At the Moscow metro station, Domodedovskaya, a passenger who fell on rails died. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the capital's transport police. As a result of the incident on the Zamoskvoretsky line, trains were suspended on the segment from the Alma-Ata station to “Orekhovo” towards the center. The work of the metro was completely restored by 13:00 Moscow time. The police began an audit on the fact of the incident.

The State Duma will accept an amnesty project not in one, but in two readings, RIA Novosti reports. As the head of the Duma committee on criminal law, Pavel Krasheninnikov, told on December 16, after amendments, the final editor of the document can be adopted on Wednesday, December 18. “Tomorrow we are considering in the first reading. Most likely, there will be two readings, ”Krasheninnikov noted.

Intellectual partner of the project - Give me, I will show her at work. Think yourself. We are in deep space. The main engine fails. We discover that on the third gear, the nut had unscrewed and disappeared. What are we doing? “We take a new nut from the number of 2305 items that we took with them in case of such emergency,” Gregor said. - Indeed? But you didn’t include a four -inch duralumin nut in the list! - cried the triumphantly Arnold. - I checked. What then? - Don't know.

The Moscow City Court has dismissed the appeal of the lawyer of the vice-president of the All-Russian Public Organization of Rossiya Pavel Sigal, suspected of embezzlement of state centuries aimed at paying maternity capital, Interfax reports. Earlier, the Tver court of the city of Moscow arrested the case until January 19, 2014.

In China, 16 people died during an attack on the police station in the west of the country in the Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, Reuters reports. As it became known, on December 15, people armed with knives threw the building of the site with explosive devices. During the attack, two police officers died. In response, the police opened fire on the attackers, 14 of them were shot dead, two more were arrested.

Despite the assurances of the new chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina that the “personnel revolutions” are not expected, the staffing of the Central Bank, as Izvestia found out, are waiting for serious changes. After each regional employee of the Central Bank, according to the order of Nabiullina, will be certified next year, a third of the employees of the financial regulator will lose their posts, Izvestia writes.

Trading pavilions caught fire in the Sadovod market in Moscow, at the moment the fire area has reached 300 square meters, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Glavk of the Ministry of Emergencies in the capital. The message about the fire in the Sadovod market at the 14th kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road was received at the remote control at 00:37. The department explained that the pavilions in which the goods were burning. There have been no data on the victims yet.

The Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltachenko approved the bill on the overhaul of the city’s housing stock, the press service of the St. Petersburg Parliament reports. The development of this document began immediately after in December 2012 the State Duma adopted amendments to amend the housing code of Russia, according to which contributions for major repairs in apartment buildings were officially included in the rent as a mandatory permanent payment.

President Chili Sebastian Pigner, in a telephone conversation with a candidate from a levocentric coalition, ex-president of Michel Bachelet, congratulated her on a victory in the election of the head of state, Reuters reports. After processing, 99.13% of the ballot ballots gained 62.18% of the votes. At the same time, her rival from pro -government forces Evelyn Mattei received 37.81%.

Director James Cameron plans to shoot at once three sequels of his famous Avatar movie, reports Associated Press . The ribbons will be shot at the Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieta Century Fox film studios. It is planned that the paintings will be released from 2016 to 2018. New Zealand Prime Minister John Ki has already stated that local authorities are ready to provide the organizers of the filming of 25 percent tax benefits if the shooting is held in New Zealand.

For 2014, Rosmolodezh will be allocated 500 million rubles, said the head of the department Sergey Belokonev. At the same time, 240 million will go to the Seliger forum. The official emphasized that in 2013 the forum cost 20% cheaper than in 2012, the Polit.ru correspondent reports.

The European Union would like to personally receive clarifications from the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych under the situation with the Association Agreement, Linas Linkyavichus, head of the Foreign Ministry of Lithuania, told RIA Novosti . The Foreign Minister explained that Yanukovych’s statement about the possible resignation of government officials who were preparing the draft Association Agreement with the EU did not converge with the intention to sign this agreement.

The leader of the Ukrainian Opposition Party Vitaly Klitschko made the final decision to run for the presidency of Ukraine, Interfax reports. At a briefing at the resistance headquarters in Kyiv, Klitschko announced the corresponding decision. In his opinion, the opposition should nominate a single presidential candidate: “Only by combining efforts, we have a chance to confront the current government.

The health status of the monastery designer Mikhail Kalashnikov remains stably serious, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Health of Udmurtia. On November 17, Kalashnikov was hospitalized with bleeding of blood vessels. Doctors stabilized the patient's condition. All necessary medical and diagnostic measures are carried out.

Intellectual partner of the project Thomas Henning from the Astronomical Institute of the Max Society Planck in Heidelberg (Germany) and his colleagues confirmed the presence of his own planet in the dying red giant of Kepler-91. Kepler-91 will destroy it after 55 million years. This is stated in the preprint of the article posted in the electronic library of Cornell University. The Kepler-91 star was discovered using the Kepler telescope.