The forward of the Russian youth team, Viktor Tikhonov, was recognized as the best striker according to the directorate and entered the national team of journalists. The national team of the legendary Viktor Tikhonov, who plays for Severstal, compiled the company to Canadians Steve Mason (also recognized as the best goalkeeper and the best player) and Drew Dawy (the best defender), Swedes Viktor Hedman and Patrick Berglund, as well as American James Van Rimsdik. Tikhonov Jr.

The presidential candidate from the ruling party Mikhail Saakashvili leads after preliminary counting of the votes of votes for 1048 out of 3600 sites, but the situation balances on the verge of the possibility of the second round of voting. According to the latest data, he gained 50.13 % of the vote, and the candidate from the United opposition Levan Gachechiladze is 25.08 % of the vote.

This year, one can expect the rise in the cost of the most popular cars in Russia: Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota. The cost of models Renault, Hyundai, Kia, as well as other "budget" brands will also increase. So thinks Autonews.ru . Experts make a disappointing forecast: the prices of foreign cars will continue to rise by about 2-5% per year. In addition to standard factors affecting the price that has occurred in 2008, the introduction of the Euro-3 standard will affect pricing.

On January 6, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) celebrates a double holiday - the Epiphany and Christmas of Christ . In the most ancient Armenian church - the Cathedral of St. Echmiadzin, the head of the church - Catholicos of all Armenians Garein II headed a solemn liturgy tonight, reports Armenia Today . Along with Easter , this is the main holiday on the calendar of the Armenian Church.

The Pope Benedict XVI congratulated all the Orthodox today on Christmas Christmas for the Julian calendar . The pontiff emphasized that the liturgical diversity indicates the multiplicity of the Ecumenical Church in its ministry in the spread of the gospel of Christ. The head of the Vatican spoke about this by committing a traditional Sunday Catholic prayer "Angelus domini" ("Angel of the Lord"). Dad turned to believers from the window of his working office, facing the Square of St.

The former mentor of the Moscow Lokomotiv Anatoly Byshovets promoted the situation with his possible appointment to the post of head coach of the Ukrainian national team - his surname was posted on the FFU website among the candidates for the post of head coach and took a leading position there, but later the name of Byshovts disappeared from this list.

In the joint working group for the consideration of the problems between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, they share an opinion about the importance of teaching in Russian schools "the foundations of Orthodox culture". "In many countries of the world, the Catholic Church supports the idea of ​​religious education in schools, not only in the form of a study of religious culture, but even in the form of catechesis. And this is, despite the protests from the liberal circles.

The cause of the fire at the Novocherkassk plant of synthetic products, as a result of which a person died and another suffered, was the release and fire of natural gas from a gas pipeline. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia.

The leader of the Russian LDPR Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky sent a telegram to Mikhail Saakashvili, in which he “congratulated him on a brilliant victory” in the presidential election in Georgia, the press service of the LDPR faction in the State Duma widespread on Sunday. At the same time, the LDPR faction in the State Duma "expresses solidarity to the democratic parties of Georgia, which, unfortunately, lost the presidential election," the report says.

The conquest of bronze medals ended for the Russian Hockey Championship for the Russian youth team. In the struggle for third place on this day in the Czech pardubic, the wards of Sergei Nemchinov with a score of 4: 2 (3: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) defeated the US team. In this game, the Russians for the first time at the tournament won the first period, which largely predetermined the final result.

The French tennis player Amelie Mororemo decided to get out of the injury from the tennis tournament, which started on Sunday in the Australian Sydney. “Unfortunately, I again damaged the leading muscle,” Mororemo said. “I felt pain yesterday during training, and today I didn’t even crush,” the Frenchwoman added. Following Mororemo, she refused to participate in the Chinese tournament on Lee, who damaged his knee.

During the Christmas worship, all Russian temples and monasteries will be under the enhanced police protection. ITAR-TASS reported this today in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

The Christmas of Christ , whose ethnication or eve of which is noted today by believers of the Orthodox churches adhering to the Julian calendar (or the so -called old style), in chronological order occupies first place in the liturgical cycle dedicated to the earthly life of Jesus Christ. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II congratulated the flock on the upcoming holiday today and called on Orthodox believers to do more deeds of love and mercy.

Italian President Georgio Napolitano called for as soon as possible to solve the problem that has developed with garbage collection in Naples, RIA Novosti reports. "It is necessary to resolve the situation with waste, which has already become a real tragedy," he said. According to media reports, more than 4 thousand tons of garbage accumulated on the streets of Naples.

The Volzhsky-14 Sukhograz, who left Rostov, was stuck in the ice in the Sea of ​​Azov, the Interfax agency was told in the Kavkaz port administration. According to the interlocutor of the agency, according to preliminary data, the dry cargo team gave a signal that he could not continue to move, the border guards were the first to accept this team. On board the dry cargo is about 4 thousand tons of sulfur. The ship itself is about 20 miles from the entrance to the Kerch Strait.