11:14 // 02.01.2008 On December 5, Gazprom signed a gas supply contract with Ukraine, according to which the price of gas on the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in 2008 will be $ 179.5 per thousand cubic meters, the Russian gas holding said. The gas transit rate in Ukraine will be $ 1.7 per thousand cubic meters per 100 kilometers, in Russia for Ukraine - $ 1.7. The tariff for the transit of Russian gas throughout Ukraine to Europe in 2007 was $ 1.6.

The main oil and gas company of Ukraine is on the verge of bankruptcy in the gas storage facilities of the National Joint -Stock Company (NAC) Naftogaz Ukraine - zero resources, and the company itself is on the verge of bankruptcy, says Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The Ukrainian government intends to create a special commission to verify the financial and economic activities of Naftogaz.

16:36 // 02.01.2008 The presenter of the Estonian newspaper Postimees called the "man of 2007" by Estonian Ambassador to Russia Marina Calyrand. "Thanks to the explanatory work of Marina Calyrand, after the transfer of a bronze soldier in Tallinn, Estonia was a winner in a diplomatic war," the newspaper writes.

12:20 // 02.01.2008 Walking a single European currency - Euro - from January 1, 2008 officially applies to Cyprus and Malta, thus, the number of EU countries that are part of the so -called Eurozone increases to 15, RIA Novosti reports. The euro replaced the Maltese lyre and Cyprus pound.

11:59 // 02.01.2008 In Russia, from January 1, 2008, a fourth part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation regulates relations in the field of copyright, as well as the law on its introduction. The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading this bill on November 24, 2006, and on the same day the deputies approved the law on the enforcement of the fourth part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

17:20 // 02.01.2008 Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko claims that the National Joint-Stock Company (NAC) Naftogaz Ukraine is on the verge of bankruptcy. According to RIA Novosti , Tymoshenko announced this after a meeting with the new chairman of the NAC Oleg Dubina. Naftogaz is the largest state -owned company, a company that owns the entire gas transmission system of Ukraine, a company that produces gas and supplies it to the population is on the verge of bankruptcy.

12:57 // 02.01.2008 The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kamynin called the Estonian authorities the murder of Russian Dmitry Ganin in an ineffective investigation during the riots in Estonia last year and expressed the hope that in 2008 the guilty of this crime would still be punished.

18:56 // 02.01.2008 The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko instructed the chairman of the national joint-stock company (NAC) Naftogaz of Ukraine to Oleg Dubin to analyze the cost of natural gas production in Ukraine in order to establish objective gas prices for the population, RIA Novosti reports. “It is necessary to carefully analyze the cost of natural gas production in Ukraine, to see what wraps were in this cost,” Tymoshenko said.

11:08 // 02.01.2008 At least 99 people were killed and 22 are considered missing as a result of floods that last in Indonesia for about two weeks, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the head of the crisis center of the Ministry of Health Rustam Pakaya. The number of victims of landslides and floods due to heavy rains on the Indonesian island of Java increases.

11:24 // 02.01.2008 The price of gas for Belarus, despite the sharp rise in price of Turkmen gas, after January 1, 2008 will be $ 119 per thousand cubic meters, as provided for by a long -term agreement, said Gazprom, Sergei Kupriyanov. According to him, RIA Novosti reports, in the first quarter the price will be $ 119, as provided for by the contract and is obtained from the use of the formula tied to prices in the European market.

The Russian armed forces switched to a one -year -old draft from January 1, 2008, young people, called up for military service in the ranks of the Russian army, will serve only one year - half a year less than those drafted in 2007. Thus, the second stage of the implementation of the Federal Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the reduction in the deadline for military service", signed by the President of Russia on July 12, 2006, began.

11:57 // 02.01.2008 Slovenia for the coming six months accepted the functions of the state-chairman of the European Union. The main goal of the republic is to contribute to the rapprochement of cultures of the EU member states and partners of the organization. A special role is given to Russia. Our country is an active member of the forum of Slavic cultures, whose headquarters are located in Ljubljana.

11:44 // 02.01.2008 Fines for violation of traffic rules in Russia have significantly age from January 1, 2008. Tighten the punishment will help reduce the accident rate in Russia, said Vladimir Kuzin, deputy head of the road safety department (DobDD). "We hope that the results of the state traffic inspectorate, taking into account the adoption of other norms of legislation, including tightening liability, have a beneficial effect on the situation on the roads," he said.

18:17 // 02.01.2008 The Government of Ukraine will create a special commission with extraordinary powers to verify the financial and economic activities of the National Joint-Stock Company (NAC) "Naftogaz of Ukraine". According to RIA Novosti , Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated on Wednesday during a meeting with the chairman of the NAC Oleg Dubina. According to her, in this situation those who have been engaged in financial fraud with intermediaries have been to blame for so many years.

Tighten the punishment for violations of traffic rules can reduce the accident rate on the roads from January 1 in Russia significantly age the size of fines for violations of traffic rules (traffic rules). Tighten the punishment will help reduce the accident rate in Russia. So believes the deputy head of the Department of Road Safety (DobDD) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kuzin.