The head of the EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini and a member of the European Commission for the neighborhood of Johannes Khan on Sunday made a joint statement in which police raids and arrests of a number of journalists and media representatives in Turkey were convicted. According to them, such actions are incompatible with the freedom of the press, which is the main principle of democracy.

Interrogation interrogations conducted by the US Central Intelligence Directorate against people suspected of terrorism brought the desired results and were completely justified, said US Vice President Dick Cheney in an interview with NBC . Cheney, who is considered the most influential vice president in the history of the United States, once again emphasized that thanks to the torture, valuable information was received to fight terrorists. “The program was successful, absolutely successful.

The FSB of Russia for the first time reported its agent, who has been working in the Estonian security police of Kapo for about 20 years and transferred the secrets of Estonia, NATO and the USA to Russia. Uno Puusepp quit from organs three years ago and arrived in Moscow. Last year, a colleague, Vladimir Weitman, was convicted of “many years of work on Russia” instead, says NTV .

In the city of Saint Simons Ayland in the American state of Georgia, a light -engine plane crashed into a residential building. The incident happened near the runway of the airport Malcolm McKinon. As a result of the incident, the pilot was killed - 68 -year -old James Ronald Wood. According to The Florida Times-Union , at the time of the collision in the building and on board the aircraft there was no one else. What caused the incident is unknown.

The film "Correction Class" of the Russian director Ivan Tverdovsky won the Golden Star - the main prize of the 14th International Film Festival in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. The jury was headed by the famous French actress Isabelle Jupper. The work of Benjamin Lutsk in the Swiss film "Srig" was recognized as the best male role, and the best female was the game of Clotilda Esme in the film "The Last Blow of the Hammer". A special prize went to the film "Srig" directed by Simon Zhakme.

The independent trade union of AvtoVAZ employees, the largest Russian car manufacturer, on Sunday holds a rally against abbreviations and low salaries in Togliatti. The organizers hope for a turnout of thousands of people.

The modernization, which will allow you to carry out matches on the first court in any weather, will cost the All-English Lun Tennis club in 88 million euros. The work will be completed by 2019, reports Eventing Standard . Five years earlier, the central court of Wimbledon got a fifth -moving roof. Then the construction cost a amount significantly exceeding 150 million euros. Wimbledon is part of the four tournaments of the "Big Herler" and is the oldest and most prestigious of them.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov and the chairman of the State Council of the PRC Lee Katsyan on Sunday in Astana signed a number of agreements worth $ 14 billion. “This is perhaps one of the greatest results during all my visits to neighboring countries. This amount speaks of the depth of cooperation between our countries,” Kesyan said.

Anatoly Yakunin, the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow, instructed to carry out an extraordinary certification of the entire personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Chertanovo district due to a fatal accident with the participation of one of the officers, RIA Novosti reports.

In the KHL regular championship match, CSKA hockey players lost to the Dynamo Moscow on their ice. The guests went forward already at the third minute of the meeting after the Maxim Karpov’s throw, who, in the debut of the final segment, managed to double the advantage of his team - 2: 0. Soon, the “army team” thanks to the efforts of Damir Zhafyarov (46 ') reduced the lag in the account, but they were not enough for more.

In Japan, on Sunday, extraordinary universal parliamentary elections are held - a kind of “referendum” on the trust of the reform course Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The prime minister previously stated that he would resign if he did not receive again in the lower house of the parliament of the stable majority as a result of the current extraordinary elections. This chamber solves, among other things, issues about the election of the head of government and the adoption of the state budget.

In Turkey, on Sunday, a large -scale operation is underway against supporters of Fethullah Gulen - the opponent of President Erdogan, who left the country. According to Reuters , more than 20 people were detained, the security forces came to the offices of newspapers and television channels related to Gulen. President Erdogan explains the operation with a conspiracy to overthrow his power.

The adoption of a compromise decision ended in the capital of Lima, the UN Climate Protection Conference. Representatives of 195 countries who participated in her work agreed on Sunday night, December 14, the text of the final document on reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, DW reports with reference to AFP. “No one received everything that he wanted, but everyone received something,” they comment on a compromise decision in the UN.

In Russia, the price tags nominated in conventional units - dollars or euros are again familiar with the "dashing 90th". A photograph of one of these price tags is published by the Moscow Radio Says Moscow . It is reported that the radio correspondent took a picture in one of the construction materials of the city of Khimki near Moscow.

On the evening of December 13, the office of human rights activists from the consolidated mobile group, which were previously threatened with unknown armed people in masks, set fire to the Grozny on December 13. SMG is the Grozny branch of the committee against torture. He who arranged arson is unknown.