A gas pipeline. Photo from the site www.itartass.ur.ru Russia intends to revise the conditions for the supply of gas, Georgia and the Baltic countries. About this, according to RIA Novosti, said the Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko, speaking at the "government hour" in the State Duma. Earlier, Gazprom’s leadership has repeatedly stated that it intends to bring gas tariffs delivered to the post -Soviet countries to the level of pan -European prices from the next year.

The synagogue and the mosque in Grozny. The beginning of the twentieth century. Photo from the site Grozny-virtual.ru The city of Grozny will be renamed the city of Akhmat-Kala. Such a decision, as RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday, issued the People’s Assembly of the Chechnya Parliament. Chechen parliamentarians decided to apply to the leadership of Russia. The city of Grozny was founded in 1818 as the Grozny fortress by order of General Ermolov.

Vyacheslav Ivankov, known as the Japanese leaves the prison. Photo from the site www.gzt.ru The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of Vyacheslav Ivankov, who accused of the murder of two citizens of Turkey, reports Echo of Moscow. Thus, the cassation representation of the metropolitan prosecutor’s office was rejected, which asked to cancel the verdict and send the case of Ivankov, also known as “Japanese”, for a new consideration.

Vladimir Putin at Kuala Lumpur Airport. Photo from the site Yahoonews Russian President Vladimir Putin at a working breakfast on Wednesday met with former Prime Minister Malaysia Mahathir Mohammad. As RIA Novosti reports, during the meeting, Putin handed the ex -Prime Minister Malaysia a gift - a small picture with the image of a bouquet of flowers.

Fireworks. Photo from the site FireWorld.ru On New Year's holidays in Moscow, firecrackers will not be banned. According to RIA Novosti, on Tuesday evening, the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow, reported on the air of the TVTC television channel. At the same time, the mayor emphasized that the law enforcement services on the eve of the holidays are required to conduct a thorough check of the quality of firecrackers and fireworks.

Vessel. Photo from the site http://russian.people.com.cn The Ambassador of Russia to the DPRK Andrei Karlov at the port of Kimchhek began negotiations on Wednesday with representatives of the DPRK border and diplomatic departments to clarify all the circumstances of the detention of the Russian dry cargo transport. This is reported by Interfax.

Vladimir Putin. Photo Reuters The first East Asian summit marks the birth of a new influential association. As RIA Novosti reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin made such a statement at the summit. "There is every reason to believe that the current meeting marks the birth of a new influential association. And this is natural. After all, among its members - the state whose political and economic weight is recognized not only in Asia, but throughout the world.

'' Hat '' '' Vedomosti '' The shareholders of the Vedomosti newspaper do not negotiate with the RBC agency on the sale of the publication. As the newspaper itself writes on Wednesday, this was reported by the PR manager of the publication Elena Bystrova. “Vedomosti shareholders” are not going to sell the publication and never discussed any issues from RBC on this deal, ”she said.

Komsomolskaya station. Mosaics p. Korin. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Komsomolskaya station, mosaics of Korin. December 2005 Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru

The place of the helicopter fall. Frame NTV The body of the third pilot of the Mi-8 helicopter was found, which was disaster in the Khabarovsk Territory on December 6, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, divers on Wednesday raised the body of the pilot to the surface. Earlier, rescuers removed the tail of the fuselage of the helicopter from the Amur.

SH-60B helicopter. Photo from the website Photo.Starnet.ru A helicopter of the US Navy crashed off the coast of Colombia on Tuesday, Reuters reports with reference to representatives of the American Navy. The SH-60B helicopter participated in the operation against drug dealers. Nothing is known about the fate of the crew, even the exact number of people aboard the helicopter. It is assumed that there could be from three to five.

Sergey Ivanov. Photo from the website Novayagazeta.ru Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov denied information about allegedly existing plans to liquidate districts and fleets in the armed forces, as well as the creation of certain new structures. Such a statement, as RIA Novosti reports, he made on Wednesday, commenting on the media reporting on the eve of.

Victor Tulkin. Photo from the site rkrp-rpk.ru The State Duma deprived of the deputy’s words from the Communist Party faction Viktor Tulkin for a month. According to RIA Novosti, this decision was made at a meeting of the State Duma on Wednesday by a majority vote of deputies. The question was brought out at the suggestion of the head of the Duma commission on ethics, Gennady Raikov.

Chechnya. Photo by RIA '' News '' Three troops were injured as a result of careless handling of a grenade in the Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, RIA Novosti reports. "At the place of deployment of a military unit in the district center of Achkhoy-Martan, an explosion occurred as a result of careless handling of a grenade and three military personnel were injured," RIA Novosti on Wednesday in the Achikhoy-Martan district police department told.

Chechnya. Photo from the site www.lenta.ru In Ingushetia, Khasbulat Amerkhanov, whom the Russian side calls the "active action movie" was killed in Ingushetia. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia on Wednesday. "The operation was carried out on Wednesday, December 14, in the city of Nazran in one of the houses on Partizanskaya Street at about 13.00," said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia.