion, Law and Order in Russia reminds.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the list of agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs of Turkish origin, banned from import to Russia from January 1, 2016.

The ships of the Caspian Flotilla started practicing of daily activities in the permanent bases as well as preparation of ships for combat sorties within the execution of the first course task K-1.

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev has handed over the Gold Star medal of the Hero of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov, the pilot killed in Syria during task performance, to the spouse,the Russian Federation Defence Ministry reports.

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation says: Aircraft of military and transport aviation of the Russian Defence Ministry delivered the body of the Hero of the Russian Federation, Commander of the Su-24M Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov from Ankara to the Chkalovsky airfield (near Moscow).