In the south of Moscow on the night of December 18, a fight occurred with the use of traumatic weapons, Interfax reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. As a result, four people were injured. The incident occurred in a restaurant on Proletarsky Prospekt as a result of a quarrel between two groups of visitors. On the one hand, the conflict involved a 41-year-old Muscovite with his 22-year-old brother, and on the other, two young people aged 24 and 25.

Zhanaozen became famous and was taken under full control by the police and special forces A special correspondent for Lenta.ru arrived in the Kazakh city of Zhanaozen, where riots broke out the day before, ending in a clash between the crowd and the police. As a result, people died, and a wave of pogroms and arson swept through the city.

The Swedish national ice hockey team won the Channel One Cup, the second stage of the Euro Hockey Tour of the 2011/2012 season. Championship.com reports this. In the final match of the tournament, the Swedish team lost to Finland with a score of 3:4. The game had no tournament significance for both teams, since even before it began, Sweden secured first place by winning the two previous matches, and Finland, which had not scored points before, had no chance of rising above fourth place.

In the Czech Republic, the former president of the country and writer Vaclav Havel died at the age of 76. This was reported by Reuters on December 18 , citing a speech by Prime Minister Peter Necas on Czech television. Havel died as a result of complications after a long illness. Vaclav Havel was born in 1936 in Prague. In 1955, he began his journey in literature as a playwright.

One person was killed and 11 were injured as a result of the use of weapons by police during the suppression of unrest in the village of Shetpe in western Kazakhstan, the ITAR-TASS agency reports , citing the prosecutor general's office of the republic.

18.12.2011, 21:17:18 version Print | PDA/PDA The building of the Ozenmunaigas company, burned during the riots in Zhanaozen. Photo by RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ustinenko became famous Zhanaozen is taken under full control by police and special forces A special correspondent for Lenta.ru arrived in the Kazakh city of Zhanaozen, where riots broke out the day before, ending in a clash between the crowd and the police. As a result, people died, and a wave of pogroms and arson swept through the city.

Nine people from a drilling platform that capsized in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk have been rescued, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Far Eastern regional center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. In total, according to updated data, there were 76 people on board the Kola platform: 43 crew members and 33 passengers (according to other sources, 67 people, of which 14 were passengers).

Amir Mirza Hekmati, arrested in Iran on suspicion of working for the CIA, is a US citizen of Iranian origin. This was reported by Agence France-Presse with reference to Iranian state television. According to Iranian TV, Hekmati was born in Arizona. In 2001, he joined the US Army and spent 10 years training as a reconnaissance officer. Before being transferred to Iran, the agent who had access to classified CIA documents was stationed at the American Bagram base in Afghanistan.

Conservative MP Aidan Burley has resigned from his post at the Department of Transport after attending a Nazi party. The order to dismiss Burley was signed by Prime Minister David Cameron , writes The Mail on Sunday on December 17. A few days ago, the newspaper published photographs from a party at a French ski resort, in which Burley was captured with a man in the uniform of an SS officer. Burley's behavior drew particularly sharp criticism from Labor MPs.

Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov was hospitalized in intensive care in critical condition. reported this on December 18 Interfax with reference to the wife of the oppositionist Anastasia Udaltsova. “About an hour and a half ago, an ambulance was called for Sergei to a special detention center due to a sharp deterioration in his health,” Udaltsova said.

The floating drilling platform "Kola" sank due to violations of towing rules in difficult weather conditions. RSN reported this on December 18, citing sources close to the investigation. Earlier, Interfax, citing a statement from the Ministry of Transport, reported that while towing the platform, the gas exhaust pipes of the tanks collapsed, and water began to flow there. The platform tilted and sank within 20 minutes. The accident on the Kola drilling platform occurred on Saturday morning.

The congress of the Yabloko party on Sunday, December 18, nominated Grigory Yavlinsky as a candidate for the presidency of Russia , RIA Novosti reports . 106 congress delegates voted for Yavlinsky’s candidacy, proposed by the party’s political committee. His competitor, actor Viktor Balabanov, was supported by only three delegates.

After an accident on the floating drilling platform "Kola" in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, 14 people were rescued, four died. reported this on the morning of December 18 RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Sakhalin, Taimuraz Kasaev. The condition of those rescued is assessed as satisfactory. The bodies of the dead crew members are planned to be lifted onto the icebreaker Magadan. There are different data on the number of people on board the Kola.

The number of flood victims in the Philippines has reached 652 people. reported this on December 18 Agence France-Presse , citing a statement from the Red Cross. Another 808 people are still missing. Heavy rains and flooding were caused by tropical storm Washi, which made landfall on the southern Philippine archipelago island of Mindanao in mid-December. The torrents of water were reported to have destroyed cities and washed away entire villages.

Auction house Julien's Auctions on Saturday, December 17, sold interior items from Michael Jackson's mansion in Beverly Hills, CNN reports. According to the EFE agency, based on sales results, the organizers earned more than $700 thousand. The most expensive lots were paintings by Adelsteen Normann, Johan Neumann and Maurice Utrillo. Buyers paid $46,875, $40,625 and $35,200 respectively for their work.