The Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a draft amendment to the law "On Police", specifying the duties and rights of police officers. Now the document is at the stage of passing an independent anti-corruption expertise. The department, in particular, proposes to give the police the authority to search citizens if there is reason to believe that they are hiding stolen goods.

The euro exchange rate in the evening trading on December 20 after the closing of the official session of the Moscow Exchange exceeded 78 rubles. This happened for the first time since September 24th. At the maximum on the evening of December 20, the euro reached 78.89 rubles, the dollar - 68.70 rubles. On December 19, the US Federal Reserve raised the base rate. This led to a general decline in investor interest in the currencies of developing countries.

From the beginning of 2019, Russian citizens will have to pay an additional fee for issuing a multiple-entry visa for business or tourist trips to the United States. With a visa cost of $160, the fee will be $143. Thus, the total amount that will have to be paid for a multiple-entry visa will be $303. The visa issuance fee is based on "reciprocity" (the same fee that the Russian Federation charges citizens of the United States for the same type of visa). US Embassy in Russia

The District Court of Munich found Apple guilty of infringing the patent rights of component supplier Qualcomm. If the court decision comes into force, Qualcomm will have the right to demand a complete ban on the sale of the 2017 iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and iPhone X in Germany. Until the appeal is considered, Apple may continue to sell smartphones, but the company itself has already announced that it will temporarily remove them from the shelves of 15 branded stores in the country.

Aedt / Wenn.com / Vida Press The permanent author of the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel Klaas Relotius was caught that he composed stories and interviews with heroes for his reports. The 33-year-old Relotius has been cooperating with the publication since 2011, during which time he published almost 60 texts in the print and Internet versions of the magazine. For the past year and a half, Relotius worked in the state of the publication.

The National Archives of Latvia has begun publishing the card file of the KGB of the Latvian SSR. In total, more than 10 thousand scanned cards have been published , which contain data on agents who worked for the KGB in the 1980s, as well as information about persons who planned to travel abroad, and the names of potential recruits. In addition, file cabinets for non-staff operatives and a telephone book for KGB officers have been published.

Briton Ken Watson, who lived in south Wales, never had grandchildren, so he often spoiled the neighbor's children with gifts. He especially loved the two-year-old Kady Williams - so much so that he continued to give her gifts even after his own death (he died at 87 years old). One day, his daughter came to the Williams with a huge bag in her hands. Inside it were 14 Christmas presents that Watson had bought in advance and wrapped for little Kadi.

State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch filed a lawsuit against Novaya Gazeta, Dozhd, Rosbalt and several other media outlets over publications where his name was mentioned in connection with the Shakro Molodoy cases and corruption in the Investigative Committee . The reason for the lawsuit, as reported by Dozhd, was an article in Novaya Gazeta, in which Skoch was linked to collecting money for the release of Shakro Molodoy’s henchman Andrei Kochuykov from custody.

Marat Abulkhatin / Photo Service of the State Duma of the Russian Federation / TASS / VIDA Press Hunger Zoo Providers at the State Duma demanding to adopt an animal protection law, November 2017 The Law on Zoo Protection was invented by Vladimir Medinsky in 2010.

The Insider reported on the connections between Gennady Petrov, who is called the leader of the Tambovsko-Malyshevskaya organized crime group, and Sergei Korolev , the current head of the FSB's economic security service. The investigation was based on wiretaps of Petrov's telephone conversations made by the Spanish investigation .

Former US President Barack Obama tried himself as Santa Claus. He came to the National Children's Hospital in Washington in a red cap and with a bag of gifts. Obama talked with young patients, handed them gifts and sang with the staff one of the most famous Christmas songs. Subscribe to our YouTube

Against the 58-year-old anesthesiologist-resuscitator of one of the St. Petersburg clinics, a criminal case has been initiated under articles on rape and sexual assault, the St. Petersburg department of the RF Investigative Committee reports. According to investigators, on December 19, the suspect took advantage of the helpless state of three patients who were recovering from anesthesia after surgery. He raped one of them and sexually assaulted two of them.

The film company Sony Pictures introduced the first trailer for the fantastic comedy “People in Black: International”. The new film was shot by F. Gary Gray - the director of the Voice of the Streets and the eighth part of the Fast and the Furious. SonypictureSru The heroes of the International became Ach (Chris Hemsworth) and EM (Tessa Thompson), agents of the British branch of “people in black”. This is a secret organization, struggling with aliens who are trying to illegally migrate to Earth.

Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Alexander Kurennaya, November 2018 Quote “There were no official appeals with a request to check the activities of such structures [ PMCs of Wagner ] to the Prosecutor General’s Office. If such appeals arrive, we will consider them according to the established procedure in strict accordance with the law, ” said the representative of the Prosecutor General Alexander Kurenna.

In Russia, for 11 months of 2018, the natural decline in the population amounted to 180.5 thousand people, according to data published on December 19 by Rosstat. The migration increase for the same time amounted to 101.8 thousand people. Thus, the population of Russia decreased by 78.7 thousand people.