The department of the Investigative Committee for the Chechen Republic told Novaya Gazeta that three traffic police officers were killed as a result of an attack by several groups of militants. According to Novaya Gazeta, one of the traffic police officers was killed immediately after praying at the exit of a mosque near a park in the village of Tashkal in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny.

In Irkutsk, eight people died from surrogate alcohol poisoning, and six more are in hospital in serious condition, Interfax reports , citing a source in the region's emergency services. Law enforcement authorities launched an investigation into the incident. In a widespread statement by the Ministry of Health of the Irkutsk region, it is said that on December 17 and 18, ten people with acute chemical poisoning were taken to hospitals in Irkutsk.

Special forces of law enforcement agencies carried out an operation on the outskirts of Grozny, during which five people were killed. This was announced by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Interfax reports . According to him, these were the last militants involved in the attack on the police on the night of Sunday, December 18. Kadyrov added that the special operation took place in a mountainous and wooded area a few kilometers from Grozny.

Shots from automatic weapons are again heard in the center of Grozny, the "Caucasian Knot" reports , citing a local resident. “Now Putin Avenue is empty, there are no people. Automatic weapons fire is heard. Shooting is being carried out in the area of ​​​​Putin Avenue and the streets adjacent to it, ”he said. TASS, citing local residents, reports a shooting in the Starpomoslyosky district of Grozny. According to the agency, a group of four militants is blocked in this area.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with Itogi Nedeli with Irada Zeynalova, said that domestic products made in Russia would be on his New Year's table. “On my New Year’s table there will definitely be fish, meat, and vegetables that are produced in our country, and at those enterprises that have been created literally in the last few years,” he said (quoted by Interfax ) .

US President Barack Obama rejected all the proposals of his aides and intelligence officers of the country, who developed a series of responses to hacker attacks, which, as suggested in Washington, were carried out by Russia. Obama considered them ineffective or unsafe. This is reported by The New York Times, citing a source in the White House.

Pope Francis can come to Donbass to meet with believers, but this requires an invitation from all sides. This statement was made by the Ambassador of the Vatican in Ukraine, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, who arrived on a visit to the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), reports . RIA Novosti “When there is already calm,“ the time of brotherhood ”, then dad will definitely find an opportunity to come here and visit people,” he said.

Islam Altemirov, Said-Ibragim Ismailov and Magomed Ilyasov were killed in a shootout in Grozny, and the identity of the fourth victim is being established. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. “All the dead are local residents. In fact, a complex of operational and preventive measures is being carried out,” he added. The source also gave details of what happened.

The Ethics Committee of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has launched a preliminary investigation into Russian Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Vitaly Mutko, writes the British newspaper Daily Mail. According to the publication, FIFA plans to determine the role of Mutko in the system to conceal the use of doping by Russian athletes.

The Syrian authorities handed over to the international mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons evidence of the use of the chemical agent mustard gas by militants. Samer Abbas, spokesman for the Syrian national body for the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, said this, news agencies report. “We showed the mission all the documents, they were checked and accepted.

US President-elect Donald Trump has offered not to take back a US drone that was seized by China in the South China Sea. The politician wrote about this on his Twitter a few hours after it became known that Washington and Beijing managed to agree on the return of the drone. “We have to tell China we don't want the drone back. Let them keep it,” said . Trump Earlier, Trump called the actions of the Chinese authorities "theft", and the story itself - unprecedented.

A Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft crashed in Indonesia. All on board - ten military personnel and three crew members - were killed. Reuters . told Ivan Ahmad Titus, director of the Indonesian Rescue Service, The plane with provisions on board took off from the city of Timika and crashed into a mountainside near the arrival airfield in Wamena at about 6:15 am local time. The bodies of the dead were found and taken to Wamena.

The head of the press service of Ukrtransgaz, Maxim Belyavsky, published a photograph of the tank on Facebook, in which, according to him, there are “the last half-cub of Russian gas”. Photo from the page of Maxim Belyavsky on Facebook He added that the exhibit will be sold at a charity auction that will hold Dixi Group. According to the "correspondent.net" publication, the proceeds will go to the aid of the orphanage in Severodonetsk.

On the night of December 17-18, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, posted on Instagram about the murder in Grozny of a group of armed men who had attacked policemen. According to him, the incident occurred in the Oktyabrsky district. The group first attacked a policeman and took possession of his car, and then entered the house of another police officer, but, not finding him, fled, he told TASS. Immediately after this, the "Interception" plan was introduced.

Natalia Kasperskaya in an interview with specialist Pavel Kanygin Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" Natalia Kasperskaya is called only as a hawk of the Russian Internet industry. A well -known entrepreneur is a member of the working group under the Presidential Administration, where he oversees the direction “Internet and Society”, advocating tightening the state regulation of the network.