Boxer Murat Gassiev defeated Denis Lebedev for the IBF world heavyweight title. The duel, which took place on December 3 in Moscow, was equal, but the victory was nevertheless awarded to the challenger Gassiev by a separate decision of the judges. The fight was broadcast by the Match TV channel.

At the PlayStation Experience conference held by Sony, The Last Of Us Part 2 was announced - the continuation of the popular zombie apocalypse game from The Naughty Dog studio. In the trailer, we see the heroes of the original game, Ellie and Joel, several years after the events of the first part. XCageGameThe Last of Us Part 2 Reveal Trailer — Playstation Experience 2016 The Last Of Us Part 2 is in the early stages of development, so a release date for the game has yet to be announced.

Real Madrid and Barcelona played a 1-1 draw in the next round of the Spanish Football Championship. Both goals were scored in the second half. Barcelona striker Luis Suarez opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. At the very end of the match, Real Madrid bounced back thanks to a strike from defender Sergio Ramos. Both goals were scored with a header after innings from free kicks.

CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev set a record among domestic goalkeepers for the number of matches without conceded goals. On December 3, the army team beat Ural 4-0. For Akinfeev, this match was the 253rd "dry" in his career. The previous record belonged to Rinat Dasaev. On account of our captain 159 "dry" matches in the championship of Russia, 21 - in Russian cup tournaments, 28 - in European competitions and 45 - in the national team.

A Syrian military aircraft was shot down near Aleppo. This was reported by the Interfax news agency, citing a Syrian military source. According to him, the crew of the plane died. The source said that the L-39 combat training aircraft was attacked. This model was developed in Czechoslovakia and was mass-produced until 1999. The crew of the aircraft is one or two people. “L-39 shot down from the ground. The crew died, ”said the source.

China's Supreme Court overturned a 1995 death sentence for rape and murder. The convict was executed over 20 years ago. Based on the results of the review of the case, the court concluded that the investigation did not collect sufficient evidence of the guilt of the convict. His confession has also been called into question.

In Thailand, an activist from a small student movement has been arrested after he shared a local BBC post about the new king on Facebook. This publication, in particular, talked about the personal life of the monarch, who divorced his wives three times. King Maha Vajiralongkorn took the throne on 1 December. Apparently, the arrested activist was the first to be prosecuted for insulting the new monarch.

Football player Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Jose Mourinho were suspected of hiding tens of millions of euros in offshore accounts in order to evade taxes. Such accusations were made by members of the journalistic consortium European Investigative Collaborations. The consortium includes, among others, the German weekly Der Spiegel, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the Belgian Le Soir and the British The Sunday Times.

As a result of an attack on passers-by on the Ohio University campus, a student from Russia was injured. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Washington, Nikolai Lakhonin. The Columbus Dispatch previously published a list of victims of the attack, which includes 23-year-old Pavel Sergeev, a student from Russia studying pedagogy. He received moderate injuries. There are 13 people on the list in total.

In Bergen, Norway, the stolen gates of the German concentration camp Dachau were found, on which the slogan Arbeit macht frei (Work sets you free) is written. The Bavarian police said that the iron gate weighing about 100 kilograms was found thanks to an anonymous message received by the Bergen police. The gate was stolen in November 2014. Who exactly and under what circumstances stole them remains unknown.

FIFA has published a list of three main contenders for the title of the best football player of the year - these are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann. Three contenders for the award were chosen based on the results of voting by the captains and coaches of the national teams, as well as journalists and fans. The award will be presented to the winner at a ceremony in Zurich on January 9, 2017.

In 2016, hackers stole more than two billion rubles from Russian banks. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the leadership of the Bank of Russia. Attempts were made to steal five billion, but some of the cyberattacks were repelled. “The amount of attempted theft is the money that was attempted, but not the fact that they were withdrawn in full.

How and how successfully the “Lie Detector” is used in Russia Photo: Dmitry Korotaev / Epsilon / Photoxpress The Investigative Committee completed the verification of the words of Ildar Dadin, who reported torture in the IK-7 colony, and did not find confirmation to them. Dadin himself has repeatedly stated that he was ready to undergo a polygraph test (“Lie Detector”), but the study has not yet been conducted: Dadin agreed only in the presence of a lawyer.

Fragment of Progress cargo spacecraft, which crashed on December 1, was found in Tuva. A fragment of the device was discovered by one of the local residents 15 kilometers from the village of Eilig-Khem.

Plus five films exploring power Photo: Alex Bailey / Netflix In November, Netflix released the series “Crown”, set according to the script of Peter Morgan, the screenwriter of the films “Queen” and “The Last King of Scotland”. Having looked at all the television, Medusa, the conclusion came to the conclusion that it was the British Crown with a budget of 100 million pounds - the main series of last month, and it costs every penny.