Archpriest Konstantin Kobelev and Deacon Kirill Markovsky consecrated cars of the Moscow Department of the FSIN for the transportation of the arrested. “Father Konstantin read a prayer and sprinkled the cars with holy water. The clergyman called on drivers to attentiveness and responsibility on the roads, respectfully treats all road users, ”the FSIN said in a statement.

Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin constantly suits journalists . Recently, he won claims against Vedomosti and Novaya Gazeta, who published investigations about his house and not his yacht. However, there are editions with which Sechin had a friendly relationship: in the fresh issue of the Russian Pioneer magazine, led by Kremlin correspondent of Kommersant Andrei Kolesnikov, a column of the head of Rosneft was released.

17-year-old teenager Karl Edvard Brewer, adopted from Russia, was detained on suspicion of killing his adoptive parents. The Russian embassy in the United States confirmed to Interfax that the teenager has been on the consular register since 2005 and is a citizen of the Russian Federation. Brewer was detained on November 29 after refusing to obey police orders and leave the house where he lived with his parents for 12 hours.

In the Krasnodar Territory, near the village of Kabardinka, employees of a private security company detained Sergei Petrov, a freelance correspondent for the Dozhd channel, and activists of the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus. According to Dozhd, the activists found a dacha in the village, which may belong to businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. It became known about the detention of the activists and the journalist at about five o'clock Moscow time on Friday, December 2.

The discussion of Putin, Medinsky and Mironov about the abolition of the rock opera "Jesus Christ-Superstar" in Omsk Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / Press Service of the President of Russia / TASS On Friday, December 2, President Vladimir Putin demanded to figure out the abolition of the rock opera “Jesus Christ-Superstar” in the Omsk Musical Theater. This happened at a joint meeting of two tips-in the Russian language and culture-in St. Petersburg.

Photo: AFP / Scanpix / Leta Francois Hollande became the first president of France in its entire post -war history, who refused to go to re -election. He unexpectedly announced his decision in a television appeal to citizens on December 1. Most likely, in 2017, Left Hollande will be replaced by the moderately right -wing politician Francois Fiion, who is attributed to good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Medusa briefly talks about the situation in France.

Photo: James Moy PhotoGraphy / Pa Images / Scanpix / Leta On Friday, December 2, the current Formula-1 champion, German Niko Rosberg, who first won the title in his career only last Sunday, announced the care of the races. This is an unprecedented decision, which, however, is unlikely to greatly affect Formula 1-and, moreover, can even make the races more interesting. "Medusa" explains why this is so-for those who are not very well versed in Formula 1.

Photo: Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On December 1, a new “Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation” was officially published. The previous version of the document was adopted in February 2013 - before the referendum on the accession of Crimea, the introduction of Western sanctions and response Russian antisanions. In total, the document has 38 pages, but the most important thing is stated for the purposes and objectives of foreign policy.

We fact-checked his words Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Vladimir Putin made his annual address to Russia's Federal Assembly yesterday. As always, he spoke a lot about the country’s various successes and backed his claims up with statistics. Meduza fact-checked and commented on the most dubious fragments of the President’s speech.

An endless corridor from the photographs of actor Jake Jillenhale appeared on the Internet. When the user enters the site, against the background the phrase “I would like to know how to get away from you begins to sound, which is pronounced by the hero of Jillenhale in the film“ Gorbataya Mountain ”. The site was called "Gyllenhall". It plays the name of the actor and the word Hall (corridor). The Internet corridor was created by the media artist Paul Feldman and screenwriter Zach Johnson.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to sort out the situation with the cancellation of the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" at the Omsk Musical Theatre. Putin stated this during a joint meeting of the Council for Culture and Art and the Council for the Russian Language. The artistic director of the Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov, speaking at this meeting, said that there were fears in the theatrical environment about the restriction of freedom of creativity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that for the release of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted on charges of preparing terrorist attacks in Crimea, the necessary conditions must ripen. Thus, he answered the director Alexander Sokurov, who spoke in defense of Sentsov at a joint meeting of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and the Russian Language Council. “Ukrainian director, 20 years in the camps, a guy is sitting in the northern camp.

The German racer Niko Rosberg, who in November 2016 first became the Formula-1 champion, announced the end of his career. With such a statement, Rosberg spoke at the ceremony of FIA Prize Giving Gala in Vienna. “This is difficult to explain, but from the moment I started to engage in racing at the age of six, I had a clear dream-to become the world champion in Formula 1. Now I have achieved this, ”Rosberg said.

Photo: David Frenkel / Kommersant On December 2, the FSIN Office in Karelia threatened to sue for slander for political activist Ildar Dadin-for his story about torture and mockery in IK-7, where he is contained. On the same day, the commission under the Presidential Council of Human Rights published a report, from which it follows that torture in IK-7 could be applied to both Dadin itself and other convicts.

The Russian Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has sent instructions to telecom operators on what to do in the event of cyber attacks, the ministry's press service said. “Two meetings were held with telecom operators and major banking organizations, telegrams were prepared and sent to telecom operators with instructions on what to do in case of attacks and how to contact the Russian Ministry of Communications and the FSB,” the agency’s representative said.