In the north-west of Moscow, five young people were detained on Tuesday, who painted the swastika and extremist calls on the wall of the building of the district supporting point of the police.

On Monday, a judge of the American state of Virginia recognized the reform of healthcare, which was initiated by US President Barack Obama, unconstitutional, the Air Force reports. The final decision in this matter remains with the country's supreme court. However, other states can follow the example of Virginia, Vesti notes. Recall that the reform provided for an increase in the number of people who are available to medical insurance.

In the Irkutsk region, a verdict was sentenced to the former pastor of the local community of the association of the Cornial Stone Churches Stanislav Sutonko, who turned out to be a pedophile. The spiritual shepherd also gained fame as philanthropist and the author of numerous charity programs for orphans.

In the east of France, there was a clash of school bus and train, as a result of which 12 people were injured. The incident occurred at the railway crossing in the Oser region (Department of Yonna), RIA Novosti reports with reference to France Press. According to preliminary data, two children are in serious condition. Another child has not yet been removed from under the fragments of metal. Rescuers work on the spot, ITAR-TASS reports.

The diplomatic scandal between Moscow and Tokyo about the southern smoking is gaining momentum. The Government of Japan intends to send a “decisive signal” to Moscow in connection with the trip of the first deputy prime minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov to the islands, which Tokyo considers his territory. This was announced on Tuesday at a press conference in Tokyo by the General Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers Esito Sengoku.

After the People’s Bank of China (NBK) allowed the sale of the yuan outside the PRC, the daily volumes of the Yuannia trading in a matter of months grew from zero to $ 400 million, the Finmarket reports with reference to the publication in the Wall Street Journal. China seeks to turn Yuan into one of the leading monetary units of the world, which, perhaps, will squeeze the dollar and euros as world reserve currencies.

The US police arrested a resident of Kentukka, who decided to protect himself and his household in the event of an apocalypse, creating "strategic reserves" of explosives. On the criminal journey, the American stood under the impression of watching the Hollywood blockbuster "2012".

In the Russian Orthodox Church, they are concerned about social tension in Russia and are ready to help it out. “ Recent riots on Manezhnaya Square were a manifestation of symptoms of serious social illness.

In the Russian market in the morning, a correction was observed in the Russian market. By the evening, they gave way to a new growth wave after world platforms thanks to strong statistics on retail sales in the United States. According to the results of the auction, the RTS index updated the annual peak, it grew to 1745.8 points (+0.59%), the MMEVB index rose to 1666.28 points (+0.23%), the prices of most "chips" on exchanges rose within 0.1-1.6%.

The Commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAC), investigating the Dagestan Airlines aircraft in Domodedovo, began decoding the crew negotiations and sent fuel to analysis. "The construction of negotiations was started - the dispatcher and the intracabine crew negotiations," Interfax was told to Mac on Monday, December 13. "Work is carried out to dismantle the fuel pumps of the airplane fuel system.

In the second half of December, the Russian company, in agreement in the authorities of Jordan, begins to search for the ruins of the ruins of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah at the bottom of the Dead Sea. The newspaper Al-Arab al-Yum wrote about this last Sunday, the information was confirmed by Jordanian sources. On Tuesday, the Israeli site israelnationalNews.com writes about this, for an unknown reason announcing the news "exclusive", notes Newsru Israel .

One of the largest American banks Bank of America put up mortgage securities with a total value of at least $ 1 billion for sale. Among the "discarded" assets, it is reported that already written off loans, as well as the rights to mortgage services. At the same time, Bank of America himself refused to comment on this issue, writes RBC with reference to Reuters.

The information department of the Moscow Patriarchate held on the eve of another exchange of views on the project of creating a public council on television, Blagovest-info reports.

Most of the inhabitants of Germany, France, Denmark, Holland and Portugal are negative about Islam. According to a survey conducted in these countries, the Department of Sociology of the University of Münster, more than 80% of respondents said that Islam is associated with women discrimination, 70% with fanaticism, 60% with violence, 50% noted intolerance.

Sberbank opened MTS two non -renewable seven -year credit lines totaling 100 billion rubles at 8.95% per annum, Vedomosti said. Funds will go to refinance existing loans and investment program. The first loan of 60 billion rubles will be refinancing Sberbank loans for 53 billion rubles and corporate needs, the second - 40 billion - will create a MTS cash pillow in case the MTS bond holders will present them to repay.