Russians Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov became the winners of the sports couples competitions on the final, sixth stage of the Grand Prix on the figure skating of the NHK Trophy, which takes place in the Japanese city of Asahikava. Petrova and Tikhonov, who were leading after the execution of a short program, the only of all sports couples skilled and a decisive, arbitrary program.

Autumn drizzle in the metropolitan region on Friday will be replaced by cloudy weather without precipitation. By noon in Moscow, it will warm up to plus 3 degrees, in the region it is expected from minus 1 to plus 4, according to the metropolitan hydrometer. It will be cloudy and without precipitation. The wind is southeast, moderate. At the weekend, the weather will not change significantly, weather forecasters promise.

Five people died in the city of Balakovo of the Saratov region due to poisoning with exhaust gases. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Saratov Region. The incident occurred in the garage cooperative "Zenit". Among the victims are two girls born in 1985, and three young people - 23, 26 and 27 years old. In the garage taken to rent, they celebrated the birthday of one of the present, RIA Novosti reports.

The Parisian court justified three French photo reporters on Friday, who were accused of encroachment on Princess Diana’s personal life, the deceased wife of Prince Welsky, and her friend Dodi al-Faida.

The premiere of the cartoon "Winter Days", created by 35 directors from seven countries, took place on Thursday in Tokyo. The animated picture illustrated the verses of six Japanese poets of the 10th century. According to ITAR-TASS, the producer of the film Tatsuo Simamura, work on a 35-minute film took over three years.

By the 110th anniversary of the birth of the former leader of China, Mao Zedong with Trun, a disk with new processing of the leader’s songs was released. The newspaper "Beijing Times" writes that among the processing - one is recorded even in the style of rap. "10 years ago, after the Red Sun album, a whole series of red -digit songs appeared on the Red Sun album. This year, the Chinese recording company completed the reduction of the powerful album" Mao Zedong and we, "the newspaper writes.

The City Court of Sofia sentenced the former prime minister of the country Andrei Lukanov on Friday of the murder of five accused of the murder to life imprisonment. The prime minister was killed on the verge of his house on October 2, 1996.

Newsru.com continues to publish a list of the most “cool” inventions of 2003. Recall that the list of the latest achievements of science and technology is published by the American magazine Time . Alternative flu vaccine - through the nose Inventor Hunin Maasab and Medimmune Vaccines laboratory Especially for those who do not like to get sick and are afraid of injections, the Medimmune Vaccines laboratory has developed a new, alternative flu Flumist.

From today, about 20 vegetarian dishes of vegetables, mushrooms and cereals are included in the canteen menu of the Kremlin. "The assortment of vegetarian dishes was not prepared for the time of the Christmas post this time, but the assortment of vegetarian dishes was increased," ITAR-TASS spokesman Viktor Khrekov told ITAR-TASS. According to him, the lean menu has already become a tradition for the Kremlin power plant, which serves not only the Kremlin, but also the government and parliament.

In Moscow, a meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov began with the leader of Adjara Aslan Abashidze. At the beginning of the meeting, Igor Ivanov and Aslan Abashidze entered the room where the Russian minister greeted the journalists, shook his hand to the leader of Adjara, posing for television and cameras and with the words: “See you” - led the guest into another office.

The incidental traffic accident happened on the afternoon of November 28 on Border Street in Vladivostok. The concrete spilled onto the passenger car, which was traveling behind the concrete mixer. According to the driver of the passenger car, the construction car rode ahead stopped on the highway and rolled back. From a collision with a passenger car, concrete, which was in the tank, spilled right onto the hood and windshield, reports Primorsky Television .

“Yesterday late at night at a meeting of the FES, it was decided to recall the head of the ministry on the Dolutsky textbook. The official conclusion on the reasons for this decision will be announced later,” said Bolotov. He explained that the review of the vulture means the exclusion of Dolutsky’s textbook from the list of textbooks recommended by the Ministry.

Compensation in the amount of 100 to 300 thousand dollars will be received by relatives of Russians who died in a plane crash over the Boden Lake South of Germany on the night of July 2, 2002. As a result of the collision of the passenger airliner of the Tu-154 of the Bashkir Airlines Airlines and the cargo Boeing-757, 12 crew members and 57 passengers of the Russian aircraft, including 45 schoolchildren, as well as two Boeing pilots were killed.

In the capital, an employee of the Argentine Embassy was a victim of apartment thieves. According to law enforcement agencies of the capital, the crime was committed on Thursday in house number 24 on the 3rd Tverskaya-Yamskaya street. Unknown, picking up the keys, penetrated the apartment of Alehandro Hulio Pignero Arambur - temporary attorney of the Consular Department of the Argentina Embassy.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the problems of the rear of the Armed Forces and the entire military component. The meeting was attended by Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Anatoly Kvashnin and the head of the rear, Deputy Minister of Defense Vladimir Isakov.