German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated on the German television channel ZDF that Russian representatives have not sent Germany any requests for the extradition of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was killed in Berlin. Heiko Maas noted that Russian representatives did not inform the German federal government that Khangoshvili was suspected of terrorism. Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously said that Khangoshvili was one of the organizers of the Moscow metro bombings.

Pavel Golovkin / AP / Scanpix / Leta in Moscow on the Patriarchal Bridge near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was held against domestic violence and in support of the sisters of Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturian, accused of killing his father. The participants hung locks with lilac ribbons on the bridge, and also held single pickets. The action was visited by Pussy Riot, Maria Alekhina. Read more about the case of the Khachaturian sisters in our materials .

The Khabble space telescope sent a new photo of 2i/borisov-the first interstellar comet, which Gennady Borisov was opened thanks to the Russian astronomer-amateur. The comet has already overcome the point of maximum rapprochement with the sun. In the coming days, it will pass at a minimum distance from the ground - 289.8 million kilometers - and will begin to leave the solar system forever. Scum of Cometes Borisov on December 9. The core of the comet is actually not visible here.

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Metropolitan Epiphanius, announced that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church ceased to exist. Yevstratiy Zorya, Deputy Head of the OCU Department for External Church Relations, posted on Facebook screenshots from the website of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, which says that both structures have stopped working.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for two days did not let two journalists from the NTV channel into the country. As reported on the website of the service, on the morning of December 14, a “journalist from one of the Russian TV channels” was detained at Kiev’s Boryspil airport. On NTV , they specified that this was a correspondent for the TV channel Alexander Tonkikh.

Birdie Thompson / AdMedia / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta Clint Eastwood and widow Richard Juella Barbara at the premiere of the film "Richard Juella case." Los Angeles, November 20, 2019 What's happened? On November 20, the premiere of the film directed by Clint Eastwood “Richard Juella” was held in the United States (it will be released on January 9, 2020 in Russian rental). This is a drama based on real events - a terrorist attack at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta.

A court has sentenced former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in April, to two years in prison on charges of corruption and money laundering. Omar al-Bashir was charged after $130 million in dollars, euros and Sudanese pounds were found in his home. He has pleaded not guilty. Al-Bashir is 75 years old and will serve his sentence in a halfway house for older people convicted of non-capital offenses, the Associated Press reported.

Twitter user 41Strange found that dogs' upside-down paws look like small koalas. The big pad looks like a koala's head, the other four are like his paws. Many began to look for similarities with koalas on the paws of dogs. And found! For greater credibility, images of koalas began to be added to the photo of the paws. It seemed to one that a koala in a fur coat hid in its paws ...

"Very bad signal to the community of programmers", "This disorganizes the business" "Jellyfish" On Thursday, December 12, it became known about conducting searches among the founders of the NGINX IT company Igor Sysoev and Maxim Konovalov, who created the web server of the same name-the most popular in the world. Investigative actions were carried out as part of a criminal case initiated by the structures of businessman Alexander Mamut, co -owner of Rambler Group.

In January-November 2019, only eight Russian films out of 68 that received state support recouped their production costs at the box office. This is reported by RBC, referring to the data of the information system of information about film screenings in cinema halls. The leader among films that received state funding was T-34, which grossed almost 2.3 billion rubles at the box office.

Russian mixed martial artist, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will defend his title on April 18 in a fight against American Tony Ferguson. The meeting will be held in New York, according to the UFC on Twitter. This is the fifth attempt to organize a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson since 2015, Sports.ru notes . During his career, 31-year-old Khabib Nurmagomedov spent 28 fights, winning each of them.

Russian Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva reported in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta that every fourth school in the country has restricted the use of mobile devices in lessons. “Today we already have specific figures: 10,628 schools – that is, approximately every fourth one – have followed the recommendations and limited phones during lessons,” Vasilyeva said.

The US presidential administration has limited the number of officials who can listen to Donald Trump's telephone conversations with foreign leaders. It is reported by CNN, citing sources. Now only high-ranking officials have access to telephone conversations. These include, for example, State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Blair. Access to transcripts of Trump's conversations has also been restricted.

Ultra -short reviews (140 characters!) On the main films of the week Every weekend at Medusa, ultra -short reviews come out - approximately 140 signs each - from the film critic of Anton Valley, which help to navigate in the box office.

Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova announced on Channel One that she would suspend her sports career and miss the next Russian figure skating championship. “I’m not going anywhere, but I don’t participate in the Russian championship. I want to clarify that without selection, I do not apply for either the European Championship or the [championship] of the world. I have always been selected on a sporting basis,” said 17-year-old Zagitova.