21:24 // 08.12.2008 Somali pirates after 11 weeks of captivity liberated the Greek ship Capt. Stefanos, among the crew of which there is a Ukrainian, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. According to the Greek Sudger company Chartworld Shipping Corporation (Athens), captured by Somali pirates on September 21, the ship was released on December 6.

Former General Committee of the Air Force, Peter Deinekin, in an interview with the Gazeta, Army General of Russia Peter Deinekinudov, was to survive two military reforms - during the time of Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev. Having become the first chief of the Russian Air Force, he served in this post longer than those who held this position after it for more than six years.

21:36 // 08.12.2008 About 50 citizens of Russia who could not return from Thailand due to a weekly blocked opposition to the local international airport will fly to their homeland December 10, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Foreign Ministry. "According to December 8, about 50 of our compatriots who have tickets for previously canceled flights of the airlines of Thailand and third countries expect departure to their homeland.

The General Manager of the Russian Basketball Women's Council Shabtai Kalmanovich in an interview with Gazeta last Friday, the Executive Committee of the Russian Federation of the Basketball (RFB) approved the new head coach of the women's team. It was the Olympic champion Seoul Valery Tikhonenko, who until that time worked only with men's teams. Shabtai Kalmanovich, who holds a similar position in Spartak near Moscow, was appointed general manager of the national team.

16:16 // 08.12.2008 In the list of third countries, where Ireland supplied to pork, allegedly infected with dioxins, Russia is listed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the European Commission Nina Papadulaki. Earlier it was reported that the pork produced in Ireland was supplied to more than two dozen countries, including Russia.

21:30 // 08.12.2008 The American singer Madonna demands from the British newspaper Mail Sandy more than 5 million pounds of sterling compensation for the publication of private photographs of her wedding with the British film director Gay Richie in 2000, the star’s lawyer Matthew Niklin said, RIA Novosti reports.

The Broker company Yutrade.ru announced the self -destruction of the Broker company Yutrade.ru, with which the most loud scandals in the Russian stock market of recent months were connected, ceases to exist. Yesterday, the National Rating Agency announced that it is recalling its individual reliability rating in connection with the decision of the company's shareholders on its liquidation. The company "Gazeta" confirmed the adoption of such a decision.

20:06 // 08.12.2008 The Tallinn City Brothers supported on Monday the proposal of Mayor Edgar Savisaara on Monday, the name of Alexy Second Square in front of the building of the Orthodox Church under construction in the Tallinnsky district of Lasnamay, a representative of the press service of the city hall told RIA Novosti . The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, who led the Russian Orthodox Church for more than 18 years, died on December 5 at the 80th year of his life.

Researchers of the remains of the royal family expect 11 people found in 1991 and 2007 in the Sverdlovsk region can be recognized as the tsarist Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church).

09:16 // 08.12.2008 The memorial services for the deceased Patriarch Alexy the Second are performed in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior around the clock: at the beginning of each hour, lithium is served at the coffin of the Holy. This is a brief memorial service is performed by all those who wish bishops and clergy. During the service, the choirs of the Ugrash and Perenvinsky spiritual seminaries are singing, RIA Novsoti reports.

Some patients received the right to store and use the drug at the end of last week in the state of Michigan (USA), a law allowing the medical use of marijuana entered into force, Fox News said. In accordance with it, patients who suffer from a number of chronic diseases received the right to store and use this drug. Experts, however, warn that due to the slowness of the authorities, the citizens who use marijuana for medical indications can still threaten criminal prosecution.

Now the court must decide whether the five accused of organizing terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 were ready to admit their guilt. They have already submitted the corresponding petition to the military judge of the Guantanamo prison. Recall that in this case, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramsi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmed al-Khavsavi, Valid Ben Attash and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali are held in this case.

Mass demonstrations of protest demonstrations continue in the country against the actions of the police grow in Greece in marches of protest against the government’s intentions to carry out a number of reforms of the pension system and healthcare system. The largest political parties are called on the street. In Athens, demonstrations convened by the Communist Party and a All -Greek socialist movement (PASCO) will take place today. Paco today called on the government to resign.

15:36 // 08.12.2008 The demonstrators tore off and burned the Greek state flag at the Greece Embassy in London, raising an anarchist flag instead, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the British TV channel Sky News. About a hundred demonstrators protesting against the murder of the Greek police of a 15-year-old teenager, on Monday, walked along the streets of London from Hyde Park to Holland Park, where the Greek diplomatic mission is located.

22:00 // 08.12.2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Region the candidacy of the ex-leader of the Union of Right Forces of Nikita Belykh to endow the authority of the governor, RIA Novosti reports citing the Kremlin press service. The powers of the current governor of the Kirov region Nikolai Shaklein expire on January 14, 2009.