US President Barack Obama condemned the murder of two policemen , which occurred in New York on Saturday evening: the African American Ismail Brinley shot two patrolmen sitting in a car and then killed himself. The names of the dead are named - this is Wanjiang Liu and Rafael Ramos. “Two brave men will not return home to their loved ones today, and there is no excuse for this,” the Obama statement, widespread by the press service of the White House.

The volume of financial assistance that Ukraine can be allocated by the United States, Canada and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can reach 2 billion euros, while providing funds immediately, the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk said in an interview with the Polish radio. According to him, "financial support for Ukraine is the priority of the European Union", but we must hurry.

The Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin won the race from the mass start at the third stage of the World Cup, which ended in Slovenian Pogklika. The distance of 15 km Anton passed in 35 minutes 16.8 seconds, allowing only one blunder on four firing lines. The second with one shot at Milk was finished by the Frenchman Marten Fourcade, who left the Russian athlete 1.2 seconds, became the third Austrian Simon Eder, who lost 1.4 seconds with one uncleaned target.

In the south-east of Moscow, the limiting concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the air is exceeded by more than six times, Interfax reports with reference to the data of Mosecomonitoring . According to the site "Mosecomonitoring", as of 10:00 at the Zhulebino station, located on ul. General Kuznetsov, recorded the excess of MPC by hydrogen sulfide by 6.69 times. In addition, in Lublino on the street. Golovachev MPC on hydrogen sulfide is exceeded 5.4 times.

In the American town of Tarpon-Springs (Florida), an unknown man shot a policeman on Sunday, TASS reports citing representatives of local authorities. The incident occurred in the sleeping area of ​​the city. The criminal was arrested. The motives of his actions are unknown. Tarpon Springs is 16 km northwest of the city of Tampa. According to USA Today , a special press conference will be held in the near future, at which the details of the incident will be published.

Transaero does not plan to suspend flights, despite the difficulties that the industry has encountered. "There is no talk of any suspension of flights of airline before or after the New Year," the airline page on Facebook says.

The columns of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia delivered the next batch of humanitarian aid to Lugansk and Donetsk - only about 1,400 tons in more than a hundred KamAZs. "More than 90 cars with humanitarian goods were safely arrived in Lugansk, including food, medicines, building materials and New Year's gifts," TASS agency said in the Ministry of Emergencies. More than 90 cars also arrived in Donetsk. Unloading of cars began.

Belarus has always been on the side of the world in Ukraine and is ready to further contribute to peace negotiations in which Minsk will be a neutral platform, President Alexander Lukashenko said in negotiations with the President of Ukraine Peter Poroshenko in Kyiv on Sunday. “I sincerely want the world to have peace in Ukraine, and everything was good. Many understand this how some games, etc. I know that you are not perceiving it this.

The monument to the Portuguese football player of Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo, was opened in his hometown of Funchel on the island of Madeira. Ronaldo himself was present at the ceremony. During the visit, he was awarded a medal awarded for special merits to the region. “It is a great honor for me to get this award,” TASS quotes the striker. “It’s hard to convey in words all the emotions that I am now experiencing.

The players of Madrid Real Madrid beat the Argentine Club of San Lorenso in the final of the Club World Cup, which ended in the Moroccan Marrakesh. Sergio Ramos (37 ') and Gareth Bale (51') were noted as part of the Spanish Grand. Recall that the first draw of the FIFA club championship took place in Brazil in January 2000.

The death penalty of Russian Akhlas Akhlak, accused in the case of attempted ex-president of Pakistan Musharraf Pakistan, managed to delay, and announced the Russian Embassy in Pakistan. “At the moment, we managed to delay for a while, however, for what time - we still do not know. He is not executed, he is alive,” Damir Galiullin Vice -Consul told RIA Novosti . TASS reports that the embassy began negotiations on the mitigation of punishment.

Defenders of animal rights held an unusual action in the center of Moscow: activists locked themselves in a cage with a deer Rudolf and spent more than an hour there, demanding to return the animal to proper conditions. More than a dozen police officers with the help of special equipment were removed: they blocked the cage door, rewinding the rods with a chain with a lock.

The organization of oil exporting countries (OPEC) on Sunday predicted a quick increase in the market prices and accused of the record of their falling "newcomers" who are not part of the organization.

The Pakistan executed a citizen of Russia and his accomplices on the attempt on the ex-president of the Musharraf Perepa, the website of the Dawn newspaper reports. At the same time, the publication calls the Russian Ahlak Ahmed. Earlier, the media called his father , and the detainee was called Ahlas Ahlak. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the information about the execution.

Russian Akhlas Akhlak, sentenced in 2003 to the highest degree of punishment for attempting to be the then president of Pakistan Musharraf Pakistan, can be executed on Sunday, December 21. This was in an interview with Sputnik by the representative of the Russian Embassy in Pakistan Vadim Zaitsev. According to him, Moscow hopes that the death sentence will not be executed.