"The Cato Institute published the fourth annual report on the state of the human freedom index in the world according to the available data for 2016. In detail about the essence of the index, its components and the indicators used were described in this blog earlier," writes the economist and former adviser to the president in the Living Journal . "The most important results of the fourth report are the following: 1.

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The transatlantic sports magazine ESPN summed up the results of the past year by presenting a ranking of the most dominant athletes called the Dominant 20. The list of athletes who crossed the line of the impossible included retired racehorse Justify. The rating was compiled according to the statistical methodology of the publication’s author, Peter Keating.

Members of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) visited in the special receptionist of the head of the Lev Ponomarev Movement Movement, arrested for 16 days for calling for the campaign in defense of the young defendants in the affairs of "new greatness" and "network". “It is contained in a cell with ten cellmates, eight of which smokers.

On December 12, the Constitutional Court of Montenegro recognized the decision to arrest Milan Knezhevich and Neboish Medevich from the Opposition Bloc "Democratic Front" (DF), advocating cooperation with Serbia and Russia and against the pro -Western policy of the current Montenegrin authorities.

The jury of the jury on December 11 demanded a life imprisonment plus 419 years for James Alex Fields Jr., who entered the crowd of demonstrators in the American city of Charlotsville in August 2017, as a result of which a woman was killed and 19 people were injured. Before making a decision, the jury conferred about four hours after they heard the testimonies of the mother of the deceased activist Heiser Hayer and the victims as a result of the incident, AP reports.

Ignoring Google Requirements of the Law on Removing from the search for prohibited sites in the future can lead to Google blocking in Russia. This was stated, the deputy head of Roskomnadzor Vadim Subbotin, clarifying that first it will be required to amend the current legislation. “The current law does not imply blocking now, it implies an administrative fine. But you understand that if we come into a dead end, then at the legislative level we have all the possibilities to resolve this issue.

Russian captain "Washington Capitals" Alexander Ovechkin ahead of his compatriot Pavel Bure in the number of hat-tricks in the National Hockey League (NHL). The day before, in the NHL regular championship match, Ovechkin abandoned three goals into Detroita Gate (6: 2), having recorded the 21st hat-trick in the overseas league.

Sberbank expects the average dollar exchange rate in 2019-2020 at 65-70 rubles. This is stated in the presentation of Sberbank, which refers to RIA "Novosti" . In August, Sberbank increased the medium -sized dollar forecast to 66.5 rubles from 62.5 rubles in 2019, to 67 rubles from 63 rubles in 2020. The bank also updated the forecast of the average annual growth of GDP of the Russian Federation in 2019-2020-to the level of 1.4-2%.

The executive secretary of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) of Moscow Ivan Melnikov said that the smoking cellmates were taken out of the camera of the human rights activist Lev Ponomarev arrested for 16 days. This was done after 77-year-old Ponomarev complained about tobacco smoke and stuffiness. The police partially went to meet the prisoner, but instead of smokers, other cellmates were hooked on him - supporters of a healthy lifestyle.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on Wednesday that Tehran is building up military power, improving the missile forces, reports Interfax .. According to the head of the foreign policy, Iran is already the leader of missile militarization in the region and poses a threat to "American partners" in the Middle East and Europe. “The pace of Iran’s activity is regarding missile activity since the time (signing. - approx. Interfax ) did not decrease.

In the apparatus of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region, an official audit was completed against the head of the Department of Youth Policy of the region Olga Glatsky. According to Znak.com , the official returned to work, having got off the reprimand.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is going to purchase before May 2019 eight thousand sets of electric shockers capable of neutralizing the offender from a distance of several meters. According to the SPARK-Marketing system, to sell the Autonomous Spark Center of AIR-107U to the Ministry of Electric Shock devices to the Ministry of Electric Shock devices-the MART GROUP LLC, Interfax reports.

Former US President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, sentenced to three years in prison for financial crimes and false testimonies during a speech in Congress. Cohen himself expressed repentance for helping the current US President to deprive his "dirty deeds" for many years. By a court decision, a lawyer will also pay fines in the amount of $ 2 million. Coen's sentence was announced by Judge William Poly, writes The Washington Post .

Ilya Yashin "The last meeting of the draft commission was the most difficult for the whole time that I participate in its work. Recruits in the army is not enough - the voltage in the system is growing," the politician and head of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district writes on Facebook . "Are you ready to serve?" - I ask the young man who faced the commission with a pack of documents. “No. I have health problems,” he holds out inquiries to me.