As of December 25, 37 million 610.5 thousand citizens were included in the electoral lists for voting in the presidential elections in Ukraine on December 26. According to RBC, this was announced on Saturday at a press conference by CEC chairman Yaroslav Davidovich. This figure is updated daily, and it is possible that in some districts it will be slightly changed. Davidovich also said that according to the new law, 188 thousand 70 absentee ballots were issued.

The current governor of the Volgograd region, Nikolai Maksyuta, was hospitalized on the eve of the gubernatorial elections, RIA Novosti reports. According to the press service of the head of the regional administration, Maksyuta was in the Mikhailovsky district of the region, where the installation of bells in the Church of the Nativity of Christ took place. At the construction site, as noted in the press service, there was an incident as a result of which Maksyuta received a head injury.

Pulsar allows you to study the superfluous state of matter The study of the young pulsar 3C58, located in 10 thousand light years from the Earth, using the Cosmic X -ray Observatory of NASA "Chandra" ( Chandra ), made it possible to fix the abnormally rapid cooling of this object. The data obtained suggest that the density of the pulsar substance is actually much higher than that follows from generally accepted theories.

As a result of a fire in a residential building in the Khabarovsk Territory, seven people died, including two children, RIA Novosti reports. "The day before, in the village of Ommi, Amur District, Khabarovsk Territory, a fire broke out in a one-story five-apartment wooden residential building, the building burned down completely," a law enforcement source said. He clarified that during the analysis of the rubble, the charred bodies of seven people, including two young children, were found.

Kyiv eateries McDonald's, located on Khreshchatyk, have closed free access to their toilets, RIA Novosti reports. Now you can get into the restroom of the restaurant only after the purchase. Combination locks were installed on the toilet doors, which can only be opened by entering a special number from the purchase receipt.

Kaliningrad. Illustration from the site Religi.ru On Saturday, the office of the regional branch of the United Russia party on April 9 was attacked in Kaliningrad on Saturday.

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine refused to issue an international observer certificate to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the forthcoming re-voting of the second round of the presidential elections on December 26. According to ITAR-TASS, this was announced at a press conference by the head of the CEC of Ukraine, Yaroslav Davydovich. He explained that Zhirinovsky had submitted documents to the CEC a day later than was required by law.

In the Novgorod region, a truck carrying dolphins from the St. Petersburg Dolphinarium got into an accident, RIA Novosti reports. Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations conduct an operation to rescue them. As reported on Saturday in the Novgorod traffic police department, at about 11.30 Moscow time, employees of operational services received information about a traffic accident on the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.

In the west of Baghdad, an explosion occurred near the building of the Jordanian diplomatic mission, followed by shooting. According to Reuters, according to preliminary data, a fuel truck exploded near the building. According to law enforcement sources and local residents, there are "many casualties" as a result of the explosion. CNN reports 12 dead and 15 injured. Reuters reports two dead and 13 wounded Iraqis.

The Prime Minister of Abkhazia, Nodar Khashba, signed an order according to which the information agency of the republic "Apsnypress" is liquidated. According to RBC, the functions of the liquidated department are entrusted to the Press, Information and Telecommunications Agency. Vladimir Zantaria, former vice-premier of the unrecognized republic, has been appointed head of this structure. The reason for the liquidation of the agency is not reported.

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine declared unconstitutional the provision of the law on the specifics of the application of the law on presidential elections on December 26, which makes it impossible for people with disabilities (except for people with disabilities of the first group) to vote outside polling stations, Interfax Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to. According to the decision of the court, this provision loses its effect from the date of the decision.

Russia has detained 12 active members of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir terrorist organization, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said at a press conference in Moscow. "In the Russian Federation, in particular, in the Moscow region, in the Tyumen region, Tatarstan, Bashkiria and Udmurtia, 12 active members of this organization who are on the interstate wanted list have been detained," Nurgaliev said.

In the Eastern District of Moscow, unidentified persons robbed the wife of the Danish ambassador to Russia, RIA Novosti reports, citing a law enforcement source in the capital. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the robbery took place near the house number 40 on the Izmailovsky highway. The woman got out of her car to inspect the wheel of the car.

Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with the Emir of Qatar, expressed gratitude to the Qatari leadership for their goodwill in resolving the issue of the return of the two Russians. According to RIA Novosti, on Friday the President of Russia had a telephone conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Hamad al-Thani.

The head of Viktor Yanukovych's campaign headquarters, Taras Chornovil, said on Saturday that he had information about the transfer of "suspicious people" to some camp sites near Kiev.