Sailor of the Black Sea Fleet. Photo by RIA '' News '' Two boats of the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia "Mangust" and "Sobol" on Saturday arrived in the Abkhaz port of Ochamchira, RIA "Novosti" reports with reference to a source in the border administration. In Ochamchir, a marine base of Russian courts in Abkhazia will be created.

Promotion of the headlights. Photo far-msk.ru The traffic police blocked the participants in the protest run, which was carried out on Saturday in Vladivostok by motorists, dissatisfied with the increase in fuel prices and duties for foreign cars, RIA Novosti reports. The initiators of the protest were the Primorsky branch of the Federation of Auditers of Russia and the regional organization of the public movement "Partnership of the Initiative Citizens of Russia".

Island of Nauru. Photo by SPROL.COM The introductory trip of the delegation of the Republic of Nauru can be the last step towards the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia. According to ITAR-TASS, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Finance of the Republic of Pacific Republic Kiren Keke announced this on Saturday. "Taking into account the last year’s war and the year that has passed since those tragic events, I would like to learn more about the history of your state," he said.

Elections in Abkhazia. Photo Gazeta.ru In the election of the President of Abkhazia, as of 15.00 Moscow time, more than 40 percent of voters voted, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the CEC of the republic. Thus, the elections were recognized as held, at least 25 percent of voters should take part in them. At the same time, representatives of the opposition have already made a number of high -profile statements about violations committed during the vote.

Victims of the explosion of the Nevsky Express. Photo AR In Moscow, at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, a passenger of the blown up Nevsky Express train, Alina Evgrafova, died. According to Interfax, she was in the intensive care unit with fractures of the vault and base of the skull and crushing of the head lobe of the brain. The total number of victims undermining the train has risen to 27 people.

Fire in a nightclub in Perm. Photo afisha.prm.ru Perm's Lame Horse club, in which more than 140 people died in a fire on December 5, was operating on a fake registration certificate, according to the website of the Perm Territory Prosecutor's Office. During the prosecutor's check, it turned out that the inventory number assigned to the Lame Horse documentation was for a certain extension of a residential building in the city of Lysva, Perm Territory.

Moscow, December 12, 2009. Opposition actions on Constitution Day. Shooting by Dmitry Zykov for Grani-TV.

Yuri Lutsenko. Photo from the site '' Ukrainian Truth '' A deputy from the Party of Regions of Ukraine Nestor Shufrich beat the Minister of Internal Affairs of the country Yuri Lutsenko. According to Interfax , this happened the day before during the break of the Schuster Live program. A few minutes before the break, Shufrich and Lutsenko quarreled, and the bike happened directly on the air of the program of Savik Schuster on Ukrainian television.

A fragment of the film by Alexander Sladkov (VGTRK). Operator Vadim Andreev.

Map of Abkhazia. Image from the site mptour.ru On Saturday in Abkhazia, at 08.00 Moscow time, polling stations were opened for voting in the elections of the President of the Republic, ITAR-TASS reports.

Oil tower. Photo: Russian-st-petersburg.com The consortium, headed by the Russian oil company, Lukoil won the tender for the development of the Iraqi Oil Field "West Kurna-2", Reuters reports with reference to the Minister of Oil Iraq Hussein al-Shakhristani. In 1997, Lukoil already received the right to develop the West Kurna-2 field, but production did not begin due to international sanctions imposed on Iraq.

A rally of protest of movement is tiger. Photo from the site www.iskra-tigr.ru In St. Petersburg, participants in the action of motorists against the introduction of a transport tax were detained, Kasparov.ru reports, citing the coordinator of the Russian Partnership, Alexander Rastorguev. According to him, the rally was agreed with the city authorities and went near the sports and concert complex on Gagarin Street.

Protest rally at AvtoVAZ. Photo Interfax There will be no reduction of five thousand employees of AvtoVAZ planned for September. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by a member of the board of directors, chairman of the primary trade union organization of the plant Nikolai Karagin. Employees are invited to transfer to the recently created subsidiaries of the plant.

Ilya Milstein In politics as in literature: the personality of the speaker is more important than the said words. And if the poet E. votes against the collective farms, and the poet B. immediately tempts to intervene for the collective farm system, then this does not mean that he suddenly hated the peasantry. This means that he experiences a long and deep antipathy for the poet E. He is convinced that there is a lie that is ridiculed by the poet E.. So there is confusion with collective farms.

The action in defense of the Constitution 12.12.2009. Frame of the faces-TV In Moscow, a promotion in defense of the Russian Constitution took place on the Prechista Gate Square, Kasparov.ru reports. The action took place in the form of a “commemoration” according to the basic law of the country: the participants lit candles and laid flowers, played mourning music.