The subsidiary of the Russian Bank (belongs to Yuri Kovalchuk)- the company "South Project"- won the competition for the privatization of the new light of champagne wines in Crimea. This was reported by the correspondent of "Interfax" from the ceremony of summing up the contest. The Southern Project will become the new owner of the Winzavod for 1.5 billion rubles. The initial value of the asset amounted to 1.496 billion rubles.

2017 was rich in new gadgets and gave hope that the protracted period when the novelty of the device was only in the increase in technical characteristics, finally comes to an end. The development of virtual and augmented reality technologies, as well as the output of the disputed, but indeed advanced iPhone X suggests that the outgoing year has prepared the ground for breakthrough products in the near future.

The victim of a hacker attack with the withdrawal of funds through the international payment system SWIFT was the subsidiary of VEB - GLOBEX. About this with reference to the sources wrote “Vedomosti” and “Kommersant” . According to Vedomosti, the cyberseches stole the amount equivalent to $ 1 million from Globex.

The correspondent of the Rain television channel Vladimir Romensky and operator Vladimir Komissarov was detained by police on Bolshaya Lubyanka Street in Moscow. This was reported by the channel. Journalists illuminated the action of Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo), dedicated to the day of the security officer and the centenary of the FSB. The detainees were sent to the police department in the Krasnoselsky district.

The European Commission recommended the Council of EU ministers to apply a sanctions procedure to Poland, since the actions of the Polish authorities within the framework of the judicial reform in the country violate the values ​​of the European Union. As stated in the press release of the European regulator, the Council is recommended to make a decision under the procedure provided for in Article 7 of the European Union agreement. Previously, this article was not applied to the EU participants.

The startup Magic Leap, who in six years received more than two billion dollars of investment, first showed his mixed reality points. Details about the device appeared on the company's website. The Magic Leap One device is mixed reality glasses (all virtual and augmented reality technologies combine).

The funded part of the pension of the inhabitants of Russia will be frozen until 2020. The relevant law was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin website. In accordance with the law, the moratorium on the formation of the funded part of the pension is extended for another year. The document will enter into force on January 1, 2018. Freezing of pension savings in Russia has been operating since 2014.

During his annual press conference, Vladimir Putin devoted a little time to foreign policy, although according to his reaction it was clear that this part of the work at the presidential post still retains interest for him. Nevertheless, by a set of foreign policy topics that were raised, and the deployment of his answers can be judged by both the main results of the Russian foreign policy in 2017 and the plans for 2018.

The founder of SpaceX, Ilon Musk, accidentally published a number of his mobile phone on Twitter and quickly deleted it. Bloomberg paid attention to this. The businessman wrote on Twitter to the technical director of Oculus John Karmak: “Is there a minute to talk? My number ... ". The Bloomberg correspondent managed to save the number and called it.

The founder of SpaceX, Ilon Musk, first showed Falcon Heavy on his twitter - the largest and most heavy missile of the company. Its launch is scheduled for January 2018. In total, the picture has 27 engines, nine on each of the three accelerators. Photo: Elon Musk / SpaceX Musk wrote that now the rocket is in the hangar at Cape Canveral, in Florida. In the pictures there is only only the bow and cargo that the carrier will have to send into space.

The State Duma deputies at a meeting on December 20 adopted a bill in the third, final reading, providing for an increase in the maximum sentence for “telephone terrorism” from 5 to 10 years in prison. The broadcast of the meeting is on the Duma site. Amendments are made to Article 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“A knowingly false message about the act of terrorism”). The minimum punishment for this crime is three years of imprisonment.

Photo: Getty images The US administration accused North Korea of ​​the spread of the Wannacry virus, who attacked hundreds of thousands of computers and demanding bitcoins as a ransom. “These are not empty words. We have evidence, ”said the president’s adviser to combat terrorism Thomas Bossort. “This is confirmed by other sources - government and private companies.” He added that the DPRK cyber attacks are becoming more impudent, and the attack through Wannacry became “completely reckless”.

The support rating of US President Donald Trump decreased and amounted to 35%in December. It is reported by CNN, traditionally conducting such surveys. Trump's rating is the worst in the history of the United States following the results of the first year of presidency. Among the last ten presidents, Ronald Reagan (49%) was the lowest indicator for this period. George Bush Jr.

Apple plans to make an App Store Application store multi -platform. The project, called Marcipan, will allow you to launch mobile applications on MAC computers, Bloomberg reports . The reason is the problems with the Mac App Store, created specifically for company computers. After launch in 2011, the service never brought significant income (although it sells expensive software packages, for example, Final Cut Pro), moreover, even free applications do not attract a large number of users.

David Liu. Photo: cs.toronto.edu Nature magazine has published a list of 10 most influential people in science in 2017. It included both scientists and politicians, whose activities directly affect the development of the industry. Republic briefly introduces the first five rating. Subscribe to read the whole Make a subscription Redefine.media to read Republic Subscribe [you can pay for a Russian or foreign card. The subscription is extended automatically.