In the Tambov Regional Drug Control Department, some media reports on the preparatory large -scale events to withdraw from libraries and trade turnover in order to combat drug advertising. "Contrary to reports, including federal media, we never planned to compose lists of readers of Carlos Castaneda and other writers popular among drug addicts," Interfax told the administration.

The men's race of 15 kilometers from the general stratum at the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which ends in the Swedish Estersund, won the Frenchman Rafael Poire. Having allowed one blunder on four firing borders, the current owner of the World Cup showed high distance speed and finished with a result of 38 minutes 46.85 seconds. This success allowed Poire to strengthen his leadership in the overall standings of the tournament.

The Russian-American dialogue is today in the "normal, mutually insistent" atmosphere, including in matters where the parties diverge, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. "The meeting with Secretary of State Pawell at the OSCE meeting in Sofia was absolutely normal, comradely, although we seriously parted on a number of issues," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a Saturday interview with TVC.

The 20th anniversary of the creation of the Fan Club of the Volgograd football club "Rotor", which took place in the hall of the entertainment center for youth "Corona" in Volgograd, was celebrated with a massive fight. Thanks to the timely intervention of police officers, none of the participants in the brawl was injured. Eight fans were detained. Currently, the inquiry bodies are set by the instigators of a mass fight.

Off the coast of Sicily, an operation to save the passengers of the Florio ferry, who suffered a disaster on the night of Saturday to Sunday, 30 miles from the Sicilian coast. 472 people were removed from the vessel, which was injured as a result of the fire, and were taken ashore. In turn, the employees of the rescue services climbed on board the ferry and began to eliminate the consequences of the damage. The ship anchored near the Palermo port, but has a roll of 10 degrees on the left side.

In Kazakhstan, as a result of a collision of a passenger minibus and a truck, eight people died, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic.

On Sunday, the election of deputies of the National Parliament (Majlis) of the third convocation will be held in Turkmenistan. According to RIA Novosti in the Central Election Commission, 50 electoral districts and 1 thousand 610 polling stations were formed in the republic. There are no opposition candidates in the lists, and diplomats consider these elections in essence by a pure formality. Ashgabat is pasted with photographs of candidates for deputies from above to bottom.

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed the amendments adopted by the Verkhovna Rada to the law on the features of the application of the Presidential Election Law with a second vote on December 26. This was reported today by the press service of the head of state. The President noted that he signs the law that removes the problem of making ballots for re -voting, without receiving the conclusions of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Justice, as the procedure requires.

A series of explosions thundered on Sunday in the capital of Indonesia Jakarta and two other cities of the country, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters. Explosions thundered at 7:30 local time (3:30 Moscow time). The police have not yet commented on explosions. However, the El Shinta radio reported that it could be meteorite rain. There are no other details of what happened yet.

Zenit acquired the defender of the Norwegian national team Eric Hagen in one million euros, UEFA.com reports. The 29-year-old central defender of Voelngi attracted the attention of scouts of a number of large clubs in Europe, showing excellent football in the qualifying matches of the Norwegians to the 2006 World Cup against Scotland and Slovenia. “I was also interested in English teams, but I don’t like to always do the way they expect me,” said Hagen.

The dance duet Tatyana Navka - Roman Kostomarov won the Grand Prix finals on figure skating , which ended in the capital of China. After the performance of original and arbitrary dances, the Russians scored 180.23 points. The wards of Alexander Zhulin repeated the success of last year, when they had no equal in the final of the Grand Prix in Colorado-Springs.

Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Organization turned to its supporters in Saudi Arabia with an appeal to attack oil production facilities in the kingdom, reports Reuters. The call, the authenticity of which has not yet been checked, is posted on one of the Islamist sites on the Internet.

The chairman of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky believes that ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov will not be able to become the leader of the united democratic opposition in Russia. “He probably can lead the ATP as a right, conservative party, but this has nothing to do with democracy,” Yavlinsky said on Sunday in the television program “Orange juice” on NTV, noting that Kasyanov could not fulfill the role that Viktor Yushchenko played in Ukraine.

In Moscow, the referent of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation killed his acquaintance from the service weapon, the Interfax was told on Sunday sources in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the day before, the unknown person shot the woman in the head of the pistol in the cafe on Vernadsky Avenue in the cafe on Vernadsky Avenue.

The auction for the sale of Yuganskneftegaz was won by Baikalfinance Gard. The auction commission recognized the Baikalfinance group as the winner, said the chairman of the commission Yuri Savvin. A package of shares "Yuganskneftegaz" acquired for 260 billion 753 million 447 thousand 303 rubles 18 kopecks ($ 9.35 billion). This price of five steps exceeds the starting price, which was 246 billion 753 million 447 thousand 303 rubles.