22-year-old Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus Karlsen-16th world chess champion Chennai, India, November 22, 2013: Magnus Carlsen during the ceremony of his coronation In the third week of November, a new era began in chess. Magnus Karlsen, a 22-year-old chess player from Norway, easily overthrew the 43-year-old Vishvanatan Ananda from India from the chess throne. Three victories, seven draws and not a single defeat - Carlsen won ahead of schedule in the match in which 12 games were planned.

Ukraine - EU: What did Viktor Yanukovych won and won and Instead of a preface to the Internet version This is an ungrateful thing-to try to analyze the situation in the country at the peak of dramatic events, when literally at any time something can happen, radically changing the entire political alignment.

Report from the country covered by chaos From the representatives of Russia-in Rome, New York or Geneva-you hear every now and then: President Putin will “not give” Syria, because Russia has an example of Libya before his eyes. Two Russian citizens - Alexander Shadrov and Vladimir Dolgova - are not easier from this rhetoric. They are now sitting in a Libyan prison. They are literally in the literal sense of the word! - They sent their own Russian diplomats two years ago.

On December 3, Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the Office of the President of the Russian Federation on Countering Corruption”.

The protest in Kyiv is fading. Now the city is busy searching for guilty Protest participants scold the opposition leaders and reflect on why it was beneficial to “merge” the protest, and the authorities began to judge the most active participants in the Euromaidan.

The soloist of the Bolshoi Theater was found guilty of organizing an attack on Khudruk Sergey Filin On December 3, the Meshchansky District Court announced the verdict in the case of an attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater Sergey Filin, who was doused on January 17, 2013 with acid at the entrance of his house Pavel Dmitrichenko in the courtroom Three defendants: the leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Pavel Dmitrichenko, previously convicted by Yuri Zarutsky and unemployed

Ksenia Larina - About the scandalous performance in the Moscow Art Theater Konstantin Bogomolov promised to arrange hell on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater and did it: his “Karamazovs” are deafening and merciless. Like a grenade launcher podpiska.newtimes.ru Mechanical cops - Danila Glassov and Maxim Matveev At the Tabakov scenes (in the Studio Theater and Moscow Art Theater), Konstantin Bogomolov made ten successful performances in six years.

Pavel Bardin, film director

On-line reporting The New Times from the Maidan 21 00 (Moscow time) On the Maidan, everyone is waiting for Yanukovych's statements. Information about this was already distributed on social networks civil activists. It is said that the president decided to interview the four television channels of the country at once: Inter, 1+1, TRK Ukraine and ICTV. People are waiting for the resignation of the Cabinet and a statement about the resumption of the negotiation process with the EU.

Alexey Navalny spoke in a court in the "Swamp case" On the process of the Twelve case in the Nikulinsky Court of Moscow on December 2, an interrogation of defense witnesses began. The first was Alexei Navalny and the lawyer of Memorial Sergey Davidis, which were among the organizers of the procession and rally on May 6, 2012. “The people who are here are random.

The property of a prominent United Russia, the Vice -Speaker of the State Duma of Sergei Neverov does not need to be verified, - the Duma Commission for Methods of Deputies at the meeting on December 4 came to this conclusion.

Photo report Repor.to about how the "Anatomy of the Protest" of the Maidan is arranged There is everything in the building of the city administration of Kyiv: from food to consultation with a psychologist Maidan's volunteers Representatives of the Greek Catholic Church are allowed into temples for sleeping and heating around the clock You can completely see the photo report here .

The New Times has announced that from January 1, 2014 the publication will be funded for the money of readers and subscribers. Although for our print press market this case is unique, the practice of “folk financing” itself did not arise yesterday and became especially popular in the last 15 years in connection with the development of the Internet.

KS will consider the complaint of the failed father Russian laws prevent children from adopting children not only to foreigners, but also to their own citizens. One of these stories last week was considered in the Constitutional Court Article 127 of the Family Code complicates the adoption of children to Russian citizens “Not only do they limit adoption abroad, although there are more opportunities for the child, and in Russia they limit.

Vladimir Mirzoev, Theater and Cinema Director