The lawyer of the former member of the Federation Council from the Legislative Assembly of Bashkiria Igor Izmestiev appealed to his client on Friday. According to ITAR-TASS in court, a brief cassation appeal was filed. According to the law, there are 10 days to submit a cassation application. The lawyer invites to cancel the court order and appoint an Izmestev measure of restraint, not related to deprivation of liberty.

The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia spread on Friday an operational warning about a high degree of probability of emergency situations in the Central Federal District. The Ministry of Emergencies explained that on Friday in the central region severe precipitation and wind up to 20 meters per second are expected, and on Saturday in the north of the Central Federal District, heavy snow and blizzard are predicted.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Alexander Moroz, sent a letter to President Viktor Yushchenko, in which he asks the head of state to sign the Law "On the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" despite the press statement, which the president made the day before.

The head of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) Ben Bernanke warned the American Senate about the global problems that are waiting for the largest economy of the world if Washington will not reduce excessive budget expenses in the near future, which cause the economy’s imbalance. According to the newspaper "News Time" , speaking with fiery calls for the Senate, Bernanke is trying to support the American dollar on the world market.

Several Russian tourists were injured in Pyatinz as a result of a traffic accident near Cairo. One citizen of the Russian Federation was taken to a hospital under Cairo with a bruise of the spine. After conducting the necessary examination, she, along with the rest of the tourists, was sent back to Hurghada. According to the Consulate of the Russian Federation in Egypt, a bus with 16 Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and four Belarusians followed from Hurghada on an excursion to Alexandria.

On Friday, in the court of the industrial region of Khabarovsk, the process began in the case of US citizen Christopher Lee Garner, accused of the murder of a local resident Alexander Kaminsky. During the hearings, the Judicial Collegium found defects in a criminal case. It was decided to postpone the court session to resolve the issue either on the return of the case for a recovery, or on the continuation of the hearing. The decision should be made within three days, reports ITAR-TASS.

In Europe, a powerful hurricane "Cyril" rages. As a result of the rampant, according to the latest data, 42 people were killed in the continent. In the UK, 12 people became the victims of the hurricane, in Germany - 11, in the Netherlands - 7, in Poland - 4, in the Czech Republic - 4, in Belgium - 2, in France - 2. There are also wounded, reports Ar . The most frequent causes of death were car accident, a fall of trees and various objects.

The richest Russian Roman Abramovich has not yet been able to get rid of Chukotka. According to the sources of Vedomosti , Vladimir Putin is not inclined to sign the Governor’s opinion on the resignation. Perhaps Abramovich will have to wait for the end of the current presidential term and ask for the abolition of the "scurry" not Putin, but his successor, political scientists believe.

The Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika has a personal page on the Internet, on which anyone can ask him their question or express a personal opinion on any problem. It is called "Internet receiver" . On January 19, the presentation of the new site was held at the Prosecutor General’s Office, on which the page of the Prosecutor General was opened.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the provision of Rosoboronexport "exclusive right to trade military products with foreign states.

The calendar middle of winter - January 15 - passed, but in most regions of the country, with the exception of part of Eastern Siberia and Spring regions, the winter has not occurred. Either there is no snow at all, or it is, but the air temperature is still a few degrees higher than this time of the year. Scientists say: if by the end of January there is no snow in Russia, then there will be no decent summer, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda .

In the Cambodian jungle found a mowgli girl missing 19 years ago. She lived in the forest since the age of eight. She was found by one of the local residents after food from the barn began to disappear. He decided to track the thief, which was the "jungle girl." The local police chief described it as "a half -man - half -life." The 27-year-old girl does not know how to use cutlery, is afraid of people and prefers to walk without clothes.

Azerbaijani Grassmaster Teimur Radzhabov won another victory at the chess super tournament of the 19th category in the Dutch Vake-en-tsee and continues to single-handedly occupy a leading position. After five rounds, he scored 4.5 points. In the next round, his opponent Czech Navara by white figures managed to get a tangible advantage, however, it is possible that he was a banged in front of the leader, and soon the Czech position scattered like a house of cards, 64.ru notes.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice returns from a brief trip to the Middle East and Europe on Friday, having achieved exactly as much to protect himself from accusations of complete meaninglessness of the trip, writes The New York Times . (Full text on the website inopressa.ru .) The purpose of the trip was to resume fading peaceful negotiations between Israeli and Palestinians, as well as to enlist the support of Muslims in the new US strategy in Iraq.

In Brazil, the 35-year-old former Miss Brazil Leila Schuster suffered from the attack of street robbers. Doctors conducted a woman surgery to restore the phalanges of three fingers after she became a victim of criminals. The crime occurred in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, January 17, in broad daylight, when the former model was heading for a fashion show. When the Schuster got out of the car, two robbers drove up to her motorcycle. They grabbed a woman’s handbag and rushed from a place.