CSKA was defeated by Bayern in the final round of the Champions League group stage and could not get into the playoffs of the tournament. The match in Munich ended with the score 3:0 in favor of the German club. CSKA finished last in the group and were eliminated from European competition. A day earlier, Zenit St. Petersburg lost to Monaco and also failed to qualify from the Champions League group. In the spring, Zenit will start playing in the Europa League.

Torrent tracker The Pirate Bay became unavailable after the operation of the Swedish police, which confiscated several servers in Stockholm. According to the police, the operation was carried out in connection with suspicions of copyright infringement. Due to the operation in Stockholm, The Pirate Bay moved to a new domain in Costa Rica.

Photo: Artem Korotaev / TASS / All Over Press The press service of the Ministry of Culture explained that Vladimir Medinsky said not as a minister’s expression “Rashka-Synyshka”. As stated in the statement of the department, "it was a meeting of the writer with his readers." As reported by Fontanka , on December 9, Medinsky talked with his “readers and admirers” at the St. Petersburg Cultural Forum.

Medusa talked with residents of houses participating in the project "Last address" Photo: Sergey Parkhomenko / Livejournal On the Day of Human Rights, the first memorial signs of the “Last Address” project were opened in Moscow. On metal signs the size of the palm, the names of the victims of political repressions that did not return to their apartments from prisons and camps are engraved. The author of the project is journalist Sergei Parkhomenko.

For several years, users of the Classmates social networks have published search queries in the Yandex group in the social network. They were interested in the weather, interpretation of dreams, searched for ads, tried to switch to other sites and so on. The press service of Yandex explained that the community has not yet belonged to the search engine: it was brought by one of the employees of the company, who later quit. Yandex is engaged in complete control over the page.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the money for organizing the attack on Grozny was given to the militants by a man named Kalyapin. Kadyrov referred to the information of "competent authorities". Kalyapin, according to the Chechen leader, in turn received money from Doku Umarov's brother Akhmad, who lives in Turkey. As for Umarov, the money for the terrorist act, Kadyrov is sure, was handed over by the Western special services.

Borna members continue to admit the murders: reporting Andrei Kozenko Figure: Victoria Lomasco / "Medusa" In the Moscow Regional Court, a two -day interrogation of Maxim Baklagin, the first of the four of the defendants of the “combat organization of Russian nationalists” (BORN), who were in the dock), was completed. As already reported by Medusa, the gang is accused of murders of anti -fascists, migrants and federal judges.

The journalist of Izvestia Taras Raspe was convicted in an attempt to bring the roles-densels to the flash mob in defense of Oka Sauron, which they wanted to install in Moscow ( they abandoned the idea after criticism from the Russian Orthodox Church).

On the 20th anniversary of the first Chechen. Mikhail Kazinik - about the main songs of Timur Mutsuraev Figure: Maria Kiseleva / "Medusa" The songs of Timur Mutsuraev, who listened to both Chechen separatists and Russian soldiers, remain one of the main cultural phenomena of the war in Chechnya. Especially for Medusa, journalist Mikhail Kazinik chose the main notes of Mutsuraev - of those that are not prohibited to spread by the Russian court. Timur Mutsuraev was born in Grozny in 1976.

Photo: Kim Korshunov On the site "Collector" designer Artemia Lebedeva, a page dedicated to the Nokia phones and smartphones appeared. It contains 243 exhibits - photos (including high resolution) and short comments on them. The authors of the exposition, Kim Korshunov and Evgeny Kozlov, put only the phones that they have in the collection on the site. They offer everyone to send their Nokia, and also plan to open the Museum of Mobile Technologies in reality.

British newspaper The Guardian has announced that its editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger will leave his post in the summer of 2015. In 2016, Rusbridger will lead Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian, The Observer and other media. The new editor-in-chief of The Guardian has not yet been named. As head of the Scott Trust, Rumbridger will continue to play an important role in securing the future of Guardian journalism. (English.) The Guardian Alan Rusbridger has headed The Guardian since 1995.

Dr. Dre, who earned $620 million. The record-breaking income of Dr. Dre didn't get his money's worth directly from his music career, but from the sale of his stake in headphone company Beats. Beats was sold to Apple for $3 billion. The second place in the list of the highest paid musicians was taken by the singer Beyoncé, who earned $115 million from the tour, advertising and sales of the album. Third place went to The Eagles, who received $100 million from the tour.

Euro on the Moscow Exchange closer to the close of trading on December 10 began to sell more expensive than 68 rubles. The price reached 68.19 rubles. for one euro. The dollar reached 54.85 rubles. The price of Brent oil on the ICE exchange on December 10 fell below $65 per barrel. This is the lowest Brent price since 2009. The official euro exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on December 11 is 67.20 rubles. The Central Bank estimates the dollar at 54.28 rubles.

Member of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Palestinian Authority Ziyad Abu Ein, who participated on December 10 in a protest in the West Bank of the Jordan River, died after clashes between demonstrators and the Israeli military. The exact circumstances of Abu Ein's death have not yet been established. It is known that Abu Ein suffered from chronic diseases, including hypertension and diabetes.

Why cannot you forget about torture in American prisons for terrorists: The New York Times Photo: AP / Scanpix On December 9, the US Senate published a report on torture in the CIA secret prisons around the world. American interrogations specialists for the necessary indications from suspects in terrorism imitated drowning, deprived of prisoners, used rectal hydration techniques and many other torture to completely subordinate the interrogated.