According to the results of the traditional survey of the Football publication, the best football player in Russia, was the striker of the Moscow Lokomotiv and the Russian national team Dmitry Sychev. The second place in the survey was taken by the striker of St. Petersburg Zenit Alexander Kerzhakov, and the third footballer of the team from the banks of the Neva Andrei Arshavin was also the third. The best legionnaire of the Russian championship was the Brazilian Lima from Lokomotiv.

Opposition candidate for the presidency of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko said his team does not have anti-Russian and anti-Semitic sentiments, ITAR-TASS reports. "Throughout the election campaign, before it they wanted to put on the label of anti -Russian and anti -Semitic political power on us," he said.

The Minister of the Russian Federation for Emergency Situations Sergey Shoigu supported the proposal of President Vladimir Putin to make government meetings partially closed to the press . “I am absolutely positive about the president’s proposal. It seems to me, it seems to me, to show everything on TV,” said the head of the Ministry of Emergencies. In his opinion, the full broadcast of government meetings does not contribute to business discussion of various issues.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy II, traditionally sent Paul John Paul II to Pope Congratulations on Christmas Christmas . In his message, the text of which was transmitted to the Interfax agency, the Patriarch recalls that today the church glorifies "the birth ... of the goddess who came to the world," so that everyone who believes in it does not die, but have eternal life "(John 3, 15). “Seeing such a great humanity of God, angels in the sky and people on earth, according to St.

The foreign press today analyzes the numerous iconic statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made by him the day before during a press conference in the Kremlin.

The World Wildlife Fund published a list of ten things that should not be bought or give for Christmas. The World Wildlife Foundation states that, without purchasing these goods, "you will not harm the natural resources of the planet and, thereby, will not experience guilt during Christmas holidays," Reuters reports. In the first place in the list of anti -dumpings is black caviar. This is due to the fact that the Caspian sturgeon can be completely exterminated as a result of poaching.

In connection with the conduct of festive New Year events in the capital, traffic will be limited. According to the Moscow State University of Internal Affairs, on December 26, due to the solemn meeting of Santa Claus from 09:00 and until the end of the event, traffic on Tverskaya Street will be closed - from Pushkinskaya Square to Okhotnoye.

At the end of the week, the Atlantic cyclone will reign in the Moscow region, which means that snowfall and reduced atmospheric pressure cannot be avoided by snowfalls, strong winds. According to Roshydromet, it is this weather that Muscovites expect on the last day of the working week and on the weekend. Today, impulses of the southwestern wind have reached 17 m/s. At times, snow will pass.

In 2004, the Hermitage collection was replenished with two unique exhibits: the museum received a miniature with the image of Napoleon and acquired a fan presented by Paul I in honor of his coronation. “One of the gifts became simply fantastic for the museum - this is a miniature with the image of Napoleon, who once decorated the snuffbox.

Prices for oil products in Russia have reached a critical mark and requires a “market nature” to reduce them, the Federal Antimonopoly Service believes.

The Prosecutor General’s Office recently found a new evidence that the two most high -profile murders of the summer of 2004 - the former Deputy Prime Minister Chechnya Jan Sergunin and the editor -in -chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine Paul Khlebnikov - are interconnected. These people were not familiar with each other, but investigators suspect that one killer eliminated them. The main suspect is a Chechen named Kazbek detained in September in Minsk .

Two people died and 13 were injured as a result of the explosion, which thundered on Friday evening in the prestigious Baghdad district of Al-Mansur, reports Reuters with reference to the Iraqi police. According to CNN , among the wounded there are women and children. Not far from the place where the explosion occurred, the embassies of Libya and Sudan are located, RIA Novosti reports. According to Reuters, the explosion thundered near the diplomatic mission of Jordan.

A large traffic accident occurred in the Amur Region. On Friday, in the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, it was reported that in the Tambov district 30 kilometers from the village of Tambovka on the Blagoveshchensk-Raychikhinsk highway, a minibus with a passenger car occurred. As a result, three people died on the spot, two were injured of moderate severity and one was easy. The victims were delivered to the Tambov Central District Hospital.

The ISS crew is fed up and laid down. This immediately after the successful launch of the Space Truck Progress M51 was told to reporters by the head of the flight of the Russian segment of the ISS Vladimir Solovyov, commenting on a number of media reports about allegedly existing problems with the orbital nutrition of Salizhan Sharipov and Leroy of Chiao.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on the federal budget for 2005, the press service of the head of state said on Friday. The main financial law of the country was adopted by the State Duma on December 8 and approved by the Federation Council on December 10. The goals of the law are the formation and expenditure of the fund of funds intended for the financial support of the tasks and functions of the state in 2005, Interfax notes.