In December, the film “All the Money of the World”, shot by Ridley Scott based on the book of John Parson, was released in the American rental. It is based on real history - the abduction of John Paul Getty, the grandson of the oil magnate, the richest man in the middle of the 20th century. Even before the release, the film attracted increased attention. The performer of one of the main roles of Kevin Spacey, who was in the center of the scandal due to harassment, was removed from the filming.

The engineer of Swedish origin, Mats Yarlestem, found shortcomings in the road cameras (who record violators who have traveled to the red light) of Oregon, where he lives for a long time. But the local authorities fined him for $ 500 for "engineering without appropriate permission." After that, Yarlstem filed a lawsuit and won it from the state authorities, the newspaper Washington Post said .

A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen conducted a large -scale study of hormonal contraceptives. It turned out that the prolonged use of these drugs significantly increases the risk of breast cancer. The study is published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Read more about the work by Sciencealert. In Denmark, researchers studied the data of almost two million women aged 15 to 49 years. Records about their health were held in the national health base for about ten years.

The structures affiliated with Yukos paid the former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin Andrei Illarionov for his testimony in favor of the shareholders of the oil company at the arbitration process in the Hague. Such statements were made by the lawyers of the Russian Federation in the response to the former co -owners of Yukos; RBC got acquainted with the 700-page memorandum.

Manufacturers of gadgets and applications do everything to hook a person. Perhaps the performance suffers from this Photo: Aly Song T / Reuters Does our obsession with smartphones affect the economy? The study of this issue was taken by the Bank of England Dan Nixon. He claims that the attachment of workers to his phones causes a “crisis of attention”, which makes work less effective and in general restrains the development of the economy.

George Bush Sr. and George Bush Jr. Photo: Larry Downing / Reuters British economist Gregori Clark received wide fame in academic circles in 2007 with the release of the book “Farewell, Poverty!”, Was an original view of the nature of differences in the welfare of the West and East. The new work of the author, written seven years later, is “ Fathers and children.

Great Britain and the EU completed the first phase of negotiations on the exit of London from the Union for seven months. During the meetings, the parties managed to agree on three key issues: the financial obligations of Great Britain, the Irish border and citizens' rights. In the EU, the achieved agreements were called "real progress, which was considered incredible a few months ago." Finance.

The Government of the Russian Federation proposed to make competitive purchases of some companies anonymous in connection with the possible expansion of US anti -Russian sanctions. The preliminary list included 126 organizations, the newspaper Kommersant writes with reference to the draft application to the government directives of the state -owned regulatory authorities.

The case of the former head of Rusnano Leonid Melamed, accused of embezzlement of more than 226 million rubles, was returned to the prosecutor's office. This decision was made by the Cheremushkinsky court of Moscow, the lawyer of Melamed Ruslan Kozhuk told Interfax .

The increased content of the Rutheneniya-106 radioactive isotope in the atmosphere of the Southern Urals in the fall of 2017 could have been associated with a burned artificial satellite, on board the isotope source. Such an assumption was expressed by participants in the Rosatom interdepartmental commission, Interfax reports. The participants in the commission presented the results of the audit on December 8.

The real buyer of Leonardo da Vincer’s painting “Savior Peace” for $ 450.3 million was the Cronprint of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, several sources told the New York Times. The deal was made through Prince Bader Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammed bin Farhan al Saud. Bader does not have any well-known sources of a large state that would allow him to buy a picture of da Vinci. In addition, the prince did not express interest in collecting art objects.

Three years ago, under the curtain of 2014, a currency crisis erupted in the country. On Monday, December 15, the Central Bank made a forecast for oil price - as it seemed extremely gloomy. According to the regulator, Barrell until the end of 2017 had to fluctuate around $ 60. After such a publication, the ruble lost 8% of the cost in one day. In order to avoid further collapse of the CB currency at an emergency night meeting, he raised a key rate at once at 6.5 percentage points (up to 17%).

The first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Yamal LNG plant was loaded to the Christoph de Margeri tanker. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony, the correspondent of Interfax reports from the scene. “The right to“ press the button ”, the chairman of the Board of Novatek Leonid Michelson provided Russian President Vladimir Putin. At 16.40 Moscow time, gas shipment was launched, ”Vedomosti write .

David ⁠shirer. Photo: Presidential Center Boris Yeltsin Yeltsin.ru Professor of Delaware University David Shirer is a specialist in the history of the Stalin era, the author of many studies of the Soviet economy and the repressive apparatus.

In the latest version of iOS 11.2, a vulnerability was discovered, which made it possible to obtain third -party unauthorized access to the management of a smart home. About this writes the publication 9TO5MAC. Thanks to vulnerabilities, outsiders could access any devices connected to the Homekit smart house control system - such as smart lighting, thermostats and sockets.