The US Senate stopped the approval procedure of Kay Ty McFarland as an American ambassador in Singapore. The legislators suspected that she insincerely answered the question of her role in the contacts of the Trump team with Russia. McFarland is a veteran of American politics. It is unlikely that the administration of Donald Trump will find another official of this level who served under Nixon, Ford and Reagan.

Dag Jones Democrat Dag Jones prevailed over the Republican Roem Mor in an extraordinary election to the Senate from the southern state of Alabam. The Democrat gained about 50 percent of the vote, the Republican - less than 49 percent. The struggle was waged for a place liberated by Jeff Sehns, whom President Trump appointed Minister of Justice. This is evidenced by preliminary voting results. The last time a democratic candidate won the Senate elections from conservative Alabama 25 years ago.

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The Russian Ministry of Culture asks the Prosecutor General’s Office to check for extremism the film of Ukrainian director Yevgeny Titarenko “The War for the Peace”, which was supposed to show at the Artdokfest. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. According to the ministry, the film trailer, published on YouTube, contains "False information aimed at discrediting" Russia, as well as obscene abuse.

The court in Yekaterinburg sentenced the form of three years in prison to the commander of the technical department of the company Yegor Senators, after which the ordinary military service committed suicide. According to the human rights organization "Zone of Law", the court did not find a direct connection between suicide and beatings that the senators inflicted on 19-year-old Denis Hamidullin. The verdict is carried out under the article on exceeding official powers.

Negotiations on the sale of VS Bank have been conducted since the end of last year. This decision, in particular, was influenced by protests, during which the entrances to the Sberbank branch in Ukraine were blocked

Yuri Dzeva with parents and grandmother, mid-1930s. Stalin repression for the 84-year-old chairman of the Pskov Memorial is a personal memory. Eighty years ago, during the Great Terror, Yuri Andreevich Dzev lost his whole family. He is sure that such tragedies can happen again today, if people forget how simple and everyday the state goes to terror.

In Moscow, the court arrested activists of the radical movement of SERB, who thwarted the show of the film "Flight of the Bullet" at the Festival of Documentary Cinema "Artdokfest". Yuri Goroshko and SERB leader Igor Beketov received 7 days each. They were found guilty under an article on "disobedience to the police." This was reported from the courtroom by the Radio Liberty correspondent.

Ksenia Sobchak again came to the federal channel - this time in the program "Time will tell." Do not be surprised that its very appearance in this kind of programs is already alarming many. Ksenia Sobchak now on Channel One pulled out a stool and says that she is an independent candidate. It is so good that we live in a free country where everyone can become a presidential candidate and come to the federal channel. Navalny, right?! - Stalingulag (@stalingulag) December 11, 2017 Yes.

Oppositionist Ilya Yashin turned to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office with a demand to make warning to city officials who opposed the "Day of Free Elections". Yashin wrote a statement in response to the same complaint of the city hall against the opposition himself.

Muslims-refugees of Rohinge in Bangladesh The Myanmar government announced on Wednesday that the police arrested two journalists of Reuters, W wa Loon and Kiav with the OO. Journalists prepared material about the pursuit of the military of the Muslim minority of Rohinge in Rakin, as a result of which almost 650 thousand people fled to Bangladesh.

Roskomnadzor warned the media about the possible blocking for the distribution of materials of the so -called "undesirable organizations." “If the materials of the“ unwanted organization ”apply to a third -party resource, including on the website of the network media, Roskomnadzor must limit access to these resources,” the department said , noting that the blocking may follow after the request of the Russian Prosecutor General.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is preparing an order for cash payments for messages about crimes. The document is published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The first to pay attention to RBC. From the draft order it follows that citizens will be able to receive money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs "in case of initiative to provide reliable information", which will lead to the disclosure of the crime.

The Meshchansky court in Moscow rejected the lawsuit of the journalist Oleg Kashin against the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) in connection with its requirement to provide the key encryption keys in the Telegram messenger. This was announced on Wednesday by reporters by the press secretary of the court, Yulia Bocharova. She did not name the reasons.

State Duma deputies on Wednesday supported a bill establishing a fine of up to a million rubles for violating the law on messengers in the summer. According to the document, the maximum amount for citizens will amount to 5 thousand rubles, and for officials - up to 50 thousand. A fine of up to a million rubles can be appointed to a legal entity, reports TASS.