In the body of the Italian informant of the deceased ex-officer of the FSB, Litvinenko Mario Skramella, a “significant number” of Polonia-210 was discovered, Skynews reported with reference to the British police. The Ministry of Health confirmed this information. Later on Friday, doctors clarified that we are talking about the "relatively low" level of infection, and there is no radioactive poisoning.

Russian mobile operators were able to make good money on free incoming - for "free incoming" were paid by subscribers and small mobile operators. MTS and Vimpelcom have published financial indicators for the III quarter. The results of profit surpassed all expectations, according to Russian business newspapers Vedomosti and Kommersant .

The fourth batch of a chess match between the absolute world champion by Russian Vladimir Kramnik and the Deep Fritz computer, which takes place in German Bonn, ended in a draw. The duel, in which the Russian grandmaster played with black figures, ended on the 54th move. According to Chesspro , from the very beginning of the party it became clear that the game of victory would have to be forgotten.

The authorities of Turkey do not recognize the universal (ecumenical) status of the Patriarch of Constantinople. "(Constantinople) Patriarchate is a Turkish institute, and this is reflected in our laws. We do not recognize ecumenism," the official representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry of the Tan in Ankara said on the eve, answering journalists' questions.

The Thai International Airways airline increased the frequency of flights from the Moscow International Airport "Domodedovo" to Bangkok. Now flights are operated four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. In addition, the airline is changing the type of aircraft in this direction-with Airbus-346 to a more roomy Boeing-772, the number of places in which is 292 with business and economy class salons, the airport press service reports.

The release of the December number of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine was suspended by decision of the Axel Springer Russia Publishing House, and all already printed specimens were “launched under the knife” due to the material dedicated to the head of the company “Inteco”, the wife of Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Elena Baturina. The German publisher, under the pressure of the Americans, agreed to re -correctly print the number, adjusting it.

In Moscow, during the detention of the criminal, two police officers were injured. According to the information department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the incident occurred at about 23:00 at the house 7 building 2 on the 9th Park Street, next to the Pyaterochka store. The policemen tried to detain a man suspected of robbery, but at the time of his detention he showed armed resistance and wounded one police officer with a knife in the back, and cut his face to another.

The judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to initiate supervisory proceedings on the complaint of the defense of Mikhail Khodorkovsky to the sentence of the ex-head of the NK Yukos. In the supervisory complaint, the defense of Khodorkovsky asked to cancel the sentence as "illegal and unreasonable." The lawyer of Khodorkovsky Henry Padva told reporters that after getting acquainted with the decision of the judge, the defense would decide on further appeal, Interfax reports.

The reason for the death of the Lithuanian diplomat , officer of the Department of State Security (DGB) of Lithuania Vitautas Potskunas on the night of August 22 to 23 in the Belarusian city of Brest is an accident. This was announced today by the Prosecutor General of Lithuania, saying that "stops the pre-trial investigation on the fact of possible violent death," ITAR-TASS reports.

The Boeing-767 aircraft, owned by British Airways, flies out on Friday to a technical flight from Domodedovo to London to pass the radiation safety , Interfax reports with reference to the Russian representative office of the airline. According to ITAR-TASS, the plane will operate a technical flight without passengers.

The absolute world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik continues to sort things out with the DEEP Fritz computer program. So far, the advantage on the side of the car is 2: 1. Half of the match was played and preliminary conclusions were made. The main, according to experts, is that a person can fight artificial intelligence on equal terms. In the starting parties, Kramnik proved that the iron rival also has weaknesses. “Dip Frytz had six months to prepare, and I have two weeks.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vartan Oscanyan stated on Friday that Yerevan "did not consider the possibility of his entry into the GUAM (interstate organization created by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), since the ideological base of this organization does not meet" the interests of the republic, ITAR-TASS reports.

In the Buzuluk of the Orenburg region, an attempt was made on the coordinator of the city department of the LDPR Viktor Dmitriev. On Friday morning, when Dmitriev left his house, the unknown person made several shots from the pistol on him and disappeared. The representative of the LDPR received gunshot wounds in the chest and stomach, Interfax reports with reference to the duty officer of the Buzuluk district Stepanov.

On Friday, the results of the competition of architectural projects for the construction of the Gazprom administrative center in St. Petersburg, the so-called Gazprom-City complex, should be summed up. However, according to Fontanka.ru , Gazprom Neft Invest has already chosen the best project of a 300-meter skyscraper. The most votes were given to the project of the English architectural bureau RMGM London Limited, outwardly more reminiscent of a corn cob.

One person died as a result of an emergency with a car on the ice of a fraternal reservoir in the Irkutsk region. As Interfax-Siberia told the chief expert of the HIMS department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Irkutsk Region Sergey Moiseev, last Thursday in the evening the driver of the Toyota car, in a state of strong intoxication, drove into the ice of the Bratsk reservoir near the village of IGzha Nizhneudinsky district. On thin ice, the car went into the water.