The Google AdMob service, which specializes in placing mobile advertising on the Android and iOS platforms, mistakenly began returning money previously spent on advertising to users. A message about this appeared on the Making Money With Android forum on December 22. “Today I received four payments from Google into my bank account.

A door to an elf dwelling near the town of Selfoss in Iceland. Photo: Bob Strong/Reuters In Iceland, elf defenders blocked a project to build a presidential highway, The Guardian reported on December 22. Members of the environmental organization Friends of Lava have filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Iceland in the case of the construction of a highway that would connect the Aulftanes Peninsula, where the residence of the country's president is located, with the suburbs of Reykjavik.

In Thailand, the election commission was forced to move the registration of parties for early elections to the territory of the police station. The local edition of The Bangkok Post writes about this on December 23. Initially, the registration of party lists was planned to take place at a nearby stadium, but the opposition blocked the approaches to the building. Representatives of only nine parties were able to enter its territory early in the morning, notes the Associated Press .

Artguide magazine published ratings of the 20 most influential artists and 50 most influential figures in Russian art in 2013. This became known from a press release received by Lenta.ru. The list of the most influential people in art is headed by members of the Pussy Riot group Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

An official car of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region and an ambulance collided in the center of Moscow on the evening of Monday, December 23, Interfax reports . The accident occurred in the area of ​​house 11 on Sadovaya-Spasskaya Street at about 19:00. According to preliminary data, the cars collided when the ambulance, with its flashing light on, entered the intersection at a prohibitory traffic light.

The Ministry of Finance in 2013 attracted 822 billion rubles on the domestic market, which is 91.6 percent of the total volume of the loan program. This as reported by ITAR-TASS . was stated by the head of the department, Anton Siluanov, According to the minister, the volume of borrowings raised is a record in the modern history of Russia. Siluanov clarified that in 2013 financial resources were attracted on more favorable terms than before.

The package of amendments to the current anti-piracy legislation developed by the Ministry of Culture was rejected by the government and will not be submitted to the Duma by the end of the year. newspaper reported this with reference to the words of Deputy Minister of Culture Grigory Ivliev in the issue dated December 23 The Vedomosti “The government asked the Ministry of Culture to finalize the project,” Ivliev said, speaking at a meeting of the Coordination Council for Intellectual Property.

The British People's Veterinary Clinic awarded a prize to a cat who survived despite severe burns in a fire in his former habitat. BBC News reports this. At the end of the year, he was recognized as the main fighter for life among animals. According to experts, the fire cat named Robbie demonstrated an amazing will to live during treatment: despite severe pain, he tried to be cheerful and rejoiced at the attention and care from people.

French expert on Ethiopian art Jacques Mercier spoke about the existence of a previously unknown school of painting in the kingdom of Aksum in the 5th-6th centuries AD. The scientist’s conclusions are based on an analysis of the oldest illustrated Christian manuscripts, the so-called Garima Gospels. Mercier's arguments, presented at a conference in Oxford, are recounted by The Art Newspaper.

The film “Tbilisi, I love you” will be included in the “Cities of Love” film series. Variety reports this. The film will be produced by Emmanuel Benbiy, who produced the films “Paris, I Love You” (2006) and “New York, I Love You” (2009). The film will include 10 film stories shot by Georgian directors. The film's release date has not yet been announced.

Deliveries of Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft will be financed through loans provided by Vnesheconombank and a consortium of foreign financial institutions. newspaper writes about this in its October 23 issue The Vedomosti , citing a statement by VEB board member Alexander Ivanov. According to him, export agencies from France and Italy are also involved in the deal, since components from these countries are used in the production of components.

Rusatom Overseas, a foreign subsidiary of Rosatom, signed an agreement on the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant in Finland. This was reported in a press release from the state corporation. Rosatom Overseas also entered into a contract according to which the Russian organization will receive a share of 34 percent in Fennovoima, the company that is the customer for the construction of the nuclear power plant. Rosatom also agreed on the supply of fuel for the future station.

In Melbourne, Australia, they tested a two-seater car made almost entirely of Lego parts (the suspension struts and wheels are not made of Lego), ABC News reports. It took about half a million black and yellow construction bricks to assemble the car. The author of the project was marketer Steve Sammartino, his idea was brought to life by a student from Romania, Raul Oyada. According to Sammartino, his ward turned out to be an extremely talented and capable young man.

On December 23, Russia filed a lawsuit against the European Union through the World Trade Organization, demanding the abolition of EU anti-dumping duties. This as reported by RIA Novosti . was stated by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Likhachev, According to him, the claim concerns energy adjustments during anti-dumping investigations against metallurgical and chemical enterprises from the Russian Federation.

Released Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina called the amnesty in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution “profanation.” She stated this in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel. “If there was even the slightest opportunity to refuse the amnesty, I would do it. I was in a state of being moved. Nothing depended on me. I don’t consider amnesty a humane act, I think it’s a PR move,” said Alekhina.