The Ministry of Defense has denied the fact of a fire on the anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" in Severomorsk (Murmansk region), Interfax reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Western Military District, Colonel Andrei Bobrun.

The new lawyer for convicted Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Irina Khrunova, has begun preparing a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights, RIA Novosti reports . According to Khrunova, the complaint is written in English and, most likely, will be considered after the New Year. The lawyer also clarified that she received powers of attorney from Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova a week ago.

On November 19, a fire occurred on board the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Chabanenko . The ship is located at a military base in Severomorsk (Murmansk region). The incident was reported by the FlashNord agency, citing a source in the Northern Fleet. "Admiral Chabanenko" caught fire at twelve o'clock in the afternoon. There was no information available about the cause of the fire or casualties.

The woman driving the Honda CRV, which rammed a traffic stop in Moscow, had previously been charged at least six times for violating traffic rules. agency reported this on November 19 The Interfax . Life News has learned the woman's name - Anna Nikiforova. According to updated data, she is 40 years old, not 25, as originally reported. Nikiforova worked as an architect, she designed the interiors of the Pancho Villa, Spartak, Svinary and Leonardo restaurants.

At least eleven civilians were killed when an Israeli rocket hit a residential building in Gaza City on Sunday, November 18. According to the Associated Press , four children and an 81-year-old woman were among the dead. According to the agency, since the beginning of Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, 81 Palestinians have been killed, approximately half of them are civilians. Approximately 720 people were injured.

At the age of 82, Doctor of Philology, Honored Professor of Moscow State University Rudolf Andreevich Boretsky, the author of classic works on television journalism, died. this on Monday, November 19, Boretsky’s former student, teacher and journalist Anna Kachkaeva reported on her Facebook page. Rudolf Boretsky was born in Kyiv on February 11, 1930, and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Kyiv State University in 1952.

The State Duma Ethics Commission asked State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov to give an explanation regarding his appeal to the Izmailovsky Magistrate Court. this The parliamentarian himself reported on his blog. The deputy's appeal to the court contained a positive characterization of oppositionist Ilya Yashin , who was accused of attacking a former employee of the Young Guard website, Vladislav Kalashnik. A brawl between Lovitsky and Yashin occurred in October 2011 at the iWeekend conference.

The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft undocked from the ISS on November 19 at 2:23 Moscow time, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of the TsNIIMASH Mission Control Center (MCC) near Moscow. The Soyuz undocked from the station at the estimated time in automatic mode. On board the descent module are Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

The Russian Football Championship match between Dynamo Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg was interrupted due to the behavior of the fans. A firecracker thrown from the sector with Zenit fans hit Dynamo goalkeeper Anton Shunin. The Zenit management did not admit guilt and threatened to remove the team from the Russian Championship if harsh sanctions were applied to it. History of the conflict Relations between Dynamo and Zenit fans have been difficult throughout the last decade.

A cobra escaped from the Sverdlov House of Culture in Nizhny Novgorod, where an exhibition of exotic reptiles is taking place, Interfax reports . The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region told the agency that no one contacted rescuers in connection with the incident.

The Federal Agency for Tourism will maintain a “black” list of foreign hotels that blackmail tourists if the activities of the tour operator are suspended. This was announced by the tourism department, RIA Novosti reports . The issue of creating a “black list” was first raised in Rostourism after the bankruptcy of Lanta Tour in January 2012.

Materials on the removal of Yuri Urlichich from the post of General Director of Russian Space Systems OJSC were sent to the Ministry of Economic Development for approval. As told RIA Novosti the head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin on November 19 , the issue of Urlichich’s dismissal could be resolved this week. At the same time, Popovkin said that one of Urlichich’s deputies will temporarily act as the general director of RKS, but who exactly it will be is still unknown.

19.11.2012, 20:24:35 version Print | PDA/PDA Demonstrators against same-sex marriage in Paris. Photo by Reuters Not for all The French demonstrate against same-sex marriage "We are all born from a man and a woman!" - under this slogan, manifestos were held in ten cities of France last weekend. In total they gathered about one hundred thousand people. Demonstrators wearing pink scarves and T-shirts protested against the government's bill legalizing same-sex marriage.

Chinese police have seized 20,000 counterfeit Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Coach bags and arrested 73 suspects in the production and sale of counterfeits. According to Xinhua, the Chinese police acted with the support of their American colleagues. Those arrested are suspected of producing and selling almost a million counterfeit bags. Along with the bags, police also seized 91 bank accounts that were used to generate illegal profits.

Defender of the Spanish football club Barcelona Marc Bartra gave Moscow Spartak a score of 10 points on a ten-point system, writes Sport-Express. Bartra assessed Spartak before his team's match with Muscovites in the Champions League . This game will take place on November 20 in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium.