The flag of the European Union. Photo from the site zaistinu.ru The Czech Republic, which headed the European Union from January 1, demanded immediately to completely restore the supply of Russian gas to the EU member countries. As the Air Force reports, Prague made this requirement after a decrease in pressure in gas pipelines was recorded in Romania, Poland and Hungary.

The layout of the Olympic Park in the Imereta Valley of Sochi. Photo from Myestatenews.ru website President Dmitry Medvedev signed amendments to a number of laws that regulate issues regarding the organization and conduct of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Kremlin press service.

Yekaterinburg, December 31, 2008. Activists of the movement "Defence" hold the action "Scroll, Medveput!" - they lower a tire with portraits of Putin and Medvedev from Mount Uktus. Source: steppane

Valentin Polyansky. Photo by Lenta.ru In Moscow, in his apartment, a colonel of the Airborne Forces, Hero of Russia Valentin Polyansky, was found in his apartment, Interfax reports. According to a source in law enforcement agencies, on Saturday, a signal of a person’s firearm in an apartment of a house on Tsymlyanskaya Street was received in the internal affairs department of Lublin. The ambulance and the operational-investigation group were sent to the scene.

Israeli soldiers. Photo cursor As a result of the air strike in the Gaza sector, another senior representative of the paramilitary wing of Hamas Abu Zakaria al-Jamal reports, Newsru Israel reports. On January 1, as a result of one of the attacks of Israeli, Nizar Reyan, a third party in Hamas, was destroyed on Gaza. The blow was inflicted on his house in Dzhabalia. According to Palestinian sources, 432 residents of the Gaza sector were killed during the Operation "Little Lead".

Gas burner. Photo from News.by The resumption of negotiations with Naftogaz of Ukraine for further gas supplies to Ukraine is impossible, since there is no appropriate answer from the Ukrainian side. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the Vice President of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev, who is in Prague.

Victor Shenderovich. Photos of faces Journalist Viktor Shenderovich intends to pursue the "jokes" in court, who distributed a message about his death on the Internet. He stated this on the air of "Echo of Moscow". “Messages about my death are a criminal offense,” Schenderovich said.