A federal court in the District of Columbia in the United States has ordered North Korean authorities to pay $500 million to the family of student Otto Warmbier , who died several days after being released from a North Korean prison. The court agreed with the plaintiffs' position that Warmbier's death was caused by his detention, which was unlawful. In September 2017, a post-mortem examination revealed that Warmbier died from insufficient oxygen to the brain.

The price of a barrel of Brent oil fell by 5% during trading on December 24 and came close to $50. At a minimum, the cost of Brent reached $50.37 per barrel. WTI during trading fell to 42.97 per barrel - 6% lower than the previous day's closing price. Below $51 a barrel, Brent last traded in August 2017. Since the beginning of December, oil has fallen in price by more than 15%.

On December 24, the prosecutor's office of the stateachusetts prosecutor’s office reported that a lawsuit was launched against actor Kevin Spacey on an obscene attack and beating in connection with the proposed harassment of the actor to an 18-year-old teenager . The first meeting of the court, which considered issues of technical nature, took place on December 20, and on January 7, Spasii will be charged with official criminal charges.

A museum-apartment of Alexander Solzhenitsyn opened on Tverskaya Street in Moscow. The writer lived in this apartment and was arrested in 1974, before being expelled from the USSR. The opening ceremony was attended by the writer's widow Natalya Solzhenitsyna and representatives of the Moscow City Hall. The museum-apartment presents several thousand exhibits: archival photographs, a library and collected works of the writer, clothes and things that Solzhenitsyn used in prison.

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The steps of the main temple of the Russian Armed Forces, which is being built in the city of Kubinka near Moscow, will be cast from captured equipment from the Great Patriotic War, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The minister did not specify where exactly the equipment for the steps will be taken from.

The Moscow cable car will halve the tariffs compared to those originally announced. A trip on a weekday will cost 200 rubles for a standard ticket and 150 for a child or reduced ticket. On a day off - 250 and 200 rubles, respectively. In addition, the authorities extended the free operation of the funicular for one day - until December 25 inclusive. The first cable car in Moscow opened on November 27.

In St. Petersburg, judges, prosecutors and employees of the Investigative Committee are offered the right to enroll children in schools at the place of residence out of turn. The corresponding bill was submitted for consideration by the regional Legislative Assembly deputies from the "United Russia".

The head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Mikhail Chernikov, called for increasing fines for speeding by more than 20 kilometers per hour. In an interview with the radio station " Militia Wave ", Chernikov called the current fines "minimized" and noted that accidents resulting from such violations often lead to serious consequences.

On November 3, American Colin O'Brady and British Lewis Rudd began a race across Antarctica. One of them could become the first person in the world to cross the continent alone and without assistance. O'Brady and Rudd are traveling separately, on skis, pulling sleds with provisions and equipment. Each of them has already covered more than a thousand kilometers. The race could end before the New Year.

What happens if you dress a Horta greyhound in a turtleneck sweater? The result is the most stylish dog in the world - the one you expect to see on the cover of a fashion magazine. Take a look, for example, at the post by twitter user sindivanzyl, which started the discussion of dressed up greyhounds.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the head of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) Alexander Surinov. As noted in the message on the website of the government, 60-year-old Surinov was fired at his own request. the new head of Rosstat . has been appointed Pavel Malkov, 38, who previously headed the Department of Public Administration of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexander Surinov has led Rosstat since December 2009.

The Federal Penitentiary Service removed Yury Kupriyanov, the head of the Mordovian colony IK-14, from his post after a hidden check showed the use of slave labor by convicted women. As the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Maksimenko said, the check was carried out after the appeal of one of the prisoners. At the same time, the staff of the colony tried to prevent its implementation. “People were forced to work from 7 am to 1 am every day.

This is a retelling of an interview with the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, which was conducted by Nikolai Solodnikov in the program " #eschenepozner ". Direct quotes are given in quotation marks. Fact-check of Medinsky's remarks is in the footnotes (the absence of a footnote does not mean the editorial board agrees with the words of the minister). The role of personality in history is exaggerated. If there had been no Hitler, there would have been Hess or Goering.