The Russian attackers of Washington brought their team the next spectacular victory, participating in all five goals sent on the gate of Ottawa. And Sergey Fedorov noted the return to the ice after the injury with three assists and was recognized as the third star of the meeting. Alexander Ovechkin also looked great, who twice struck the gates of “senators” in the majority and became the most active player in the meeting, applying 9 shots on the goal of guests.

The St. Petersburg Zenit issued a transfer agreement on the transition of the midfielder of Moscow Dynamo and the Russian national team Igor Semshov on Friday evening. The amount of the transaction amounted to $ 6 million - it was this amount of compensation, according to the Soviet Sport , it was registered in the football player’s contract. In the coming days, the player will sign a personal contract with the St. Petersburg club - approximately for 4 years.

The Naval Forces of India reported the detention of 23 pirates who tried to capture a trading ship in the Gulf of Aden, reports AP agency with reference to the representative of the Indian Navy Officer Nirada Sinchu. Indian forces repelled the attack of the pirates who were about to take the ship to board. When they saw a MySore warship and helicopters, they tried to hide, but were detained by special forces, the military’s statement said.

The head coach of Real Madrid, Juande Ramos, who accepted the team at the beginning of this week, counts on victory in Classico against Barcelona. With the leader, Madrids will play examples at the Kamp Kamp. The mentor does not even want to think about a possible draw, although it does not exclude any outcome of the meeting in the capital of Catalonia.

Representatives of the Georgian authorities say that the Russian military did not miss the ambassadors of the European Union to the village of Perevi, Sachheersky District (Western Georgia, on the border with Southern Ossetia). As the head of the administration of the Sakhchersky district Zurab Tserzvadze told reporters on Saturday, the Russian military introduced additional forces into the village and blocked the entrance to the village.

The new opposition movement will be created today - "Solidarity", reports "Echo of Moscow" . "On December 13, the Constituent Congress of a socio -political movement under the working name" Solidarity "will be held in the Moscow region," the event organizers said in a statement. Its authors note that more than 300 delegates from 45 Russian cities, where regional conferences of movements have previously passed, will take part in the work of the congress.

Barack Obama, elected to President, was refused a request to take an official residence for the guests of the White House Blair House. According to the Associated Press, the couple Obama asked the White House administration to prepare a residence for their arrival ahead of schedule, so that Obama’s daughter - 7 -year -old Sasha and 10 -year -old Malia can start studying at the new school on January 5, 2009. However, in the White House, Obama’s request was rejected, citing current plans.

Madrid “Real” tried to rent from the London “Tottenham” of the Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. This information was confirmed by football player agent Oleg Artemov and a spur mentor Harry Rednapp. “I really know that a couple of weeks ago our club received a fax from Real Madrid with a proposal to pay Pavlyuchenko to rent until the end of this season, ” Sport -Express quotes the words of Rednapp. “However, this was not at all in our plans because we ourselves need the Russian forward.

The State Duma to save the media in the context of the global financial crisis may allow for 2009 a beer advertising on television, radio and print media, temporarily withdrawing restrictions provided for by the Law. Such amendments to the Law "On Advertising" were made for consideration by the chamber by deputy Gennady Gudkov ("Fair Russia").

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived on an unexpected visit to Afghanistan, Sky News said. The Prime Minister visited the South Afghan province of Helmen, where he met with the British military personnel fighting with the militants of the Taliban movement. After that, the prime minister left Kabul to the capital of Afghanistan for negotiations with the country's President Hamid Karzai, the television channel reports. Currently, 8 thousand 100 British military are stationed in Afghanistan.

The Laureates of the Nobel Prize of the World are urging to destroy nuclear weapons, adopt the World Wide Trading Convention and the Convention on Water Rights, the former Executive President of South Africa Frederick Willem de Clerk said on behalf of the Summit participants in Paris. The ninth summit of the Nobel laureates took place in the French capital for three days. It ended on Saturday in a tent, broken by the Trokadero fountains near the Eiffel Tower, RIA Novosti reports.

On December 12, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow hosted the charity auction "Sport & Art", at which items of ammunition of the former absolute champion of the world in the first welterweight of Konstantin Tszyu were put up for sale. The boxing cowards in which Kostya won the WBC belt, sending Mexican Miguel Angel Gonzalez to knock out $ 22 thousand, and elastic bandages - for $ 5 thousand.

The terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai on November 26 hoped to seize hostages and put forward the requirements through the media, but could not do this, reports the Press Trust of India agency with reference to the testimony of the detained attack participant. A group of armed with machine guns and grenades of terrorists attacked Mumbai on November 26, killing 179 people.

In Novosibirsk, the specialists of the Gorzelenkhoz to prevent unauthorized deforestation began processing coniferous trees with a special solution, reports Interfax . "A solution for processing coniferous trees consists of several components, as well as a dye, traces of which for a long time are not washed off the skin and clothing of attackers.

The American Hasim Rahman was 4 kg heavier than the heavyweight world of Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko to weigh before the battle, which took place in German Mannheim. Despite the fact that Rahman is significantly inferior to the Klitschko Jr. in growth, on the scales he “pulled” 115 kg, while the Ukrainian is 111. The battle in which Klitschko will defend the champion belts belonging to him according to IBF and WBO versions, will be held in Mannheim on Saturday.