A group of UN inspectors consisting of four people today held the first introductory visit to the underground plant to enrich Uranus near the Iranian city of Kum. This was reported by the British Air Force radio company. Upon returning to the hotel, they refrained from any comments. It is expected that on the next Monday, and, perhaps, on Tuesday, UN inspectors will be able to visit this facility again, the existence of which Tehran announced on September 21 of this year.

The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika took under personal control the course of the investigation of the murder of the Ingush opposition and human rights activist Maksharip Aushev. "The Prosecutor General instructed his deputy for the Southern Federal District Ivan Sydoruk to go to the scene of the incident.

Inflation in the Russian Federation in 2009 can be a little more than 8%, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speaking on Sunday at the Russian-Findland Forest Summit in St. Petersburg. "We strive to reduce inflation to 9-8 %. This year there will already be 8 percent," he said. Putin said that subsequently, in the coming years, it was necessary to reduce inflation to 5-6%. “And then, I hope we come to 6 and 5% (inflation),” the Prime Minister said.

In the city of Lodz in the Polish "Street of the Century", ex-champion of the world in two weight categories, 32-year-old Tomash Adamek successfully made his debut in heavyweight, defeating his compatriot 41-year-old Andgei Golota with a technical knockout in the fifth round. A repeated contender for the championship title in heavyweight, Holot's weight went to this battle with a record -wide weight of 116 kg, and was much slower than Adamec, which rose from the first heavy weight.

Russian striker Ilya Kovalchuk could not play and half the first period in the NHL match, as he was forced to go to the locker room: the reason for this was the injury. Without his leader, “Atlanta” could not win at San Jose, losing 3: 4. The captain of the Atlanta could not continue the meeting after martial arts in the middle of the starting segment of the game - Kovalchuk received a sensitive blow to his leg.

The number of victims of Sunday explosions in the Iraqi capital increased to 147 people, about 800 people were taken to hospitals. Among the dead are 35 employees of the Ministry of Justice and 25 employees of the Baghdad Provincial Council.

Two passenger trains collided in Egypt, as a result of the disaster, at least 25 people died, 55 were injured. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the capital of the country of Cairo, reports the Associated Press with reference to a source in the local police. As a result of the collision, several wagons went off the rails and turned upside down. Many passengers were clamped by structures. Now rescue services are trying to extract the dead and injured from wagons.

Russian Mikhail Yuzhny won the main trophy at the Moscow Tennis tournament "Kremlin Cup", whose total prize fund is two million dollars. In the main match of the competition, Mikhail defeated Serb Yanko Tibsarevich - 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 0, 6: 4. In the first set, the rivals managed to make one break, and as a result, the party winner was determined on the Tai Break. In the mini-site, Tibsarevich was more lucky, who in the very end was more accurate.

US President Barack Obama announced the introduction of a state of emergency in Puerto Rico. The reason for the decree was the ongoing in this country for the third day of fires, the cause of which was an explosion at the oil refinery. According to CNN, the announcement of the US President of the PE means that the Ministry of National Security and Rescuers get the opportunity to help the population of the island and promote the elimination of the disaster.

The delegates of the 15th Congress of the Socialist Party of Ukraine on Sunday nominated the presidential candidate of the country's leader Alexander Moroz. Of the 421 delegate, 268 people voted by raising their hands to ensure that the social party in the presidential race represented frost, the correspondent of the Interfax agency reports. As reported, at the congress it was decided to choose a candidate for the presidency of two applicants - Alexander Moroz and Valentina Semenyuk -Samsonenko.

In the final match of the 26th round of the country's football championship, Kazan Rubin won a visit to Rostov with a score of 2: 1 and again headed the Russian championship. The team from the capital of Tatarstan now ahead of the Moscow Spartak and six points of Zenit.

Russia responds to the changes taking place in the world and considers its new role, said US Vice President Joe Biden, who visited Eastern Europe this week. “I expect that in the next decade, Russia realizes that in its interests a great integration, and not some kind of“ special ”course that some are being thought about,” the politician said in an interview with Radio “Freedom”, clarifying that he was looking at Russia “realistically, without prejudice”.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin hopes that Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov will apologize to him, Gazeta.Ru reports. Kudrin called Luzhkov’s statements “emotional and not entirely correct”. “I think that we are a misunderstanding with Yuri Mikhailovich in the coming days, we will run the approaches. I hope that Yuri Mikhailovich will apologize,” he said.

Russian skaters won five awards of various virtues at the Grand Prix stage, which took place in Moscow on Saturday. The Olympic champion of Turin Yevgeny Plushenko, who returned to amateur sport after almost four years, won a confident victory in the male single skating.

The delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) included in Tehran, where the inspection of the second Iranian nuclear facility - the Uranus enrichment plant near the city of Kum south of the Iranian capital, reports AFP. The visit of the delegation will last three days. It is assumed that inspectors will already visit the nuclear facility today, which is built inside the mountain in the area of ​​the Holy city of Kuma.