While the president, the real, future and, apparently eternal, is looking for answers to the questions of journalists (also eternal: how do you manage to win so many victories in all areas? When will the milk yield grow up? Will the animal oil rise?), His closest circle is also in the search. Political technologists, political scientists, sociologists and other citizens entering the right doors are looking for intrigue for the election campaign.

Scientists from the UK managed to get closer to the cure of the disease of blood non -relief - hemophilia. Gene therapy that they experienced on patients with hemophilia A allowed to restore the normal level of protein, which is responsible for coagulation. Work about this was published in the scientific journal New England Journal of Medcine. The single administration of the drug for genetic therapy showed an improvement in the level of protein factor VII.

Vladimir Putin holds a large press conference today. In recent years, these meetings with journalists, alas, do not add anything new to the image of the Russian president: all positions are clarified, interpretations of the most important news are known in advance. Should I listen? We suggest that you do not spend your attention on an informational noise that will spread throughout the day, but turn to something really useful. How to do it? Step one. Subscribe to our site with a 50% discount .

In 2017, scientists first registered gravitational waves during the confluence of neutron stars, opened three planets on which life is possible, and discovered a ultra -massive black hole. And this is only part of the events that should be mentioned at the end of the year. Kassini - Huygens completed the mission Unprocessed photo of Saturn, taken by the cosmic ⁠ zond "Cassini". Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute In September, a mission to study Saturn ended .

In Moscow, a conflict unfolds between the head of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin and the city mayor due to the event “Day of Free Elections”, scheduled for December 24. Republic briefly talks about the essence of the confrontation. The event is positioned as a district holiday. The decision on its holding was made at a meeting of municipal deputies of the Krasnoselsky district.

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the Siemens lawsuit against Technoprom Exports on the supply of gas turbines to the Crimea. The court also broke off the oncoming lawsuit of Technoprom export, Interfax reports. Siemens claimed that Technopromesport illegally moved gas turbines to the Crimea, while the supply contract was indicated that they are intended for the project in Taman. The German company demanded to return the turbines and recognize transactions invalid.

The IMAC Pro computer went on sale. About this writes The Verge. It has become the most expensive device from Apple at the moment - the price of IMAC Pro starts at $ 4999. The maximum configuration in the United States costs $ 13 199. IMAC Pro was presented at the WWDC conference in June 2017. This was the main new Apple in a line of computers designed to perform professional tasks.

Disney announced the purchase of part of the 21st Century Fox assets. This is stated on the 21st Century Fox. The amount of the transaction will be $ 52.4 billion. Disney will receive film and television studio 20th Century Fox, regional television fox television, National Geographic, as well as a share in the Sky television channel and the Hulu service (the main competitor of Netflix).

Disney Corporation on December 14 announced the purchase of most of the assets of 21st Century Fox. The transaction amount exceeds $ 52 billion. Republic says that he acquired Disney and how the situation in the entertainment market will change. Films After the completion of the Disney transaction, first of all, will finally regain the right to all episodes of Star Wars, which the corporation would only receive in 2020.

Roskomnadzor warned the media about blocking due to links to materials of unwanted organizations. This is stated on the regulator website. The day before, the department warned that third -party resources and, including the media, could block the materials of unwanted organizations after the publication of materials. Roskomnadzor did not specify whether resources would block for citation of materials of undesirable organizations.

The total capitalization of cryptocurrencies exceeded $ 500 billion. This is evidenced by CoinmarketCap. At 10:40 MSK, capitalization is $ 510 billion. Capitalization overcame the mark of $ 300 billion on November 27, and $ 100 billion in July 2017. @widget type = post-home id = 88371 On December 8, the bitcoin exchange rate exceeded $ 18 thousand, but on December 14 at 11:00 Moscow time it costs $ 16.3 thousand. Its capitalization is $ 275 billion.

The US Federal Reserve (FRS) has increased the base rate by 25 basic points to 1.25–1.5%. This is stated on the regulator website. The Fed thus increased the base rate for the third time since the beginning of 2017. For the first time, the bet was raised at a meeting in March , and then in June . The heads of the Central Bank of the United States also improved the forecast of GDP growth in 2018. According to the new estimate, it will be 2.5% (an increase of 2.1% was previously expected).

Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 1970s starred in the films of Lenfilm studio as a stuntman. This was told by the interlocutors of the "rain". According to the President of the International Sambo Federation Vasily Shestakov, Putin with him starred in the films “Blockade” and “Izhora battalion”. There was a third film, but Shestakov did not remember his name. “We did not care someone to play. We paid very good money for this for this time.

One of the largest Chinese technological companies BAIDU deleted a virtual assistant from its VR-School. This happened after the IQIYI equipment manufacturer was asked about sexual objectification of the assistant. This is written by the newspaper Wall Street Journal. A helmet of virtual reality with a built -in assistant named Vivi announced in March. A girl in a mini-yield and a white blouse helps to choose films for viewing, TV shows.

Companies owned by Arkady, Boris and Igor Rotenberg in 2016 received state orders totaling 577 billion rubles, calculated Rain. The most part of this money was allocated by the companies of Arkady Rotenberg Stroygazmontazh, which is now building the Kerch bridge. She won contests for 416.5 billion rubles. It is noted that the company received 94% of contracts from Gazprom.