Pipeline. Frame '' Vesti '' Belarus is illegally selected Russian oil intended for Western Europe from the Friendship oil pipeline. This statement was made on Monday by the head of the Russian company Transneft, Semen Weinstok, RIA Novosti reports. "From January 6 of this year, the Belarusian side unilaterally, without warning anyone, began the illegal selection of oil from the Druzhba oil pipeline, intended exclusively for transporting consumers in Western Europe," he said.

Igor Ponomarev. Photo from the website of the International Maritime Organization Two days before the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian diplomat died in London. According to Lenta.ru with reference to the German magazine Focus, he, along with the Italian consultant, Mario Scramell, was going to meet with Litvinenko. Igor Ponomarev was a representative of Russia in the International Maritime Organization. He died on October 30, 2006 in the British capital.

Alps in the canton of Vale (Switzerland). Photo from the site www.reisen.ru In the French Alps on Sunday, skiing, an 11-year-old girl from Russia died. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the French media. This happened at the ski resort Meribel-Les-Alets in the Department of Savoy. According to the local mining service, a girl on which there was no protective helmet, and her mother went down along a wide ski highway.

Image from the website "Rosoboronexport" Russia must hold its line and not succumb to provocative statements by American officials, said RIA Novosti, General of the Russian Army, State Duma deputy Valentin Varennikov, commenting on the situation with the introduction of US sanctions against three Russian companies.

Hurricane. Photo from the site www.podrobnosti.ua In St. Petersburg on Monday, a storm warning was announced. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the regional department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to the press service, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland from 18 to 21 hours it is expected to strengthen the southwestern wind to 12-16 meters per second, the height of the waves can reach a one-month-old meter.

Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo from the site www.kz.kp.ru President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov, the request for which he submitted on Monday. About Kazakhstan Today, citing a source in the government of the republic. “The Prime Minister has resigned today,” the agency’s interlocutor said. The source did not specify the reasons for the departure of the prime minister from his post.

Image from the website of the company "Transaero" Russian tourists, from the evening of Saturday, who were at the airport of the Egyptian resort of Hurghada, returned to Moscow with two flights of Transaero airline. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Domodedovo Airport, the first Boeing with Russians landed at 23.34 Sundays, the second - at 00.02 Monday.

Andrey Lugovoi. Photo by ar Suspects in the case of Litvinenko are not Russian citizens. EAK reports RIA Novosti, on Monday, lawyer Andrei Romashov, representing the interests of the ex-FSB officer Andrei Lugovoy, who is a witness in this case. "I do not think that Scotland Yard is suspected of Russian citizens. No, these are not our compatriots," the defender expressed his opinion.

Dekalb Avenue metro station. Photo from nycsubway.org In the Washington metro, the train got off the rails and crashed into the tunnel wall. According to AP, 60 people from the last wagons of the composition were extracted by rescuers, 20 people were hospitalized. The accident occurred on Sunday at 15.45 local time near Mount Vernon Square, on which two metro lines intersect. There were about 150 people on the train. One of the victims is seriously wounded.

An-22 The commander and six more members of the Ukrainian crew of the An-22 aircraft were detained on Monday at the Norwegian airport on suspicion of intention to make a flight in a state of intoxication, reports Ar. According to the police, the pilots were detained at Bergen Airport - Flesland. The airport security service before the AN-22 morning flight felt the smell of alcohol coming from the pilots.

Sochi. Photo from the site www.osko.ru The Russian delegation was transferred on Monday to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, the application of Sochi-2014. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". “I would really like the International Olympic Committee to choose our city. We have everything for this,” said Sochi Mayor Viktor Kolodyzhny. “The book is very strong, it meets all the requirements that the International Olympic Committee nominates.

Odisk ship. Frame "Vesti" The towing of the Ukrainian dry cargo "ODIK" was completed, two crew members of which were killed from poisoning with poisoners, to the Kerch Sea trading port for further unloading. This was reported by Ura-Inform with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine. Currently, one crew member is in serious condition and 7 people are in a state of moderate severity. All of them were poisoned by poisonous pairs.

Astronomers found a large black hole where few people decided to look for such objects - in the ball accumulation of one of the elliptical galaxies closest to us - NGC 4472 ( M49 ) from the cluster of the Virgin (about 50 million light years from the Earth).

The flag of the European Union The European Commission on Monday demanded that Russia and Belarus of an urgent explanation of the reasons for which the supply of Russian oil to Poland and other EU countries were stopped, Reuters reports. "We contacted the Russian and Belarusian authorities and demanded an immediate and detailed explanation of this interruption," said Ferran Tarradelelas Espuni, press secretary of the EU Commissioner in Energy, at a press conference.

Pipeline. Photo from the site www.galaxy.com.ua The Russian company "Transneft" recognized that it blocked the supply of oil at the Druzhba oil pipeline to Poland and Germany. According to Reuters, this was stated by the vice president of the company Sergey Grigoryev. According to him, the company was forced to take such measures, since Belarus, in whose territory the oil pipeline passes, began unauthorized oil selection.