Today at 2:15 on the Moscow Ring Road, the car hit two pedestrians, NTV reports with reference to Interfax. The accident occurred at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road with the Mozhaisk highway. When braking, the car collided with two more cars. All three drivers are hospitalized. According to preliminary data from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, pedestrians became the culprits of the accident, who ran across the Moscow Ring Road in the wrong place.

The world boxing champion Lennox Lenox Lewis announced the date of the upcoming battle for his title. Lewis will defend him in battle against the American Hasim Rahman. This fight will take place on April 21 this year. “This is a very good fighter,” Lewis said in an interview. - "His tactics is very diverse and therefore it will be interesting for me to fight him." Recall that Lewis is the owner of the IBF and WBC versions. Rahman is the fourth boxer in the ranking of Ai-Bi.

On the 12 special stages he had problems with the gas cable. Because of this, the leader of the rally stage in Monte Carlo lost 13 minutes and was forced to leave hopes for victory. His car stalled, and the pilot could not start him again. For some time, the Scots had to escape with the engine, but in the end he was forced to stop the race. The breakdown allowed Tommy Myakinenu √ the winner of the stage in the two last seasons √ to break forward.

In Ukraine, according to preliminary data, 9 miners were killed, 17 were hospitalized with burns of varying severity as a result of a methane explosion at the Krasnolimanskaya mine in the Donetsk region, AFP reports. According to NTV, at that time there were 59 miners in the southern wing of the mine, 56 of which √ in lava. 34 miners are raised to the surface. Of the 17 miners placed in the hospital, 4 √ in serious condition. The fate of another Shakhtar is still unknown.

President Fernande Enrique is ready to offer the "king of football" a post in the government. In 1995, Edson Andes Du Nasiment was appointed Minister of Sports of Brazil, but three years later he resigned to focus on his business. “Pele is a symbol of Brazil all over the world and the doors are always open to him. So far I don’t know exactly which post to offer him,” said Fernande Enrique.

Today in Gudermes for eight hours, a shootout did not subside between Chechen separatists and local riot police. This was reported in the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Chechnya. Around 11:00 from the first city hospital, fire was opened by police officers, ITAR-TASS reports. A fighter of the OMON Ministry of Internal Affairs Rakhman Shaipov was killed in a shootout. Almost simultaneously with the start of a shootout, a landmine exploded in one of the local cafes.

In France, in the famous Parisian Louvre, an emergency occurred √ from there all visitors were evacuated. The reason for this was the phone’s phone call, who said that an explosive device was laid down in the world famous exhibition complex. According to ITAR-TASS, all visitors were urgently withdrawn from the exhibition halls, the entrance to the museum was closed, a police cordon was exhibited around all buildings of the museum and exhibition complex.

The Russian biathlete Pavel Rostovtsev finished the third in the race for 15 kilometers, which took place in Ankholz. Olympic champion Norwegian Ole-Einar Bjurndalen won the third victory, leaving his closest pursuers far behind. The mighty Viking, although he made three misses on the firing borders, brought to his closest pursuer √ German Karsten Haymann - 20 seconds. Victor Maygurov took fourth place.

The delegation of the Federation Council and the State Duma of Russia fly to France to participate in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, ITAR-TASS reports. The session opens in Strasbourg on Monday, January 22. Russian parliamentarians previously refused to participate in the session of the parliamentary assembly, since last year they were deprived of the right to vote in PACA due to events in Chechnya, but this time they decided to come to Strasbourg.

From January 1, the law on smoking in public places, the draft of which was discussed in parliament for 2 years, has entered into Estonia. In this matter, the opinions of deputies were divided not in parties and factions √ Smokers and non -smokers argued. As a result, supporters of a healthy lifestyle won. Now from the Estonian smoker in a public place will be able to recover a fine of 600 American dollars, NTV reports.

In the Tbilisi pre-trial detention center, the wedding of the defendant and his lawyer took place, ITAR-TASS reports. Tamada at an unusual celebration was the head of the Department for the execution of the punishments of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia Zurab Mshvilidze. At the same time, he told reporters that he would not yield to the post of toastmate to anyone in the field of his subordinate sphere.

Speaking today at the "All-Russian Extraordinary Congress in Protection of Human Rights" in Moscow, the leader of Yabloko Grigory Yavlinsky said that a new system is being formed in Russia "Unrecognizable National Bolshavism, based on total bureaucratism." "Today's power policy is more like a special operation: some are recruited, but actual actions are being carried out against those who are not to recruit," he said.

Mikhail Stalelenkov recently returned from America, where he played for various NHL clubs for a long time. He began his overseas career in 1993 for Anahaim Maita Dax, where he spoke for 5 years. For one season, he defended the gate of Edmonton Oilers, Phoenix Koyotiz and, finally, Florida Panthers. He recently returned to the metropolitan Dynamo. Today, fans of hockey can ask their questions to one of the most experienced Russian goalkeepers on the Internet, on our mailbox - Sport@ntv.ru.

Evgeny Kafelnikov dropped out of the fight in a male pair category. The Russian-Yuzhno-African duet Evgeny Kafelnikov √ Wayne Ferreira lost in the third round match to the Americans Justin Gimelstoba and Scott Humphris. The first set of tiles and Ferreira lost almost without a struggle √ 2: 6. In the second batch there was an equal struggle, but on the Tai-Break, luck again smiled at the Americans.

At the opening of international Christmas readings in the State Kremlin Palace, Patriarch Alexy II spoke of the need for a constructive and fruitful dialogue of the church and the state in solving common problems. “In every good deed, the church supports the efforts of power, stands for its consolidation and strengthening,” √ the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church said.