Photo: Greta Schölderle mèller / Unsplash.com In the USA, business on difficult teenagers flourishes. This is an whole industry that claims to be re -educated - hundreds of correctional institutions and boarding schools, both for young offenders and for those who have not done anything illegal. The turnover of the industry is more than $ 1 billion per year. The number of children get there is tens of thousands.

The regulator sent a letter to banks with tips to prevent DDOS attacks The Central Bank sent a letter to Russian banks with recommendations for counteracting DDOS attacks. This was written by the newspaper "Vedomosti", familiarized with the text of the message. The receipt of such a letter was confirmed by representatives of the Moscow Credit Bank (ICD) and two more banks from the TOP-100, the publication reports.

The sharp collapse of the pound sterling course in early October 2016 is explained, first of all, by the operations of Citigroup traders in the Japanese foreign exchange market. On December 7, writes Financial Times with reference to bankers and officials involved in the investigation.

During the subsidy of AvtoVAZ shares, the joint venture of Rostec and the Renault-Nissan-Alliance Rostec Auto BV alliance will buy out no more than 36.5 million producer securities. Such a decision was made by the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ, according to the materials of the concern. The cost of one AvtoVAZ campaign in the framework of the additional ministry is determined at the level of 9 rubles at a nominal value of 5 rubles.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, announced the completion of the sales transaction of 19.5% of Rosneft shares. This was told by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports. The buyer was a consortium, in which Glencore and the Qatari Sovereign Fund belong to 50%.

The US authorities approved the purchase of Virgin America by the American aviation holding of Alaska Air Group, reports Reuters . The US Ministry of Justice and the Antimonopoly Commission, when agreed by the transaction, put forward the condition: the airlines should refuse to joint use of the airline. Now Virgin America and Alaska Airlines are competing on some flights, the agency notes. According to the publication, the amount of the transaction will be $ 2.6 billion.

The Bank "Russia", the main shareholder of which is businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, became one of the minority shareholders of VTB. This is evidenced by VTB materials . According to September 30 of this year, the Bank "Russia" belongs to 1.26% of VTB shares. Prior to this, the financial organization was not included in the number of VTB co -owners. The largest shareholder of VTB is a dewed with a share of 60.93%.

In NATO they are concerned about the continuation of the government army in Syria, Interfax reports. “The allies of the alliance are deeply concerned about the resumption of the attack of the Syrian regime supported by Russia,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels. He noted that NATO continues to call for the Government of Syria and its allies to the cessation of violence.

The Iranian government approved the proposal for the choice of fog as the national currency. This was reported by Tasnim, reports Prime . A similar message was posted by Trend. The fog (or Toman), equal to ten rials, was the Iranian currency before the 1932 monetary reform. It will be used again as the main monetary unit after the appropriate project of the local Central Bank will approve of the parliament of the republic and the Council of Guardians of the Constitution.

The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin went on business trips abroad to find potential buyers for 19.5% of Rosneft shares. This was told by RBC by a friend of Sechin and confirmed the federal official. Sechin, among others, visited China, said the interlocutor of the publication. The head of Rosneft could agree on the sale of a stake for $ 12 billion, while the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had at the disposal of the company’s shares should be sold for at least 748 billion rubles ($ 11 billion).

As a result of an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 in Indonesia, 18 people were killed, according to the Detik.com portal. Dozens of buildings are destroyed. Local authorities said that people remain under the rubble, and special equipment will be required to save them. The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.5 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the underground push was located off the coast of the Pididzhai district at a depth of ten kilometers.

The plane of the Pakistan International Airlines Airlines with 37 passengers on board disappeared from radars, reports Associated France-Press. From the list of passengers published by the Dawn Pakistani edition, it follows that there were 42 passengers on board. The official, who arrived at the scene, told Reuters that the flights survived among passengers were most likely not. On Pakistani television, a burning area of ​​forest on a hill was shown, where the plane expectedly fell.

The elected US President Donald Trump became the man of the year according to Time magazine. https://twitter.com/time/status/806476696257957888 The magazine called Trump the president of the “divided states of America”. On December 5, Time has published a list of 11 applicants for the title of man of the year. In addition to Trump, he included Russian leader Vladimir Putin, candidate of US President from Democrats Hillary Clinton and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

In Russia, they offer to create a single list of people with mental disorders, Kommersant reports . The initiative is owned by National Pharmaceutical Register LLC (NFR). The developers believe that the general register will simplify access to diseases and accelerate the process of issuing medical certificates.

The Progress MS-04 freight spacecraft did not reach orbit due to the emergency shutdown of the third stage of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. This was reported by TASS with reference to the flight control center (Tsup). As specified in the center, the engine turned off at the 383rd second flight.