Sheikh Maktum Bin Rashid al-Maktum. Image from the site www.reger.rmc.de The ruler of the emirate Dubai, vice president and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Maktum Bin Rashid al-Maktum died. About this, as RIA Novosti reports, the Sava radio station said on Wednesday. Earlier, the television of the Emirate Dubai interrupted the usual programs, and surah from the Qur'an was transmitted on the air.

Alexey Ivchenko ('Naftogaz of Ukraine') and Alexei Miller ('Gazprom'). Frame NTV The question of Russian gas supply to Ukraine is settled. This, according to Echo of Moscow, reported on Wednesday by the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller and Naftogaz of Ukraine Alexei Ivchenko at a joint press conference. A five -year contract has been signed for the supply of Russian gas for 230 dollars per thousand cubic meters when a transit of $ 1.6.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Photo from the site Pams3.narod.ru Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Vice Speaker of the State Duma from the LDPR faction, said that he intends to raise the issue of conducting a parliamentary investigation in connection with the agreements reached between Moscow and Kiev on the sale of Russian gas to Ukraine. This, as Interfax reports, the deputy reported on Wednesday.

Baron Munchausen The district court of the cool (Kabardino-Balkaria) admitted that the resident of this city Vladimir Nagovitsin is a descendant of Jerome von Munchhausen. This was announced on Wednesday by a source in court. Nagovitsin presented the court with historical documents, according to which in July 1739 in St. Petersburg Baron Munchausen met with Princess Golitsyna, and the result of this romantic connection was the emergence of an illegitimate daughter.

Anatoly Chubais. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru In Moscow, thieves penetrated the apartment where the wife of the Chairman of the Board of the RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais was registered. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday sources in law enforcement agencies of the capital.

Andrey Piontkovsky The rhetoric of the demoniac Iranian president leaves no choice for the General Staff of the Israeli army. 10-15 key objects of the Iranian Manhattan should be destroyed before the assembly of the first nuclear warhead. It is enough to refer, for example, to a completely fair remark of such an authoritative military expert as Vladimir Putin: “If someone tries to use weapons commensurate with weapons of mass destruction, we will respond with measures, adequate threats.

Iraq. The victim in the explosion. Photo by ar The terrorist-samobitan exploded on Wednesday on a funeral ceremony held in the town of Mukdadiy (about 95 kilometers north of Baghdad). As the AR reports, at least 30 people were killed as a result of the attack, several dozen were injured. In total, about 100 people participated in the funeral ceremony. They buried the nephew of the director of the local hospital.

Special operation in Dagestan. Frame NTV In the morning on Wednesday, in the Untsukulsky district of Dagestan, a special operation continued against a group of eight militants, hiding in a forest near the road to the village of Shamilkala. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Abdulmanap Musaev cited updated data on losses. On Tuesday, one soldier and eight law enforcement officials were killed.

Operation to save miners in West Virginia. Photo from the site Yahoonews 11 of the 12 American miners, who were looking for rescuers at the mine in West Virginia, were killed. This was reported on Wednesday by AR with reference to the words of representatives of their families. Previously, there were reports that all people blocked in the mine are alive. Around midnight, rescuers reported this information on the phone.

Ilya Milstein According to Interfax, in Moscow in a warm, friendly environment, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin accepted the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. During the negotiations, the parties came to an agreement on the return of Ukraine to the zone. According to updated data, in the zone of strategic interests of Russia. The head of Gazprom, the Mr.

Demyan Kudryavtsev. Photo from the site http://vavilon.ru The Board of Directors of the Publishing House "Kommersant" appointed the new general director Demyan Kudryavtsev. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday a member of the board of directors, Julius Dubov. According to him, a meeting of the Council was held the day before. Before the appointment of Kudryavtsev, an application was satisfied on the resignation of the former general director Vladimir Lensky.

The collapse of the roof of the supermarket in the Czech Republic. Frame NTV On Wednesday, rescuers completed work on the blockage of the supermarket in the Czech city of Ostrava. According to CTK, there were no people under the collapsed roof. The only victim was a 20-year-old saleswoman who received a slight wound. The roof of the supermarket hit Tuesday evening. According to the preliminary version, she could not withstand the severity of the snow that had accumulated on it.

The disinfection of the private economy in the Crimea affected by bird flu. Frame NTV In Crimea, the mass case of poultry was again recorded at poultry enterprises. According to Interfax Wednesday with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, from December 30, 2005 to January 3, 2006, 32 thousand 693 chickens seized and disposed of in the village of Primorsky Employees of Vettsluzh.

Earthquake in Indonesia. Photo by ar The landslides caused by powerful rains fell on Wednesday to the village on the Indonesian island of Java. As AR reports, as a result, dozens of people missed. Most of the 200 inhabitants of the village of Sijeruk at that time saved in their homes. According to police representatives, at the moment only about 12 rescued. Five bodies of the dead are already extracted from the rubble.

Special operation in Dagestan. Frame NTV In Dagestan on Wednesday evening, a special operation was suspended against a group of militants. According to RIA Novosti, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, the operation will continue on Thursday morning. According to the police colonel Abdulmanap Musaev, the second day of military operations in the Untsukul district of Dagestan did not give noticeable results.