The Investigative Committee for the Irkutsk Region opened a criminal case on the fact of the death of eight people as a result of poisoning with poor -quality alcohol. This was reported on the SK website. According to investigators, the victims of December 17 and 18 were poisoned by a concentrate for the adoption of the battles "hawthorn". On the label of the product there was a warning about the ban on the use of orally.

Assistants of US President Barack Obama, together with special services, are developing a number of measures to answer hacker attacks, committed, according to Washington, from Russia. The source in the White House told The New York Times. In particular, the option was considered to block the “secret” accounts of the leaders of the “narrow circle” of Russian President Vladimir Putin in banks in Europe and Asia.

The aircraft of the military and air forces of Indonesia crashed into a rock, as a result of which 13 people were killed. Reuters told about this in the search and rescue service. It is reported that the S-130 Hercules plane flew out of the city of Timik and crashed in the Papua area, not far from the final point-the city of Vamen. The incident occurred at 6:15 local time (2:15 Moscow time), At the scene, the bodies of the dead were found, they were taken to Vamen.

As a result of the special operation in Grozny, seven alleged militants were killed and four were detained, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on his Instagram page. Kadyrov emphasized that the operation was successful and in the city now calmly. “Not a single shaitan will be able to leave Grozny alive if he came with a weapon in his hands. This has been clearly proven in the last day, ”he said.

The pope of the Roman Francis can come to the Donbass to meet with believers. This was stated by the Vatican Ambassador to Ukraine Archbishop Claudio Gudzherotti, who arrived on a visit to the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, RIA Novosti reports . “When there is already calm,“ the time of the fraternity ”, dad will definitely find the opportunity to come here and visit people, but this needs an invitation from all sides,” Gudzherotti said.

Armed people attacked the medieval fortress of El-Karak and captured hostages. It is reported by Reuters . According to the local police, at first the criminals attacked one of the police sections of the city, after which they entered the fortress and took tourists hostage there. The police have already freed 10 hostages, including foreigners. How many hostages are still in the castle is unclear. As a result of the tied shootout, a Canadian citizen, as well as several police officers, died.

An agent WikiLeaks was involved in the theft of internal documents of the Bundestag, who pretend to be an employee of the parliament, and not Russian hackers. This was reported by Tagesschau by sources in German special services. The interlocutor emphasized that the investigators also did not find evidence that these documents were stolen during a hacker attack in 2015.

The FIFA Committee on Ethics began an investigation against the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko. About this writes Daily Mail. According to the sources of the publication, FIFA intends to investigate a statement about the possible involvement of Mutko in supporting doping in Russian sports.

After the attack on the police in Grozny, four people were killed, two more were taken to the hospital. This was announced by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, reports Interfax . “At night, there was information that in the Oktyabrsky district a group of armed persons committed a robbery on a police officer and took possession of his car. A “interception” plan was immediately introduced, ”said Kadyrov.

The police are looking for three alleged militants who managed to hide after an attack on employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Grozny. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. “For the commission of armed attacks on police officers on December 17, three bandits aged 18 to 20 years are wanted in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny.

The Syrian authorities sent the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCHU) evidence indicating the use of chemicals in Aleppo and the IPRIT. This was announced by the representative of the Convention for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Samer Abbas, Interfax reports. “We presented the missions all the documents, they were checked and accepted. The mission will once again come to Syria to pick up samples that will subsequently be analyzed, ”Abbas said.

In Irkutsk, as a result of poisoning with poor -quality alcohol, eight people died, six more are in hospitals. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the emergency services of the region. The victims entered the hospitals for two days on December 17 and 18. All surviving hospitalized are in extremely serious condition. The Ministry of Health of the Irkutsk region officially confirmed the death of five people.

Most of the inhabitants of Japan (54.3%) negatively appreciated the results of negotiations between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is reported by Kyodo News. Positively the results of the meeting were estimated by 38.7% of the inhabitants of Japan. Against this background, the ABE government support rating fell by six percent.

The special forces of the Law enforcement agencies of Chechnya on the outskirts of Grozny successfully completed the operation against the militants. About this, reports Interfax , said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, in the course of the operation, five alleged militants were killed.

The speaker of the Poland Senate Stanislav Karachevsky held negotiations with representatives of local media after the protesters went to the building of the presidential palace in Warsaw. It is reported by RIA Novosti. During the meeting that took place in the parliament building with the participation of 25 journalists, the working conditions of media representatives in parliament were discussed.