The United Russia party removed from its YouTube channel a video in which a girl points to Vladimir Putin on TV and asks Santa Claus to make him president of Russia. It is reported by RBC. The video was posted on the United Russia account on December 28. According to the plot, a girl and Santa Claus are sitting in front of the TV, on the screen Vladimir Putin announces his decision to participate in the presidential elections in 2018. “Can you make him become president?

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. “Your gift is not dear to me, your love is.” New Year's release Galya Timchenko, Katya Kronhaus and Lika Kremer (fun!) Discuss life problems that arise each time in connection with the New Year. And also in connection with other holidays or other reasons to give gifts to friends and relatives. - What and to whom to give gifts and where to get money from them? - What to do if a loved one gives you not at all what you love?

Police in Wichita, Kansas, shot and killed local resident Andrew Finch after a false report of a hostage situation in his home. It later emerged that the victim was the victim of a dispute between two Call of Duty players he did not know, The New York Times reports . Police arrived at the home of 28-year-old Finch on Dec. 28 after a report that he had allegedly shot his father and taken his mother, brother, and sister hostage. As the SWAT team surrounded the home, Finch opened the front door.

Update . At about 21.00 Moscow time, the police stormed the Ukrposhta building and detained the man who had taken the hostages. The six people who remained with him hostage were handed over to the doctors. On December 30, an armed man took hostage employees and visitors of the Ukrposhta branch on Shevchenko Street in Kharkiv, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, a deputy from the Popular Front faction, wrote on Facebook.

On December 30, employees of the FSB detained the alleged organizer and the executor of the attack in the store in St. Petersburg. This was announced by the Center for Public Relations of the FSB of the Russian Federation. The Investigative Committee stated that they began to interrogate the suspect. The man confessed to involvement in the explosion, writes Fontanka. According to the source of Interfax, the detainee is the name of Dmitry Lukyanenko, he is 35 years old.

The Central Election Commission published the first data on funds in election funds, which began to form some potential presidential candidates. At the moment, Ksenia Sobchak has the largest electoral fund - it contains 19.44 million rubles. Of these, about 3.7 million Sobchak has already spent on collecting signatures.

The Supreme Court refused to satisfy the claim of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, filed because of the refusal of the Central Election Commission to register him as a presidential candidate. This was announced on Twitter by Navalny's lawyer Ivan Zhdanov. Representatives of Navalny (he himself was not at the meeting) called the non-admission to the elections illegal.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Who is the main character of 2017? Alexey Ponomarev and Evgeny Berg summed up the results of 2017 along with the correspondent of the Russian BBC Service Nina Nazarova, and also ask the Medusa employees about what they remember the outgoing year. Table of contents: 01:35 - important topics that, as it turned out, did not particularly touch the Medusa employees in the past year. 02:30 - As Oleg Navalny made a game for us.

On the morning of December 28, unknown individuals attacked 45-year-old Vladimir Ivanyutenko, a supporter of the Artpodgotovka movement (recognized as an extremist organization), with a knife in St. Petersburg. His comrade Diana Retinskaya reported this on Facebook. According to her, the attack occurred when Ivanyutenko was leaving the entrance.

In the show "Evening Urgant" on December 29, they showed a parody of the song by Eldzhey and Feduk "Rose Wine". According to the plot, the host Ivan Urgant, the screenwriter of the show Alexander Gudkov, the singer Igor Nikolaev and the rapper Feduk are steaming in the bath. “It's too hot in here, I stop breathing. It’s better not to disturb the steam room with alcohol, ”Urgant sings. At some point, Nikolaev becomes ill, and journalist Yuri Dud gives the singer artificial respiration.

The UAN air ticket search engine, which took over the address facebook.com/rkadyrov95/, which previously belonged to Ramzan Kadyrov, abandoned it. this The head of Chechnya announced in a telegram. According to Kadyrov, his representatives held talks with the new owners of the page, after which they "kindly deactivated" it. “As the new owners explained, they created the page without malicious intent - they simply used an already promoted brand,” the head of Chechnya wrote.

The best films, TV shows, books, albums and games. Choosing "Medusa" "Dunkirk" Director Christopher Nolan Wbrussia An ideal example of an author's blockbuster. Here are all the topics that Christopher Nolan is obsessed with: synchronization of man and history, a change in fate by a strong -willed act, the ratio of an individual and society. The experimental coexistence of three time flows is a separate attraction.

Aliens, postmodernism and family psychology Adult Swim New Year's holidays-an occasion to finally watch the series, which did not have enough time last year. The third season of Rick and Morty-a reckless, but very non-stupid science fiction cartoon for adults-turned out to be one of the best television shows of 2017. At the request of Medusa, Anton Khitrov tells why the series is worth watching everyone who loves science fiction, cynical anti -heroes and thin family dramas.

British musician, former drummer of The Beatles Ringo Starr received the title of knight, according to the official bulletin of the British government The London Gazette. Ringo Starr was awarded a knighthood for services to music. He received it under his real name, Richard Starkey. The rank of knight will allow him to add the prefix "sir" to his name. The Bee Gees co-founder Barry Gibb was also knighted. He received it for achievements in music and contributions to charity.

The Angolan satellite Angosat-1, launched from Baikonur, did not get in touch for almost two days due to problems with the compatibility of Russian and French equipment on board, Interfax reported, citing a source. “Angosat has successfully reached its geostationary orbit. After its launch, problems arose due to the “inconsistency” between Russian and French regulations,” the source said.