“The termination of gas supply to Russia and Ukraine is dictated by the national interests of Turkmenistan, a fundamental and objective approach to interstate cooperation issues,” said Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan during the meeting in the fuel and energy complex of the country.

In connection with the catastrophic consequences of the tsunami, it was decided to postpone the terms of the summit of the Association of Regional Cooperation of the countries of South Asia (SAARK). This was reported on Thursday by the Indian agency PTI with reference to informed sources. The meeting at the top was planned to hold Bangladesh Dacke in the capital on January 9-11 of next year. The association includes Bangladesh, Butane, India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II is positive about Santa Claus - as a character in the New Year holidays, carrying good and joy. “Everything that carries good is to welcome. And Santa Claus gives out gifts, comforts, pleases the children,” the patriarch said, answering the question of RIA Novosti . “Everything that pleases the young generation, it is necessary to welcome, encourage and rejoice with these people,” the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized.

In the capital on Wednesday evening, unknown criminals opened fire on the company of young people. As a result of the attack, one person died on the spot, another was injured. According to the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate, at 21:30 near the house number 1 building 2 on Yakhromskaya Street, according to eyewitnesses, four young men approached the entrance when a car arrived from which shots were fired. One of the young people died on the spot, the second was wounded.

Romanian doctors said that a 67-year-old resident of the country is preparing to become the oldest mother on Earth, the British broadcasting corporation of the Air Force reports. Currently, Adrian Ilescu, undergoing infertility treatment in one of the Romanian clinics, is located in the seventh month of pregnancy. In an interview with local television, Adrian Ilescu stated that she always wanted to become a mother, but because of a number of diseases she could not conceive a natural way.

On New Year's holidays, visitors to the Petersburg zoo will be able to observe life in the Berlog of the White Bear and the bear, where the video surveillance systems are installed. A video broadcast from the den will be transmitted to monitors installed for visitors to the zoo. The bear was born almost a month ago and has not yet left the den, reports Interfax. In early December, the white bear had three teddy bear, but two of them died. The remaining bear cub is currently feeling good.

In the United States, the deputy assistant to the head of the Pentagon for International Technologies of John Show has been reduced, RIA Novosti reports. In October 2004, the show said in an interview with The Washington Times that the Russian military was involved in the disappearance of hundreds of tons of explosives in Iraq .

On December 31, the State Hermitage will present its new exhibit - a miniature portrait of Napoleon. The portrait was made by a famous French miniature artist and watercolist, drawingman and lithographer, student of the famous Jean-Louis David, court master of Napoleon, Jean-Batista Isabe. The miniature, on which the artist’s signature is dated 1808.

The heads of European states prepare their citizens for terrible figures of losses from the tsunami. This New Year in Europe will be overshadowed by mourning events in thousands of Europeans who died in Southeast Asia. More than 7,000 people are listed in the region, which suffered from tsunami, missing. About half of them are Germans and Swedes.

The Moscow Football Club CSKA refused the request of the Chelsea London to lease the Czech midfielder Irji Yaroshik, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the British newspaper The Sun. The club of Roman Abramovich, who is currently experiencing serious personnel problems due to injuries at once with 16 players, wanted to rent Yaroshik until the end of the season.

The list of those who died in the province of ACCH in Indonesia, which has been destroyed by the tsunami , may exceed 400 thousand people , despite the fact that rescuers cannot get to many areas in this province for rescue operations. This was announced on Thursday by Indonesia Ambassador to Malaysia Rusdikhardio. According to him, this assessment is based on the airbrush data carried out by the Indonesia authorities.

330 people became victims of the attack in Beslan, of which 186 children. This was reported to reporters on Thursday, Deputy Prosecutor Governor of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Shepel. According to him, the 81 deceased, including 54 children, was identified as a result of the molecular genetic examination. “There are no unidentified bodies,” said Shepel.

The National Police of Spain arrested a group of Ukrainians on Wednesday evening in Madrid, who were engaged in extortion from their compatriots. The criminals demanded a monthly tribute to "security" under the threat of physical reprisals. According to the National Radio of Spain, the police entered the sign of the gang a month ago, when a citizen of Ukraine living near Madrid turned to her. The racketeers were abducted, brutally beaten and released only after he promised to pay a large amount.

At the Barnaul Airport (Altai Territory, Siberia), a helicopter of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan made an emergency landing. As reported on Thursday in the Main Directorate of Civil Defense and Emergencies in the Altai Territory, on the eve of 13:35 local time at Barnaul Airport due to the technical malfunction, the Mi-8 N24495 helicopter, following Pavlodar Airport in Tolmachevo (Novosibirsk). On board the military helicopter were 5 people.

The head office of Yukos on Dubininskaya Street looks at the windows at the five -story building ready for demolition. According to the Maoist logic of the Russian authorities, the fate of the bruised “Khrushcho” should be shared by Yukos - the best in the country and far from the last oil company in the world. Sale "Yuganskneftegaz" - a deadly blow to Yukos. So experts think.