Blooded '' McDonald's ''. RTVI frame Fedor Kovalchuk, the organizer of the explosion in the McDonald's restaurant in St. Petersburg, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in a maximum security colony. The court sentenced his accomplice to Evgeny Skorov in the form of seven years in prison with a trial period of five years, Interfax reports. Previously, the jury found Kovalchuk guilty of organizing explosions in McDonald's and in a flower camp at the Vladimir metro station.

Oleg Mitvol. Photo by RIA '' News '' The deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitvol will lead the interregional public movement "Green Alternative". Documents for his registration were submitted to the Ministry of Justice on Sunday, Kommersant reports. According to the official, the question of his entry into the governing bodies of the Yabloko party has not been resolved.

Eduard Limonov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru In the midst of New Year's hibernation, an extremely sensible article from the Arsenyevsky Vesti newspaper appeared on the network for January 5. Her author is Nadezhda Alisimchik. A more complete report on the confrontation between the Primorye citizens, engaged in the delivery and sale of foreign cars from Japan, and the imperious hand of Moscow, which created a critical situation in Primorye, raising duties on foreign cars, I did not read.

Police at the crime scene. Photo by RIA Novosti In Moscow, an employee of the private security department of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Central Administrative District was detained, which is suspected of scoring a drug addict, RBC reports with reference to the press service of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office. A criminal case has been instituted against him under part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code ("intentional infliction of serious harm to health").

Banknot of 5000 rubles. Fragment The first Central Bank set by the Central Bank in the new year the ruble exchange rate to the dollar was higher than the mark of 30 rubles - at the level of 30.53 rubles per 1 dollar, according to the website of the Central Bank. At the same time, on the eve of the Central Bank, he noted that the tactics of “controlled devaluation” only in December cost him $ 70 billion, and it will continue in the same form, Kommersant reports.

Andrey Kazmin. Photo "Echo of Moscow" “Russian Post” leaves its general director Andrei Kazmin, Kommersant reports. Officially, the FSUE Casmin should be announced on Monday. The temporarily acting general director after the departure of Kazmin, according to the source of the publication, will be appointed Andrei Manoilo, who is now the first deputy general director.

Alexander Belov (Potkin), leader of the DPNI. Photo nbp-info.ru Dorogomilovsky court of Moscow suspended the process of the leader of the movement against illegal immigration Alexander Potkin, who is accused of inciting interethnic growth, RIA Novosti reports. The court decided to wait for the end of the examination about the state of his health, as a result of which the issue of the participation of the leader of the DPNI in the meetings will be resolved.

Dagestan map. Frame NTV In the city of Kizilyurt in Dagestan in a minibus, which was following the Hasavyurt-Makhachkala route, a 32-year-old resident of Makhachkala was detained. During the search, she found TNT checkers and other ammunition, ITAR-TASS reports.

US Air Force air base in Kyrgyzstan. Photo of the newspaper '' News Time '' The leadership of Kyrgyzstan plans to terminate the agreement with the United States on the stay of the American air base in the republic in the near future. This was reported by "News Time" with reference to "aware sources in Bishkek." According to the publication, Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiev intends to sign a decree before a visit to Moscow, which should take place at the end of the current week.

Maxim Martsinkevich, NTV frame The Khamovnican Court of Moscow postponed on January 16 the verdict in the case of Skinheads, Maxim Martsinkevich, known nicknamed Tesac, and Artem Zuev, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Moscow City Court Anna Usacheva. Neo -Nazis are accused of inciting national hatred or enmity, committed by an organized group publicly or using the media under Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.

Accident. Photo from the site www.nwcars.ru One person died and three were injured as a result of a collision of two cars on Leninsky Prospekt in the center of Moscow, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the traffic police. The accident occurred on Sunday at 22.15 near the house number 7 on Leninsky Prospekt at the entrance to Oktyabrskaya Square. After the collision, one of the cars crashed into a pillar. A 20-year-old girl who was in the car died on the spot.

Mikhail Kasyanov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The cessation of gas supplies to European consumers caused "huge damage to long-term national interests," said Mikhail Kasyanov, leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union on Monday. He called the actions of the Russian leadership in the gas conflict "inadequate and irresponsible." "The leadership of Russia should immediately resume gas supply to Europe in full," Kasyanov said in a statement .

Israeli soldiers in the Gaza sector. Photo by ar In the military operation "cast lead" in the Gaza sector, Israeli reservists began to take part, reports Reuters. The brigade General Avi Benahu, spokeswoman for the IDV, said about the transfer of recruits to the combat zone and the beginning of their "integration into military operations". At the same time, according to him, the bulk of the reservist called up to the service continues to be in training camps.

Protest Protest in Vladivostok. Photo Primamedia From Monday, the Government Decree "On Amendments to the Customs Tariff for some Motor Vehicles", signed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on December 5, 2008, has entered into force in Russia, RBC reports. In accordance with the resolution, the absolute size of the duties on cars, depending on the volume of the engine, will be from 1.2 to 5.8 euros per 1 cubic centimeter.

A rally in New York against the war in the Gaza sector. Photo Independent In New York, a protest against Israeli military operation in the Gaza sector grew into a mass fight, CNN reports. As a result of the incident, nine protesters were arrested, seven police officers were injured in varying severity. Two law enforcement officers provided medical assistance in connection with head injuries.