Screenshot: Flappyruble.ru On December 19, the Flappy Ruble website made in the spirit of the Flappy Bird mobile game, where instead of a bird there is a ruble, and instead of pipes that need to be avoided - oil barrels. The developers assure that the complexity of the game depends on the current economic situation: the higher the dollar, the higher the ruble jumps, and the lower the cost of a barrel of oil, the less the interval in which you need to slip.

US President Barack Obama ordered new sanctions against Crimea. The document signed by Obama prohibits US individuals and legal entities from exporting or importing any goods, services and technologies to/from Crimea. American companies and US citizens are also prohibited from purchasing real estate or commercial enterprises in Crimea, as well as investing in Crimean companies. The sanctions imposed by Obama repeat the restrictive measures that the European Union previously imposed on Crimea.

Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan was shortlisted for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film nomination. Of the 83 applicants, 9 paintings were selected. In addition to Leviathan, the shortlist includes Corn Island by Giorgi Avashvili, Timbuktu by Abderrahman Sissako, Ida by Pavel Pavlikovsky, Force Majeure by Robin Ostlund, Wild Tales by Damian Shifron, Tangerines by Zaza Urushadze, "The Accused" Paula van der West and "The Liberator" Alberto Arvelo.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said North Korean hackers were behind the attack on Sony's computer network. Assumptions about the involvement in the hacking of hackers from the DPRK were expressed earlier, but so far, law enforcement agencies have not confirmed this information.

The prosecution asked for 8 and 10 years in the colony for the brothers Navalny: the report "Medusa" Photo: Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant In the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow, a judicial investigation in the case of Yves Rocher was completed. The state accusation demanded the sentencing oppositionist Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg to ten and eight years of the colony of general regime, respectively, for fraud on an especially large scale and legalization of funds.

Shot: Oleg Kashin / YouTube Journalist Oleg Kashin sang the first president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev the song “Everything is going according to plan” by Yegor Letov. Kashin explained that "for generation of children, this song is the most important." After the words “now I will sing it to you, there is the word“ perestroika ””, the journalist began to sing without musical accompaniment, taking himself himself and Gorbachev on camera.

Rostrud allowed the Russian Football Union (RFU) to defer the payment of salaries to the head coach of the national team Fabio Capello until January 19. Earlier it was reported that RFU President Nikolai Tolstykh could be removed from office if the RFU does not comply with the Rostrud order to pay Capello's salary by December 19. The current debt of the RFU to Capello is 2.4 million euros. The penalty for early termination of the contract with the Italian is 30 million euros.

Frame: DKBOBBY / YouTube The DKBOBBY user omitted the video of the part of the party at Jengu - a game where participants alternately get it from the turret folded from wooden blocks along the “brick” and put them upstairs. The blocks in the tower are folded three in a row, so on each of the "floors" you can pull out a maximum of two woods. The loser is considered a person who destroyed the tower.

The movement "For Human Rights" is recognized by the Ministry of Justice as an NGO as a "foreign agent". This was announced by the executive director of the movement Lev Ponomarev. According to Ponomarev, he will appeal this decision "at all levels" and has already turned to lawyer Henry Reznik for help.

Rating countries in the level of love for local automobile brands All over the world, motorists when buying a new car look not only at the power of the motor or efficiency. For many, the “nationality” of the car is also important: in almost all developed countries, the first place in sales is occupied by a local brand (even if a foreign company owns it).

US President Barack Obama signed a law allowing the introduction of new sanctions against Russia. Obama emphasized that he does not intend to introduce them immediately. The document allows us to consistently increase pressure on the defense, energy and financial sectors of the Russian economy. The president is obliged to introduce some sanctions, the rest can be applied at his own discretion. These measures may also affect foreign partners of Russian companies.

The cost of the state armaments program for the period up to 2025 will be reduced from 55 to 30 trillion rubles. This is stated in the report of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at an expanded meeting of the board of the department. The Minister of Defense said that the cost of the state program could be reduced due to the fact that the work on the formation of the type of advanced models of weapons and equipment with similar functional and technical characteristics has already been completed.

How foreign firms participate in Russian corruption schemes: Reuters investigation Photo: Photoxpress The Russian authorities buy foreign medical equipment at high prices, and suppliers do not pay attention to participating in the transactions of dubious intermediary firms. It is because of them that Russian hospitals spend four to five times more of its real value on expensive equipment, the Reuters investigation is approved.

Russian Standard Bank has actually reset the limits on some existing credit cards, three clients of this organization told Vedomosti. According to one of the publication’s interlocutors, he received a notification from the bank that his limit had been reduced from 500 thousand to 8 thousand rubles.

Galina Yuzefovich-about three novelties non-fiction A weekly literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells at Medusa about the most interesting book novelties. In this issue is the “daughter of the philosopher Spet” by Marina Storh, “Glass Castle” Giannett Walls and “Fricisfold. Non -standard approaches to solving problems ”by Stephen Levitt and Stephen Dabner.