After the counting of 99.2% of the votes in the election of the President of Ukraine, the gap between the leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko reached 3.1% of the vote. According to the latest data from the CEC, Yanukovych is gaining 48.76% of the vote, Tymoshenko - 45.66%, the country's CEC reports on Monday. To win the second round, you need to get a simple majority.

At least five people were killed and 12 are in serious condition as a result of a powerful explosion in the territory of the power plant in the American state of Connecticut. The explosion led to the collapse of one of the walls, and rescuers warn that people remain under the rubble, so there may be more victims. As a result of a powerful explosion on the gas pipeline on the territory of the Kleen Energy power plant in the city of Middletown (Connecticut) at least five people were killed.

By the evening of Monday, the CEC reports ceased to be the main intrigue of the Ukrainian elections: after processing more than 95% of the vote, Viktor Yanukovych continued to lead with a margin of 3% of the vote. Now the main attention is drawn to Yulia Tymoshenko, who never commented on the election results. Political scientists believe that the head of BYUT is gathering strength before the attack on Yanukovych.

After processing 83.29% of the protocols of the second round in the election of the President of Ukraine, the gap between the leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko continues to decline. Currently, the difference difference is 2.60%. Yulia Tymoshenko and Victor Yanukovych According to the latest data, Yanukovych is gaining 48.47% of the vote, Tymoshenko - 45.87%. 4.47% of voters voted against all.

The decision of Dmitry Medvedev will be replaced by the heads of four regions at once-Dagestan, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Khanty-Mansiysk District and the Jewish Autonomous Region. This decision corresponds to the declared course to update the governor’s corps, which, which is especially noticeable on the example of Dagestan, is carried out quite carefully. Among all the candidates, there is only one unexpected: Ugra will be headed by a woman, Natalya Komarova.

Photo: AFP Ukrainians yesterday decided who, after the five stormy years of the reign of Viktor Yushchenko, will replace him at the presidential post. According to Exit Polls, in the second round the leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych won, gaining, according to preliminary data, from 48.6 to 50.2% of the vote. For Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko voted from 44.5 to 45.6% of voters.

The Russian crew of the ship Boris Lavrov, located in the South Korean port of Changhan, demands to arrest the ship for a salary of sailors, which is $ 60 thousand. A letter with a request was received by the Far Eastern Organization of the Russian Trade Union of Sailors (RPSM). The crew reports that he does not receive a salary for three months. If the shipowner does not pay the debt, the sailors promise not to open the holds for unloading the ship when the ship comes to Vladivostok.

The main characteristics Sports during the Olympiad / skater sport Distance from the center of Vancouver / 14 km Games workload / played 12 sets of medals Capacity / 7600 spectators Opening year / 2008 A feature / The main anti -doping laboratories will be placed in the stadium Experience in competitions / Canada Championship in skating sports Important facts / Olympic skating rink in Richmond was awarded awards in the field of structural architectural design Structural Awards-2009.

The CEC of Ukraine recognized the presidential elections as held and promised to declare their official results until February 17. According to preliminary data, the separation of Viktor Yanukovych from Yulia Tymoshenko is 2.45%. Political scientists are convinced that such an insignificant difference will be used by the “Orange Princess” as a significant argument in political bargaining with the new president.

The main characteristics Types of sports during the Olympics / biathlon , skiing , ski biases , jumping jumps Distance from the center of Vancouver / 126 km (from the airport - 137 km) Through games / playing a third of all Olympic awards - 28 sets of medals (ski races - 12, biathlon - 10, ski biases - 3, jumping up - 3) Capacity / 12,000 spectators Opening year / 2008 Feature / on an area of 1 sq.

10 years of imprisonment - by such a period, the state prosecutors Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was asked to be sentenced to such a period. A former employee of the Moscow Organized Crime Control Department, previously justified in the case of the murder of the journalist of Novaya Gazeta, Anna Politkovskaya, is accused of extorting $ 350 thousand for the main witness in this process.

The Commander of the Police of Greater London (Metropolitan Police) Ali Dizaei was found guilty of the arrest of the innocent and in an attempt to interfere with justice. This conclusion was reached by the jury in the Royal Court of Sawart. The punishment in relation to a senior policeman will be selected later. The court found that Dizaei arrested and illegally kept 24 hours in custody of the entrepreneur Vaad al-Baghdadi.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted the candidacy of Magomedsalam Magomedov to the post of head of the republic for consideration by the Dagestan People’s Assembly, RIA Novosti reports. Magomedov is the son of the former president of Dagestan Magomedali Magomedov. Now he is a deputy of the republican parliament. The validity of the current president of Dagestan Mukhu Aliyev expires in February.

Ap Russia acquired a photo in the very center of Paris, next to the Eiffel Tower, a plot whose cost is estimated at 50 million euros. An Orthodox church and a seminary will be built on the purchased land, GZT .ru was told in the administrations of the President of Russia. For the first time in modern history, Russia acquires a plot abroad for the construction of a spiritual center. Russia won a competition for the acquisition of a land plot in the French capital.

The Svyatogor fishing vessel is on the berth of the Lenin Collective farm in the suburbs of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. There is no information about the victims yet. The fire was assigned the second category of complexity on a five -point scale. Fire burns on the upper deck of the vessel. Presumably, the fire occurred as a result of welding on the ship under the repair, writes ITAR-TASS .