Project Type 218SG submarines, the purchase of which was previously announced by the Singapore Ministry of Defense, will be built taking into account customer requirements, Defense Aerospace reports. According to the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, the ships will receive air-independent power plants. The submarines will be built at the Kiel shipyard.

The Russian government has proposed extending the maternity capital program in the country until 2025. This was stated by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin, ITAR-TASS reports .

In Gomel, a verdict was recently passed in a high-profile case against bikers - members of the local Night Wolves club. They were accused of beating a 28-year-old man who attended a celebration at the club's base. The victim partially lost his sight as a result of the brawl. The bikers themselves denied guilt, saying that the man was drunk and the injury was the result of a fall. The court did not believe this version.

Forward of the NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby brought victory to his team in the match with the New York Islanders, scoring the puck in overtime. Crosby scored in the fourth minute of overtime, and the game ended 3-2 in favor of the Penguins. The official website of the league reports this. In the first period, Islanders forward Kyle Okposo scored a double.

Russia needs to focus on constructive proposals for improving the economic situation, and not “plunge into hopeless pessimism.” This was stated by the country's President Vladimir Putin during a speech at the Economic Council on December 4, RIA Novosti reports . According to the president, plunging into pessimism and “starting to criticize everything and everyone” is much easier than being responsible for changes in the country and doing business.

A criminal case of banditry has been opened against the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region, Andrei Zuev, and five other residents of the region. This was reported on December 4 on the website of the regional department of the RF IC. All six suspects were detained. The investigation will petition the court for their arrest. According to investigators, Zuev created a group called the “Zuevskys” in the late 1990s.

The environmental protection organization Greenpeace asks the Investigative Committee of Russia to allow foreigners from among the crew members of the Arctic Sunrise vessel to leave the territory of the Russian Federation. agency reports this The Interfax with reference to the press secretary of Greenpeace Russia, Tatyana Vasilyeva.

Astronomers have discovered that some stars are capable of growing "explosively." The scientists' article appeared in The Astrophysical Journal Letters , and its preprint is available on arXiv.org. The object of the study was a protostar (that is, a star at the beginning of its formation) IRAS 15398-3359. It is located in the constellation Lupus at a distance of about 500 light years from Earth. The protostar is part of the B228 cloud of molecular hydrogen.

The Moscow department of the Bank of Russia filed a lawsuit to declare Master Bank bankrupt. This is reported in the materials of the Moscow Arbitration Court. The lawsuit was registered on December 3. According to the Central Bank, the volume of payments on deposits in Master Bank will amount to 31.1 billion rubles. At the same time, the total volume of household deposits in financial institutions on the date of license revocation amounted to more than 47 billion rubles.

A fire occurred in the building of the Russian Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology on 1st Miusskaya Street in Moscow. agency The Interfax , citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reports that a chemical laboratory on the third floor of the building caught fire. The website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that the fire was assigned the second rank of complexity on a five-point scale. People from the university building are being evacuated.

A lot of Christmas trees out of nothing December film premieres: Somali pirates, a fire-breathing dragon and a boomerang of goodness Still from the film “Yolki 3” In December, films about the captain of a ship captured by Somali pirates in 2009 and about a free African American who fell into slavery in 1841 will be released in Russia.

Painting by Claude Lorrain “Mediterranean port at sunrise and the loading of Saint Paul on a ship before sailing to Jerusalem” The evening auction of works by old masters and British artists, which took place in London on December 3, brought Christie's $35.8 million. This was reported on the auction house website . At the auction, four records were set for paintings by individual artists.

The Lublin Court of Moscow sentenced former Torpedo football club player Mikhail Rekudanov, who was found guilty of murdering a migrant, to six years in prison. reported this on December 4 RAPSI . Rekudanov admitted his guilt, but stated that he acted in self-defense. In his last words, the footballer said: “I want to express my sincere condolences to the parents of the deceased.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly on December 12, 2013. This is stated in a message on the official website of the head of state, where the deadline for accreditation of journalists to cover the message is also announced - applications can be submitted until noon on December 9.

The promising military transport aircraft Il-476 (Il-76MD-90A) has completed the first stage of state joint tests, the Ulyanovsk aircraft manufacturing plant Aviastar-SP said in a statement. After completion of the tests, the first prototype of the aircraft, serial number 0102, flew from the airfield of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky to the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airport for modification.