Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation On December 15, the FSB announced the suppression of the “conspiratorial cell” of supporters of the terrorist “Islamic state”, who was led “from abroad through the Internet mixer of Telegram” .

The scientific publication N+1 decided to double -check the calculations of the length of the boas in the first series of the puppet animated series "38 Parrots", which were held by a resident of Yekaterinburg Stanislav Berezin. Berezin claimed that the monkey and the elephant used the wrong methodology that the parrot showed them, therefore their measurements were wrong. So, in the cartoon, the boaver was equal to the two elephants - the snake simply twice turned around his feet.

The Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested 22-year-old Anton Kobts, who, according to investigators, helped Yevgeny Efimov, a suspect in the preparation of a terrorist attack in the Kazan Cathedral. Kobets allegedly helped Yefimov "in reconnaissance of the area to select the site of the explosion and gave advice on the commission of a terrorist act," the joint press service of the St. Petersburg courts said.

Former Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev said he did not expect to be taken into custody before the sentence came into force. This was reported by a member of the PMC and a journalist of Moskovsky Komsomolets Eva Merkacheva, who visited him in the pre-trial detention center. “I had no illusions about the unfair verdict. But I thought that before the appeal they would not change the measure of restraint.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Who planted Ulyukaev? Medusa journalists Andrei Kozenko, Alexander Polivanov and Alexei Ponomarev are discussing the case of the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, the participation of the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, the FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, the attitude to what is happening Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, as well as comments on other Russian politicians. - Who needed the “landing” of the federal minister?

Director of the Lyceum in Kaliningrad want to dismiss for a school holiday dedicated to subcultures Community "Lyceum No. 49 G. Kaliningrad" in VKontakte In Kaliningrad, one of the prestigious schools - Lyceum No. 49 - was in the center of the scandal after the dedication ceremony to the lyceum players. High school students dressed up in costumes Goths, Pankov and football fans and brought a pork head purchased in the market to the educational institution.

The media wrote that in the Holy Aleksievsky desert they pray for Ulyukaev. In the monastery they hastened to refute this Kyvato-Alekseevskaya desert Aleksiyevsky Temple On December 16, the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow sentenced the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev to eight years in a maximum security colony and a large fine - he was found guilty of receiving a bribe.

The head of the South-East Trading Company, Ilya Pichko, who was accused in the alcohol smuggling case along with billionaire Dmitry Mikhalchenko, was found killed in the Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region. According to investigators, Pichko was killed on December 8 during a domestic conflict - presumably, he quarreled with a man named Viktor Demin, who was collecting furniture in his apartment.

The Civic Chamber announced the results of additional recruitment to the regional Public Monitoring Commissions (POC), whose members have the right to visit prisoners in colonies and isolation wards. Human rights activist Zoya Svetova said that for the second year in a row she was not included in the PMC of Mordovia, despite the recommendation from the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova, HRC member Nikolai Svanidze and Senator Vladimir Lukin.

The bitcoin exchange rate on December 16 for the first time exceeded the mark of 18 thousand dollars. According to the website CoinDesk, which monitors the cost of cryptocurrency on various exchanges, the rate briefly exceeded this mark around 13:25 Moscow time, then fell slightly, and rose again above 18 thousand around 14:40. The bitcoin exchange rate in the second half of 2017 is growing at a record pace.

Rapper Scryptonite released a new album on December 16th. It consists of two parts: "Ouroboros: Street 36" and "Ouroboros: Mirrors". You can listen to it on Apple Music and VKontakte ( one , two ). Scryptonite (Adil Zhalelov) is one of the most popular Russian-speaking rappers. His previous album Celebration on 36 Street was released in May 2017. him last year We interviewed .

And two more excellent books in the non-fiction genre in the review of Galina Yuzefovich The Literary critic of “Medusa” Galina Yuzefovich talks about three excellent books in the non-fiction genre: “The leader of the gang for the day” by Sudhira Venkatesh, “The Devil in the White” Eric Larson and “Green. Color History »Michelle Pasturo. Sudhir Venkatesh. The leader of the gang for the day. M.: Ripol Classic, 2017. Translation by M.

Former FSB officer Dmitry Dokuchaev, accused of treason, denies that he ordered Konstantin Kozlovsky, a hacker from the Lurk group, to hack the servers of the National Committee of the US Democratic Party. It is reported by RBC. The publication writes that Dokuchaev conveyed through a lawyer that he "denies acquaintance (communication) with Kozlovsky and, accordingly, any cooperation with him." Kozlovsky's lawyer Galina Toshtaeva declined to comment on RBC.

Russian biathletes started the winter season not just unsuccessfully, but terrible: 0 medals for 14 races are the worst start of the season in history. The third stage of the World Cup, which these days are held in French Ansi - the last opportunity to at least slightly rectify the situation before the New Year. Medusa asked the journalist Sports.ru Vyacheslav Sambur to explain why everything is so bad with one of the most popular sports in Russia.

In Austria, the conservative Austrian People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party have agreed to form a coalition. The leader of the conservatives, 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz will become chancellor of Austria. He will become the youngest head of government in the world. The agreement was reached two months after parliamentary elections, in which the Austrian People's Party came first with 31.5% and the Freedom Party came third with 26%.