The Ukrainian chess player, the current world champion in Blits and Rapida, Anna Muzychuk said that for the sake of protecting her life principles, she was not going to the World Cup in Saudi Arabia, since in this country they grossly violate basic rights and discriminate women.

In the case of Russia's intervention in the election of the US President, Irakli Kaveladze, Vice President of the Russian Crocus Group Crocus Group, was questioned. This was reported by Reuters with reference to sources. It is alleged that the Russian businessman performed at closed hearing in the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House of Representatives of the US Congress. In the White House and the office of the special prosecutor Robert Muller, they refused to comment on this issue.

Before the meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences Almost 400 Russian scientists sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin in which they complained that due to the reform of the Academy of Sciences in the country "a bulky and non-working science management system was created, which hinders scientific activity.

Donald Trump during a visit to Jerusalem in May 2017 In Israel, the Donald Trump station will be built. The railway station will be erected near the wax wall in the old city of Jerusalem. In early December, the US President recognized Jerusalem to the capital of Israel and ordered to start preparing to move there the American embassy. Mobile application Radio Liberty. Subscribe! It's not too late The station will be built on the path of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed railway route.

Ukrainian prisoners contained on the territory of the so -called Lugansk People's Republic were taken out of the investigative insulator for the exchange procedure. This was announced by the head of the LPR prisoners group Olga Kobtseva. The exchange will take place at the Major Particular Point in the area of the city of Gorlovka. After the exchange of Ukrainians, helicopters will be sent to Kharkov. There they will meet with President Peter Poroshenko, and then go home.

The first in the history of the Angolan satellite, launched the day before from the Baikonur cosmodrome, stopped in touch. It is reported by "Interfax." A source of the agency said that the device gave a signal after separation from the Frigate acceleration unit, but after that the data stopped receiving from it. Among the possible reasons, the refusal of the transmitter or other equipment installed on the satellite is still called.

There will be many copies, apparently, broken around the opposition tactics in the presidential election. Now, when Alexei Navalny did not allow the elections, both he and his supporters stand for the boycott - or, as they themselves are expressed, the "electoral strike" There are naive people who believe that Schuler can be won. So he will give you power, hold your pocket wider. Naval and all famous people should urge people not to participate in the elections.

The Ministry of Natural Resources removed a number of rare and endangered animals from the new edition of the Red Book of Russia, which are of commercial interest for hunters. Before that, from the commission, which made up lists of protected species, which was required to be entered in the Red Book, they removed specialists in these animals - replacing them with hunters.

According to the magazine Time, the man of the outgoing year was “violators of silence” - women who declared sexual violence. And is it possible to expect such revelations in Russia? Guests: Anna Mongite, TV presenter and creative producer of the Rain and Artem Rondarev TV channel, journalist, teacher of the Higher School of Economics.

Grigory Berezkin The owner of the ECT group of companies, which includes RBC, Grigory Berezkin bought a business Petersburg newspaper. The entrepreneur confirmed this information to the media project The Bell. The amount of the transaction is not specified. According to one of The Bell's sources, Berezkin bought all 100 percent of the publication "Business Petersburg". The newspaper specified that the change of owner will not lead to changes in editorial policy. Mobile application Radio Liberty.

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the current heads of regions and their predecessors, who were dismissed by the president this year. This is the first similar meeting of Putin. “We never gathered like this, but such a meeting makes sense. This, firstly, is a demonstration of continuity,” the head of state himself said . Mobile application Radio Liberty. Subscribe! It's not too late In 2017, Putin replaced governors in almost 20 regions of the country.

Himalayan bear in the zoo of Krasnoyarsk The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia approved the new edition of the Red Book containing the lists of rare and endangered animal species, thus completing the Year of Ecology and the year of specially protected natural areas. It is reported by RIA Novosti.

The Supreme Court of Russia accepted the lawsuit of Telegram against the FSB. Representatives of the messenger demand to recognize the order of the special services to provide user data. Telegram in October was fined 800 thousand rubles for refusing to provide encryption keys. The founder of the messenger Pavel Durov claims that this FSB requirement contradicts the Russian Constitution, according to which each citizen has the right to the secret of correspondence.

The former owner of the Moscow Factory "Menshevik" Ilya Averyanov, who opened fire on the territory of the enterprise on Wednesday, disappeared and put on the wanted list. It is reported by "Interfax." Police and employees of the Rosguard for several hours were looking for Averyanov. The city has announced the Siren plan, provided for in the search for especially dangerous criminals.