Several elderly voters in Ukraine died on the voting day. The press service of the Donetsk regional election headquarters Viktor Yanukovych announced that in the city of Debaltseve, at the 47th polling station, she died from the cardiovascular insufficiency of Shcherbaty Asya Socratovna, born in 1941. According to headquarters, the woman suffered from deep arrhythmia, she could not move. She did not have time to vote. In addition, two voters from district number 49 died.

According to preliminary data from Russian embassies in Indonesia and Thailand, there were no Russian citizens among the victims of the strongest earthquake and tsunami in these two countries. The height of the waves, according to various sources, was from six to ten meters.

In Ukraine today, at 08:00 local time (09:00 Moscow time), about 33.3 thousand polling stations for the presidential election were opened. 37 million 610 thousand 500 people are included in the voter lists. According to the latest data from the CEC of Ukraine, 54.21% of voters voted in the republic as a whole. These data obtained at 16:00 Moscow time from 71 territorial districts.

The capital of Ukraine, as in the days of the recent "Orange Revolution", is painted in orange tones before our eyes. Thousands of Kiev residents, voting in the presidential election for opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, flowing to the center of the 3-millionth city to the Independence and Khreshchatyk, where music sounds and a festive atmosphere reigns.

Silver winners of the Olympiads, world and European champions in ice dancing Irina Lobacheva and Ilya Averbukh say goodbye to amateur sports in their show "Ice Symphony", which will be held in the capital on December 26 in a small sports arena in Luzhniki. The ice show Lobacheva and Averbukh first passed in 2003, when they, together with the leading Russian skaters, performed a tour of several cities of the country.

The political system can have a distinct impact on the mental and physical health of people. This was written by the authoritative British edition of British Medical Journal . In the modern world, scientists pay attention to the fact that a person living with a stable political system with a high level of material perception feels better and gets sick less. A special role is played by the presence of public freedoms in society, as well as the right to political self -determination.

According to the unconfirmed information of the WBC champion Vitaly Klitschko, before meeting with the obligatory contender for this organization in June next year, plans to hold another voluntary protection of the title. It is assumed that this battle will be held next March in Germany.

The Iraqi armed group "Ansar al-Sunna Army posted on Sunday on one of its Internet sites a video of the explosion on the American military base of Mosul, which claimed the lives of 26 people. This was reported by Reuters. The video frames show how the suicide bomber in the mask (his personality is established, this is Abu Omar al-Museli) hugs other members of the group before completing the task. The plan of the attack on the map of the military base is also shown.

The current president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma hopes that the vote passing on Sunday will determine the winner in the election of the head of state. “When I threw the ballot, I crossed myself and said:“ God forbid that this is the last vote. ”I think it will be so,” his press service quotes the president.

Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences to the leadership of the countries of Southeast Asia in connection with the most severe spontaneous disaster that entailed numerous human sacrifices and serious material damage. This was reported by the press service of the President of Russia.

In Saratov, about a thousand people staged a protest against the regional leadership policy. According to RIA Novosti, the organizer of the rally deputy of the regional Duma Vyacheslav Maltsev, the audience also opposed the re -election for the next term of the current governor Dmitry Ayatskov. His term of office expires in March 2005.

As the votes advance in Ukraine, the difference between Yushchenko and Yanukovych begins to decrease noticeably. According to the data released by the CEC after a count of 4.48 percent of the vote. Yushchenko gained 64.98 percent, and Yanukovych - 31.64 percent. At the same time, the specified data on the explicit of voters indicate that the indicator of the second round (76 percent) will be blocked according to the results of today's voting, ITAR-TASS reports.

A fire in a nine -story residential building in the city of Yurga Kemerovo Region was localized at 11:46 Moscow time, Interfax was informed in the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Kemerovo Region. According to the department, seven out of 160 apartments completely burned out, there was a collapse of the inter -story ceilings and staircases in one of the entrances, the largest number of apartments were injured on the second floor.

Based on the results of the processing of 0.43% of the electoral protocols, the presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko leads, RIA Novosti reports. According to the press service of the Ukrainian CEC, 76.15% of voters voted for Yushchenko (29 thousand 315 people). 21.07% of voters (6 thousand 177 votes) cast their votes to Viktor Yanukovych. The press service of the CEC did not specify which regions are in question. On Sunday , the second round took place in Ukraine.

The dream of the world champion in the first welterweight of Konstantin Tszyu about a meeting with the former world champion in six weight categories Oscar de la Hoya may well become a reality, according to the Australian edition of the Sydney Morning Held.