Moscow police are worried that one of the bridges leading to Bolotnaya Square, where the largest rally in the country's modern history is currently taking place, may collapse. “According to experts, the Luzhkov Bridge near Bolotnaya Embankment is overloaded with a large number of people gathered for social and political events. Moreover, experts do not exclude the possibility of its collapse.

In the Irkutsk region, due to thick fog, seven car accidents occurred on a section of the highway about 2 km long. “There were no casualties, only vehicles were damaged,” said the traffic police duty station in the Irkutsk region. According to preliminary information, on the federal highway M-53 near the village of Telma in the Usolsky district, two cars - a passenger car and a truck - slid into a ditch. About ten more cars, including a minibus, collided on the road.

December 10, 2011, 18:51 Sports Kosachenko: the story of Russia and Petrov in Formula 1 is just beginning Oksana Kosachenko , manager of the Russian Formula 1 pilot Vitaly Petrov , addressed the driver’s fans. Earlier it became known that the Frenchman Romain Grosjean will become the main pilot of Lotus-Renault, and Petrov will most likely leave the team.

The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov , said that his party will not surrender its parliamentary seats in protest against election irregularities. “We did not fight with blood and sweat in these elections in order to then surrender the mandate. People believed in us, and we are not going to surrender the State Duma to United Russia,” Mironov told Interfax on Saturday.

December 10, 2011, 03:56 Sports Zenit Stadium conditionally disqualified for several matches Disciplinary Committee held on Friday At a meeting of the UEFA , among other things, the case of the St. Petersburg Zenit was examined, whose fans staged a large-scale fire show during the match of the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League with the Cypriot APOEL, reports Sport Day by Day .

COMPUTER Hewlett Packard has made its WebOS software free for smartphone and tablet manufacturers. By doing so, the company hopes to increase sales of its products. Experts call this a marketing ploy that will not bring success. WebOS is unable to compete with market leader Apple and its iOS program. Hewlett Packard will open source WebOS software and make it publicly available. This will allow other smartphone and tablet manufacturers to use it for smartphones and tablets.

The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov , who was approved today as the party’s candidate in the presidential elections, said that he would nominate party chairman Nikolai Levichev for the post of vice speaker of the State Duma , and he himself expects to remain the leader of the Duma faction. He announced this at the end of the party's pre-election congress. According to Mironov, the first working meeting of the elected deputies will be held on Monday.

Sport Zaitseva wedged herself into the top three Olga Zaitseva became second in the pursuit race in Hochfilzen Rustam Sharafutdinov close A magnificent trio of winners - Norwegians Tarjei Boe and Emil-Hegle Svendsen, Swiss Benjamin Weger Austrian Christoph Sumann is trying to break away from Italian Lukas Hofer and Frenchman Simon Fourcade At the distance - German Florian Graf Austrian Daniel Mezotic, American Lowell Bailey and Russian Anton Shipulin are fighting at the distance.

Sport Van Persie kissed the anniversary Arsenal beat Everton Artem Kalinin close Liverpool forward Luis Suarez scores against QPR Former Arsenal player Thierry Henry at the ceremony honoring Gunners veterans before the match against Everton Manchester United midfielder Nani hits goal in the match against Wolves Portuguese midfielder Manchester United Nani after scoring a goal Manchester United players celebrate one of their goals You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos

In Makhachkala, police detained seven protesters for revising the results of the State Duma elections ; among those detained was the head of the Dagestan branch of the Yabloko party, Artur Babaev, reports a Gazeta.Ru correspondent. The action was organized as a sign of solidarity with the mass rallies “For Fair Elections” taking place in many cities of Russia. According to Babaev, the participants gathered at the National Library and then went into a cafe.

Sport CSKA midfielder Cauna recognized as the best football player in Latvia Midfielder of the Latvian national team and CSKA Moscow Alexander Caunya was recognized as the best football player in the country in 2011 according to the results of a traditional survey of the Latvian Football Federation (FFL). According to the UEFA press service , Ventspils midfielder Oleg Laizans became the best player of the 2011 Latvian Championship and the best midfielder.

December 10, 2011, 08:58 Sports Berdyev: I’m sure that Carlos Eduardo wants to play for Rubin The head coach of Rubin Kazan, Kurban Berdyev, expressed confidence that Brazilian midfielder Carlos Eduardo is not going to leave the club. “When people say that Carlos Eduardo does not want to play, they simply do not understand the essence of what is happening,” SE quotes Berdyev as saying .

December 10, 2011, 19:54 Society All-Russian re-elections Protests against the results of the State Duma elections swept across Russia Alexandra Koshkina , Sergey Teplyakov (Barnaul) , Nikita Zeya (St. Petersburg) , Mikhail Bely (Ulyanovsk) , Viktor Polyak (Yaroslavl) , Sergey Arshinov (Chelyabinsk) close 100% Protests against the results of the State Duma elections took place across Russia on Saturday, some of them sanctioned, others not.

December 10, 2011, 17:31 Sports Domracheva won the pursuit race in Hochfilzen, Zaitseva was second On Saturday, the women's 10 km pursuit race took place at the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria. The first was Daria Domracheva came second from Belarus, the Russian Olga Zaitseva , and the third was Magdalena Neuner . Anna Bogaliy-Titovets took fifth place, Olga Vilukhina – sixth. 1. Daria Domracheva (Belarus) - 29:34.4 (1+0+1+0) 2.

December 10, 2011, 15:33 Sports Pavlyuchenko could move from Tottenham to Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers intend to acquire Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko , reports the Daily Mail . Head coach Neil Warnock , who received £15 million from the management for transfer needs, wants to see the Russian national team player in the team. The management of QPR is ready to pay £8 million for Pavlyuchenko, who does not have sufficient playing experience at Tottenham.