Ex-Senator from Bashkiria Igor Izmestiev, accused of organizing five murders and giving bribes, on Thursday was questioned in the Moscow City Court on the process against nine members of the so-called Kingisepp group, which is judged for the fulfillment of these murders. Izmestyev, who had previously refused to testify, first spoke, having spoke, in particular, about his relations with the leader of the Kingisepp group Sergei Finagin.

In the south of Moscow, an armed raid on the office of a large construction company. The prey criminals became 1 million rubles. On Thursday, four armed robbers made a daring robbery of the Renaissans-Konstrokshn company, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies .. The criminals entered the enterprise’s office, located at 18 Nagornaya, through the balcony of the second floor.

In Moscow, minor skinheads attacked a 32-year-old woman and tried to eat her, pre-frying at the stake. First, cannibals cut off the pieces of meat from her body, and then tried to remove the scalp. Bomi and a random passerby came to the aid of the woman. Now the Muscovite, who had undergone a deep shock in addition to physical pain, is in the hospital, writes "Your Day" . “They attacked me when I walked along the sidewalk, which is around the cemetery,” said Jeanne.

In the West, dozens of communities (fan clubs) have been created on social networks and other sites dedicated to the praise of the second Russian President Vladimir Putin. Only on Facebook there are a little less than 300 of such groups. Among them there are those who praise GDP as a state leader, and those where they appreciate his sports training, and in some communities the Russian leader openly admit love. Moreover, users are both female and male, the newspaper Moscow Komsomolets notes.

In the United States, on the eve of the New Year holidays, the first gift cards for medical services appeared on sale, the local television company KDKA reports. Gift cards are one of the most popular gift options in America. They can be exchanged for goods or services for the amount paid in advance by the donor. As a rule, such cards are released by large department stores, toys and clothing stores, beauty salons and restaurants.

The President of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Jose Suleiman confirmed the information that the duel between the champion of this heavyweight organization Oleg Maskaev and the holder of the temporary title Samuel Peter will be held on March 8 next year in Kankun, Mexico. Maskaev was supposed to meet with Peter on October 6, but due to the injury, the Russian boxer was forced to refuse a fight, and Peter was proclaimed the temporary owner of the championship title.

In Belarus on Thursday, the Minsk court sentenced the activist of the Belarusian opposition movement "Young Front" by Arthur Finkevich to one and a half years in prison with a sentence in a general regime for violation of the sentence of a sentence appointed to him in May 2006 for graffiti, criticizing the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian News reported. The reason for the new persecution was a large number of administrative penalties allegedly for violating the regime.

In the capital of Estonia on Friday, official celebrations will take place on the occasion of the expansion of the Schengen space. "The official part of the festival will take place in the Tallinn Port in Terminal D. The European Union’s delegation, headed by the European Commission President Jose, Jose Manuel Barrosa and Portugal Prime Minister Jose Socrates," Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Estonia.

On Friday, the Central Election Commission of Russia plans to consider the documents of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, who is nominated by the President of the Russian Federation from the United Russia party. I participated in the acceptance of documents from Dmitry Medvedev. I think on Friday we will consider these documents, ”said the CEC member Gennady Raikov at a press conference at RIA Novosti .

Albert Popkov, the creator of the Odnoklassniki.Ru project, said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda that the audience of his project is already more than seven million people, and "daily growth is from 40 to 60 thousand newcomers." Popkov also stated that his project refused to cooperate with the FSB and provide information about users. “Russian man talks about himself without FSB about himself,” Popkov believes. “But we have to cooperate with the investigation.

On the Kremlin Cathedral Square, the installation of the main Christmas tree of the country is completed. The 33 -meter tree decorated 2000 toys - red bows, balls and silver bells - 2500 bulbs and 1.5 km of garlands of Russian flag of about a kilometer long. At the top of the spruce - a golden red Bethlehem star.

According to ITAR-TASS , the Russian concern "AvtoVAZ" predicts an increase in sales of its cars in 2007 by 6%: 768,000 cars sold this year compared to 724,000 cars last year. In total, in Russia this year will be sold, according to the press service of AvtoVAZ, about 660,000 cars. Export deliveries will be 108,000 LADA cars, which also exceeds the indicators of the previous year.

In St. Petersburg, the four-story building of the Northern Textile factory is on fire. RIA Novosti was reported in the regional Ministry of Emergencies According to the interlocutor of the agency, a fire at the North Textile factory, located on the tanneous line of the Vasilievsky Island, began at about 03.30 in the morning, at the moment the fire area is about 800 square meters. "There is a threat to the spread of fire to the entire four -story building.

The US Ambassador to Moscow William Burns announced the day before that Russia and the United States have the opportunity to create a joint system of early warning and missile defense. According to him, this is in the interests of both countries.

The police committed several violations during the detention of a Hollywood actor and director Mela Gibson in July 2006 for drunk driving and party-players Paris Hilton for driving without rights in September 2006, the report issued by the Los Angeles Department of the Sheriffa, reports Ar. The document states that during the arrest of Hilton, deprived of the rights for drunk driving, representatives of the department abused hospitality.