Roman Abramovich applauds his players. Photo from the site UEFA The Governor of Chukotka and the oligarch Roman Abramovich claims that he never tried to put pressure on the Russian government. He stated this in an interview with the British weekly The Observer, which was the first in the last three years. The last time Abramovich talked with BBC reporters shortly after the purchase of the Chelsea football club three years ago.

Sergey Ivanov. Frame of the TV channel '' Russia '' Russia is a world leader in about 10-15 super-advanced technologies and areas of development of science and technology. This was stated on Saturday on the broadcast of the Rossiya TV channel, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov, RIA Novosti reports. “Leading scientists say that in the world there are approximately 50 super -advanced technologies of science and technology,” Ivanov noted.

Mausoleum of the Niyazov family. Photo from Parliament-tm.org In Ashgabat, a mourning farewell ceremony with Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov is taking place in Ashgabat in the Presidential Palace on Sunday. According to RIA Novosti, citing a state television channel, first officials, representatives of the armed forces, and relatives approached the coffin. Then, ordinary citizens of the country received the opportunity to say goodbye to Turkmenbashi.

Augusto Pinochet. Frame EURONEWS The letter of the former dictator Chili Augusto Pinochet, addressed to Chileans, was published on Sunday. It was written in 2004, reports Ar. "The message to all my compatriots, which will be published after my death," published the Pinochet Foundation, uniting its former supporters and followers. The ex-dictator writes that the 1973 military coup helped to avoid a civil war, but his regime did not initially plan to trample the human rights.

Electric train. Photo from the site www.e1.ru Seven people died and one went to the hospital as a result of a fire in a Kharkov-Izykovo train. The fire arose on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine. By 19.00 (20.00 Moscow time), the fire was extinguished. The press service noted that the fire arose due to the intentional actions of one of the passengers.

Advertising material published by the Surrend group on Tehran Times The Danish art group Surrend published a provocative advertising material in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadjad is called a pig in the Tehran Times newspaper. According to German Spiegel, the material takes half the newspaper strip.

Richard Bucher. Photo by ar The United States expressed the desire to start a new era in relations with Turkmenia after the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov. This was stated on Sunday by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Bucher, who took part in the funeral of Turkmenbashi, reports Reuters. According to Baucher, he met with the acting president of the country Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov.

Loop In St. Petersburg, an ordinary military service, a member of the crew of a large landing ship Admiral Kulakov died. According to Interfax, citing a source in the Northern Fleet, to which the ship is attributed, the sailor of Konoplev was discovered by hanging on Sunday night. A criminal case has been opened. The prosecutor's office of the naval units finds out the circumstances of the death of the sailor. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide.

LEP. Photo from the site www.newspages.ru As a result of the accident, on the Imereti power line, East Georgia and most of Tbilisi remained on Sunday without energy supply. The energy deficit in the Georgian capital was 70 megavatts, RBC reports with reference to the Tbilisa Electric distribution company TELASI. Later, employees of the Georgian-Russian joint venture "Gruzosenergo" eliminated the accident on power lines.

Hall of meetings of the UN Security Council. Frame EURONEWS The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously voted for the introduction of sanctions against Iran. The resolution requires Iran to cease the enrichment of uranium, and also fulfill its obligations to non -proliferation of nuclear weapons, the Air Force reports. Sanctions include a ban on imports to Iran and export from this country of nuclear materials and technologies.

Daniel Craig. Photo by ar According to Alexander Litvinenko, the FSB explodes Russia, perhaps they will make a film. The rights to it were bought by the Hollywood film company Braun Entertainment Group, owned by the Beverly Hills. According to the British Sunday Times, Daniel Craig, the performer of the role of James Bond, can play Litvinenko himself in the last series of the Spy epic - the film "Casino" Royal ".

Mahmoud Ahmadinjad. Photo by ar The UN Security Council on sanctions against Iran is “just a piece of paper”, the country's president Mahmoud Akhmadinjad said on Sunday. According to him, with his help it will not be possible to “intimidate the Iranians” and force Tehran to abandon nuclear developments, REUTERS quoted with reference to the FARS news agency the words of the Iranian leader. “In the interests of the West, to live with nuclear Iran,” said Akhmadinjad.

Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrates his victory. Photo Drugereport The Governor of California Arnold Schwarznegger broke his leg, skiing. This was reported by the AR with reference to the representative of the governor for public relations Adam Mendelsson. The incident occurred on Saturday at a ski resort in Idaho, where he was resting with his family. After a medical examination, it was found that Schwarzenegger had a right thigh.

Fidel Castro. Frame of the Cuban TV from the Air Force website The famous Spanish surgeon Jose Luis Garcia Sabrino went to Cuba to provide medical assistance to Fidel Castro. It is reported on Sunday to Reuters with reference to the newspaper El Periodico de Catalunya. Sabrino flew to Cuba on Thursday by plane of the Cuban government. The aircraft also sent medical equipment, which may be needed in the case of a new surgical intervention, the publication notes.

Saparmurat Niyazov in the coffin. Frame NTV The President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov on Sunday was buried in a mausoleum located in his family village of Kipchak near Ashgabat. According to RIA Novosti, in the morning before its coffin, tens of thousands of residents of the capital, citizens of the republic and official delegations of foreign states passed.