The Commission on Freedom of Information and the Rights of Journalists of the Presidential Council for Human Rights (HRC) has asked the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee to check the detentions of Kommersant and Baza journalists who covered the shooting on Lubyanka .

The Eksmo publishing house has terminated the contract for the publication of Alex Leslie's (Alexander Kirillov) book "Go to Fish", which tells about the life of model Nastya Rybka (Anastasia Vashukevich) in Thailand and the conflict with Oleg Deripaska. This was reported by Dozhd with reference to the press service of the publishing house.

Fans will like him at once, and those who do not know anything about him is closer to the end of the season Katalin Vermes / Netflix Netflix entered the “Witcher”-a fantasy series in the Universe of Andrzej Sapkovsky, which is called the main competitor of “Game of Thrones” with HBO. In the first day since the release, he had already managed to upset critics and please fans - the creators of the show managed to preserve humor, mythology, and even an atmosphere of computer games.

On December 21, artist Banksy published a new work called "The Scar of Bethlehem". On his Instagram, he wrote that this object was made for The Walled Off Hotel, which is located in Bethlehem in close proximity to the barrier separating Israel from the Palestinian West Bank. The work is a nativity scene - it is a nativity scene with the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and baby Jesus.

In the city of Apatites of the Murmansk region, a group of teenagers beat police officers after a disco at the local Palace of Culture. As the administration of the recreation center said, the police officer on duty arrived after the report that the disco was over and adolescents are expected to be accumulated on the street. Arriving police officers made a remark to one of them, breaking beer and cursing, and demanded to go with them.

Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta members of the Communist Party and their supporters gathered on Red Square to lay flowers to the grave of the head of the USSR, Joseph Stalin, buried near the Kremlin wall. On December 21, 2019, Stalin was 140 years old.

Motorola has postponed the pre-order and start of sales of the Razr clamshell smartphone with a flexible screen. Motorola said the decision was made due to increased demand for the Razr, which exceeded the company's expectations. Thanks to the later start of sales, Motorola will be able to produce more phones for everyone to get. Initially, pre-order was supposed to open on December 26, and sales - in January 2020.

This is what you need to do to become a real cat. At least, as the leader James Korden thinks The TV presenter James Korden experienced the actors of the film “Cats” (will be released on Russian rental on January 2, 2020) - Jennifer Hudson, Jason Darulo, Francescu Hayord, Rebel Wilson and Taylor Svift. To do this, he invited them to his “school of cats” and taught them several important lessons.

Stefan Sauer / DPA / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Pipe loading for Northern Stream - 2 on the ship, December 11, 2019 US President Donald Trump signed the country's new defense budget. It implies sanctions against the Northern Stream - 2 . The document approved by the Senate December 17 contains a special section providing for measures “to contain aggression” by Russia.

The podcast The Naked Pravda - about who Will Stewart is In the third episode of the English-language podcast The Naked Pravda, the chief editor of the international version of Medusa Kevin Rotrok tells about the British journalist who supplies crazy articles about Russia in the Western media, and tries to understand who needs it and why.

Cherry for eyes, lime for ears One of the bars in Minneapolis has added a new cocktail to the menu, the name of which can be guessed from the appearance of the drink alone. So, meet the Baby Yoda cocktail: The drink was invented by bartender Chris Herner. The cocktail consists of gin, lime juice and regular sugar syrup. For eyes, Herner used two cherries, and instead of ears, lime slices secured with toothpicks.

Two cruise ships collided in the port of the Mexican city of Cozumel, reports Reuters. The collision occurred when the Carnival Glory liner was making maneuvers, preparing to dock in port - it touched the Carnival Legend liner with its stern. According to one of the passengers of the liner, the collision occurred in strong winds. Six Carnival Glory passengers suffered minor injuries. The seaworthiness of the liners was not affected by the incident.

The minimum retail price for vodka in Russia from January 1, 2020 will be increased from 215 to 230 rubles per half liter. The corresponding order of the Ministry of Finance is posted on the portal of legal acts. In addition, the minimum price for cognac (from 388 to 433 rubles per 0.5 liter) and brandy (from 307 to 315 rubles) will be increased. The Ministry of Finance also raised the price of ethyl alcohol produced from food raw materials for the first time since 2015 to 57 rubles per liter.

The investigation has evidence of the deliberate introduction of changes by the former head of the Moscow laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, and unidentified persons into the database of the laboratory "in order to distort the parameters and indicators of doping samples of Russian athletes." This was reported in a press release from the UK.

Gazprom's contractor, the Swiss company Allseas, has suspended work on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline amid the entry into force of a new US defense budget containing sanctions against Russian gas pipelines. As the company said in a statement, work has been suspended pending receipt of "necessary regulatory, technical and environmental clarifications" from US authorities. The company's statement was released hours before President Donald Trump signed the defense budget.