The ceremony for awarding the Korney Chukovsky Prize for 2012 was held as part of the Sixth Moscow Children's Literature Festival at the Central House of Writers on Saturday. The expert community decided to award the main first prize to the poet and writer Grigory Oster, the author of “Bad Advice” and screenwriter of famous cartoons (“38 Parrots”, “A Kitten Named Woof” and others).

The search of Pavel Kostomarov was carried out in accordance with current legislation. This was stated by representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Vladimir Markin, as reported by RIA Novosti . “It was very strange to hear comments that not only insulted the investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee, but also undermined the authority of all law enforcement agencies in the country,” he noted.

Oleg Tyagnibok was re-elected head of the All-Ukrainian Association "Freedom", Interfax reports . The corresponding decision was unanimously supported by the delegates of the 26th reporting and election congress, which ended on Saturday in Kyiv. According to the party's charter, its leader is elected every two years. No other candidates were put forward.

Finnish authorities decided to take all four children from Russian woman Anastasia Zavgorodnya and place them in a foster family. this reported Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia Pavel Astakhov on his microblog. According to the Ombudsman, the basis for depriving Zavgorodnya and her husband Zaki Ahmed of parental rights was their inability to care for their children.

In Moscow, on December 7, a driver was detained for blowing up someone else’s car due to a conflict on the road. reports this RIA Novosti . The incident occurred on the evening of December 7 near house number 9 on 1st Kuryanovskaya Street in the southeast of Moscow. According to a representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow, a conflict arose between the drivers of two Zhiguli cars on the road.

The airports of the Moscow aviation hub are operating as usual, there are no delays due to bad weather conditions and snowfall, Interfax reported on Saturday . According to an official representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency, possible minor delays during the day - 30-40 minutes - are associated with preventive work on cleaning runways, aprons and taxiways, as well as possibly with poor weather conditions at arrival airports.

On December 7, the Parliament of Georgia voted to appoint Ucha Nanuashvili to the post of public defender (ombudsman) of the country. this . reports Georgia Online Nanuashvili replaced Georgiy Tugushi, who had previously been appointed Minister for the Execution of Punishments, as Ombudsman. 82 parliament members voted for Nanuashvili. 18 people, deputies from the former ruling United National Movement party, voted against him.

The United Arab Emirates extradited to the law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan the leader of the largest organized crime group in the republic, thief in law Kamchibek Kolbaev. The press service of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported this on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports . At the moment, Kolbaev is in the pre-trial detention center of the State Committee for National Security in Bishkek, where he is being interrogated.

The lower house of the Czech Parliament voted on December 7 to legalize marijuana in the country, reports the Associated Press . Marijuana, according to the proposed bill, can be purchased in pharmacies across the country for medical reasons. To do this, customers will need to have a prescription issued by a doctor. However, insurance will not cover the costs of such treatment.

The Australian radio station 2Day FM, whose prank caused a London hospital nurse to commit suicide, suspended the perpetrators of the prank on December 7. The radio station posted a message about this on its Facebook page. Radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian have been suspended indefinitely "out of respect for what can only be described as a tragedy," the statement said.

Korean rapper Psy apologized to US residents on December 7 for anti-American protests in which he participated several years ago. reports Associated Press . The musician's statement followed media reports on December 7 that the rapper participated in concerts organized to protest the presence of American troops in South Korea at the beginning of the Iraq War.

Russian biathlete Dmitry Malyshko took second place in the 12.5-kilometer pursuit race at the World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday . The Russian, who made one mistake on the shooting range, lost 0.9 seconds to the winner of the competition, Slovenian Jakov Fak (34:14.8), who made two mistakes. The top three was completed by Frenchman Martin Fourcade (three misses, +8.6).

The European Court of Human Rights is ready to consider the complaint of Ekaterina Samutsevich. As the Kommersant newspaper writes on Saturday, December 8, the ECHR secretariat notified the lawyer of the Pussy Riot participants, Irina Khrunova, about this. Representatives of the Strasbourg court also said that they were waiting for detailed complaints from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina.

North Korea on Saturday, December 8, said the rocket's launch from the Sohae Satellite Launch Center, originally scheduled for December 10 to 22, may be delayed. This was reported by Agence France-Presse with reference to the official North Korean news agency KCNA. As noted in the official statement, during the final stages of preparation for the launch, North Korean engineers encountered “a number of problems” that could force the DPRK to postpone the launch.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced on December 7 that he agrees to postpone to a later date the referendum on the country's constitution, which is scheduled for December 15. reports this Agence France-Presse . According to Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mecca, Morsi is ready to postpone the referendum if opposition representatives guarantee that this decision will not have legal consequences.