In Moscow, at the Central Pavilion of VDNKh, which is under reconstruction, on the evening of December 12, scaffolding caught fire. Photos and videos of the fire have surfaced on social media. There is no information about the victims. According to an Interfax source, two people "were saved." The fire was extinguished about an hour after the start, according to agency reports. The call about the fire was received by the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 23:07.

Andrey Metelsky, secretary of the Moscow branch of United Russia, said that in 2018 municipal deputies should not vote for opposition candidates to be nominated in the mayoral elections. Speaking at a conference of the regional branch, Metelsky said that "maintaining a monopoly on the municipal filter" is one of the tasks that he, as a leader, sets for municipal deputies, writes RIA Novosti.

Prosecutor General of Russia Yuri Chaika called the situation in which "people with a special status can be so easily arrested" wrong. This is how he commented on the detention of Senator Suleiman Kerimov in France. “In my opinion, this is wrong. There must be some mechanisms, deterrents, since he represents the interests of a large group of the population, he is a senator, an elected person, ”said the prosecutor general.

In 2017, Lev Danilkin, the author of the book Lenin: The Pantocrator of Solar Motes, became the laureate of the Big Book National Literary Prize in 2017. The second prize went to Sergei Shargunov with his book Kataev. The pursuit of eternal spring, the third - Shamil Iduatullin with the book The City of Brezhnev. Sergei Shargunov won the first place in the reader's vote, according to the award's website. Victoria Tokareva received a special prize for her contribution to literature.

The Grand Prix of the festival of author's documentary films "Artdocfest" was awarded to the film "Love is a potato" by the Dutch director Alain van der Horst. The awards ceremony was broadcast on YouTube . The film tells the story of Alena van der Horst's trip to the Russian village where her mother grew up and the history of her family. Festival President Vitaly Mansky told Meduza about the film.

Singer and State Duma deputy Iosif Kobzon complained that the Ministry of Culture "kicks off" his projects, citing a lack of funds. The head of the department, Vladimir Medinsky, called Kobzon's reproaches "dishonest and insulting." The skirmish between the minister and the singer took place on December 12 at a meeting of the culture committee, Interfax reports.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow has appointed Alexander Petrunko, an activist of the SERB movement, eight days of administrative arrest. Interfax reports. He was found guilty of petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) for pouring an unknown liquid on one of the photographs at the Jock Sturges exhibition “Without embarrassment 2.0”.

History of a video whose authors wanted to remind of global warming In December 2017, videos and photographs with a dying white bear published by National Geographic and photographers Paul Nicked and Christina Mittermeyer were widespread. Many - and first of all the authors themselves - tied the death of a bear with global warming. "Medusa" talks about the work of photographers and the discussion that she called.

December 12th. Mission to the moon, escape to the DPRK and the main memes Main Donald Trump decided to send a man to the moon again. He signed the directive according to which NASA should begin preparation of the manned mission. There is no specific plan yet - as well as money for its implementation. FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, it seems, recognized the attack on passers -by in Surgut, committed in August 2017.

The head of Sberbank German Gref announced that the failure in the work of the credit institution, which occurred on November 30, was associated with the transition to new software - the installation of a new patch. It is reported by RBC. “We are talking about updating the system - a technological platform for processing plastic cards. She was tested twice in night mode, the transition was made at night.

Russian Interior Ministry Konstantin Kozlovsky On December 11, the newsletter The Bell reported that a Russian hacker named Konstantin Kozlovsky had declared in court (and claimed in posts on Facebook) that he helped hack the U.S. Democratic National Committee on orders from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). According to a new article by the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta , this information could be part of a mind-bendingly elaborate plot to blame U.S.

Jessica Miglio / Netflix In November, the Netflix service was released by the series “The punisher” based on the Marvel comic. In the main role of the former Marine, Frank Kla - John Bernal (“Walking Dead”, “Paying”, “Fury”). Having watched the first season, the film critic Yegor Moskvitin came to the conclusion that the “punisher” with references to the “Rambo” and “taxi driver” is much more interesting than one could expect. What is interesting for the paper "punisher"?

Charles Jenkins died, an American who escaped to North Korea in 1965, and got out of there in 2004 Paula Bronstein / Getty images Charles Jenkins with his wife and daughters, 2004 In Japan at the age of 77, Charles Jenkins, an American, who escaped to North Korea in 1965, died. He lived there for 39 years in the position of a privileged prisoner and only in 2004 was able to move to Japan.

The Google Corporation has released the Storyboard experimental application, which, using artificial intelligence, turns video from one -page comics. Storyboard so far only works on Android. The application itself is very simple: the user only needs to choose a video that he wants to turn into a comic. Storyboard analyzes the contents, and then selects, processes and combines the most interesting personnel.

FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov referred to the terrorist attack in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), referring to the ongoing attempts by terrorist organizations to "create pockets of terrorist activity in various regions of Russia." Bortnikov spoke at a meeting of the board of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee and summed up the work for 2017. He did not specify when, where and under what circumstances the terrorist act was committed in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.