Raw weather, which came to the Moscow region thanks to the Atlantic Cyclone, will remain at the beginning of the week, according to Monday in the capital's hydrometer. Now in Moscow and the region is around zero. It will be cloudy during the day, the thermometer column will rise to 2 degrees of heat. Meteorologists do not expect snow with rain, which usually happens in this weather.

Israel ahead of schedule was released on Monday from the Kiazot prison in the Negev desert in the south of 159 Palestinians. Among them are 113 activists of the Fath movement, who served the deadlines for the so -called "safety violations", and 46 people detained for the illegal stay in Israel.

The headquarters of the presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych appeal to the Supreme Court of the country in the country's Supreme Court of the Country of the Second round of the presidential election on December 26. This was announced to reporters on Monday in Kyiv by the authorized representative of Yanukovych in the Central Election Commission Nestor Shufrich.

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow on Monday will consider the complaint of lawyers Vyacheslav Ivankov, better known in criminal circles under the nickname, Japanchik, regarding the extension of the investigation in his criminal case. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the lawyer of the defendant Sergey Kotelevsky. In November, the Zamoskvoretsky court extended the investigation in the Ivankov case until January 18.

During a meeting with parliamentary deputies on Sunday evening, Fidel Castro announced the opening of a new oil field with a capacity of 100 million barrels off the coast of Cuba, the Cuban press said on Monday. The field was opened by Canadian companies "Sherritt International Corp." and "Pebercan Inc.", which will operate it. According to the Cuban leader, newly open oil in its qualitative characteristics exceeds all previously explored reserves, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian Ministry of Defense is alarmed by the level of accident rate, which is due to the shortcomings of medical support and other dangerous factors (PF) related to the decrease and loss of pilot performance, as well as the loss of self-preservation and common sense due to the non-compliance with their preferential relaxation.

In Grozny, militants from among the fighters of the sabotage and intelligence battalion Shamil Basayev were detained. According to the law enforcement agencies of the republic on Monday, a group of five people was detained the night before in one of the houses of the 6th microdistrict of the Chechen capital. According to preliminary data, the militants planned to hold sabotage-terrorist actions on holidays on holidays, ITAR-TASS reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, by his decree, appointed police lieutenant colonel Ruslan Alkhanov Minister of the Interior of the Chechen Republic. This was reported on Monday in the Kremlin press service. Alkhanov was appointed temporarily acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic in June 2004, when the then Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Alkhanov took a vacation in connection with participation in the election campaign in Chechnya.

Today, in Chechnya, no military serviceman is serving in Chechnya. This was announced on Monday at a meeting of the President with members of the government, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergey Ivanov. He emphasized that by January 1, 2005, parts of the Ministry of Defense in Chechnya will be fully equipped with contractors.

The creator of the Pakistani nuclear bomb Abdul Kadir Khan advised Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia in the development of nuclear weapons, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to The New York Times . The United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suspect that Egypt is trying to create nuclear weapons.

If you believe the article that appeared in the last issue of the American magazine of marijuana lovers High Times, it is this plant that owes a significant share of its success champion Nabo in the fifty -lightweight weight of Smalls, reports Allboxing . In an interview that Smalls gave this publication, he says that marijuana smoking is included in his daily routine along with training, taking ginseng tincture, food and sleep.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, the Olympic champion Larisa Latinin on the anniversary, the Kremlin press service reports. The telegram, in particular, says: “With your outstanding successes and achievements, you won the right to be among the best athletes in the world.

The Federation Council approved a law that changes the list of non -working holidays in Russia. According to the law, instead of the new year, the celebration of which falls on January 1 and 2, New Year holidays are introduced from January 1 to 5.

President of Poland Alexander Kvasnevsky on behalf of all the Poles congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on the support and trust provided to him by the Ukrainian people. Kovasnevsky said about this in a telephone conversation on Monday morning, the press service of the presidential presidential candidate reports.

In the administration of the Novosibirsk region, the headquarters was created to clarify the fate of Novosibirsk tourists who are in distressing countries of Southeast Asia, Galina Mashukova, Executive Director of the Novosibirsk Association of Travel Organizations, said on Monday.