In Krasnoyarsk, a mourning farewell ceremony with Russian writer Viktor Astafiev ended. He is buried in a cemetery in the village of Ovsyanka next to the grave of the daughter of Irina. About 10 thousand people gathered to spend the writer on the last journey. Fame for Viktor Astafyev came in the 60s. Most of his works talk about the war, which he went right after school, and about life in the Siberian village.

According to the results of a study by the University of California at Los Angeles, dedicated to the development of the Internet in the United States, almost 75% of Americans are online. At the same time, on average, Americans spend up to 10 hours a week on the Internet, a non -register reports with reference to the Air Force.

The Taliban claims to be shot down by an American plane near Kandahar. According to Afghan Islamic Press with reference to the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salem Zaif, one of the aircraft participating on Saturday in the bombing of Kandahar was shot down. According to the representative of the Taliban, nothing is known about the pilots, but he suggested that they had died.

Today, a new party has appeared on the political map of Russia. “Unity”, “Fatherland” and “All of Russia” united in a party entitled “Unity and Fatherland”. 4 thousand delegates gathered at the State Kremlin Palace for the Constituent Congress. President of Russia Vladimir Putin spoke to the audience. The president called the "logical" consolidation of the Center forces.

The State Duma adopted the federal budget for the next year. The voting results became known the day before, an hour and a half before midnight. 291 Voice √ for, 16 √ against and one refrained. About 80 people did not vote. In general, the deputies decided that the immunity for further decrease in oil prices has been developed, a small amount of so -called free money from expenditure items was distributed.

The union of "unity", "fatherland" and "all of Russia" into the party of "unity and the Fatherland" will not change the principles of the work of the factions of these organizations in the State Duma, the Vice-Speaker of the Duma from "unity" Love Slisk believes.

The body of the captain of Lieutenant Boris Geletin, raised from the Kursk nuclear power plant, is identified. This was announced today by ITAR-TASS Military prosecutor of the Northern Fleet Vladimir Mulov. According to the staffing table, he was supposed to be in the second compartment, but was raised from the third.

Tom Cruise withdrew a lawsuit against a certain Michael Davis, who previously stated that the movie star starred in a pornographic gay video. The angry Cruise demanded from Davis a refutation and $ 100 million in compensation for moral damage. However, as Ananova.com reports, the highest paid film actor of the planet softened after the repentance of Davis. Davis said that he had never seen such a porn cassette.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, appeared on the RTR channel in the commercial of the Russian oil company Lukoil. “We are grateful to Lukoil for his support for many ROC projects aimed at restoring and reviving what was destroyed in the past, during the Blessings, when our historical memory was destroyed,” the patriarch said. At the same time, inscriptions appeared on the screen: "Ten years" Lukoil ".

The Mi-26 of the internal troops of the Russian Federation crashed today at about noon at the village of Sterevskaya, Stavropol Territory. This was reported to ITAR-TASS today in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the region. According to preliminary data, when a helicopter falls, 10 people who were on board received injuries of varying degrees. It is assumed that the cause of the helicopter fall was the engine refusal in the air.

There is a holiday in Denmark today. Queen Margarita officially received three small elephants from King Thailand as a gift. The Danish monarchical dynasty receives such an unusual gift for the second time. In 1962, 3 elephants from Thailand also arrived in Copenhagen, but, unfortunately, they did not survive in the cold northern climate. During her recent visit to Thailand, Queen Margarita asked to send them a replacement.

The fire occurred in the house of the village of Pechenkino, Birsky district of Bashkortostan. The fire arose from due to the rolling furnace. Fortunately, there were no human casualties. On this day, 4-year-old Nastya did not stay for the eldest. Parents went to visit, instructing her to look after 3-year-old Dima and one-year-old Masha. Masha slept in the cradle, and her brother and sister played.

Seven Americans of Cuban descent were arrested on Friday on charges of illegal crossing of Cubans to the territory of the United States. According to RIA Novosti , the accused were arrested at the next attempt to transport Cubans to the US boats in the United States. It was established that the members of this "team" over the past two years have exported 99 people in the United States. For each they received 8 thousand dollars, which were paid by relatives of Cubans living in Florida.

The authorities of Seattle (USA) were arrested on Friday, November 30, a truck driver of 52-year-old Gary Leon Ridzhwei, suspected of serial murders in the early 80s. This series of murders went down in the history of forensics as a story about a maniac called the American press the “killer from the Green River” (Green River Killer). 49 women were his victims, most of whom earned their living by prostitution.

In Grozny, an armed terrorists attacked a group of engineering intelligence of the federal troops in Grozny in the square. First, an explosion thundered on the square, the cause of which was a home -made bomb, and then the bandits appeared from an ambush began to shoot Russian troops. Data on the dead and the wounded are specified. Representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB immediately arrived at the scene.