Suddenly, a sharp replica of the famous scientist was caused by his colleague’s publication about the ancient philosopher. The historian of ancient philosophy Andrei Lebedev, among other things, the father of the famous media designer Artemia Lebedev and the spouse of the writer Tatyana Tolstoy) in a public letter, S.N.

At the V All-Russian Youth Innovation Convention in Skolkovo on December 18, the winners of the Zworykin Prize for young scientists and innovators were announced, reports ToWave.ru . Out of more than 1,500 innovative projects submitted for the Prize in the period from May 1 to September 15, 2012, the expert commission selected 15 finalists . This year the winners were determined in five categories: Best innovative idea. Best innovative project. Best innovative product.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping said that he will make his first international visit to Russia in March 2013, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that in November the highest party leadership was replaced in China. Together with the Secretary General, the new composition of the Politburo and the Permanent Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee was elected.

China ended its space 2012 by launching the Cosmodrome Ziuutsuan (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center) on December 18 at 1612: 52 UTC of the Turkish satellite Göktürk-2 (Goktyurk-2, Heavenly Turk-2) using the CZ-2D carrier (Chang Zheng-2D, CHANG-2D rocket LONG MARCH 2D, "Great Hike-2D"). The start was originally planned for the 19th, but due to the weather forecast, it was postponed 24 hours earlier, which is rare enough, reports NASASPACEFLight .

In Georgievsky Lane near the State Duma, single pickets are held against the " Law of Dima Yakovlev " , which introduces a ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens and should be approved on December 19 in the second reading, Interfax reports. According to the Echo of Moscow radio station, 13 people have already been detained. The police insist that the participants in the action were too close to each other, and therefore were detained.

Parliamentary parties want to call for the response of the Minister of Education Dmitry Livanov for his position on the Law of Dima Yakovlev, Izvestia reports. Recall that Livanov criticized the amendment to the law, which involves the ban on the adoption of Russian children with American citizens. “Logic is, as it were, an eye for an eye, but the logic is wrong, as our children who did not find adoptive parents in Russia may suffer,” the minister wrote on his Twitter.

On December 19, the State Duma in the second reading approved a bill that prohibits US citizens to adopt children from Russia, the RIA Novosti website reports. The amendment also prohibits the activities of organizations providing intermediary services in this area. The amendment was proposed by Elena Afanasyeva from the LDPR and Ekaterina Lakhova from United Russia.

A real corporate scandal in Silicon Valley can begin in the very near future. The fact is that employees of technological companies began to complain that they, apparently, were seriously underpaid. The authorities began the investigation and found that Google and Apple concluded a "gentleman's agreement" with each other. Its essence is that companies promised each other not to lure talented engineers with high salaries.

The scandal within the educational community associated with some provisions of the bill “On Education” continued in the State Duma. The adoption of it in the second reading turned into another “Italian strike”, accusations of the “United Russia” of the presence of a clerical lobby among them and the creation of prerequisites for the privatization of education in Russia.

The Moscow authorities rejected the application of the leader of “Other Russia” Eduard Limonov, who wanted to hold a rally on December 31 on the Triumphal Square, Interfax reports.

In Gotheborg, adolescents arranged riots because of offensive publications on the popular Instagram photo service. The police detained 27 people, BBC reports . According to the agency, a student of one of the local schools appeared on the photo service, who urged users to send photos and stories about the sexual life of adolescents. Thus, about 200 photos with appropriate comments were published.

Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov called the words of the French actor Gerard Depardieu, who stated that Putin had sent him a Russian passport, reports the Air Force . “I can't comment on it. Obviously, this is a joke. I have not heard anything about it, ”said Peskov. As the French newspaper Monde, Depardieu, who abandoned French citizenship, could move to Belgium, Montenegro or Russia.

The French court refused to close the case against the ex-head of the International Monetary Fund Dominic Struss-Kan, accused of pimulation, reports the Air Force . Strauss-Kana's lawyers intend to protest this decision. Against the Strauss-Kan, accusations of pimpedness were made after it became known that he took part in the sex vests held in France and the United States. Lawyers asked to close the case against Strauss-Kan.

The scandal within the educational community associated with some provisions of the bill “On Education” continued in the State Duma. The adoption of it in the second reading turned into another “Italian strike”, accusations of the “United Russia” of the presence of a clerical lobby among them and the creation of prerequisites for the privatization of education in Russia.

The Federation Council approved a law that increases the salary of judges, depending on their qualifications, academic degree, title, working conditions and its number, RAPSI reports. The law “On the status of judges in the Russian Federation” has been made appropriate amendments.