In the Volgograd region, an emergency mode was announced due to snowfall, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies reports . The press service of the department noted that in Volgograd, the buses were temporarily stopped, the city’s bus stations have already been informed about the ban on the release of long-distance transport on the line. At the same time, the entry of heavy vehicles into Volgograd is limited, bypass routes of vehicles are provided.

In the Dmitrovsky district of the Moscow region, a fire occurred, as a result of which three children were killed, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee reports. The fire occurred in a residential building in the village of Zhukovo on December 11. During the extinguishing of the fire, rescuers found the bodies of five people. Three of them - foster children of 2008, 2007 and 2005 - at the time of discovery were already dead. Two people were hospitalized.

Intellectual partner of the project The American Agency for Promising Defense Research Development ( DARPA ) announced the program of Moire (Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation-“The membrane optical device for the formation of the image in real time”), in which it intends to build a space television and Polymers. The orbital folding apparatus will be able to see at the same time up to 40% of the earth's surface.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, Alexei Mitrofanov, told Izvestia that immediately after the New Year holidays, his committee will introduce a bill for consideration by the parliament, which tightens the activities of the media that did not check information taken from other sources. According to him, very often reprinted information is not true, and it is impossible to find the perpetrators.

Muscovites consumption of strong alcoholic beverages over the past 10 years has decreased by 20% in favor of “noble” drinks, RBC reports with reference to the head of the Department of Trade and Services of the capital Alexei Nemereyuk. According to him, residents of Moscow are increasingly preferring wine or beer to strong alcohol. According to Rosstat, in 2012, Muscovites drank an average of 10 liters of wine, 16.5 liters of vodka, about two liters of cognac and 90 liters of beer.

Unknown people shot two employees of the FSIN Office in Kabardino-Balkaria, another person was injured, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional department of the UK. Earlier it was reported that at 20:32 in the city of Chegem of the Chegem district of the KBR at the intersection of Sovetskaya Streets - Pionerskaya committed an armed attack on three people. The police are still conducting the search for criminals, the “Volcano 4” signal was introduced in the Chegem district.

In Moscow, an unknown man made an armed robbery of one of the banks, Interfax reports citing the press service of the metropolitan police. According to the agency, the incident occurred at about nine in the morning. The Martynovsky Lane, house 8, entered the bank’s premises at the address, entered the mascot and, threatening, presumably with a gun, an employee of the bank, abducted money from the cash register, after which he disappeared. It has not yet been possible to detain the robber.

Intellectual partner of the project Yesterday we wrote about bad news: the experimental technique for treating HIV turned out to be ineffective. But such is the nature of any non -philanthropic ways: good luck alternate with failures, you have to overcome many unforeseen difficulties. Today is the turn of good news. In March of this year, Proscience spoke about the experimental methodology for treating cancer of the lymphatic system developed at the University of Pennsylvania.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the failed assault on the tent camp on the Maidan of Nezalevniy on the night of December 11 was called "Events on the improvement of the territory" aimed at eliminating the inconvenience of Kievans. This was reported by the press service of the department.

Intellectual partner of the project The development of shale gas deposits and its spread in industrial volumes on the market at cheaper prices than natural gas is one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in the world energy over the past forty years. The increase in prices for hydrocarbons and the appropriate rise in energy of energy greatly slowed down the growth process, especially developed economies.

The Ukrainian special forces "Berkut" began the assault on the Maidan from the side of Mikhailovskaya Street, RIA Novosti reports. At the moment, demonstrators are trying to push the employees of special forces, while another special forces “cheetah”, which is also in this square, is still inactive. Earlier, the Ukrainian opposition reported that she was expecting to disperse the protest on the Daidan of Nebulia at about one in the morning (3:00 Moscow time).

US President Barack Obama welcomed a budget agreement reached by Democrats and Republicans in Congress, Reuters reports. According to him, the agreement is a good step, but Congress still has a lot to do on this front. He called on both chambers to vote for an agreement. Earlier, the chairman of the US Senate Committee on the budget of Patti Murray (Democrat) and the head of the budget committee of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (Republican) announced the achievement of the agreement.

In Voronezh, the bus shot down a 9-year-old boy, the child died, reports Interfax . According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Voronezh region, the child crossed the road outside the pedestrian crossing zone. The boy was without parents. The route bus PAZ hit the child. From the injuries, the boy died in an ambulance before arriving at the hospital. The regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began a check on the fact of the death of a child.

Participants in the protest in Kiev reported that the “Golden Eagle” was beating detainees in autozaks, UNIAN reports. “They beat everyone brutally. This is hell. To not happen, that's it. Sorry. A guy was broken next to me, ”said one of the detainees on the phone from a car carrier. Another detained activist told reporters on the phone that a 70-year-old grandfather was beaten before his eyes.

The Federal Space Agency refused to purchase Zenit Ukrainian launch vehicles, which are considered one of the best devices in the world. This was reported by the Izvestia newspaper with reference to a source in Roscosmos. The refusal of the supply of carriers was due to a sharp increase in prices for Zeniths. Earlier, the Russian side estimated one missile of 1.2 billion rubles, but manufacturers overtook the price of up to 1.4 billion rubles.