Priest Oleg Stupichkin. Photo from the site kp.ru The prosecutor of the Alapaevsky district in the Sverdlovsk region was dismissed, where, on the night of Christmas, the priest Oleg Stupichkina was killed before Christmas. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated in the press service of the Office of the General Prosecutor's Office in the Ural Federal District (Ural Federal District).

Vladimir Putin. Frame of the TV channel "Russia" C.Saita Lenta.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on amending the Presidential Decree of March 9, 2004 number 314 "On the system and structure of federal executive bodies". This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

Vladimir Putin and Sergey Ivanov at the opening of the Max-2005 air show. Photo by ar How will the resignation of Sergei Ivanov from the post of Minister of Defense and his appointment with the first deputy prime minister in the race of potential successors will affect? Read the comments of Grigory Yavlinsky, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Nikita Belykh, Stanislav Belkovsky, Dmitry Oreshkin, Alexander Konovalov and Valentina Melnikova.

Ilya Milstein You can’t rewrite history, you can’t change the tradition. If Russia is destined to move from frost to the thaw, then we live: from Stalin to Khrushchev, from Nikita to Leni, from Brezhnev to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, from grandfather to Putin, from Putin to Khakamada (joke). No one is to blame. Everyone is to blame. It’s pointless to look for guilty. Fate. Chechnya has a rather similar fate.

Ramzan Kadyrov and ALU Alkhanov. Photo from the site '' Komsomolskaya Pravda '' Ramzan Kadyrov, temporarily acting President Chechnya, congratulated the ex-head of the Republic of ALU Alkhanov on the appointment of Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia, reports Echo of Moscow.

Private. Photo from the site http://vsr.mil.by The ex-commander of the Chita military unit 48432 Nasimi Nazarov, who was accused of the operation of the corporal Andrei Rudenko, was sentenced to 1 year in prison with a trial period of 2 years. According to Gazeta.ru, the commander is deprived of the right to occupy positions in the army for four years and is obliged to pay a fine of 120 thousand rubles.

Roman Rudakov. Photo from Newsru.com The military personnel Roman Rudakov will be done not only by the intestinal transplant, but also to the liver operation. This was reported by Fontanka.ru with reference to the chairman of the public organization "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" Ella Polyakova. Based on this, Polyakova concludes that the soldier was either beaten in the army or was treated incorrectly.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua With the advent of another first deputy prime minister in the Russian government, the so-called successors finally equalized in rights and obligations. Now one first deputy prime minister will go to schools, and the other to the cosmodrome. Now they both get the opportunity to hold meetings of the government in the absence of Mikhail Fradkov. Now they both will not be some ministers there, even let the defense, but almost the prime ministers.

The Seim of Latvia. Photo from the site www.bbi.lv The Latvian parliament approved the bill that tightens the administrative punishment for those who do not know Latvian well and does not use it enough at the workplace, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the Internet publication "Telegraph". The document introduced at the initiative of the right faction "Fatherland and Freedom/Movement for the National Independence of Latvia" was submitted to the parliamentary commissions.

Victor Yushchenko. Photo from the site ITAR-TASS The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers filed an administrative lawsuit for the inaction of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko in the dismissal of Arsen Avakov from the post of Kharkov governor. This was reported by UNIAN with reference to the press service of the Kharkov State Council. At the government meeting, a decision was adopted on an administrative claim to the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv.

Boris Gryzlov. Photo from the site '' United Russia '' The leader of United Russia Boris Gryzlov said that his party would support the candidacy of Ramzan Kadyrov for the post of President of Chechnya, RIA Novosti reports. Gryzlov expressed confidence that Kadyrov will become one of the leading candidates for this post, who, among other things, heads the regional branch of United Russia.

Mikhail Fradkov. Photo from the site 2004.novayagazeta.ru The government at a meeting on Friday as a whole approved a plan for reforming housing and communal services for 2007-2009, submitted by the Ministry of Regional Development, RIA Novosti reports. Summing up the results of the discussion, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov proposed to adopt a draft protocol decision of the government on this issue, taking into account the comments made.

Etruscan sarcophagus from the necropolis of Banditachch. Polychrome terracotta, VI century BC, Museum of Villa Julia, Rome. From the site ru.wikipedia.org One of the most exciting and romantic anthropological puzzles - the origin of ancient Etruscan civilization - is now perhaps solved ... in the course of genetic studies of cattle. Scientists managed to confirm that the Middle East was the birthplace of Etruscans.

Gazpromavia aircraft. Photo from the site www.esj.ru Rostransnadzor and Rosavision banned nine Russian airlines flights to the European Union countries. The corresponding message was published on the official website of the Ministry of Transport of Russia. We are talking about Air Rent, Tatarstan, Atlant-Soiuz, Aviakon Cytotrans, Avia, Gazpromavia, Lukoil, Russian Sky and UTair.

Sergey Mironov. Photo from the site www.rusmysl.ru The leaders of the Fair Russia and the People’s Party announced their intention to unite the parties they head. According to RIA Novosti, this said on Friday the leader of Fair Russia Sergey Mironov. “Today you are witnesses to the beginning of the unifying process based on Fair Russia,” Mironov said.