A private plane made an emergency landing in Domodedovo, the crew commander of which, a German citizen, lost consciousness shortly after taking off from Moscow. The co-pilot managed to return the plane to Domodedovo and successfully landed. Doctors tried to help the crew commander, but he died without regaining consciousness. Tatyana Morozova, a representative of the Moscow Department of Transportation of the UK, confirmed the death of the pilot. The incident is under investigation, she added.

Photo: Maciej Jazwiecki / Agencja Gazeta / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta supporters of the opposition on Friday for several hours blocked the exits from the Building of the Seim of Poland, protesting against illegitimate, in their opinion, voting, organized by the ruling party "Law and Justice". Yaroslav Kacinsky was able to leave the parliament the leader of the Law and Justice only on Saturday morning, after the police pushed the protesters, applying tear gas.

Mass protests took place in the capital of Poland on Saturday, the participants of which accuse the ruling Law and Justice party of trying to violate the Constitution, including restricting media freedom. According to BBC News correspondents, about two thousand people took part in the demonstration near the presidential palace. Hanna Kozlowska The protesters went from the presidential palace to the parliament building.

On December 17, President of the Russian Cultural Foundation director Nikita Mikhalkov visited the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg. Mikhalkov's visit to the museum was reported by his press service, indicating that the director arrived in Yekaterinburg to watch the fight with boxer Alexander Povetkin. The museum, in turn, published on the official Facebook page a photo taken during Mikhalkov's visit, and also broadcast live. “I came here just to remove the questions that I was not here.

How will they legally regulate machines with artificial intelligence Photo: Christopher Jue / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The head of the board of directors of Mail.ru and the founder of Grishin Robotics Dmitry Grishin in mid -December presented the concept of the Law on robotics - according to him, the first in the world. In fact, such concepts, including much more detailedly developed, have been discussed for several years, including in the European Parliament.

Mikhail Kasyanov was re-elected as leader of the People's Freedom Party. In the voting at the Parnassus congress in Moscow, Kasyanov won 81 votes, while his only rival, the head of the Komi branch of the party, Leonid Zilberg, got 26. One delegate voted against all. The delegates of the Parnassus congress also nominated Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., Andrei Pivovarov and Musa Sadaev for the post of party leader. However, they all recused themselves, and Kara-Murza Jr.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Francis, invited eight homeless people for breakfast in honor of his 80th anniversary. The homeless - four Italians, two Romanians, as well as citizens of Peru and Moldova - were selected from the St. Peter Living near the area of ​​St. Peter and in the shelters, which is overseas the Roman pope. The Pope treated the homeless Argentine cake, and they presented him with a bouquet of sunflower.

The Russian Railways company launched on the route Moscow - Berlin New High -speed train Strizh. On the first flight, the train went on the afternoon of December 17 from the Kursk station. All wagons of the new train for the first time in Russia are equipped with a system of automatic changes in the width of the wheeled pairs. From the ruts of the Russian standard to the European "haircut" will be transferred in 20 minutes. Earlier, this procedure required about two hours.

Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta In the sample of the Russian boxer-Stylawes, Alexander Povetkin found doping-the prohibited substance Ostarin. This became known an hour before his fight with Canadian Bermane Stylen, in which the title of temporary champion WBC was played. After the news about doping, the Styvern team said that the battle would not take place. Povetkin is threatened with disqualification and early end of his career.

Update : The tsunami threat has been lifted. The corresponding message was published by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. A tsunami warning has been issued following an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea. An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 was recorded at 13:51 Moscow time. The epicenter of the earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey, was located 157 kilometers east of the city of Rabaul on the island of New Britain. An earthquake could trigger a tsunami.

The story of an American who found the treasure disappeared with him and, even having been in prison, does not say where he hid him. The Washington Post Photo: LON Horwedel / The Columbus Dispatch / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Tommy Thompson with a 50-dollar gold coin. Photo of 1989 Tommy Thompson became famous in the late 1980s as a man who discovered and raised the largest treasure in the history of the United States to the surface.

The salaries of public sector employees in 2017 will grow more smoothly than planned, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. “There will be a smoother increase, including for doctors who are in the compulsory medical insurance system and outside the system,” the head of the Ministry of Finance said. At the same time, Siluanov stressed that the revision of the growth rates of salaries of state employees would not affect the execution of the "May decrees" of the president.

Galina Yuzefovich - about three books of small prose The Literary critic of Medusa Galina Yuzefovich talks about three new books of small prose: “Coat with a Flocus” by Mikhail Shishkin, “Wild Beach” Sukhbat Aflatuni and Etgar Keret’s “Seven Oblast Years”. Mikhail Shishkin. Coat with a strap.

Since the beginning of 2016, Roskomnadzor has issued 64 media warnings for violations. This was stated by the head of the department, Alexander Zharov, in an interview with the Pozdnyakov program, excerpts from which are published on the NTV website. Half of the warnings, according to Zharov, were issued for the use of obscene words. “These are 100 percent small regional publications,” he added. An interview with Zharov will air on the Pozdnyakov program on December 19 at 00:00 Moscow time.

Taxi service Uber refused to comply with the order of the Department of Transportation and stop testing unmanned vehicles in San Francisco. In the opinion of the department, it is illegal to conduct such tests without proper regulatory approval. The company said that every self-driving taxi has a driver who, if necessary, can take control. In this regard, announced in Uber, obtaining special permission is not required.