The DPRK executed Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of the country's leader Kim Jong-un and the former deputy chairman of the State Defense Committee. reported this on December 12 Agence France-Presse , citing the state news agency KCNA. According to KCNA, the “traitor” Jang Song Thaek was executed on December 12 following a short military trial. Jang Song Taek's arrest was officially announced on December 9.

Delyuga made Rapper Roma Zhigan charged with robbery Roma Zhigan. Photo: personal page “VKontakte” Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department detained rapper Roma Zhigan. He is accused of robbery. According to media reports, the victim of the robbery was his PR manager, from whom Zhigan and his friends took one hundred thousand rubles and a tablet. The musician had already served time for a similar crime in the mid-2000s.

The General Motors concern summed up the results of the year ahead of schedule: in December the company chose a new leader, and the US government withdrew from its shareholders. Next year for GM will be the beginning of a new era, which it has approached after a protracted crisis and bankruptcy. Lenta.ru decided to recall the history of the largest automobile company of the 20th century and assess how much GM has changed in recent years.

The Belarusian company Krupsky Fruit and Vegetable Plant lost more than 100 thousand bottles of wine as a result of fraud, reports Daily. According to the publication, we are talking about cheap fruit and berry wines, popularly called “ink”. Previously, Krupsky Fruit and Vegetable Plant entered into an agreement for the supply of its products with a certain Russian company.

In Colorado, 221 people were poisoned in a month due to the use of Spice smoking mixtures containing a synthetic analogue of marijuana. These are the data from a special study that was conducted from mid-August to mid-September, reports the Associated Press . In the 127 cases that were examined in detail by state authorities, 64 percent of the patients complained of high blood pressure, 32 percent of overexcitement, and 25 percent of confusion. Only ten poisoned people required resuscitation.

Group DF does not intend to engage in intermediary activities in the supply of Russian gas. According to Ukrainian News, the owner of the company, Dmitry Firtash, stated this. According to him, Group DF buys fuel in Russia only for its own needs. Naftogaz and Gazprom have a direct contract for the supply of gas to Ukraine and there can be no intermediary between these companies, the entrepreneur noted.

Disgruntled elderly depositors broke down the door at the main Kaliningrad office of Investbank on Leninsky Prospekt. reports this Interfax with reference to unnamed sources. In addition, windows in the same office were broken, REGNUM reports . According to the agency, about a hundred people tried to enter the bank lobby, but were not allowed in. During the scuffle, investors broke the glass door.

The Deputy Consul General of India in New York was arrested on December 12, reports the Indian newspaper The Indian Express. Devyani Khobragade, 39, is accused of visa fraud and providing false information to immigration authorities. If the diplomat's guilt is proven, she could be sentenced to 15 years in prison. Khobragade herself denied the charges. She was eventually released from custody on bail of $250,000.

A golden statue of Mao Zedong worth more than $16 million was unveiled at an exhibition in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. reported this with reference to the local press on December 13 Agence France-Presse . Mao Zedong is depicted sitting in a chair. Although the statue is only 80 centimeters tall, it weighs more than 50 kilograms. The figure is made of gold, inlaid with precious stones. The pedestal on which the chair stands is made of jade.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has threatened the European Union with “retaliatory measures” if the European Council forms its own “black list” of Russian officials involved in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. This is stated in the commentary of the Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, published on the department’s website after a request from the Interfax agency.

A fight with a bladed weapon occurred in the parking lot of Mile High Stadium in Denver, The Denver Post reports. Four people were injured, one of them is in critical condition. The police detained several participants in the stabbing. It is not clear who exactly started the fight. The number of its participants is also not reported. The brawl began on December 12 at 21:55 local time (8:55 Friday Moscow time), half an hour after the end of the game.

In mid-December, the ABC publishing house is releasing a collection of short stories by the classic of American literature, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, entitled “More Than Just a House.” The book includes about 30 works written and published in magazines in the 1910-1930s. They are published in Russian for the first time.

Namco Bandai presented the anniversary part of the Tales series. According to Polygon, the game, called Tales of Zestiria, was announced for both Japan and Western countries (Europe and the USA). The project will be released exclusively on the PS3 console. The exact release date has not yet been announced, but it is known that the game Tales of Zestiria will be dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the Tales series. Its first installment, Tales of Phantasia, went on sale in Japan in 1995.

On December 13, the Central Bank revoked the licenses of the Project Finance Bank, Investment Bank and Smolensk Bank. This is reported in the regulator's materials . The revocation of the Investment Bank's license is due to violation of Central Bank regulations and laws, including the provision of false reports. The regulator noted that in the last days of operation, the financial organization experienced difficulties in fulfilling its obligations due to the low quality of assets.

A court in Primorye has postponed the date of forced deportation of Uzbek citizen Shaira Ulasheva, who gave birth on the porch of a maternity hospital in Vladivostok. reported this on December 13 RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of the FSSP administration for the Primorsky Territory. Ulasheva's deportation was postponed for 15 days so that she could voluntarily leave Russia.