Chick. Photo from the site Nature.baikal.ru Rospotrebnadzor sent a letter to the Federal Customs Service, in which he finally confirmed the ban on the import of poultry meat treated with chlorine into Russia. This was the head of the department, Gennady Onishchenko, told Interfax . The ban is introduced from January 1, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev. Frame of Channel One Dmitry Medvedev is pleased with the actions of the government in the past year. According to ITAR-TASS, he stated this at the Cabinet of Ministers, the final meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers this year. "Despite a significant number of difficulties associated with the global financial crisis, a slowdown in our country, the main tasks that were set before the government have been completed," the president said.

The fallen tree in Vladivostok. Photo from the site "Rossiy newspaper" The stormy wind threw a 28-meter, 15-ton New Year tree in the central square of Vladivostok, RBC reports. As a result, no one was injured. The police took the Christmas tree under guard so that the jewelry would not be removed from her. According to preliminary information, the reason was a breakdown of the metal trunk.

Vasily Shandybin. Photo from the site rferl.org In Moscow, at the 69th year of his life, Vasily Shandybin died, Infox.ru reports . With a link to a source in the Communist Party. Vasily Shandybina Galina's wife confirmed the view of the newspaper this information. According to her, Vasily Ivanovich died at 2.30 at night on December 30 in the Central Clinical Hospital after surgery. “Everything was fine, everything was fine. Nobody expected. Doctors in shock,” said Galina Shandybina.

Dice. Frame NTV In Nazran, five criminals in masks and military uniforms selected 40 million rubles from Esidbank collectors, Life News reports with reference to the Ingushetia Ministry of Internal Affairs. The robbery was committed on December 30 on Moskovskaya Street. The robbers drove up to the bank, when collectors with bags left the door, they told the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The criminals fired several shots and took the money.

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad at the Uranus enrichment plant. Photo CNN Iran in the near future may conclude a deal with Kazakhstan on the supply of purified uranium raw materials for the development of its nuclear program. The Associated Press agency reported this with reference to a source in the IAEA. The Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan has already denied this information.

Rosstat building. Photo from the website of the department According to the results of this year, inflation in Russia will be 8.8 percent, according to the official materials of the Federal State Statistics Service. According to the statistical department, since the beginning of December, prices in the country have risen by 0.4 percent. At the same time, for a week from December 22 to 28, zero inflation was recorded in Russia.

Dmitry Shusharin. Photos of faces Valeria Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya considers the result of the outgoing year the restoration of the scoop. But the experiments of all previous restorations show that there is never a complete restoration of the previous models: the restored interaction with what arose during its destruction occurs. Historical synthesis is observed.

Pro. Photo from DefenseindustryDaily.com The US State Department called on the Russian leadership not to mix the issues of reducing offensive weapons and missile defense, the Air Force reports. In the statement of the State Department, it is noted that these two problems have nothing in common and they should be discussed separately.

Lyudmila Alekseeva and Eduard Limonov apply to the city hall for a rally. Frame "Grani-TV" The organizers of the New Year’s promotion of the disagreement, the leader of the National Academy of Sciences Eduard Limonov and the head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseev, received the summons to the prosecutor’s office, Interfax reports with reference to Alekseeva herself.

Flashes in the sun. Photo NASA from the site www.sciam.com The only Russian scientific satellite - the sunny orbital observatory "Koronas -Photon" - began to return to life, Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos, told reporters on Tuesday. “Coronas-Photon” has not been working since the beginning of December, due to problems with the power supply, all the scientific equipment on board was turned off.

Leonid Korotkov. Photo from the site www.amurpolit.ru In Blagoveshchensk, open hearings in the criminal case against the former governor of the Amur Region Leonid Korotkov began. It is reported by RBC. The official is accused of excess of official powers. According to investigators, Korotkov authorized the purchase of road equipment at budget funds at high prices.

Putin at a meeting with rappers. Photo of kp A small business will receive about one hundred billion rubles of loans through banks, which are partners of the VEB state corporation. This was stated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports. According to Putin, about 80 billion rubles will be sent to the country's small business through warranty mechanisms. He noted that it is necessary to develop mechanisms for supporting small businesses.

Place of accident under the reed. Frame RBC-TV In the Volgograd region there was a frontal clash of two buses, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the data of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the region. As a result, the driver of one of the buses died, another 10 people were injured. One woman is in intensive care. The collision occurred at the 140th kilometer of the Volgograd-Kamyshin highway, in the Dubovsky district on Wednesday at 7.15 Moscow time.

Fire in a nightclub in Perm. Photo prm.ru Two defendants in the case of a fire in the Perm club "Lame Horse" will be transferred to a pre-trial detention center in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the main department of the Investigative Committee. According to the agency, the co-owner of the club Anatoly Zak and the chief state inspector of the Perm Territory for fire supervision Vladimir Mukhutdinov will be transferred from Perm to the capital.