In Michigan, a court sentenced former US gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography. Nassar, 54, was convicted on three counts and received 20 years in prison for each. The court ruled that Nassar would begin serving time for child pornography after his terms for sexual assault had expired; in these cases, which are pending before other courts, punishment has not yet been imposed.

The Telegram messenger filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation with a request to invalidate the FSB order to provide the intelligence service with data to decrypt messages from Internet users. This was announced by lawyer Ramil Akhmetgaliev, representing the company.

Alexey Ulyukayev's closing statement (in English) Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Vida Press On December 7, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court heard closing arguments in the case against former Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev, who is charged with soliciting a $2-million bribe from Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. Ulyukayev allegedly demanded the money for facilitating the government’s approval of Rosneft’s acquisition of a stake in the oil company Bashneft.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that the US authorities have not made a "formal decision" about the participation of the American team in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. “The US is looking forward to participating in the Games in South Korea. Protecting the Americans is a top priority and we are working with the Koreans and other partners to secure these facilities," she tweeted later.

Cristiano Ronaldo, a Real Madrid and Portugal international, has won the Ballon d'Or for the fifth time as France Football's Player of the Year. In addition to Ronaldo, only the Argentine Lionel Messi, a Barcelona player, received the Ballon d'Or five times. Since 2008, only these two players have received the award. The Ballon d'Or was established in 1956 by France Football magazine as an award for the best player in Europe.

The screening of the film Mustafa about the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev, scheduled for the evening of December 7 at the Oktyabr cinema as part of the Artdocfest, was cancelled. This was announced by the president of the festival Vitaly Mansky. According to Mansky, “someone from the very top” demanded to cancel the screening from the Karo company, which owns the cinema, with the help of “telephone law”. No documents were provided to the organizers, he told Ekho Moskvy.

At least 31 people were injured in clashes between Palestinian residents and Israeli police on December 7, Reuters reported, citing medical services. Reuters writes that protesters were injured when police shot at them with live and non-lethal weapons. One person, according to the agency, is in critical condition. In addition, on December 7, three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, one of which reached Israeli territory and two fell in Palestinian territory.

December 7th. Putin calculator, the main gifs and the color of the year Main Former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev made the last word . “The process aroused considerable interest to the public, about the same as the circus causes people. An elderly, retirement age, the gladiator with a cardboard sword fights off, and the audience is happy to observe, sitting in soft chairs, ”said Ulyukaev at the meeting. The verdict will be sent to him on December 15.

US Democratic Senator Al Franken announced his resignation after several women accused him of sexual harassment. Franken said he would step down as senator in the coming weeks. According to the Associated Press, after that, the governor of Minnesota will appoint a temporary replacement for Franken, and new elections will be held in 2018. The allegations against Franken were first made in November.

On the evening of December 7, Russian-speaking Twitter users staged a mini-flash mob about stereotypical attitudes towards different musicians and musical groups. It all started with a tweet from Mitya Aleshkovsky, the head of the Need Help charity foundation, about how the saleswoman favorably reacted to the Okean Elzy band playing in his headphones. For users who parodied Aleshkovsky's tweet, the mythical saleswoman did not always react positively to what they heard.

In the Kursk region, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the director of the boarding school, who, having learned about sexual violence against a 10-year-old pupil by her deputy, did not take the necessary actions and "limited herself to an oral conversation." According to the Investigative Committee, the director learned about the crime from one of the tutors.

The prosecutor's office in Istanbul has demanded a jail term for Miss Turkey 2017 winner Ytir Esen, who tweeted comparing her periods to the blood of those killed in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey. This is reported by the Turkish edition of Hurriyet Daily News. The prosecutor's office demands that Esen be imprisoned for a period of six months to a year for "insulting the public." Three people have filed charges against the girl, the prosecutor said.

Whose elbow is on the cover of the magazine? What does Taylor Swift do there? Why are there no men? Time On December 6, Time magazine called the "Man of the Year." In 2017, the editorial office decided not to award the title of one person, but devoted the December release to all people who decided to publicize that they were subjected to sexual violence and harassment, in particular, who participated in the #Metoo flash mob .

Hosting GIPHY has announced the most popular gifs of 2017. In the first place was the work of the Brooklyn artist Anna Khrakovets, in which a knitted gnome knits a heart. This gif has 390 million views. In second place in the top of 2017 is a GIF with a man who blinks. It is used in social networks to politely express distrust of what was said. And she has 238 million views. The third most popular gif of the year, the waving pug, has slightly fewer views.

The father of a dozen children, Ramzan Kadyrov is no stranger to sex. But in the predominantly Muslim republic he’s led for more than a decade, sex remains a taboo subject, and Kadyrov poses as a pillar of traditional Muslim values. More than once, he has condemned sex education in schools and advocated the need for women to behave conservatively in public.