Vladimir Putin submitted a petition to the CEC of the Russian Federation for the registration of a group of voters who nominated him as a candidate for the presidency. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, this group held a meeting on Sunday in support of Putin's nomination for the Russian presidency. In addition, the president submitted other necessary documents to the CEC.

The Turkish ship Selçuk Express, which was in distress last week 40 miles from the city of Sochi, sank while being towed to the Turkish port of Trabzon. As a representative of the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation told Interfax, the ship with a cargo of citrus fruits was towed by the rescue ship "Mercury".

In the second round of elections for the mayor of Yekaterinburg, according to preliminary data, the current head of the city Arkady Chernetsky won, gaining 54.05% of the vote. His opponent - Deputy Prime Minister of the regional government Yuri Osintsev won 38.89% of the vote. The winner is the candidate who receives a simple majority of votes. According to the City Electoral Committee, 6.29% of voters voted against all candidates.

The best football player of the year, according to a survey conducted by the newspaper "Soviet Sport", recognized the midfielder of the Moscow "Locomotive" and the national team of Russia Dmitry Loskov. The survey was conducted among 100 leading sports journalists, 176 football players, 16 head coaches of Premier League teams, as well as among foreign players. Each participant of the voting named two top three players.

Place of fall Mi-26. Filming RTR On Monday, the North Caucasus District District Court abolished the verdict of Anatoly Kudyakov previously issued by the Rostov garrison court in the case of the Mi-26 helicopter disaster.

'Man of the year'. Illustration of Time magazine On Sunday, Time magazine called the "man of the year" -2003. This title is awarded annually, starting in 1927, to a person or a group of people who had the greatest influence (positive or negative) on America’s life. This year, the “owner” of the title was the collective image of an American soldier. Time proposes to note each of 1.4 million men and women who make up American troops for surgery in Iraq and the capture of Saddam Hussein.

On Monday, a prominent Russian diplomat Oleg Troyanovsky died, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. For a long time, Oleg Troyanovsky was the Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN in New York and a representative on the UN Security Council. As ambassador to Japan and then to China, he made an important contribution to the progressive development of relations with these countries.

"The operation to destroy the militants who invaded the Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan continues," the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan told Grany.Ru. combing the surrounding peaks covered with forests. The search is complicated by weather conditions: deep snow, cloudiness and the danger of snow avalanches, as well as very difficult mountainous terrain.

The third largest pharmacy chain in terms of the number of retail outlets is being created in Russia. As it became known to Vedomosti, it will be obtained as a result of the merger of ICN Pharmacy with the Miracle Doctor network, and Maxim Klimov, the owner of the L'Etoile perfumery and cosmetics network, will become a partner of Millhouse Capital and Profit House in this company.

Employees of one of the power structures of the Chechen Republic carried out an armed attack on a temporary placement (TAP) of forced migrants, reports "Memorial". On December 8, 2003, at about 19.00, three UAZ vehicles and several VAZ-21099s arrived at the TAP. From cars A large group of security officials in masks came out and went to the entrance of the TAP building.

On Monday, 23 students of school number 518 were gassed in St. Petersburg, Rosbalt reports. According to the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of St. Petersburg, on Monday at about 2.15 pm, gas was sprayed into the school premises, presumably from a gas cartridge. As a result, 23 people were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning in a hospital on Bucharestskaya Street.

In Moscow, in crowded places during the celebration of the New Year, television surveillance will be conducted. This was announced to journalists on Monday by the head of the capital's department of consumer market and services, Vladimir Malyshkov. In addition, according to him, all shop windows of catering establishments and shops will be equipped with a special film that can protect people from glass fragments. Fire safety measures will also be strengthened, RIA Novosti reports.

In the east of the capital, traffic jams have formed on a number of main highways. According to RIA Novosti, serious traffic difficulties are observed in the entire section from the Riga overpass to the Suschevsky shaft inclusive, on the Shchelkovo highway and highways in the Sokolniki region. In addition, traffic jams formed on the streets and alleys adjacent to the main roads.

In the Sea of ​​Okhotsk on Sunday evening it was possible to eliminate the fire on the Pollux refrigerator, RIA Novosti was told in the Vladivostok monitoring service for the fishing fleet. The team of the marine rescue ship "Devoted" took part in extinguishing the fire. Rescuers pumped out water from part of the flooded premises of the refrigerator, now the ship's roll has decreased and reaches 10-12 degrees.

Boris Berezovsky. Vladimir Putin may come across an unexpected obstacle on the way to a new term of presidential rule, writes the British Independent. The Russian oligarch and one of the opposition leaders Boris Berezovsky informed the publication about his plans to find and support Putin’s rival in the coming presidential election in March.