In the colony of the city of Berezniki, the Perm Territory, where the Pussy Riot group Maria Alekhina, the famous comedian, Honored Artist of Russia Nikolai Lukinsky, made a punishment for Punk-Moleben. "Sparkling, accessible to everyone and everyone, in conjunction with positive energy filed in the hall, did its job," the GUFSIN press service in the region summed up with satisfaction. "Even those who smile very rarely in their lives.

Peter Jackson's film about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins “Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) led the five leaders of the Russian rental following the results of the past Wikend, RIA Novosti reports with a link to Kinobusines portal. The first part of the trilogy based on a small story J.R.R. Tolkina predictably debuted in the first place, earned $ 17.9 million in the start weekend.

At STS, the entertainment children's program "The Smart" is closed - the channel decided to change the broadcasting policy, and the transfer does not fit into the new format. The termination of release is also explained by a change in the budget policy of the channel, and the decision to close the STS is called forced, RBC Daily notes.

In the Tomsk region, a verdict was sentenced to an entrepreneur found guilty of illegal deprivation of his wife's liberty. The head of the family first immobilized his wife and deprived her of the opportunity to speak with the help of adhesive tape, and then drove a car in the trunk of the city in the trunk . The verdict is registered to the 35-year-old director of one of the private enterprises of Tomsk.

This year, Russians prefer exotic rest. The trend of recent years - the Russians have been trying to spend the long January holidays at home, among friends, and the New Year is celebrated at another time: in February the beginning of the new cycle is celebrated in China and Vietnam, in March - in Iran, in April - in Nepal and Myanmar. There are also lovers of celebrating a timely holiday in the remote corners of the globe.

Mikhail Anshakov “The applicant demands that I be brought to criminal responsibility for illegal transactions with foreign grants in the organization of disabled people “Perspective”, as well as for “fraud” in the companies “Art-design” and “Intech”.

The investigation of the mysterious death of a resident of St. Petersburg Grigory Kochnev is not completed, and therefore it is too early to reject the version of suicide. Petersburg investigators are held by this opinion, unlike relatives and friends of the deceased, who are still ready to trust the testimony of witnesses of the tragedy. “I can’t help but trust the testimony of four people.

Former US President George Bush Sr. will meet Christmas in the hospital of the American city of Houston (Texas), where bronchitis treatment has been taking place for a month now . In recent days, the well-being of the 88-year-old former head of the White House has deteriorated somewhat: the cough was weakened, but temperature and weakness appeared. In this regard, according to the representative of the ex-president, doctors are in no hurry to let him go home, ITAR-TASS reports.

mi3ch “Perhaps one of the reasons is that our people live much shorter lives than some neighboring Finns (our average life expectancy for men is 59.1 years, for women - 73 years, and in Finland - 75.2 and 82. accordingly) is that for many years in Russia an atmosphere of suspicion has been constantly maintained: we are surrounded by enemies, foreign countries are not asleep, everyone dreams of our riches, etc.”

The continental hockey league (KHL) determined the final compositions of the commands of the Eastern and Western conferences for the match of the stars, which will be held on January 12-13 in Chelyabinsk, according to the official website of the League . To manage the team composed of the best players of the Western conference, there will be a mentor of the Moscow Dynamo Oleg Znarok, the head coach of the St. Petersburg SKA Yukk Yalonen and the helmsman of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Tom Row.

The new sports channel, which will appear on Russian television, will begin its work next year. This was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko at an annual press conference on the performance of Russian athletes at the 2012 competitions and the upcoming international starts. "The beginning will be laid in 2013, and two years later we will try to make it available throughout Russia," the Minister of ITAR -TASS quotes.

The split in Russian society in connection with the adoption of the "orphan law" is worshiped more and more. As long as deputies, officials and cultural figures , like Andrei Makarevich, are allegedly addressed to the President with a request not to sign a document that will most likely be approved by the Council of People's Commissars, their opponents are seating on the head of state on the other hand. One of the ardent supporters of the bill was the children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov.

The massacre in the New Town elementary school, the reaction to it of the authorities and Christmas holidays raised to an unprecedented level of weapons in the United States. The veterans of the industry, who have worked behind the weapons shelves for half a century, admit that they do not remember such excitement even on the eve of Christmas, when the sales are traditionally increased.

According to the analytical company Comscore, in the past year, Russia lost the first place in the ranking of countries whose residents spend the most time on social networks, Kaker.ru reports. The Comscore rating takes into account how many hours a month on average spend one Internet user on social networks. According to the results of 2011, Russian users who now ceding leadership were leading in this list.

In French Lyon, a unique educational institution was opened, professionally teaching the art of frescoes in the urban environment. The Echolcite school specializes in the training of artists who can paint all Lyon high -rise buildings, turning the usual city landscapes into real works of art and the delight for the eyes.