The Government of the Russian Federation approved the transfer of the deadlines for the surrender of seven stadiums that are being built to the 2018 World Cup. According to a decree published on Wednesday December 15 , signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the deadlines for the surrender of stadiums in Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Saransk, Yekaterinburg and Kaliningrad were postponed to the next year.

Among the many statements related to the 100th anniversary of the revolution and the restoration of the patriarchate, one statement by Patriarch Kirill remained almost unnoticed. These words of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church were heard at the reception on December 5, 2017 in the refectory chambers of the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior and concerned the church’s right to give assessments to the current policy of the authorities.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) began an investigation against the current world champion in running at a distance of 100 meters of American Justin Gatlin on charges of using prohibited drugs. Its doping tests will be double-checked, says The Telegraph newspaper. The reason for the proceedings was the investigation of British journalists who entered the Gatlin camp in Florida under the guise of producers from Hollywood.

On December 20, the 31st Congress of the Party of the LDPR nominated Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a candidate for the elections of the President of Russia. The decision was made unanimously. The chief liberal democrat of the Russian Federation in his speech cited interesting data related to his biography and party activities. Speaking to the audience with a report, Zhirinovsky emphasized that he had a unique experience in participating in presidential election campaigns.

Megafon, Vimpelcom and MTS launch programs for the exchange of former Apple and Samsung smartphones for discount when buying any other device of these manufacturers (Trade-in). According to Vedomosti , MegaFon has launched its own Trade-in program on December 20. Apple smartphones will be accepted for the exchange in Megaphone salons, starting with the iPhone 4s and the flagship devices Samsung, released after 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated employees and veterans of security agencies on a professional holiday. The head of state called on secret services workers to work in good faith and be true traditions. “This professional holiday is celebrated by those who devotely and honestly serves their homeland, defends the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, ensure the peace and safety of people.

The State Duma on Wednesday adopted in third reading a law providing for the opportunity to open bank accounts to customers - individuals remotely with the successful passage of distance identification. This was reported on the website of the lower house. The law "will allow banks to open accounts to individuals without their personal presence, only using the data of biometric passports and data loaded to the Public Service portal, the message says.

The metropolitan investigators opened a criminal case against a personal driver of a large official who is suspected of a brutal murder. The attacker dismembered the corpse of the victim, and also abused him, cutting off the genitals. Criminal punishment threatens a 45-year-old visiting one from Irkutsk. He was brought up in an orphanage, and some time ago he moved to Moscow and got a job as a personal driver.

The Pavlograd City Court of the Dnipropetrovsk Region allowed the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to conduct an absentee investigation against the Russian soldier Sergei Dubinsky , who was previously called the intelligence commander of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), known under the pseudonym Gmury, and also accused of death in the Donbass of the Boeing 777 aircraft. (flight MH17). The court of the court is reported by the Ukrainian Pravda newspaper.

Sales of new and used electric vehicles in Russia continue to grow. Over the 11 months of this year, sales of new passenger electric cars in the Russian Federation increased by 30%, reports Autostat . True, in quantitative terms the figures look more modest: from the beginning of the year to the end of November, Russians purchased 82 new “green” cars versus 63 a year earlier. The most popular electric car in the Russian Federation is Tesla, which accounts for almost 70% of the total market.

The Crimea criticized the adoption of the UN General Assembly of the Ukrainian resolution on the situation in the field of human rights on the peninsula. They stated that, accepting the document, the UN discredit itself and nullifies the authority developed by years. "The UN gradually loses its functional duties and has ceased to meet the realities of global policy in the field of security, stability and human rights," said Remi Ilyasov, Vice Speaker of the Crimean Parliament , RIA Novosti .

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko spoke about the “decisive steps” taken after shelling of Ukrainian positions in the Donbass from Grad systems. He also promised to strengthen the military presence in the region and invite to the joint center for monitoring and coordinating the ceasefire, which Russian military observers, Germans and French left the day before.

The United States cancel the moratorium on experimenting with the most famous viruses that pose a threat to human life. The country's government resumes financing such studies, reports Nydailynews.com with reference to the American National Institute of Health (NIH). The publication recalls that the moratorium was introduced three years ago - in October 2014.

The General Assembly (GA) of the UN at a plenary meeting on Tuesday, December 19, adopted a resolution on the fight against the heroization of Nazism, neo -Nazism and other types of discriminatory practices introduced by Russia annually. 133 states voted for the document - eight more than in mid -November, when the document was considered in the 3rd committee of the GA. Like a month ago, the USA and Ukraine were the only countries that opposed the adoption of the document.

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