The Moscow City Court recognized the decision of the Basmanny Court legal, which issued the conclusion on the presence in the actions of the Yukos lawyer Elena of the Agrane Crime, Yuri Larin Larin Larin, on Monday, told Interfax. Thus, the Moscow City Court refused to satisfy the cassation appeal of the protection of Agranovskaya, who asked to recognize the conclusion of the Basmanny Court of December 7 illegal.

On Monday, specialists of the Ministry of Emergencies saved two Moscow climbers in the area of ​​the Achishkho Pass in the Krasnodar Territory (15 km from the village of Krasnaya Polyana), Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. Five rescuers in the Ka-32 helicopter flew out of Sochi to the Pass area, where two climbers were discovered on a steep wall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the decision to replace benefits by money was justified, but it was not possible to fully implement it in practice, ITAR-TASS reports. “The motives of the decisions made by the State Duma and the government (to replace the benefits of money) are clear,” he said at the first meeting with members of the cabinet in the new year. “The question is how they are implemented in practice.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia protested against Applications of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tbilisi "Allegedly on the presence of terrorist groups on the territory of the Pankisian gorge of Georgia." The Georgian Foreign Ministry was surprised both by the form of the statement made on behalf of the embassy, ​​and not on behalf of a similar Russian department and the content - and even asked in an official statement the question of whether Russia is looking for "reasons

The court of the German city of Munich decided to "evict" from the apartment of the dwarf pig, who was twice attacked people. According to the German radio, the owner of the animal, when concluding a contract for renting an apartment, stipulated the right to maintain a dwarf pig as a pets, RIA Novosti reports. However, during 2003, an aggressive pig attacked people twice, injuring them.

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, pensioners will picket the regional administration and the Duma, demanding an increase in the amount of compensation paid in exchange for the canceled benefits. About a hundred people participate in the action. The press service of the administration of Yuzhno -Sakhalinsk reported that the organizer of the picket, the public organization "Conscience" - notified the city authorities that picket will be carried out from January 17 to 21 from 10 to 11 hours.

In St. Petersburg, an attack on a student from Cameroon was attacked. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, on Saturday at 20:00 21-year-old Mori Dosaraden Mavrikia was hospitalized. According to preliminary data, several unknown people on the street attacked a student of the St. Petersburg architectural and construction institute, beat him and disappeared from the scene.

The Russian side insists that Russia still comes from the territory of Georgia. This is stated in the statement of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Tbilisi, who was widespread on Monday. "The terrorist threat emanating from the Georgian territory and representing a serious security challenge to both Russia and Georgia is preserved," the message emphasizes.

In Spain today, traditional holidays began in honor of St. Antonio Abad, the patron saint of pets. The Holy Hermit lived in the III-IV century in Egypt, selflessly caring for sick animals, including predatory ones.

The Golden Globe Cinema Cinema ceremony ended in Los Angeles. The ceremony was broadcast on the air of the NBC television channel . The latter traditionally awarded prizes in the most prestigious categories.

After a terrible spontaneous disaster in Southeast Asia, people around the world, even in places, remote from the Indian Ocean for thousands of kilometers, began to be afraid of the repetition of such natural phenomena. Rumors that there are plenty of reasons for such unrest are multiplying every day. Millions of people around the world begin to think about what could be and what, most likely, will now be. "Information Tsunami" now creates its own myth - the myth of large disasters.

The film "Sunset" about the last days of the life of Adolf Hitler at the competition in Bavaria was awarded three prizes. The Prime Minister of this federal land Edmund Shterobert presented the Bavarian Oscar and 300 thousand euros to the author of the script and director Folker Schlendorf. The work of producer Bernd Aichinger was evaluated by a cash prize of 200 thousand euros.

A tourist company from Bangkok organized excursions on the most affected by the tsunami resorts of Thailand. The program designed for two nights of the excursion provides, in particular, a visit to the Khao Lak resort almost completely destroyed by the elements. There, tourists will be able to see the Buddhist temple, which is still used as a morgue, as well as attend the Buddhist commemoration of the dead.

In the UK, nominees for the prestigious prize of the British Academy of Cinema and Television BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) were announced. Kate Winslet is nominated twice in the same category "Best Actress" for the roles in the films "Eternal Light of Passion" and "Magic Country". In this nomination, she competes with her girlfriend, British actress Owl Stonton, who played a role in the film "Vera Drake", which collected a total of seven nominations of Bafta.

On Monday, the Mondays will be held in the Moscow City Court in the case of Zara Murtazalieva, accused of terrorism. According to her lawyer Zoya Usmanova, the prosecutor will first speak, who will demand the punishment of the defendant, then the word will be given to the defense.