Salute above Red Square. Photo from the website Russianboston.ru Due to the launch of the fireworks, there was a break in the power line in the city of the Revda of the Sverdlovsk region. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of OJSC IDGC Urals, as a result of more than 270 private houses and a number of enterprises were left without electricity. The emergency occurred on December 13 at about 7 a.m. local time.

Egor Gaidar. Photo "Echo of Moscow" The cause of the death of the economist and politics of Yegor Gaidar was the edema of the lungs caused by myocardial ischemia, and not a torn thrombus, as previously reported. About this in her blog was written by his daughter Maria Gaidar. According to her, the death of her father occurred from two to six in the morning. “Most likely, he did not understand what happened. I saw, his face was completely calm.

FSB. Photo from the site zrpress.ru Four FSB officers were killed in Ingushetia when shelling a car. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. "At about 16.15 Moscow time in the Nazran Gamurzievsky district, not far from the hospital unknown from firearms, the VAZ -2114 car was shot, in which four employees of the FSB department in Ingushetia were located," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Fire in a nightclub in Perm. Photo afisha.prm.ru As part of the investigation into the causes of the fire in the Lame Horse, another criminal case was initiated: military investigators revealed violations by the Ministry of Defense when leasing the cafe.

Colony. Photo from the website of the Foundation "In Defense of the Rights of Prisoners" Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Reimer did not allow human rights activists to be present when suppressing riots in correctional institutions. It is reported by RIA "Novosti".

The emblem of the US State Department The recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Republic of Nauru will not affect the position of the United States on this issue, said the press secretary of the State Department, Yen Kelly. "The recognition of the island of Naur, in our opinion, in no way strengthens the legitimacy of the authorities of these separatist regions," said the diplomat.

State Duma. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru In 2010, it is planned to spend 90.5 million rubles on the repair of buildings of the State Duma. On the public procurement website, competitive applications have been set up for 60 million and 30.5 million rubles, Vedomosti reports. They were placed by the Presidential Affairs Management, responsible for the maintenance of the Duma buildings.

Congress of ''United Russia''. Frame of the TV channel ''Vesti'' "United Russia" is preparing to become an "electronic party". According to Vedomosti, a project with the same name is being prepared for implementation, which will allow managing the political structure online. The secretary of the presidium of the General Council Vyacheslav Volodin and the deputy curator of the party for the North-Western District Rostislav Golshtein told about this publication.

Dairy products. Photo from the site kiprino.ru Due to the lack of raw and milk powder, interruptions in the supply of dairy products to retail chains began, RBC Daily reports . According to representatives of retailers, recently, milk processors have been performing orders by only 50 percent. According to the dairy union, a deficiency of raw milk is 7 thousand tons daily.

The seizure of documents. Photo from Newsru.com In the premises of the Barnaul City Hall, the SCP and the police are a seal of documents. According to ITAR-TASS, the senior assistant to the head of the SCP SU in the Altai Territory Lyudmila Ryazantsev, investigative actions are carried out as part of an investigation of a criminal case against mayor Vladimir Kolganov.

Fire in Ukhta. Photo from the Air Force website The Komi Investigative Department opened a criminal case on giving obviously false testimony against the former deputy prosecutor of Ukhta Grigory Chekalin, Kommersant reports . The criminal case was instituted based on the results of the verification of the facts that Chekalin himself set out in his video message to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

The tunnel of the accelerator of the large Adron Collider. Photo from the site CERN Physicists of the European organization of nuclear research ( CERN , CERN) were announced on Wednesday at 18.20 by the Middle European time about the completion of the first stage of work with the Great Hadron Colleider ( LHC ) after its restarting in November, RIA Novosti reports. “See you next year,” says the inscription on the site where the condition of the accelerator is displayed.

Cherkizovsky market. Photo by RIA Novosti The destruction of counterfeit goods from the Cherkizovsky market, which was closed in Moscow, will be engaged in the state -owned enterprise "Ecotekhprom". According to RIA Novosti, this decision was made by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

The author of the song and the video is Evgeny Titov.

Accident. Photo Reporter.ru In the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow Region on Thursday night, as a result of a car accident, the deputy commander of the riot police of the Zubyr Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Chernov., RIA Novosti reports. The colonel, returning from service in Mitsubishi’s personal car, lost control, moved into a ditch and crashed into a tree. He died on the spot from injuries.