Grandiose construction continues in the center of Grozny. Laying asphalt. Houses are in the woods. And so on. Pobeda Avenue, the central street in Grozny, is being restored to its pre-war, if not historical, appearance. They say that this splendor is financed from the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation. The completion date for the work is December 25. Why on earth is there such respect for Catholic Christmas?.. However, upon closer examination, strange details of the ongoing construction became clear.

On Monday, cardboard boxes with wires resembling explosive devices were found in all stores of the St. Petersburg retail chain "Maxidom". In one of the stores, a cleaning lady touched a box, after which about 70 people were hospitalized with a diagnosis of gas poisoning. An inspection showed that the boxes contained fragile ampoules with a toxic substance.

The now former prefect of the South-Western Administrative District of the capital, Valery Vinogradov, became the new deputy mayor of Moscow. Like his predecessor Mikhail Menu, who was recently approved by the governor of the Ivanovo region, he will oversee issues of physical education and sports, interregional relations and national politics, as well as relations with religious organizations.

On Monday, Moscow prosecutor Anatoly Zuev signed an indictment in the case. The designer of the water park roof, Nodar Kancheli, and the head of Moscow State Expertise, Anatoly Voronin, were finally identified as accused. Trials are due to begin in January 2006. The concrete dome of Transvaal Park collapsed on February 14, 2004. At that time, there were several hundred people in the water park. 28 people died, including 8 children; dozens of visitors were seriously injured.

A flash game “Gas Terrorist” appeared on one of the Ukrainian Internet resources, the goal of which is to prevent a man in a kimono, resembling the Russian president, from shutting off the gas pipeline valves. Those whose computers do not allow flash programs to be played are encouraged to express their outrage over the gas war by sending an email to Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian media are joking that the money spent on such use of the Internet could be used to cover tariffs for Russian gas.

The main military prosecutor's office of Russia dropped the criminal case against Yulia Tymoshenko: the statute of limitations has expired. At the end of September, the arrest warrant was canceled and an order was issued to terminate the international search. This decision was made after Tymoshenko voluntarily came to Moscow and gave the explanations necessary for the investigation.

In society Right turn December 26, 2005 Alexander Ryklin The leader of the ATP Nikita Belykh published a program application called “Democracy. Reboot" . It sets out a consistent plan for the reconstruction of the democratic community. It is precisely that not facade repair of traditional democratic parties with sour brands, but a full -scale redistribution of the entire economy. In other words, click on a small button, the screen goes out for a while, and then the parameter loads flashes again.

“Lebedev was illegally sent to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Convicts must serve their sentences in the region where they lived or were convicted, or in a nearby one. This is expressly stated in the law,” said the lawyer of the former head of Menatep, Elena Liptser. The defenders of Mikhail Khodorkovsky intend to file a similar complaint with the court.