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TOP News December 21
Joseph Blatter and Michel Platini Vistanews.ruDigest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the 10 most important news per day. Today, the EU officially extended sanctions against Russia, Blatter and Platini was removed from football for eight years, and Kadyrov was fined for violation of traffic rules.
Blatter and Platini were removed from football for eight years
The head of Fifa Joseph Blatter and President UEFA Michel Platini was removed from football activities for eight years. They were also obliged to pay fines in the amount of 50 and 80 thousand Swiss francs. Officials were considered guilty of violating the rules of the organization about the conflict of interests. Blatter subsequently stated that he was sorry for FIFA and football.
Final Words from Blatter: "Thank to My Good Heart & I Have Never Lost My Mind. I am back." https://t.co/wu3angvsmd https://t.co/no8N20TBE4
- Sky News (@skynews) December 21, 2015For Internet users, the removal of Blatter caused a violent reaction.
Blatter Concludes Bizarre, Defiant, Rambling 52-Min Press Conference with "i'll be back." Please Donmet Come Back, Sepp. Just go.
- Oliver Kay (@oliverKaytimes) December 21, 2015 Blatter Done? Not on your Nelly! #Fifa https://t.co/o6ibeztexo
- Joe.co.uk (@joe_co_uk) December 21, 2015 The Moment #blatter Found Out ABOUT HIS 8-YEAR SUSPENSION ... pic.twitter.com/z8zygzf2io
- 90min (@90min_football) December 21, 2015The European Union officially extended sanctions against Russia
The Council of EU ministers extended sanctions against Russia for six months, until July 31, 2016 "in connection with Russian activities in eastern Ukraine." Parliamentarians clarified that the restrictions will not be canceled until the Minsk agreements from February 2015 will be fully executed. The Russian Foreign Ministry has already responded to this step, saying that this would push Kyiv to the deliberate sabotage of agreements.
Peskov denied Putin's incompetence
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the data that Vladimir Putin could not know the answers to questions during the annual press conference. “To put forward the assumptions that the president can operate with some inappropriate information that is not true, it would be wrong, from my point of view,” he said.
Aksenov called his critics "shit throwers"
The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, appreciated the criticism of the source in the government regarding the "professionalism and quality of the work of the Crimean authorities. “I cannot comment on in this case the speeches of some anonymous figures. Of the real sources, no official messages were received from the government. Let all the regular shit throwers calm down, ”he said.
The Ministry of Emergencies counted people under the rubble of the house in Volgograd
Under the rubble of the house in Volgograd, in which two explosions were thundered a day earlier, four people can be located. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported the detection of the body of a possible culprit of the explosions - a patient of a psycho -dispensary. Later it was reported about finding the body of another woman, but the Ministry of Emergencies denied this data.
The host of the Miss Universe contest handed the crown to the wrong girl
In the final of the international beauty contest “Miss Universe” in Las Vegas, the host of the ceremony, Steve Harvey, first announced the victory of the 21-year-old Colombian Ariada Gutieres and handed her a crown, and then reported a mistake-the 26-year-old representative of the Philippines of PIA Alonso Vurtzbakh turned out to be a real winner.
I canon event #missuniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/pvklipwmqc
- Anonymous Ca (@rjramoss) December 21, 2015 Secondly, i'd Like to Apologize to the Viewers at that I Disappointed as Well. Again it was An Honest Mistake.
- Steve Harvey (@iamsteeharvey) December 21, 2015Kadyrov was fined for violation of traffic rules
The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was fined for violating the rules of the road. The official published a video of his trip with children, which shows that neither Kadyrov nor the children are fastened with seat belts. In addition, the rear seats were not equipped with children's seats. According to Kadyrov, he is a law -abiding citizen and intends to immediately pay a fine.
Roskomnadzor promised to block torrent trackers in 2016
Roskomnadzor threatened to forever block the most popular torrent trackers in the country in 2016. According to the head of the department, Alexander Zharov, 15 of the most popular torrent trackers may be subjected to blocking. He noted that 95% of Russians do not use the locking tools, so the traffic of blocked resources is seriously reduced.
The world's first site ( https://t.co/n5r0xde14z ) turned 25 years old. There is no prohibited information on it. Take an example. pic.twitter.com/dmmvml46W
- Roskomnadzor (@roscomnadzor) December 21, 2015The Russian Orthodox Church became the leader in the number of presidential grants
As the Center for Economic and Political Reforms found out, the Russian Orthodox Church became the main recipient of presidential grants in 2013-2015. During this time, at least 63 grants for a total of more than 256 million rubles were issued to organizations close to the Russian Orthodox Church. NPOs, promoting the Eurasian theme, received 90 million rubles for the same period.
> The main recipient of grants of the President of Russia was the Russian Orthodox Church. pic.twitter.com/ybk2junp1d
- Everything is bad (@sranysovok) December 21, 2015The media learned about the robbery of the house of football player Bystrov
In the Leningrad Region, robbers penetrated the house of the Krasnodar football player Vladimir Bystrov. They tied the guard, shot a dog in the yard and wounded one more, and then stole things in the house and disappeared. The amount of damage amounted to about 10 thousand rubles.
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