Hit parade of everything Top list of the most interesting and fun events of the year On Wednesday, December 7, Time magazine published its traditional list of events, scandals, major news and memes of 2011. The top list included more than one hundred stories from different categories: art, politics, entertainment, pop culture, business, sports and technology.

The Housing Capital group of companies (Moscow) has begun implementing a project to build a microdistrict in the town of Mozhaisk near Moscow. As stated in the holding's statement, in addition to housing and social facilities, it is planned to build a two-hectare zoo in the microdistrict. The economy class microdistrict will be located on a plot of 42.5 hectares. The total construction area will be 300 thousand square meters, of which 200 thousand square meters will be low-rise housing.

As a result of an airstrike on a car carrying Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, two militants were killed and another was injured, writes Yediot Ahronot. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, five more people were taken to hospitals - bystanders who were hit by shrapnel from the explosion. The identities of the victims are still being established.

The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations has suspended contracts with two Russian transport companies for transportation in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. reported on Thursday, December 8, As Reuters citing an anonymous source close to the department, the reason for this decision was the accusations brought against company employees of sexual crimes committed against residents of these African countries. The agency's source did not provide details of the case.

For several years, the CIA used a government building in Bucharest as a prison for especially dangerous prisoners. reported this on December 8 The Associated Press , citing several sources. According to the agency, the secret CIA prison, codenamed "Bright Light", was located in a busy area in the north of the Romanian capital. Officially, the National Registry Office for Classified Information is located here, which stores secret data from NATO and the European Union.

The head of the special technical events bureau of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexey Moshkov, spoke out against anonymity on the Internet. In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, published on December 8, Moshkov proposed introducing “face control” in cyberspace, which would help fight crime. “Register under a real name, give a real address - and communicate,” he said.

The head of the Eat Sleep Play studio, which is developing a new game from the Twisted Metal series, said in an interview with Eurogamer that he is against introducing a one-time code system for his project. David Jaffe noted that the most important thing for him now is to build relationships with fans, and the financial losses that the studio may suffer by abandoning one-time codes are not so important. "I would rather we didn't have this [one-time codes], even if it's profitable.

08.12.2011, 19:27:26 version Print | PDA/PDA Vladimir Putin. Photo by RIA Novosti, Alexey Druzhinin Above the party Vladimir Putin made a choice between United Russia and the Popular Front Vladimir Putin, who had abandoned the Popular Front, again turned his attention to his brainchild. The leader of United Russia decided to form his election headquarters on the basis not of a party, but of a front. According to the official version, director Stanislav Govorukhin will lead the headquarters.

The American television channel Fox News included a video of unrest in Greece in its story about protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The video can be found on the channel's website . The video , which also appeared on YouTube, showed numerous fires, broken glass and people throwing Molotov cocktails at police. In addition, in one of the frames there is a showcase with an inscription in Greek. The video also shows palm trees and people wearing summer clothes.

Above the party, Vladimir Putin made a choice between United Russia and the Popular Front Vladimir Putin, who had abandoned the Popular Front, again turned his attention to his brainchild. The leader of United Russia decided to form his election headquarters on the basis not of a party, but of a front. According to the official version, director Stanislav Govorukhin will lead the headquarters. Thus, Putin once again demonstrated his desire to act as a supra-party politician.

The average dollar price per square meter (excluding luxury properties) on the Moscow secondary housing market in November 2011 increased by 1.2 percent compared to October and amounted to 5,594. The ruble price, on the contrary, decreased by 0.6 percent to 172.6 thousand rubles per "square". This is stated in a study by the NDV-Real Estate company. As experts note, since January, the price per square meter on the capital's secondary market in dollars has increased by 5.6 percent.

Novosibirsk club "Sibir" won the first match under the leadership of new head coach Dmitry Yushkevich. “Siberia”, which lost the last three meetings, defeated the Kazakh “Barys” in overtime with a score of 4:3. The official website of the KHL reports this. Sibir forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored three goals against Barys. It was he who scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of extra time. Vyacheslav Belov scored one goal against Sibir. Brandon Bochenski scored a hat-trick for Barys.

In New York on Wednesday, December 7, a group of 94 fraudsters was charged with defrauding TD Bank of at least $450,000, reports the Associated Press . According to investigators, the scammers took advantage of a bank vulnerability that allowed the client to replenish an open savings account using an invalid bank check.

The personal Twitter account of the Russian President canceled his subscription to the microblog of the Dozhd channel. This is reported in the channel account. Dozhd actively recorded and reported on violations during the State Duma elections. In addition, the channel reported from opposition rallies on December 5, 6 and 7, and also covered the arrests of activists.

The US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has accused BP of violations that led to the accident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, the Associated Press reports . In total, BP faces five claims. In particular, the oil workers were accused of not conducting pressure leak tests at one of the work sites. Another four claims relate to four instances in which BP did not stop drilling as required by the permitting documents they received.