“The day before, I was brought to a meeting of Russian and Qatari political scientists. They exchanged opinions in the form of questions and answers. What prompted me to speak was this question from a Qatari: “What exactly is Qatar criticized for in Russia in government bodies, the media and the expert community?” writes the orientalist and expert on the oil and gas market on its Facebook page. “After the Russian side mentioned Qatar’s support for the Syrian “opposition,” I put in my two cents.

Before the match between the Norwegian and Belarusian national teams, the organizers of the MECA Hockey Games hockey tournament in Lerenskog played a composition by the Pesnyary ensemble instead of the Belarusian anthem. The sound engineers of the tournament considered the national anthem of Belarus to be the folk song “Kosiv Yas Konyushinu”, which became popular performed by the ensemble “Pesnyary”.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations is arrests of members of the organization of the opposition Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen (FETO) in the state of New Jersey, said Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlyut Chavushlol. “The FBI is working on FETO in 15 states. Arrests have already begun in New Jersey,” the minister, whose words are quoted by RIA Novosti .

The international human rights group "Agora", Telegram Messenger LLP and the unification of alternative communication operators sent to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (KMSU) a memorandum, which states that the Russian authorities do not fulfill the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), adopted in the case "Roman Zakharov against Russia", but, by the contrary, was also taken by a series steps aimed at a serious restriction of the right to respect a private

Russia, when planning the combat use of strategic missile forces (Strategic Missile Forces), takes into account that the United States can withdraw from an agreement on medium and short -range missiles (INFMD). Earlier, American democrats warned the President of the country Donald Trump that the US withdrawal from the INFMD will untie the Moscow .

The Synod of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) at an extraordinary meeting on Monday removed from the posts of Metropolitans Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Alexander (Drabinko) and Vinnitsa Simeon (Shostatsky) and betrayed them anathema for participating in the so-called unification cathedral to create a new church structure in Ukraine. This was announced on Monday by the managing manager of the UOC, Metropolitan Borispolsky and Brovarskaya Anthony.

“This is a huge historical event that has many projections. On the political side, this is Ukrainian national building and the most important step in further overcoming Sovietism. And this is important not only for Ukraine, but also for all “post-Soviet lands,” writes the political scientist and publicist on Facebook . in connection with the establishment of the Ukrainian Local Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Novosibirsk Region announced the wanted list of 63-year-old Viktor Moshkov, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in the Kirov district. This is stated on the website of the department , while noting that the wanted person is "socially dangerous." "Signs: in appearance 63 years, height 174 cm, thin physique, bald. Clothing: light jacket with a hood, light pants, black T -shirt, black boots," the orientation reports.

A number of companies around the world are developing and testing small wheel robots, which, according to engineers, in the future will be able to replace couriers and postmen. The possibility of mass introduction of such robots causes discussions and doubts related to the safety of robots for others and the safety of the cargo. The incident with a wealthy robot, which has occurred the other day on the California city of Berkeley, may negatively affect the future of this branch of robotics.

The Russian national biathlon team, with respect to some members of which is conducted by the Austrian prosecutor’s office, unhindered the territory of Austria and went to the Czech Republic, where the next stage of the World Cup will be held. This is informed by the Embassy of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Gudkov “In Primorye, we now have a new attraction: a serial governor. Is there any more politician in Russia or the world who leads the three regions? Amur, Sakhalin, now Primorye. But not only is it interesting,” the politician in Facebook writes, summing up the results of the repeated elections of the head of the Primorsky Territory. “The elections are technically, of course, won. 61 percent, in the first round - Kiriyenko can be congratulated on a success. But do you need?

On December 16, the American private aerospace company Rocket Lab has successfully carried out the second commercial launch of its Electron light rocket, during which 13 skibsate satellites were brought into the orbit, Reuters reported. This mission was called this One's for Pickkering in honor of the American physicist and astronomer of New Zealand origin William Pikering. The full record of the launch was published on the company YouTube channel .

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that in the case of 77-year-old human rights activist Leo Ponomarev, arrested for "violation of the procedure for organizing a rally", there is no political background. The head of state expressed this opinion at a meeting of the Human Rights Council of the Council on December 11, the transcript of which on Monday was published on the Kremlin website . “Nothing there [in Ponomarev’s case] such an ambush is there, a political background,” Putin assured.

Mikhail Pozharsky “I didn’t write anything about Maria Butin, but now I will write. If someone asked me to name the name of the only decent person who came out of the Kremlin structures, then I would call Butin,” the publicist said on Facebook . "In her case, it seemed, it seems, the" political factory "from the" Young Guard "United Russia." Everyone who seems to be a backing for a lifetime will ask to list alternative social elevators available in the city of Barnaul in advance.

In the police department in the Karmaskalinsky district of Ufa, which until recently was headed by Salavat Galiev, who became a defendant in a criminal case of a group rape of a thought-knowing girl by her colleagues, recently conducted a religious rite of purification, reports the website Prufu.ru . According to the source of the portal, the staff of the police department, left without a leader, seemed to be spoiled and because of this they had all the troubles.