The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to change the design of euro banknotes by 2024. This was reported on the bank's website. To determine what will appear on the new banknotes, the ECB will set up focus groups with representatives from all eurozone countries. They will help draw up a list of themes for the new design, from which the best ones will then be selected. The final decision will be made by the ECB management after public consultation.

US officials will not travel to the Olympics in Beijing in February 2022. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced this. “The Biden administration will not send diplomats or officials to the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,” Psaki said, noting that athletes will not be affected by the restrictions.

Studio Warner Bros. I released the second trailer for the fourth “matrix”, and it is even more saturated than the previous one . In the video, the action constantly moves from the digital world of the matrix to the real world, the frames of the new film are interspersed with scenes from the original trilogy, actors from previous parts - with new ones. The trailer hints that special attention in the film will be devoted to the attempts of Neo and Trinity to reunite.

From December 7, the WebMoney payment system will suspend the ability for its users to replenish ruble wallets and make transfers from them for six months. This is reported on the WebMoney website. This is due to the order that the Conservative Commercial Bank (KKB), the settlement bank of the WebMoney system for ruble wallets, received from the Central Bank of Russia on December 6.

In an open letter from jail, blogger Yuri Khovansky shares how investigators are pressuring his loved ones Blogger Yuri Khovansky, currently in pre-trial detention on charges of justifying terrorism, penned an open letter from jail, where he has been since June. In the text, Khovansky says investigators threatened him with serious prison time when he refused a plea bargain. Officers also allegedly promised “problems” for his girlfriend, Maria Nelyubova (who spoke about this before).

Nicolas Asfouri / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Viktor Bout in Thailand. October 5, 2010. A four day exhibition of paintings by convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States, opened in Russia’s Civic Chamber building in Moscow on Monday, December 6. As reported by RIA Novosti, the exhibition features a total of 24 works that Bout created while in prison.

US authorities are developing a new sanctions package that is designed to deter Russia from military intervention in Ukraine, sources told CNN. They said the sanctions included restrictions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and Russian "oligarchs," measures against banks and energy companies, sanctions on Russian sovereign debt and a potential "nuclear option" — cutting Russia off from the SWIFT interbank transfer system.

In 2020, the all-Russian median income of an official required to report his income was 82 thousand rubles per month, according to a study by Transparency based on data from the Declarator database. This is three times higher than the median income of a Russian citizen, which, according to Rosstat calculations for the same period, reaches 27 thousand rubles per month.

The journalist invented dozens of reports, but after exposure he vowed to never lie. After 15 years, the word had to be violated - when his wife found Alzheimer's disease Stephen Glass performs in the Skirball cultural center. Los Angeles, December 6, 2007. Michael Schwartz / Wiremage / Getty Images Stephen Glass is perhaps the most famous deceiver among journalists.

Russia is arresting and extraditing Belarusian nationals being persecuted for taking part in opposition protests Mikhail Mettsel / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Since August 2020, Russia has detained at least 20 Belarusian nationals facing persecution in their home country amid Alexander Lukashenko’s opposition crackdown, says a new report from BBC News Russian.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov compared relations between Russia and the United States with the Augean stables and expressed the opinion that breakthroughs can hardly be expected from the upcoming talks between the presidents of the two countries. “We have such huge Augean stables now in our bilateral relations that it is hardly possible to clear them in a few hours of conversation,” Peskov said on Channel One (quoted by TASS).

Nicolas asfori / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Victor Boot in Thailand, October 5, 2010 In the building of the Public Chamber in Moscow, a four-day exhibition of paintings by Viktor Buta, serving a 25-year prison term in the United States on charges of weapons trade, opened. It is reported by RIA Novosti. In total, 24 paintings that Bout painted while in prison are exhibited. They are created by a simple pencil, a ballpoint pen, pastel, wax crayons, as well as oil paints.

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The Kirov District Court of Saratov sentenced former police investigator Takhir Gyulakhmedov to five and a half years in prison, because of whom innocent Moscow Region resident Dmitry Rubinstein spent six months in prison instead of his half-brother, who introduced himself under his name. Mediazona drew attention to the case file .

The Ostankino Court of Moscow decided to expel MMA fighter Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev, a citizen of Tajikistan, from Russia. It is reported by TASS. Chorshanbiev was found guilty of violating immigration laws. The court could allow him to leave the country on his own, but decided on forced deportation - until that moment, Chorshanbiev will be in the center for temporary detention of foreigners. The court also fined Chorshanbiyev five thousand rubles.