The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained Stanislav Yezhov, Deputy Head of Protocol, Prime Minister of Ukraine, who, according to the department, was recruited by Russian special services. Yezhov is suspected under the criminal article "high treason". According to the SBU, he “on the instructions of Russian curators, collected information on the activities of government structures with the help of special equipment.” The SBU did not give the name of the detainee.

British Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green resigned from the government in connection with the information that in 2008 pornography was found on his work computer. The reason for the resignation was Green's claims that he did not know about the discovery of pornography on his computer. An audit found that these statements were "inaccurate and misleading". The audit also found plausible journalist Kate Maltby's allegations of sexual harassment by Green.

The board of the international Memorial called the celebration of the Day of the Russian security agency worker on December 20, the day of the formation of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK), “a mockery of the memory of millions of victims.” According to Memorial, the Cheka and its successors “have few competitors in world history in terms of the scale of crimes against citizens of their own country,” and the celebration of Security Service Worker’s Day on December 20 is “a sign for

Designer Artemy Lebedev posted on social media an “open letter to a mountain brother” about forced public apologies, a practice that has spread in recent years first in Chechnya and then in other republics of the North Caucasus and beyond. The name of the addressee is not indicated in the letter.

Dozhd correspondent Vladimir Romensky and cameraman Vladimir Komissarov, who were detained on Bolshaya Lubyanka Street while filming a rally by Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo) on the occasion of the Day of a worker of security agencies of Russia, were released from the Meshchanskoye police station. According to the TV channel, the journalists were released without a protocol being drawn up. They wrote explanatory notes.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has responded to the U.S. Treasury’s decision to add his name to the so-called “Magnitsky List” for his alleged role in what American officials have classified as “extrajudicial killing, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” “The U.S. can rest easy,” Kadyrov wrote on Instagram, explaining, “I haven’t gotten the order yet to march on American soil. [...] I'm proud to be persona non grata to the U.S. intelligence agencies.

Carol Guzy / The Washington Post / Getty Images Police Archive in Ferfax County, Virginia. In 2005, the local police created one of the first units in the United States to investigate old sexual crimes using DNA testing In 2009, about eleven thousand unsolved rape affairs were discovered in the Detroit police officer, the evidence of which DNA testing did not pass. They were sent for examination, she took a total of more than seven years.

The Government of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov at the 2017 Moscow Region Award The Prize of the Governor of the Moscow Region "Our Moscow Region" receive "socially significant projects" The prize was established in 2013 by the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov. All residents of the region who create or have already implemented “socially significant projects” in the region can participate in the competition.

The US Treasury has included the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the Magnitsky list of sanctions. The department said it considered Kadyrov "responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and other serious human rights violations." “As head of Chechnya, Kadyrov controls an administration involved in disappearances and extrajudicial killings. One of Kadyrov's political opponents was believed to have been killed at his behest following allegations of torture and ill-treatment in Chechnya.

Magic Leap The company Magic Leap , which has been working on a secret project in the field of augmented reality for several years, has finally showed its first product - Magic Leap ONE augmented reality. Very little is still known about them, but at least something! In October 2017, Magic Leap received an investment of $ 500 million; Prior to this, 1.3 billion, including Google, Alibaba and Qualcomm, have already been invested in it.

The court released on parole the young man of the soloist of the AIGEL group, Aigel Gaysina Temur Khadyrov, whose imprisonment is largely devoted to the work of the group. The singer announced this on Facebook. The meeting was held, as follows from the words of Aigel Gaysina, on December 5 - on the day the seven-minute film "AIGEL" "1190" was released . Which court considered the petition, she did not specify.

Meet the 21-year-old Russian man risking life and limb(s) for a shot at fame and fortune Bazooka / YouTube On December 1, the Russian television network Rossiya aired a report about Kirill Tereshin, a 21-year-old man in Pyatigorsk who’s “bulked up” his arms by injecting them with a homemade mix analogous to site enhancement oil (commonly known as “synthol”), which some bodybuilders use to mimic the appearance of well-developed muscles.

December 20. Interview of a maniac and a Chekist's Day Main In the morning, in many Russian stores , cash desks broke . The failure touched on outlets throughout the country - from the Far East to its central part. Losses of retailers are estimated at 10 billion rubles. Until the troubleshooting, the tax service allowed shops to work without cash desks. The Moscow City Court forbade municipal deputies to hold a holiday on December 24, entitled "Day of Free Elections." “The court acted rapidly.

And offers to go through a test! Medusa asked in detail the viral analyst of Kaspersky Laboratory Alexei Malanov - about what he thinks about blockchain. And she asked to make a blockchain test - if you are confident in your abilities, then scrap the article to the end and try to play it. Hidden Link Part of my work is to develop “threat models”. For example, there is a chance that in ten years many people will walk with augmented reality glasses.

What kind of cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (not to be confused with Bitcoin!) And why did she rise so sharply Martin Lukasek / Shutterstock Bitcoin Cash is a more modern Bitcoin model Bitcoin Cash (BCH) appeared on August 1, 2017 as a branch of the original bitcoin (BTC). Two currencies have a common past, but from the moment of separation, the miners of each build their own chain of blocks. Bitcoin Cash developers are trying to fix the main defect of the BTC - slow transactions processing.