79-year-old Iraqi President Jalyal Khusamaddin Talabani suffered from a stroke, reports AP . Doctors are trying to stabilize his condition. Recall that Talabani was hospitalized on Monday evening. The sixth President of Iraq Talabani came to power in April 2005, replacing Saddam Hussein. Earlier, he made a political career in organizations of Kurdish separatists. Among the Kurds, Talabani is known as “Mom Jalal” - “Uncle Jalal”.

“Moscow will not only use world experience in the development of underground spaces, but will also try to overtake other cities,” Olga Semenova, head of Workshop No. 22 of the Research and Design Institute of the General Plan, who was tasked by the authorities with creating the underground city project, promised Izvestia . Libraries, medical offices, studios, shooting ranges will be rolled under corrugated asphalt . “This will be a comprehensively developed space, it can be divided into zones.

Russian journalists came up with the response of the State Duma to the ban on the departure of Russian orphans in the United States. The amendments were made on behalf of the United Russia Dmitry Vyatkin and Mikhail Starshinov, LDPROVSTS Andrei Lugovoi and “Independent Deputy, as part of the SR faction, Igor Zotov, however, the authorship of the amendments on children belongs to Ekaterina Lakhova (EP”) and Elena Afanasyeva (LDPR).

The petition for the deprivation of the deputy of the St. Petersburg Zaks Vitaly Milonov mandate gathered 11 thousand people, according to the local Internet portal "Karpovka" . According to the organizers, the petition will be transferred to the reception of the legislative body on Tuesday, December 18. Milonov himself did not comment on the collection of signatures. According to the deputy, the opinion of voters is more important for him.

Russian boxer Denis Lebedev successfully defended his championship belt according to WBA in the first heavyweight (up to 90.7 kg). On Monday, she defeated the Colombian, Sylgader Silgado in a duel in Moscow. The battle ended in the fourth round after the Russian knocked out the opponent, for whom the defeat was the first in his career.

So far, there are two actions in this story. First, the Landskron - the site of the Zenit fans - published a point of view on how Gazprom News in the Club, then the club replied that "players are not in this team by nationality, but thanks to their sports qualities and achievements." But the details a little later, the main thing is that the precedent itself is more important than the details.

The APN publication draws attention to the study of the " Center for the Study of Regional Problems", dedicated to the coverage of the topics of corruption in the state authority in 2011-2012 in periodic print media. The analysis showed the explosive growth of the topic of corruption. In 2011, 16814 articles were published in the public information field, which talked about corruption in government agencies. For 11 months of 2012, the number of such publications doubled 32061.

Over the past year, the average speed of vehicles on 13 metropolitan highways, where bands for public transport were introduced, decreased by 10%, Kommersant reports.

The kidnappers of the two Russians in Syria demanded a ransom for their liberation. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The Russian Embassy in Damascus immediately began to take active actions in contact with the Syrian side. According to the Foreign Ministry, Russians V. Gorelov and Abdesssattar Hassun, also having Syrian citizenship, were stolen on the evening of December 17 on the way from Homs to Tartus in the west of Syria.

The discussion of the bill on education in the second reading caused a stormy discussion and confrontation from the opposition, the Polit.ru correspondent from the parliament reports. Representatives of the opposition factions made hundreds of amendments to a separate vote, as well as the bill to tighten responsibility for violations during rallies and public actions.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a ban on indicating the age of employers, RIA Novosti reports. During the meeting on improving the quality of life of the elderly, Medvedev noted that the instructions of restriction of age when admitting to one or another work simply look unworthy.

Vedomosti conducted an investigation and tried to answer the question of who owns 10.5% of Rostelecom shares. Gazprombank could accumulate them in the interests of Konstantin Malofeev. “Buying of Rostelecom, undertaken at the initiative of Malofeev, turned out to be successful - the reform took place.

In Thailand, a construction crane collapsed on a tourist minibus. As a result, seven Russians suffered, writes on Tuesday the local publication Phuket Wan . It is reported that the crane fell in the south of Phuket Islands, to the road leading from the Caron beach to the capital of the island province. The injured Russians, as well as the driver, were taken to the Vachira Phuket hospital. The publication writes that the victims escaped with minor injuries of the head and face.

To improve the ecology situation in Moscow, two -thirds of car owners need to transplant to environmentally friendly types of transport - bicycles and electric cars, said the specialist of the Green Patrol public organization Vyacheslav Fedorov.

Doctors hospitalized the 79-year-old President Iraq Jalyal Khusamaddin Talabani in connection with the need to provide "emergency medical care", Reuters reports citing the administration of the head of state. Doctors cannot yet make an accurate diagnosis. According to them, he was taken to the hospital on Monday evening due to severe fatigue.