The court arrested the property of the former Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev, who is accused in a bribe case. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source. “According to the decision of the court, Ulyukaev’s property was seized with security,” the agency quotes its interlocutor. When the arrest was made and what property of the former minister was arrested, it is not reported.

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and leaders of other EU countries have agreed on compromise conditions for the association of the EU and Ukraine. According to the agreements, the association agreement does not guarantee Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership and does not mean the EU's intention to give the country such a status in the future. Citizens of Ukraine will not receive the right to live and work in the EU.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that Russian President Vladimir Putin could personally authorize cyber attacks on representatives of the US Democratic Party, reports the Associated Press. The statement came after an NBC publication that American intelligence suspects Putin of direct involvement in the campaign.

Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin took second place in the sprint race at a distance of 10 kilometers at the third stage of the World Cup, which takes place in the Czech Republic. Frenchman Martin Fourcade took first place with a time of 23 minutes 48 seconds and one penalty. Shipulin covered the distance 1.6 seconds slower and didn't miss a single shot. Third place was taken by Norwegian athlete Emil Hegle Svendsen with one penalty and a time of +6.4 seconds.

YouTube blocked in Russia a video with a rap battle between Oxxxymiron (Miron Fedorov) and ST (Alexander Stepanov). It is reported by TJournal. When you try to open a video from the territory of the Russian Federation, an inscription appears: "This content is blocked in the domain of your country at the request of government agencies." The address of the video is in the register of banned pages maintained by Roskomnadzor.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called the ambassadors of Russia and Iran in connection with the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “I have just summoned the ambassadors of Russia and Iran to express my deep concern about Aleppo. It is critical to protect civilians and deliver humanitarian aid,” he said.

The head physician Anatoly Makhson left his post; The hospital is checking Short: “Moscow City Oncology Hospital No. 62” / YouTube The Moscow Department of Health began checking the 62nd city hospital, which is considered the best oncological institution in Russia. The audit goes against the backdrop of the conflict of the chief physician Anatoly Makhson and the vice-mayor of Moscow in the social sphere of Leonid Pechatnikov.

The Petrozavodsk City Court arrested the chairman of the Karelian branch of the Memorial society, Yuri Dmitriev, on charges of producing child pornography. “Dmitriev is accused of photographing his adopted daughter, born in 2005, under the age of 14, for the purpose of producing pornographic materials in the period from March 1, 2012 to September 28, 2015 in the city of Petrozavodsk,” the TASS agency quotes the judge.

In Samara, FSB officers defused a bomb found during a search of an apartment where alleged supporters of the Islamic State terrorist organization lived. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source. “The explosive device has been defused. Residents evacuated earlier from the house are returning to their apartments, ”the source said. The search took place in an apartment in the village of Zubchaninovka on the outskirts of Samara, where the suspects, immigrants from Central Asia, lived.

Egyptian investigators found traces of explosives on the remains of passengers on an EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed in the Mediterranean on May 19, 2016. Traces of exposure to high temperatures were found on the wreckage of the liner. The aircraft's automatic systems detected smoke before the crash. The pilots of the crashed A320 did not send out a distress signal, but a voice recorder recorded crew members trying to put out the fire. An EgyptAir A320 was flying from Paris to Cairo.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has filed a case against the St. Petersburg Tourism Committee in connection with the signing of an agreement with the Lebedev Design Studio. The FAS statement says that the Lebedev Studio has developed a tourist logo for St. Petersburg by order of the committee. At the same time, open tenders were not held, other companies were not informed of the existence of such an order, which “led to the creation of discriminatory conditions” in the market.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Belgrade on December 12 was photographed with Serb Nemany Ristich, whom Montenegro authorities put on the wanted list of a recent attempt by a coup. Photo: AP / Scanpix / Leta Sergey Lavrov and members of the Serbian Cathedral of the Custody of Belgrade, December 12, 2016. On the left - Neman Ristich.

Advertising of the Moscow Bank was accused of Mizoginia Frame: Moscow Credit Bank / YouTube On December 13, on the television, cinemas and on the Internet, the rotation of the New Year's commercial of the Moscow Credit Bank began. The main characters of the five -minute video (on TV show the abbreviated version) were a little girl who lacks the attention of an eternally busy mother, and Santa Claus, who abducts this mother.

The scientific publication JAMA Psychiatry published the results of a large-scale study, which found that abortion is safe for a woman's mental health. At the same time, refusal to terminate a pregnancy leads to feelings of anxiety, lower self-esteem and less satisfaction with life. Such manifestations disappear within 6-12 months. The study was conducted for five years, 956 women took part in it.

A consortium of Glencore and the Qatari sovereign wealth fund QIA will receive a loan to buy a 19.5 percent stake in Rosneft in Gazprombank, a federal official and a source close to the board of directors of the oil company told RBC.