The "Memorial of Glory" in Kutaisi, dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War, was blown up, while two people were killed, the image "Imady" reports on the Saturday. She showed the shots of the explosion of a huge reinforced concrete structure. The monument was dismantled by a private company. Presumably, security measures were violated. In the near future, the main prosecutor's office of Georgia will make a comment, reports the channel.

The President of South Ossetia will have mercy on the three Georgian citizens, including two teenagers, as a sign of goodwill. The head of the republic, Eduard Kokoita, stated this during a meeting with the leader of the socio-political party of Georgia "For Fair Georgia" Zurabel Nogaidi on Saturday.

Once again, oppositionists and human rights activists are not able to agree with the Moscow Mayoria to hold a rally on the Triumphal Square. The head of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseev, the chairman of the Executive Committee of another Russia, Eduard Limonov and the representative of the Left Front, Konstantin Kosyakin submitted this week an application for the monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky rally in defense of freedom of assembly.

The visa -free regime of the entrance to the countries of the Schengen zone for citizens of the three republics of the former Yugoslavia - Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia - enters into force on Saturday. In this regard, in each of the countries, festive events or special promotions will be held. The decision to cancel the visa was made by the Council of Ministers of the Interior of 27 of the European Union on November 30 in Brussels.

Participants in the UN Copenhagen Conference on Saturday, which ended on Saturday, are not satisfied with its result by changing the climate. Developed and developing countries failed to agree on the main topics: the volumes and pace of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, financing the adaptation of the most vulnerable countries to climatic changes, and international control over this assistance, Interfax reports. As expected, the political declaration agreed in Copenhagen has no legal force.

The United States called on the Uganda authorities not to adopt the law introducing the death penalty for homosexuality, the Air Force reports. According to the assistant US Secretary of State for African affairs, Johnny Karson, the bill violates the human rights and creates a precedent for other countries of the region. In Ugandan legislation, a severe punishment for a same -sex connection, even by mutual agreement, is also provided for - a lifelong conclusion.

The widow of the First President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin, Naina, thanks the suddenly deceased economist and politician Yegor Gaidar "for everything he did for the country." In November 1991, Yeltsin appointed Gaidar the acting chairman of the government, and he began reforms on the transition from planned to a market economy. "He was an extraordinary person.

The Russian biathlete Ivan Cherezov became the winner of the 10 km sprint race as part of the third stage of the World Cup, which takes place in the Slovenian Popard. Cherezov did not allow a single miss on the firing lines and overcame the distance in 28 minutes 10 seconds. “Many thanks to everyone who was sick for us today,” the winner “All Sports” reports. “I was almost sick in November, and therefore the beginning of the season was so difficult for me. But it became easier with every race.

The Party of Weapons from the DPRK, detained by the Thai authorities, was intended for one of the countries of the Middle East. This was stated on Friday by Dennis Blair National Intelligence Director. At the same time, he did not specify which country the weapon was intended, ITAR-TASS reports.

The movement of passenger vehicles in the Rostov Region is closed in almost all directions in connection with strong ice. "Due to icing of the road surface, the movement of buses to various directions from Rostov-on-Don is closed, according to preliminary data, until the morning of Sunday. Buses in flights are grouped at intermediate bus stations," the regional road services said.

A serious conflict is flared up between the Prosecutor General and the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation (SCP). The acting prosecutor general of Russia Alexander Bogsman yesterday issued an order to dismiss one of the key employees of the UPC - the head of the investigative department in Moscow Anatoly Bagmet for violating the oath of the prosecutor.

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agreed to create a single economic space by January 1, 2012. This is stated in a joint statement adopted by the heads of three states following the results of today's informal summit.

It is unlikely that a new agreement in return for the START will be signed before the end of the year, the Washington Post newspaper writes on Saturday.

Former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory Yuri Steppanchenko was arrested by the American authorities in New York and may be deported to Russia. In his homeland, he has been wanted by law enforcement agencies for several years on suspicion of committing a number of crimes as part of an organized group, including the legalization of criminal proceeds on an especially large scale.

Brazilian doctors successfully conducted the first operation to extract four needles from the body of a two -year -old child, AP agency reports on Saturday. The needles in the baby stuck his stepfather during the rituals of black magic. On Tuesday, doctors who examined the child in the North-East Brazilian state of BAIA found about 50 steel needles in his body. Mother brought the boy to the hospital with complaints of abdominal pain.