The appeal committee of the International Football Federation (FIFA) decided that the appeal, filed by the head of the Bureau of Investigation by Michael Garcia against the brief content of his report, is not subject to consideration.

The famous tennis player Martin Navvatilova, who repeatedly won the titles of a large helmet series, connected herself in New York for marriage with the former Miss of the USSR, the daughter of Colonel of the Soviet Army Julia Lemigova. This was reported by the Russian Air Force Service . 58-year-old Navvatilova made an offer of 42-year-old Lemigova in September during the US Open Championship in tennis.

The Governor of the Iraqi Province of Kirkuk, Kurd by nationality, Nekmettin Karim announced on December 25 a day off. Thus, he expressed the solidarity of the authorities in the region and the whole society with Christians on the occasion of the coming holiday of the Nativity of Christ. This is stated in the information of the Catholic agency Fides, reports the portal "Sedmitsa.Ru" .

The National Anti -Terrorism Committee (NAC) reported on a decrease in terrorist activity in Russia, including in the North Caucasus, and strengthening the tendency to stabilize the situation in the country in the field of counteracting terrorism. This, according to TASS, said at a press conference in Moscow the first deputy head of the apparatus of the NAC Evgeny Ilyin and the official representative of NAC Andrei Przhezdsky.

The Society of Russian Culture of Tatarstan announced the desecration of the temple-monument of the Savior of the Miraculous in the capital of the republic, which is dedicated to the soldiers who fell during the capture of Kazan in 1552, the Interfax-religion portal reports. As noted in the statement of the chairman of the company Mikhail Shcheglov, who was widespread on Tuesday, unknown people inflicted the inscriptions with red paint on the walls of the temple: “1552”, “1552.

For the first time, the risks associated with Russia appeared in the financial report of the large German retailer Metro Group, the Vedomosti newspaper reports. These are macroeconomic and sociopolitical risks associated with the "geopolitical conflict in Russia / in Ukraine." The German retailer notes that the depreciation of the national currency accelerated the growth of consumer prices. This was especially affected by Russia, Turkey and India.

Ruble devaluation and how investigation, the increase in costs for the purchase of foreign telecommunications equipment led to the transfer of the project of a citywide network broadband access (APD) "City Wi-Fi". This was reported on Tuesday by Interfax .

“There is one more common point between 14 and 98. Both crises are associated with a decrease in the price of oil. Only in 98 did it drop to 8!!! dollars per barrel, and now the collapse of the Putin system occurred at 60! This is how Putin had to bring the country so that it would find itself in a deep crisis at 60 dollars?! Is this how you had to steal and rob?! Destroy the world around and normal relationships?! Can you imagine these gentlemen at a price of 10-20?!

The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin called the rumors and provocation information about the involvement of the state -owned company in the collapse of the foreign exchange market. Regarding the rumors distributed about the participation of Rosneft in the collapse of the currency market, these rumors are provocation, in reality the company is involved positively in the stabilization of the foreign exchange system, ”Sechin quotes Interfax quoted.

The lawyers defendants in the case of the crash of Falcon at Vnukovo Airport submitted documents to the court that the dispatcher-trader Svetlana Krivsun is now at home and treatment is undergoing after a miscarriage caused by stress, RIA Novosti writes. For this reason, she did not appear at the meeting of the Basmanny Court, where the issue of extending her house arrest was supposed to be resolved.

The chief rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar on Tuesday evening will lit a giant ritual eight -light on the Revolution Square in Moscow in honor of one of the most funny Jewish holidays - Khanuki . This is stated in the information of the press service of the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia (Feor). Hanuka, the holiday of light and lights, begins on the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev and lasts eight days.

In the case of the Russian defender of the club of the National Hockey League "Los Angeles Kings" Vyacheslav Voinov, accused of applying bodily harm, new details appeared. They were represented by the prosecution at the first preliminary meeting held on Monday in the city of Torrans, California.

As a result of accidents caused by a defect in the ignition lock of cars of the American concern General Motors (GM), at least 42 people and 58 people were injured, Interfax reports with reference to the Associated Press. Such data were cited by lawyer Kenneth Fainberg, a dispute resolution specialist hired by GM for the preparation of materials related to the payment of compensation to the victims.

The capitalization of the Russian stock market fell below the value of Microsoft. This follows from the Bloomberg Russia Exchange Market Capitalization ( Wcauruss Index) index. The price of all Russian companies, according to Bloomberg, was 384.9 billion dollars in December 14. The current market capitalization of Microsoft Corporation is $ 386.6 billion. Microsoft has already become the second public company, which is most expensive than the Russian market.

Zenita and one of the leaders of the Russian national volleyball team, Alexei Spiridonov, was disqualified for two matches of the national team for his behavior during the game with Germany at the World Cup. Recall that during this meeting, held in Poland, the volleyball player, after a successful bloc, began to water the stands of the imaginary machine gun.