The Ministry of Defense of Canada announced on Sunday about the allocation of four fighters to "escort" Santa Claus with Christmas gifts in the country's airspace. When the harness starting from the North Pole at 2 a.m. Mondays on the Otvavsky time (11:00 in Moscow) will approach the coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, two F-18 fighters will meet. Then, halfway to the western coast, they will be replaced by another pair of combat aircraft, ITAR-TASS reports.

The cult series of the early 90s "Twin Pix", created by the master of mystical thrillers David Lynch, may be continued, FilmPro reports with reference to the interviewer of the project of Mark Frost magazine SCI-Fi. According to Frost, not two seasons were originally planned, but as many as five - and it is possible that after 20 years the missing series will still be removed. “Sometimes we discuss the possibility of continuing. Who knows what can happen in the future.

The clip of the South Korean rapper Pak Che San, better known as Psy for the Gangnam Style song, laid out on YouTube, confirmed the status of the most popular video in the entire history of the resource, collecting more than a billion views by the evening of last Friday, the statistical data of the service testify. A unit with nine zeros appeared on the checkmark counter at about 19:50 Moscow time, RIA Novosti notes.

In the Vologda Oblast, a senior officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), who was convicted of corruption , led to the impudent escape of the prisoner, was sentenced. A dangerous criminal flew out of a maximum security colony by helicopter, stolen by his accomplices. By a court decision, the former deputy head of the penal colony N17 in the Vologda Oblast, Alexander Belolikov, will spend four years behind bars.

In Bangladesh, the Christian preacher Mark Huda Junaed was recently abducted by relatives of the future wife. Then he was forcibly married in the bride-muslim. At the same time, the brand turned 20, and his wife was 40 years old. After all this, Mark was against the court on charges that, according to the bride’s relatives, “tortured her,” as she allegedly refused to give the groom 200 thousand Bangladesh so ($ 2,500) as a traditional wedding dowry.

According to the Law on the National Payment System, from January 1, 2013 in Russia, a presumption of innocence against plastic cards holders was supposed to act in Russia. The bank must return the money stolen from the card if it cannot prove that the client himself is involved in the loss. Now Russian clients have to prove the bank, which took place in fraud and that they are not involved in it, recalls the magazine "Kommersant Money" . New rules must rectify the situation.

Sevastopol swimmers -marathon, record holder of the Book of Records of Ukraine Oleg Sofyanik made two swims in the Bosphorus Strait - 20 and 3 kilometers. According to the chairman of the public organization "Association of Support and Development of Youth and Sports in Sevastopol" Alexander Sinyavsky, on December 13, Sofyanik sailed 20 km in the Bosphorus from the Anadolufener region to the Ukudar region, Newsru.ua reports with reference to UNIAN .

In Ukraine, a discussion continues about the possibility and need to enter the country into the Customs Union. Opponents of this idea speak of the corruption of governments that are part of the Customs Union (TS), and offer to better strive for the European Union. Supporters of the alliance with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, on the contrary, are talking about immediate benefits in case of entry into the vehicle. “I am aware that now there is no paradise on Earth.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Yandex on Monday, where he got acquainted with its work, Interfax reports. There, the head of the government, who has long established himself as an active Internet user, leading video blog and owner of accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Vkontakte and Instagram, as well as the iPhone 4, presented by Steve Jobs, demonstrated the presentation program of the Russian search engine, and also showed how the company developed in the company works. Browser.

American diplomacy managed to achieve from the Russian authorities to take measures in connection with the copyright of copyrights from the United States on a number of Russian sites, including Rutracker and VKontakte, Haker.ru reports with reference to Torrentfreak.

The son of the ex-president of Ukraine Andrei Yushchenko put up a luxurious penthouse for $ 1 million for sale. In it, he lived with his ex -wife Lisa for three years, and now, it seems, they will have to share this property. The other day, announcements for the sale of elite real estate in Kiev were replenished with a penthouse on 3 Darwin Street, 3, today.ua writes with reference to local realtors. "This is a VIP assembly with an area of ​​160 sq. Meters, two levels are occupied.

Mortgage costs could rise again next year. Forecast of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML) - 13.5%. According to market participants, as cited by RBC daily , housing loans will not rise above this level, citizens will simply stop taking them. AHML predicts that next year housing loans will rise in price by 1 percentage point, and the growth rate of mortgages will decrease. In 2013, banks will issue 1.2 trillion rubles, which corresponds to an increase of 20%.

The scientists made an amazing archaeological find during excavations in the Caucasus. They found the ancient parking lots of Homo Eretus people who lived in these places two million years ago. The parking lots found in the territory of the Central Dagestan are named Ainikab, 1 and 2, Muhkai, 1 and 2, Gegalashur, 1-3. They belong to the earliest era of the history of mankind - Oldova. Previously, this era in Russia was not even represented by any finds.

Ukraine will be represented by the singer Zlata Ognevich at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, UNIAN reports. The final of the national selection for a song competition was broadcast on the air of the First National TV channel on Sunday. 52 Ukrainian artists participated in the national selection for this competition. Eurovision 2013 will take place in May in Malmoy, Sweden. According to the producer of the singer Mikhail Nekrasov, where to get money for a trip, they already know.

Moscow asks to save the island, which has become a tax paradise for oligarchs. “There is money,” says Vladimir Putin Jose Manuel Barrosa and Herman Van Rompey, the leaders of the European Union with a smile. There is money to save Cyprus, but they are in Moscow, writes the newspaper Corriere Della Sera . The small state of Cyprus - a member of the EU and the eurozone asks Brussels 11.5 billion euros to help his banks.