Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement on gas transit through Ukrainian territory. The current agreement expires on December 31, and if the new one had not been signed, then from next year Gazprom could stop supplying gas to European consumers through Ukraine.

Yevgeny Manyurov, the man reportedly responsible for a deadly shootout at the Federal Security Services headquarters in Moscow on Thursday, may have been a member of the “Ethnic National Association” (ENO) Russian nationalist group, according to the website Fontanka , which spoke to anonymous FSB sources who searched Manyurov’s computer and smartphone. The suspect allegedly belonged to the association’s Moscow cell.

In Paris, at the age of 86, the French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro died. It is reported by AFP with reference to the relatives of the couturier. Pierre Guillaud / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Emanuel Ungaro began his career in the mid-1950s and for several years worked as an assistant in the studio of the fashion designer Christobal Balenciagi. In 1965, Ungaro opened his own fashion house. The peak of its popularity fell on the 1970-1980s.

During the 78 years of existence of the Catholic order "Legionnaires of Christ" its priests have committed sexual abuse of 175 minors. This is stated in the report on the website of the Legionnaires of Christ. The vast majority of the victims were boys between the ages of 11 and 16 who had studied in Legionnaires of Christ seminaries. At least 60 of the 175 affected children were abused by the founder of the order, Martial Maciel.

Yevgeny Manyurov, suspected of shooting near the FSB headquarters on Lubyanka, was a member of the Ethnic National Union (ENU) movement. Fontanka writes about this without citing sources. According to the publication, FSB officers discovered Manyurov's connection with ENO after gaining access to his computer and phone. It is assumed that Manyurov was part of the movement's Moscow cell.

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft that failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully returned to Earth. This was reported by NASA. Starliner landed at a test site in New Mexico. The parachutes deployed on the descent capsule before landing. This is the first soft land landing by an American descent capsule (previous American vehicles landed on water). Starliner is a manned capsule for the delivery of people and cargo to the ISS.

In the Tatarstan village of Novotroitskoye, law enforcement officers conducted exercises to disperse a protest rally. Ninth-graders of a local school were involved as participants in the action. This was written by Instagram user Ekaterina Panteleeva. She posted a video of the exercises that took place in the school yard. On the recording, teenagers “attack” law enforcement officers in helmets and with shields; they fight back. Attention . The video contains profanity.

Russia will respond to US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream gas pipelines, but will do so without harming its interests. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Bolshaya Igra program on Channel One. "We will respond to sanctions, but in a way that does not harm ourselves. But we will respond for sure. And, of course, we will take this into account when building all our relations," TASS quotes Lavrov as saying.

Beth Dubber / Netflix The series “Injured” on Netflix is ​​the film adaptation of the “Unimaginable History of Rape” of the Republic of Armstrong and T. Christian Miller, who received the Pulitzer Prize for it in 2016. He talks about a girl who stated that she was raped, but the police did not believe, and she began to get confused in the testimony. The series was even worse and more instructive than the text.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Symbiosis of hackers and FSB. As the most dangerous hacker group Evil Corp is connected with security forces In early December 2019, the American authorities made official charges against the Russian hacker group Evil Corp. The damage from her attacks is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. The United States is considered the organizer of Evil Corp Maxim Yakubz.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland "with alarm and distrust" reacted to the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the circumstances of the outbreak of World War II. The Polish Foreign Ministry claims that Putin's words "reflect a false picture of events." The agency compares them to "propaganda messages from the era of Stalinist totalitarianism," which was later condemned by Joseph Stalin's successor, Nikita Khrushchev.

Moscow-based designer Konstantin Konovalov tweeted a dialogue between two smart speakers with voice assistants. The devices (one of them from Chita, the other from the Irkutsk region) tell how the day went and what the weather is like. And then they begin to confess their love to each other. The video has received over 14,000 likes. One of the commentators called it the best love story. Others wondered if the dialogue ended with a marriage proposal?

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration The two main world scientific journals, Science and Nature, traditionally summarize the results of the year in late December. They do this, however, in different ways: the first is announced by one main “breakthrough of the year”, which is complemented by the participants of the short-list, and the second, in addition to the actual scientific “news”, makes up individual tops of people who influenced science and political events.

American sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline are a "very pro-European decision," US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told the German newspaper Bild. "15 European countries, the European Commission and the European Parliament have expressed concerns about the project. Our European partners have said that the United States should support their efforts. That is why sanctions are a very pro-European decision," Grenell said.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and select the best, well, or at least the most noticeable. In this issue (now in an ultra -short format up to 140 characters): star duets from LSP and Pharaoh, Molly and Katerina, Alena and Jamala, as well as the typical album “Spline” and Gudkov’s clip. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik !