The Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov said that in Russia they are observing with anxiety by the militarization of Georgia in connection with the danger of resuming hostilities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The Sunday newspaper News of the World published unlikely and sensational information about the interest in the forward of the London Chelsea Andrei Shevchenko from Newcasl. The Ukrainian striker is experiencing problems with the adaptation in the “blue” and the press circulates rumors that Chelsea may rent it out until the end of the season. Moreover, his former Milan club is considered the most likely contender for Shev. Nevertheless, Newkasl is also seriously configured.

In the Pacific Ocean, a magnitude of magnitude 5 occurred near the east coast of Kamchatka. There are no injuries, destruction and threats to the tsunami. This was reported to ITAR-TASS today at the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The underground impetus was recorded today at 16:52 local time (07:52 Moscow time). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km under the sea bottom about 150 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The accident on the power line in Dagestan, as a result of which 17 regions of the republic were left without light, was eliminated. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia. "At about 14:04 Moscow time, the line was restored, a phased connection of consumers to electricity began," the document says.

The volleyball players of the Brazilian national team without much difficulty defending the championship title in the decisive match of the world championship, which took place in Tokyo. For three fast sets, they euthanized the ambitions of the Polish team. On the site, the South American stars shone a little for more than an hour, and then they began to celebrate a confident victory (25:12, 25:22, 25:17).

Two American senators expressed their criticism in relation to Russia, calling the President of Russia a "dictator", reports AP. In their opinion, Russia should do much more to help the United States withstand Iran’s ambitions in the nuclear sphere.

Moscow calls on all the political forces of Lebanon to the dialogue for the sake of preserving peace in the country. “We are carefully monitoring what is happening in Lebanon. Unfortunately, tension in this country does not fall. On the contrary, there are more and more signs of confrontation, including demonstrations and counter demonstration.

Qatar will provide financial assistance to the Palestinian authorities to pay off wage arrears to civil servants. As the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Autonomy of Ismail Khania said today in Doha, for several months Qatar will allocate $ 22.5 million monthly.

Argentine tennis player David Nalbandan defeated Nikolai Davydenko with a score of 6: 2, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4 and restored his balance in the final match of the Davis Cup between Russian teams and Argentina. In the debut of the Antherieu match, the Saturday paired meeting acted as an unprecedented. In the behavior of David, no signs of guilt were observed, and his blows were accurate and prudent. The Russian tennis player was clearly not ready for such a transformation of Nalbandan.

The Party "Reforms and Order" (PRP) and the Blok Yulia Tymoshenko (BUT) decided to unite and form an opposition "shadow" government. Such a decision was made at the 12th Congress of the PRP, which is taking place today in Kyiv.

The transaction on the purchase of the Rodionov Publishing House of the newspaper Business did not take place, the last issue of the newspaper will be released on December 22, the Source of the Company’s Secret of the company told RIA Novosti . "The deal fell." Rodionov "did not suit the proposed parameters of the advertising budget.

More than a thousand fans of the Paris Saint-Germain football club held in the French capital the march of silence in memory of the fan Julien Kemener, who was shot dead by the police on November 23 during the riots after the UEFA Cup with the Israeli Hapoell. The prosecutor's office did not pursue the policeman, considering that he acted as part of legal self -defense.

The chairman of the State Duma, the leader of the United Russia party, Boris Gryzlov, states that for the Russian Federation the path of democracy and sovereignty is the only possible, and notes that in the parliament at meetings of the Presidium of the United Russia faction usually there are hot discussions. “For our country, I think there is no alternative to democracy, because there may be an alternative to either authoritarianism or a dictatorship.

Russia "will fulfill the agreements with Iran in regard to the completion of the construction of the nuclear power plant in the Bushera and its commissioning." This was announced on Saturday by the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov, who was in Mexico on a working visit on Saturday, in an exclusive interview.

Marat Safin defeated the Argentinean’s key match Jose Akasso with a score of 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5) and brought the Russian team a decisive point that allowed our team the second time in its history to become the owner of the Davis Cup.