At a meeting of the Council of Rectors of the Universities of the Kaluga Region, which took place on December 18 in Obninsk at the Institute of Atomic Energy, the head of the region Anatoly Artamonov outlined an important direction in the work of the education system - interaction with the real economy and the direct participation of employers in the training of future specialists.

The former governor of the Odessa region and ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili confirmed the news that appeared in the media that after liberation from the investigative isolator, he handed over to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko a personal letter .

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The Chechen government confirmed the information about the visit of the main Santa Claus of Russia to the republic in December. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “The visit of Santa Claus to Chechnya is expected at the end of the week, preparations for a meeting with the desired guest are underway,” said a representative of the regional government. The website of the Grozny State Heads specifies that de Moroz will take part in a number of cultural events, and will also give a press conference.

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The Finnish police searched the apartment of the journalist Laura Helminen publication Helsingin Sanomat, who wrote an article on the surveillance of the intelligence services of Finland for the movements of the Russian army. The inspection dragged on for four hours, the police took with them an iPad, a lot of flash cards and a computer, which the journalist managed to break with a hammer.

"Kommersant" in the article "Demand of Crossed areas" writes that the Bank of Russia improved the forecast for the next year in anticipation of the New Year's recession. “ Rquamy Bank ”: investors parted professionally with Promsvyazbank, depositors - panicky. “ Gosakups overcame the paper barrier”: bills on their digitalization were adopted in the second reading.

Municipal deputy Ilya Yashin on his Facebook page said that he would file a complaint with the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin. He accused the mayor of trying to ban the Free Elections Day holiday, scheduled for December 24th.

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The ex-head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, refused to programs in the pre-trial detention center, said Eva Merkacheva, deputy chairman of the Moscow Supervisory Commission. Her words are given by Izvestia . As Merkacheva explained, in response to the question of what things he needed, Ulyukaev said: “No, nothing is needed.” “Absolutely non -impedeal person. Vasiliev, for example, dictated a whole list, ”she said.

During a working visit to Damascus, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Chairman of the country's Council of Ministers Imad Khamis and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. reports this Interfax . Rogozin also visited the Russian base in Khmeimim and held a meeting there on the practice of combat use of Russian weapons. He noted that the trip route was difficult, and it became possible thanks to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The White House published some fragments of the new US National Security Strategy, reports Reuters . In the new doctrine, Russia and China are named by the USRISIONSIANS and rivals of the United States without the possibility of transformation into loyal partners. “Russia and China are striving to make their economy less free and less fair, increase the armed forces, seek to control information flows to suppress their citizens and expand their influence,” the document says.

Anna Gileva Coaching point on the site of the M-4 Don highway LLC Autodor-Paid Roads The main news The section of the M-4 Don highway from the 1091st km to the 1119th km was paid paid. Payment is made at 1093 km of the motorway in a special point. This section of the road was opened after reconstruction in May of this year. On it, oncoming streams of movement are divided by highways, excluding the adjacency at the same level.

Entomologist Marta Skowron Volponi from the University of Gdansk managed to find representatives of a rare species of butterflies in the tropical forests of Malaysia, previously known for one copy in 1887. She spoke about her observations in an article recently published by Tropical Conservation Science. Heterosphecia tawonoides butterfly belongs to the Sesiidae family. Seeing the glass, an inexperienced observer is unlikely to suspect that he was in front of him.

Cme Group - Chicago Modern Exchange - today, December 18, began to trade in Bitcoin futures, which on the eve of just overcame a mark of 20 thousand dollars per coin. At the beginning of the auction, the rate of the most popular cryptocurrency in the world exceeded 20.5 thousand dollars, but then, during the sale of more than 600 futures contracts, decreased by 1 thousand dollars.