The customers of the FBK film, which talks about the business of the sons of Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika and their connection with the Tsapkov criminal gang, are William Browder and the special services behind him. This is stated in Chaika’s own response to a request to the Prosecutor General’s Office sent by the Kommersant newspaper. According to Chaika, Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation does not have enough funds and opportunities to make such a film.

Shot: 20th Century Fox / YouTube The 20th Century Fox studio released the first trailer for the film “Independence: Renaissance”, the sequel of the “Independence Day” of 1996. The new picture tells about the large -scale attack of aliens, which occurred 20 years after the events of the first film. By this time, earthlings have mastered the technologies of aliens and built a military base on the moon to protect against a new attack.

Far-right National Front Marine Le Pen lost the second round of regional elections in France. In the first round, the nationalists won first place with nearly 28 percent of the vote. According to the results of the second round, they failed to win in any of the regions. Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative Republican party won in at least six regions, while the Socialists, led by French President Francois Hollande, won in at least five, according to preliminary vote count results.

The captain of a Turkish fishing vessel that the Russian Defense Ministry claims approached the Russian patrol ship Smetlivy in the Aegean Sea told reporters that he did not hear gunshots from the ship. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation previously stated that the crew of the Sharp-witted opened warning fire, after which the Turkish seiner changed course. According to the captain, his ship passed within a nautical mile (1.8 kilometers) of the warship.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, said that during the fire in the psycho-neurological boarding school near Voronezh, "all services worked quickly, at a high level." The fire killed 23 people. “All decisions were taken by the Commission for Emergency Situations of the Voronezh Region in a timely manner,” Puchkov said.

The Russian biathlon team won the relay at the World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria. Gold medals were won by Alexei Volkov, Evgeny Garanichev, Dmitry Malyshko and Anton Shipulin. Norway finished second in the relay, three seconds behind. The third was the team of France. Before the fourth stage of the relay, the Russians were 31 seconds behind the leading Norwegians.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has warned Turkey about the "disastrous consequences of the reckless actions of official Ankara" in relation to the Russian military involved in the operation in Syria. On December 13, the naval attache at the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, Ahmet Gunes, was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Anatoly Antonov spoke with him.

The Finnish company Sanoma may sell its stake in the Fashion Press publishing house, which publishes Cosmopolitan and Esquire magazines in Russia, to a pool of investors, including Sergei Azatyan, who previously managed the assets of businessman Konstantin Malofeev. This was reported by the RBC agency with reference to unnamed sources in the market. There has been no official confirmation of this information.

The crew of the Russian patrol ship "Smetlivy" in the Aegean opened warning fire in the direction of a Turkish fishing seiner, which approached the ship without responding to its requests. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, fire was opened from small arms "in the direction of the Turkish ship at a distance of guaranteed non-kill." The incident took place on the morning of December 13th. "Sharp-witted" was at anchor 22 kilometers from the Greek island of Lemnos.

How North Korea managed to achieve success in the nuclear program Photo: KCNA / AFP / Scanpix On December 10, 2015, the head of North Korea Kim Jong -un said that the DPRK now has hydrogen weapons.

In the Voronezh region, December 14 was declared a day of mourning in connection with a fire in a psycho-neurological boarding school. The corresponding decree was signed by Governor Alexei Gordeev. The victims of the fire were 23 people. A fire in a psycho-neurological boarding school in the village of Alferovka, Novokhopersky district, Voronezh region, occurred on the evening of December 12. It lasted for about four hours. The orphanage building was completely burned down.

Film from the program "Year of literature: in exile" on "Artdokfest" Shot: "In search of a woman" On December 8, the Artdokfest documentary festival was opened in Moscow and St. Petersburg, which will last until the 16th. The President of the festival Vitaly Mansky tells at Medusa about all the paintings participating in the competition, as well as the most interesting films from parallel programs.

The winners of the European Film Awards have been announced in Berlin. Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" was recognized as the best picture of 2015. He also won the Best Director nomination. Michael Caine won the Best Actor Award for his role in Youth. Charlotte Rampling won Best Actress for 45 Years. The honorary award for his contribution to the development of world cinema went to Christoph Waltz. The European Film Awards were established in 1988.

Three women were among the winners of the municipal elections in Saudi Arabia - the first in the country's history in which women were allowed to vote and stand. According to preliminary data, two women went to local councils in Jeddah, and one more in Mecca. as candidates were registered A total of 978 women and 5938 men . About 130 thousand women and 1.35 million men took part in the voting. During the election campaign, female candidates were not allowed to directly address male voters.

The court granted the request of Natalya Dynkova, convicted in the Oboronservis case, for parole. In June 2014, she was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud. Natalya Dynkova applied for parole to the Skopinsky Court of the Ryazan Region (at the location of the colony) on November 11, 2015. Among other things, she referred to positive characteristics from the colony administration.