Russian tennis players beat the Croats in the final of the Davis Cup, which took place in Madrid. In the first match, Andrei Rublev defeated Borna Goyo in two sets - 6: 4, 7: 6. Daniil Medvedev also in two sets was stronger than Marina Chilich - 7: 6, 6: 2. Oscar J. Barroso / AFP / Zuma / Scanpix / Leta Andrey Rublev celebrates the victory in the final Russian tennis players win the Davis Cup for the third time in history. The previous time the Russian team won the Davis Cup final in 2006.

Asya Zolnikova for Medusa from December 2 to 6 in the Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, a book exhibition-fair non/fiction. One of its participants is the International Memorial, declared in Russia a “foreign agent”. A warning with the words "Russian legal entity performing the functions of a foreign agent" is written at the organization stand.

The reigning world chess champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeated Russian grandmaster Jan Nepomniachtchi in the eighth game of the match for the title of world champion. The Russian played with black pieces. The overall score of the match was 5-3 in favor of Carlsen. Earlier, the Norwegian won one game, and the rest ended in a draw. The ninth batch of 14 will be held on 7 December. Nepomniachtchi will play with white pieces.

The author of the appeal called him "satire for our time" Semyon Katz for "Medusa" The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed the UK’s Main Investigative Directorate to check the appeal of the Patriots Group, who complained about the work of the Oksimiron rappers (Miron Fedorov) and Noya MC (Ivan Alekseev).

On December 5, a march was held in the center of Tbilisi against the "green passports" introduced in Georgia on December 1 as part of the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection, Novosti-Georgia reports. The participants of the action marched along Rustaveli Avenue, holding flags “No to green passports!”, posters with the words “We are all born free”, as well as icons. Couriers from Glovo and Wolt delivery services, among others, took part in the campaign.

The film producer, the creator of the Kinotavr festival, Mark Rudinshtein, died at the age of 75, RIA Novosti reports with reference to his wife. Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS On November 16, Mark Rudinshtein was hospitalized. He was in intensive care. At the end of November, TASS reported that he had suffered a heart attack. Mark Rudinshtein is a Soviet and Russian producer, actor and film critic.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee to check the appeal of the "group of patriots" who complained about the work of rappers Oksimiron and Noise MC. “The initiators of the appeal note that in their work these performers promote a negative attitude towards law enforcement officers, and attempts to rehabilitate Nazism and extremist activity are also seen,” the website of the UK reports.

Polish border guards detained the Russian dry cargo ship Ruslana, owned by a company from St. Petersburg, in the Gulf of Gdansk in the Baltic Sea, the Polish specialized website Maritime Portal reported. On the night of December 4, a bulk carrier sailing from Klaipeda turned off the route leading to the port and headed "straight to the beach on Sobieszewski Island" in Gdansk at a speed of 11 knots . The crew did not respond to rescuers' calls.

The Saudi authorities will allow people vaccinated against the coronavirus with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to enter the country starting from January 1, 2022, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced. When entering Saudi Arabia, people vaccinated with Sputnik will have to undergo a 48-hour quarantine and pass a PCR test for coronavirus. The RDIF believes that the decision will allow believers to make a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Bitolomanus release "Text of the Week"! We are discussing Peter Jackson's film about The Beatles final album Director Peter Jackson released the three -part film “The Beatles: Get Back”, telling the story of the recording of the last album in the discography of The Beatles “Let it be”. The tape consists of documentary chronicle of fifty years ago, almost not known to the general public.

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the company of former US President Donald Trump, which creates its own social network Truth Social, said it has received more than one billion dollars from a group of institutional investors. Their names were not disclosed. "One billion dollars is a major signal to Big Tech that censorship and political discrimination must end. America is ready for Truth Social, a platform that does not discriminate based on political ideology," said Donald Trump.

Platform 9¾ appeared at the Ladoga railway station in St. Petersburg. Almost like at the King's Cross station from the universe of the wizard Harry Potter. It is close to the ninth path. Above the platform hangs a sign with the inscription "Platform 9¾", on which sits an owl (alas, not real). Under the sign is a cart with suitcases.

Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the continuation of the animated film “Spider-Man: through the Universes” (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”).

This is what happened to the heroes of those events Evgeny Feldman Miting on Pushkinskaya Square on March 5, 2012 10 years ago, December 4, 2011, the State Duma elections were held, where United Russia gained 49%. Mass falsifications have become the reason for political protests throughout the country, the largest since the beginning of the 1990s.

On December 4, a volcano Semyon began to erupt on the island of Java - one of almost 130 existing volcanoes in Indonesia. As a result of the eruption, the column of the ash reached a height of 15 kilometers, which is why the airlines had to change their routes. Under the deep layer of ash and volcanic dust were 11 villages located near the volcano, including the village of Sumber Woluh (in the photo below).