National Geographic chose the best photos of the year The magazine National Geographic called the winners of the Prize "Best Wildlife Photographer of 2016." The main prize was received by the Frenchman Greg Lenker, who shot Sardin. The photographer will go to the 10-day expedition of the National Geographic to the Galapagos Islands. "Medusa" represents the best works of the award.

Bobsledder Alexei Voevoda denied suspicions that he used illegal drugs. Based on the materials of the investigation by expert Richard McLaren, Meduza came to the conclusion that Voevoda could be one of the champions of the Sochi Olympics caught doping. “For me, it is surprising that the Meduza portal began to sin with some methods of exclusion and some kind of comparisons. Do you know what this is called slander? - Voevoda said in an interview with the radio station "Moscow Speaks".

The Grand Prix of the festival of the author's documentary “Artdokfest” received the film “ Liberation: Instructions for use ” by Alexander Kuznetsov. The winner of the competition of this year was announced on December 9 in Moscow. Artdocfest "Brief Liberation Instructions" A special jury prize was awarded the painting “Credit for the Murder” of the Israeli director Vladimir Antonevich. The best full -length film is called Tatyana's Sleeping Sleeping .

Jessica Chastain in the drama about the occupation of Poland In the spring of 2017, the film “Wife of the Zoo Warehouse” directed by Nicky Karo will be released. The picture tells about the fate of the employees of the Warsaw Zoo, who during the occupation of Poland hid Jews at home and in animal cells. The main roles in the film were played by Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhle. "Medusa" is represented by a dubbed trailer for the "wife of the zoo caretaker."

Verizon refused to distribute an update from Samsung on its networks, after installing which Galaxy Note 7 phones will not be able to charge. The carrier said in a statement that the update creates additional risk for users who do not have another phone. They will not be able to contact their families or seek medical attention in an emergency. Samsung has announced that it will be rolling out the update to the US for 30 days starting December 19th.

What Russian officials think about the new exposure of Richard McLaren Photo: Neil Hall / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On December 9, Professor of Canadian University of West Ontario Richard McLaren presented the second part of the report on doping in Russian sports and on the participation of the legislation of the Russian authorities.

Restaurateur Ivan Shishkin reconstructs the New Year's table of the Soviet family Photo: Evgeny Mukhortov / Photobank Lori A series of materials dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR, “Medusa” ends with the Soviet feast-a tradition that managed to survive under the pressure of the grocery diversity of the nineties and zero.

Photo: Ryan McKellar / Royal Saskatchewan Museum Chinese scientists first found the tail of a dinosaur with feathers. A piece of amber with a tail was found in 2015 in the market in Myanmar, but scientific work with the conclusions of scientists was published only now. Studies have shown that the tail belonged to a small dinosaur, which most likely did not know how to fly. In 2015, the Chinese scientist Lida Sin went to the market in Myanmar, where they sell amber for the manufacture of jewelry.

The data presented in the Vada report indicate Bobsleist Alexander Zubkov and Alexei to the governor Photo: David Gray / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On December 9, the World Anti -Doping Agency published a second part of the Doping report in Russian sports. The presented results of the commission of Richard McLaren, among other things, say about the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014.

"Medusa" led a live broadcast of the closing ceremony of the festival Photo: Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta On December 9, the Karo Oktyabr cinema was held on December 9, the closing ceremony of the Artdox Film Festival, at which the winners of the competition of this year were announced. The Grand Prix Festival received the film "Liberation: Instructions for use" by Alexander Kuznetsov. "Medusa" led a live broadcast of the ceremony. The broadcast is completed.

Anton Romeiko-Gurko, deputy head of the internal security department of the Russian Interior Ministry, has resigned, Interfax reports. Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev decided to dismiss Romeiko-Gurko. The resignation is connected with the detention of the head of the regional department of internal security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg, Colonel Yuri Timchenko, for a bribe of 100 million rubles.

Police have detained a 30-year-old man in Rotterdam suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. During a search, they found a Kalashnikov assault rifle with two magazines of cartridges and the flag of the Islamic State terrorist organization, as well as four boxes of explosives. The operation was carried out after information about the suspect was passed to the police by the Dutch intelligence service AIVD (Intelligence and Security Service). The suspect was not named in the police report.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Reuters news operator “moron”. This happened on December 9 in Hamburg, where the minister was at a meeting of the OSCE Foreign Council. Passing along the corridor, Lavrov turned to the Reuters camera with the words: "What do you want?" ("What do you want?"). Immediately after that, the minister added: "Debiles." Gromadske Telebachennya Lavrov calling the Reuters operator "Debil" The video was published by the Ukrainian television channel "Gromatesk".

Police in the UK have received reports of incidents of sexual assault at 98 football clubs in different leagues, writes The Guardian. The police have data on 83 alleged rapists. Reports of teenagers being raped in football clubs came through a hotline set up shortly after several ex-football players made public allegations of sexual harassment. In total, 639 people contacted the hotline.

The first trailer for the film “The War of the Planet of Monkeys” was released. This is the third part of the series about Caesar's wiser monkey, which led the Primates army and fights against people. In the new film, Caesar will have to face the colonel (Woody Harrelson). 20th Century Fox War for the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer | 20th Century Fox The film will be released in July 2017.