U.S. attorney Jim Walden, who represents World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, claims that in 2013 Russian officials asked his client to tamper with a Ukrainian athlete's doping test to ensure the Russian won. This is reported by the British tabloid The Daily Mail. The publication does not specify which athletes and competitions are in question. The Daily Mail also does not indicate who exactly asked Rodchenkov to spoil the doping test.

South Korea is broadcasting news about a defected North Korean soldier to North Korean border guards every day through loudspeakers installed along the border on the South Korean side, the Renhap news agency reported. The broadcast recounts in detail the story of the soldier's escape from North Korea, including how he tried to cross the border into the Joint Security Area, how he was shot, and what medical care he received in South Korea.

On the night of November 26, a shooting occurred in one of the restaurants in the city of Armavir in the Krasnodar Territory. Three people were killed, including a member of the National Guard, TASS reports. The incident occurred at 03:20 local time (the same in Moscow) at the local Astoria restaurant, writes the Mash telegram channel associated with Life. Several visitors to the institution came into conflict.

Michael Hughes personal page on Facebook On November 25, in California, an unusual launch of a reactive aircraft-a 61-year-old resident of the state named Michael Hughes, gathered a rocket in his own garage and hoped to prove to prove that the land was flat. The launch broke at the last moment: it turned out that for its implementation it was necessary to obtain permission from local authorities. But the Californian does not despair and claims that he has already found a new place to start.

Visitors to Zaryadye Park in Moscow are invited to buy a souvenir — a puzzle made of wooden elements in the form of Russian regions, which together form a map of the country. On the sample exhibited in the park, all regions, territories and republics of the Russian Federation move freely on a magnetic substrate. With one exception: Crimea cannot be moved. The map shown to Zaryadye visitors as a model has another drawback: Crimea is located disproportionately far from the Krasnodar Territory.

On November 26, the Bitcoin exchange rate crossed the $9,000 mark, according to the CoinDesk website, which tracks the price of bitcoin on various exchanges. The cryptocurrency exchange rate reached $9,043.19 at 7:14 UTC (10:14 Moscow time) and stayed at this level for a minute. As of 14:04 Moscow time, bitcoin was trading at $8,937.48. In early November, Bitcoin broke the $7,000 mark for the first time in history. However, on November 13, the cryptocurrency fell by almost 30 percent.

For agreeing to voluntarily resign, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will receive $10 million, immunity for his family and inviolability of family business assets. In addition, until the end of his life he will be paid a presidential salary. This is reported by The Guardian, citing an anonymous member of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front party.

(Spoiler: not very) Leonid Slutsky is the most famous Russian coach. For many years he successfully coached CSKA, then not for long and unsuccessfully - the Russian team, and before the 2016/2017 season he left for England, where he became a club coach from the championship (the second most championship) Hull City. The fans hoped that the coach, who is sympathetized by Roman Abramovich, would help Hull City if the Premier League does not go out, then at least compete for this exit.

Commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs Boris Titov will run for president of Russia in the 2018 elections. His candidacy will be nominated by the Party of Growth. According to the Vedomosti newspaper, this decision was made at a meeting of the party's federal political council in Abrau-Dyurso. According to Titov, he reported his plans to the administration of the President of Russia.

“Vabi-Sabi is a new word in the world of design” -reports South African newspaper Sunday Times. "Vabi-Sabi-a great occasion not to cover the bed!" - exhales Architectural Digest. About "Japanese ecesthetics that glorify imperfection" now write The Japan Times , the Italian magazine Grazia and the British newspaper The Guardian . In this style, the Spanish brand Zara and the designer-departant from Australia are released their collections, it even draw up loft in Kiev.

Made NAGI / EPA / Scanpix / Leta eruption of the Aguung volcano on the island of Bali, November 26, 2017. The volcanic ash rose to a height of 1.5 kilometers. Because of this, several airlines canceled flights to Bali. The authorities of the island evacuate people who live closer than 7.5 kilometers from the volcano.

In the second half of November, all socio-political media in the world follow the situation in Zimbabwe. 93-year-old Robert Mugabe, who ruled for 37 years, was placed under house arrest by the military and renounced power under their pressure. Meduza invites readers to brush up on geography lessons and find Zimbabwe (as well as other African countries and places of interest) on a map. Victor Khodak, Alexander Polivanov Satellite image: Landsat / Copernicus / Google Earth

Two crew members of the missing Argentine submarine San Juan, Umberto Wilte and Adrian Roethlisberger, for various reasons, went ashore before the submarine left the port in Ushuaia. This is reported by the Argentine edition of Clarin. Humberto Wilte left the submarine because of the news of his mother's illness. The commander of the submarine not only released him from the flight, but also paid for the way to the province of Jujuy, where Vilte's mother lives.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that “a conditionally extra 15 million people” live in Russian villages and villages, who are not needed for agricultural production, taking into account the use of new technologies. “These are either officials, or social workers, or someone else. But there are fewer and fewer people who can find highly productive high-quality work for themselves, ”said Sobyanin, speaking at the All-Russian Civil Forum.

Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev defeated Ukrainian Vyacheslav Shabransky and regained the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight title. The fight took place in New York. Kovalev won by TKO in the second round. Shabransky was knocked down three times during the fight. martial arts Sergey Kovalev vs Vyacheslav Shabransky / Sergey Kovalev vs Vyacheslav Shabranskyy / 26.11.2017 Sergey Kovalev lost his WBO world title in 2016 when he lost to American Andre Ward.