The President of Russia signed a decree “On conferring the title of Hero of the Russian Federation” to Ambassador Andrei Karlov, who was killed in Ankara. This was reported on the official website of the Kremlin. AP Photo The decree noted Karlov’s “demonstrated fortitude and courage” and his contribution “to the implementation of the foreign policy course” of the country.

The official National Geographic channel published a video of the historic landing of the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle on December 21, 2015. The video includes never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Elon Musk and his team's touching reactions to the event. During the launch, Musk rushes out of the company office to personally observe the separation of the first stage.

go.whiteops.com The American cybersecurity firm White Ops has published a report on the creation of a large network of bots and fake websites by Russian hackers. According to the report, the system, called Methbot, allows scammers to earn between $3 million and $5 million per day. White Ops head Michael Tiffany, photo by The New York Times Such income, as noted by company experts, is achieved by deceiving large advertisers.

Employees of the Department of the Environment and Energy (Department of the Environment and Energy) of the Australian government filmed the world of under-ice Antarctic fauna. Despite the harsh conditions - water temperatures in areas adjacent to the southernmost continent hover around 0℃ - and the complete lack of light, these plants are distinguished by a variety of colors and shapes. According to one of the authors of the video, Dr.

The anonymous author of the Telegram channels @mustreads and @mustwatch and the public pages “ Mastrida ” and “ Maswatch ” on VKontakte collected the ten best texts published in 2016 in foreign media and blogs. The list includes journalistic investigations about abuses in American prisons and the role of big data in Trump’s victory, mastridas about universal basic income and sex with robots, as well as the best recordings from Tim Urban and Nassim Taleb.

tass.ru The commission named the pilot guilty of the plane crash with Chapecoense FC. The plane on which the team players were flying crashed on November 29 in Colombia near the town of El Gordo near the municipality of La Union A Bolivian government commission has issued a verdict in the case of a plane crash involving the Chapecoense football club. The LaMia airline and the pilot of the airliner, who did not have enough flight hours, were found guilty.

Delta Airlines has updated its statement about the removal of video blogger Adam Saleh and his friend from the flight. The carrier disagreed with a passenger who claimed he was removed from the plane for speaking Arabic. According to the company, the crew made this decision due to Saleh’s hooligan behavior and provocation on his part. Delta Airlines explained how they came to this conclusion.

www.rbc.ru 11 people were arrested in the case of poisoning with “Hawthorn” In Irkutsk, 11 people were arrested and are involved in a criminal case of mass poisoning with the alcohol-containing drug “Hawthorn” Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Irkutsk German Bratchikov announced that 11 people were arrested in the case of mass poisoning with the cosmetic drug “Hawthorn”.

The director of the Arsenal football team fan club, Sergei Gorbachev, convicted due to riots during Euro 2016 in France, decided to remain in prison “until approximately January 16-17”, despite his release. As TASS reports with reference to Mikhail Maksimov, an employee of the Tula club's fan relations department, the fan did not want to leave his friend.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs called the activities of the “Revizorro” program, which airs on the “Friday” TV channel, illegal. As reported by law enforcement agencies, the film crew does not have the right to independently inspect restaurants, since Rospotrebnadzor exists for these purposes, TASS reports . Representatives of the TV channel said that law enforcement agencies had no complaints against them before.

The year 2016, among other events, was marked by elections to the State Duma. The deputies of the sixth convocation, who over five years of work adopted only 15% of the bills they introduced, were replaced by a new parliament. At the same time, the main deputies, known for their high-profile initiatives, remained in the State Duma. They were reinforced by no less odious colleagues from regions who had already distinguished themselves with controversial ideas.

www.bbc.com US singer James Taylor cancels Manila concert over drug war - BBC News US singer James Taylor cancels a concert in Manila over Philippines' brutal war on drugs. American singer and musician James Taylor announced the cancellation of concerts in the Philippines planned for 2017. Thus, he expressed disagreement with the policy of President Rodrigo Duterte, who allowed citizens to kill drug dealers without trial.

The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has launched an educational project in which model-looking girls talk about the rules of conduct during various emergency situations. “Exciting, intriguing and attractive - this is how the patriots of the Russian Federation present the most daring project of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations on life safety - “Life Safety from Patriots,” says the annotation to the project.

On December 16, cases of poisoning with the cosmetic product “Hawthorn” began in Irkutsk. Over the next five days, 60 people died from surrogate alcohol , and another 41 are in the hospital. A similar tragedy already occurred in 2006: then more than 1,600 people were poisoned in the Irkutsk region , of whom 60 died.

in Colombia while taking off from Puerto Carreño airport. On December 20, a Boeing 727 cargo plane crashed Eyewitnesses managed to film the moment the airliner took off. The video shows how the ship has difficulty gaining altitude and flies very low over the fence. The longer video captured the moment when the plane had already taken off into the sky, but almost immediately crashed to the ground and caught fire.