The military investigative department in the Voronezh garrison opened a case on the fact of the disaster of the front-line bomber Su-24, who fell on Friday near Voronezh, the head of the department Vasily Savitius told Interfax on Saturday. "The case was instituted based on the results of the audit under Article 351 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of flight rules or preparation for them)," Savitius said.

As it became known "Sport-Express" , today the hockey players of the Novokuznetsk Metallurg will sign a collective appeal to the leadership of the club and the trade union of players. The text, in particular, says: "In case of failure to provide the players before the match with Siberia (December 24) of a detailed schedule for repayment of existing debt, hockey players reserve the right to find the ice in this game.

The power of the device, as a result of the explosion of which in Makhachkala, fragmentation wounds received three police officers, equal to 400 grams in the TNT equivalent, the RIA Novosti press service said on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the explosion occurred near the cafe "Lost Castle" in the steppe village of Makhachkala on the path of the police UAZ with employees of the patrol service.

Specialists and representatives of the United Company Rusal take all measures to free two employees of the company captured by armed people in Nigeria, the Rusal press release says. “This morning in Nigeria in the south of the city of Ikot Abashi there was an armed attack on the village in which Rusal employees working at the aluminum factory Alskon lived. Two employees of the company were kidnapped.

The cult producer and director, included in the 100 "greatest people" of the Time magazine and the list of Millarders of Forbes magazine, Stephen Spielberg turned out to be the most famous victim of the "scam of the century" in the United States. The creator of Schindler's List was on the list of deceived investors in Bernard Madoff, whose fraud the prosecutor's office stated.

Iran directed the warship to the shores of Somalia to fight the pirates. Iranian state radio reported today that the ship was already entering the Gulf of Aden, without specifying the type of ship. Most of the attacks of Somali pirates on merchant ships take place just in the Gulf of Aden, ITAR-TASS reports.

Svetlana Sleptsova won the sprint race 7.5 kilometers as part of the third stage of the World Cup in the Austrian Hochfilzen. The second result belongs to Ekaterina Yuryeva, who lost to a compatriot 2.7 seconds. The third was the Ukrainian Vita Semerenko. Sleptsova again confirmed her title of the fastest biathlete of the planet. She was not at all embarrassed even by one mistake. Albina Akhatova, who passed both lines without mistakes, lost to Sleptsova for more than half a minute.

In the Ivanovo region, according to Rospotrebnadzor, this year 2391 dealers of alcoholic beverages were checked, of which 340 dealers (14.2%) were rejected, Interfax was told on Friday in the press service of the Economic Development complex of the regional government. They noted that the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the region over 10 months of this year amounted to more than 2.3 million decalits and increased by 7.9% compared to the same period last year.

The Russian national hockey team defeated the Czech team with a score of 5: 2 in the match of the second stage of Eurotour, which takes place in Moscow and practically secured a victory in the tournament. The first period was formed for the team of Vyacheslav Bykov, as in a fairy tale. Washers performed by Maxim Sushinsky and Danis Zaripov, it would seem, nullified the chances of a fundamental opponent. But in reality, everything turned out to be wrong.

The Georgian Foreign Ministry accuses Russia of ignoring the agreement to resolve the situation in the South Caucasus. On Saturday, the Georgian Foreign Ministry, in connection with the situation around the village of Perevi, distributed a statement that says that Russia refers to "a certain plan of Sarkoi-Medvedev, which is only the fruit of the imagination of high-ranking Kremlin officials, " Interfax reports.

In two days, London companies spent about £ 100 million on traditional Christmas parties for their employees, RIA Novosti reports. The peak of Christmas parties, or as they are called in the UK - "Christmas Pati", came on Thursday and Friday this week, since from Monday many companies and institutions have been leaving for the holidays.

KHL President Alexander Medvedev talked about what measures the league intends to take in connection with the financial crisis. "On Saturday, at a meeting of the board of directors, we will discuss the current financial situation. But the most important thing is the format of the next season. We need to ensure stability for clubs that are members of the KHL business organization. We prepare a number of interesting proposals for discussion. Salary regulation is the easiest mechanism.

Barcelona expressed interest in acquiring the left extreme team of Russia in football and Moscow CSKA Yuri Zhirkov, the Spanish Marca reports. One of the main directions of Barcelona’s transfer policy is the search for a universal football player on the left flank, since the Catalans are not very pleased with the game of the Frenchman Eric Abidal, who is almost useless in the attack, nor the experienced Brazilian Silwin, who is far from sinless in defense.

Improving duties on foreign cars Temporary measure aimed at maintaining a domestic manufacturer. This decision will not be canceled, today the vice-speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Pekhtin said. He arrived today in Vladivostok to deal with the situation that is developing in Primorye on the spot, ITAR-TASS reports.

The US Army Command plans to transfer additional troops to Afghanistan by the summer of 2009, reports Reuters. The increase in the American contingent in Afghanistan is supposed to be 20-30 thousand soldiers, the chairman of the United Committee of the United States of the US Armed Forces, Admiral Mike Mullen, told reporters on Saturday. According to him, the question of the date of transfer of the main forces remains.