Time magazine published a list of 10 candidates for the title of Person of the Year 2013. It was posted on the publication’s website on December 9. The top ten included Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, former NSA employee Edward Snowden, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, US President Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, pop star Miley Cyrus, gay rights activist Edith Windsor, US Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius and the first Hispanic Texas senator, Ted Cruz.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma, according to which citizens will have the opportunity not to pay for housing and communal services if the management company does not timely place the payment in the State Housing and Communal Information System. Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes about this. House managers will be required to publish accounts on a single portal on a monthly basis. In case of delay in electronic notification, the citizen will be able not to pay for the “absent” period.

The prosecutor asked the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg to stop the criminal prosecution of the former editor-in-chief of the Ura.ru agency Aksana Panova on charges of fraud using her official position. reports this Interfax . The state prosecutor stated that during the investigation no evidence was obtained that Panova intended to embezzle 100 thousand rubles by concluding a fictitious agreement with a commercial organization.

State Duma deputies decided not to introduce most of the expected restrictions on the activities of collection agencies, writes Kommersant . By the second reading of the bill “On Consumer Credit”, of all the amendments, the only remaining amendments were the ban on disturbing defaulters at night. This restriction applies to meetings, calls and sending SMS messages to borrowers or persons providing security from 22:00 to 8:00 on weekdays and from 20:00 to 9:00 on weekends and holidays.

The Bank of Russia set the euro exchange rate on December 10 at 44.9127 rubles. Compared to the weekend, the European currency fell by about ten kopecks. At the same time, the Central Bank reduced the dollar exchange rate by 17 kopecks to 32.7782 rubles. Related materials: Already scary, not panic yet The euro exchange rate rose to 45 rubles November 29, 2013 The official euro exchange rate has been above 45 rubles since November 30.

North Korean authorities have confirmed that the uncle of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, Jang Song Thaek, has been stripped of all his posts, Reuters reported on the night of Monday, December 9 . “Jang and his followers committed crimes that stun the imagination and caused enormous harm to our Party and the revolution,” North Korea's official KCNA news agency said in a statement. The information appeared after a Sunday meeting of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of the DPRK.

A 26-year-old man surfing near the city of Port Macquarie on the west coast of Australia did not notice the shark attack. Sky News reports this. The surfer, who has not been named, felt something hit his arm but did not realize the danger. When the man got out of the water, he found cuts on his arm and leg. The surfer went to the hospital, and only there they explained to him that he had been bitten by a shark.

About 20 percent of the products on the Russian dairy market are counterfeit products, which are rejected even before they go on sale. This is stated in the official press release of X5 Retail Group (manages the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel chain stores).

The meteorite fall in Chelyabinsk and the divorce of President Vladimir Putin became the most popular events of 2013 according to the Internet search engine Yandex. Statistics on the topics of the year were published on the company’s official website on December 9.

The mission of the international state news agency “Russia Today” will be to restore a fair attitude towards Russia. Dmitry Kiselev, appointed head of the new organization, announced this on December 9 on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “Restoring a fair attitude towards Russia as an important country in the world with good intentions is the mission of the new structure that I will lead,” Kiselev said.

Based on the results of 11 months of 2013, the most expensive transaction on the Moscow housing market was the sale of a penthouse for $27 million (889 million rubles). reports this RBC with reference to data from Contact Real Estate. As experts note, the secondary apartment with an area of ​​687 square meters is located in the residential complex "Granatny, 6".

On December 6, the British publishing house Bloomsbury announced the name of the artist who will create color illustrations for the new edition of JK Rowling's books about the young wizard Harry Potter. It was Jim Kay, the author of the pictures for Patrick Ness's science fiction novel "The Voice of the Monster", winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded to the best illustrators of children's books.

The prosecutor's decision on the illegality of closing the case of an attempt to illegally recover 33.2 billion rubles from IKEA Mos, the Russian subsidiary of IKEA, turned out to be false. writes about this on December 9 Kommersant .

The NHL club Washington Capitals scored two goals in 25 seconds in a match with the New York Rangers. This meeting, which took place on the night of December 9, ended in a victory for Washington with a score of 4:1, according to the official website of the league. Washington's Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin did not score any points in the game against the Rangers. Washington hockey player Jason Chimera opened the scoring two minutes and 28 seconds after the start of the second period.

State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Lysakov won a lawsuit against the Russian branch of Transparency International for the protection of honor and dignity. RAPSI reported this on December 9. Lysakov asked the organization to refute information that its income did not correspond to its expenses. The Tagansky court decided to pay the deputy 50 thousand rubles in compensation.