The presentation of the 11th Kandinsky Prize in the field of contemporary art took place in Moscow. As reported on the Facebook of the award, the winner in the nomination “Scientific work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art" became the head of the department of the latest trends of the State Russian Museum Alexander Borovsky for the collection of articles and essays "Once Zeuxis with Parrhasius ..." In the Young Artist nomination.

Economist Milov responds to criticism "Medusa" addressed to the program of Navalny Evgeny Feldman for the Navalny campaign On December 13, the founder of the Corruption Fund, politician Alexei Navalny, published a pre -election program. Medusa studied the document, found several controversial or not completely explained statements in it - and formulated questions.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested Vitaly Leontyev for seven days, who was detained at the Oktyabr cinema on December 10 along with SERB activists who disrupted the screening of the film Flight of the Bullet. This was reported by OVD-Info. Leontyev, like three SERB activists earlier, was found guilty of disobedience to the police.

December 15. Alexei Ulyukaev was planted for eight years Sergey Bobylev / TASS Guilt is obvious, evidence is not needed Former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security colony for receiving a bribe from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin. After the sentence was announced, the convict was taken into custody in the courtroom - this is how it was .

Finally, the eighth episode of Star Wars - the Last Jedi, came out. As always, the release of the picture was accompanied by an active advertising campaign, but the fans did not stay away. They wrote music, created applications and equipped houses in the style of Star Wars. In addition, we learned that the eighth episode will be shown to the ISS, and the film has a reference to the dog Carrie Fisher. About this and a friend - in a selection of "Medusa". No spoilers!

On December 15, Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov and Minister of Civil Aviation of Egypt Sherif Fathi signed an intergovernmental protocol on security in the field of aviation, which involves the resumption of air traffic. “This is the first step towards the resumption of air traffic between our countries, which will, quite possibly, allow flights to Cairo to begin as early as February next year,” Sokolov said.

A text about the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published in one of the blogs on the night of December 14, has disappeared from the Sports.ru website. The text appeared on the blog “Beware, Speaker!” and was called “ “I Killed My First Russian at 16.” The Life Path of a Hero of Russia.” Judging by the surviving copy , the material was an attempt to present the biography of Ramzan Kadyrov using common statements about him and with context from the recent history of Chechnya.

Irina Buzhor / Kommersant A day after Vladimir Putin expressed the support of the Central Bank at a large press conference (having said, however, that he was “entered” by the materials for the regulator), it became known about the sanitation of another commercial bank by the state- Promsvyazbank . Under the control of the Central Bank, almost all the banks of the “Moscow Ring” (they are the “shot” list of the Alfa-Capital analyst).

Online education is booming: last year, approximately a million Russians took courses on Russian and foreign platforms. According to experts, in the next couple of years the market for online courses will continue to grow, primarily in the field of additional professional education. This is a myth. According to research , according to most indicators, online education is not much inferior in quality to traditional education.

A dubbed trailer for the drama "Race of the Century" starring Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth has been released. The film is about British yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, who decides to take part in a round-the-world race to save his company from bankruptcy. Exponential Plus Trailer of the film "Race of the Century" In addition to Weiss and Firth, David Thewlis, Andrew Buchan and Tim Downey starred in the film. Directed by James Marsh (Man on Wire, Stephen Hawking Universe).

“The defendant explained to the court that he illegally made explosives in order to blow up the Kazan Cathedral on December 17, 2017”

In a significant if perfunctory move, Russia’s Federation Council has formally announced that the country’s next presidential race will take place on March 18, 2018. The decision takes effect on Monday, December 18, exactly three months before the vote.

A State Duma commission has refused to consider an appeal by the independent television station Dozhd to investigate the assets declaration of United Russia deputy Alexey Ezubov, who journalists believe may be hiding an offshore account in the Bermuda Islands.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it’s detained seven ISIS members in St. Petersburg who were planning to stage an attack on December 16. One of the suspects later announced that his group had planned to detonate a bomb inside the Kazan Cathedral, one of the city's most recognizable pieces of architecture. Federal agents say the terrorist cell communicated with ISIS leaders using the instant messaging service Telegram. In April 2017, a suicide bomber attacked a subway train in St.

Asked why President Putin refuses to speak opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s name aloud, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on December 15, “Well, he doesn’t do it. Yes, we’ve also noticed this. Apparently this is due to his attitude about this person, which the president certainly didn’t hide at yesterday’s press conference.” On December 14, Putin was asked why opposition candidates like Alexey Navalny aren’t allowed to compete on the ballot against Putin.