Famous dissidents from the former Soviet Union demanded an investigation into the work of the Russian Air Force, which, according to them, under the pressure of the authorities agreed to limit criticism to the regime of President Vladimir Putin. About this on January 2 writes The Daily Telegraph (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

In the Japanese city of Javatham on the island of Sikoku, the first day of the New Year was marked by a series of attacks of wild boars on people, ITAR-TASS reports. According to police representatives, last day before the darkness of the darkness, several people were subjected to sudden attacks at once. Four of the locals captured by surprise were injured.

US President George Bush intends to announce a new strategy in Iraq next week, BBC reports. In his statement, the president will talk about an increase in the number of American troops in Iraq. Additional troops will be sent to Iraq to ensure security, and not for training Iraqi military. But the controversial issue of the deployment of additional forces is still being discussed.

In Iraq, a scandal is flared up around an illegal video of the execution of Saddam Hussein. The reason for the scandal was the video made using a mobile phone by one of the guards (link to this video ). Meanwhile, the government of the country began an investigation against the prison security officers who were present during the execution of Saddam Hussein, Reuters reports.

Indonesian officials refute the information that the crashed Boeing-737 ADAM Air Airlines was found. This was reported by Reuters. "The location of the aircraft has not yet been discovered. We apologize for the fact that inaccurate information was widespread," the representative of the aviation authorities said.

In the American state of Louisian, the first black mayor of Westleyik, Gerald Washington, elected in September 2006, was killed. According to local media, 57-year-old Washington, formerly a working oil refinery, was found dead in a parking lot. A gun was discovered next to the body - a gun. According to the representative of the police, Kim Meyrs, there are no detainees yet and the investigation has not even determined the circle of suspects, RIA Novosti reports.

President George Bush honored the memory of the former head of the American state Gerald Ford, who died at the age of 93. On Monday, together with his wife Laura, he took part in the mourning ceremony in the building of the US Congress, where the coffin with the body of the deceased was installed, ITAR-TASS reports. A little later, Bush met with the widow of Ford - Betty Ford. It was a private meeting, the details of which are not reported. It lasted about half an hour.

The number of victims of a series of nine explosions that thundered in the Thai capital on the eve and immediately after the New Year’s onset increased to three people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to The Nation . In connection with the emergency power of Bangkok, the grandiose celebration of the New Year in the central shopping center of the capital has already been canceled. Thousands of people gathered in the city center are invited to diverge home.

The New Year's offensive in Moscow took place without serious incidents, but the police department employees note the increase in crimes by citizens in a state of intoxication. In particular, on January 1, at 06:00 Moscow time, the police received information about the fight on Bolshaya Kosinskaya Street. The police officers who arrived at the place found that after drinking alcohol, a resident of Moscow had caused two injuries to his father.

Over the past day, January 1, on the roads of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, seven serious traffic accidents occurred, as a result of which five people died and five were injured, including one child, RIA Novosti reported in the propaganda department of the traffic police in the region. In particular, in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg at about 12:30 Moscow time, the VAZ-2108 car collided with the Otoyol bus.

In Moscow near one of the entrances to the Prague metro station, a diplomat with wires sticking out of it was discovered. Due to the threat of the explosion, the entrance to the subway was closed. A dog handler with a dog who arrived at the scene made a conclusion that explosives can be in a diplomat. This was not confirmed later.

The plus daily temperature in the metropolitan region will remain before the Orthodox Christmas (January 7). So, according to the Hydrometeorological University of Moscow and the Moscow Region, on Tuesday in the metropolis and Moscow, thermometers near Moscow, they will show from 0 to plus 2 degrees. Cloudy weather is expected, small precipitation in the form of drizzling rain. The wind is southwest, western, 5-10 meters per second. Atmospheric pressure - reduced - 732 mm Hg.

As a result of the accident, 150 tons of oil spilled on the oil pipeline in the Saratov region, the regional law enforcement agencies said. "A one and a half kilometers from the village of Bratsky, the Ivanteevsky district on Monday, a pipe rupture occurred, with a diameter of 1.22 meters, the Samara oil pipeline - Lisichansk. Due to the spill of 150 tons of oil, five hectares of the adjacent territory are polluted," the Novaya Novosti source said.

In Moscow, new rules for passing inspection of vehicles are established. According to the capital's city hall, since this year, buses and route taxis, equipped for transporting people and designed for more than eight passengers, as well as freight transport will take place every six months.

The Spanish government announced on Tuesday that an explosion of an explosive of a car at the Madrid airport, which accused of Basque separatists, completed the peace process in the Basque Country. Officials believe that the weakened Basque terrorist organization is not capable of a stable armed confrontation. “This one is broken, eliminated, the process is completed,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Spain Alfredo Perez Rubalcab at a press conference in Madrid.