The Russian skier died, falling into the crevice in one of the zones of the Mont Blanc massif. This was reported by the Grenoble gendarmerie. The incident occurred in the area of ​​the La-Verzh glacier located at an altitude of 3.2 thousand meters. The deceased was 46 years old, he arrived in the French part of Montblan from Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. The Russian rode skiing with friends, accompanied by two instructors.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles took place a rewarding ceremony of Hollywood and show business stars Prize "The Choice of the People"-People's Choice Awards, whose winners are determined by nationwide voting, reports Newsru Israel . For the second year in a row, Johnny Depp remains the favorite actor of the Americans, he bypassed Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Dauni Jr. in this competition. And Kristen Stewart, who played the main female role in the vampire epic "Twilight. Saga.

In Ukraine, a businessman and politician Alexander Korobchinsky was killed - a leader of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The unknown shot Korobchinsky on Wednesday evening near his house in Odessa. Two bullets of 9 millimeters caliber hit the stomach. Korobchinsky was hospitalized in one of the private clinics, where he died during the operation, transfers Newsru.ua with reference to UNIAN .

In Chelyabinsk, on Thursday night, the former governor of the region, Peter Sumin, passed away, a source close to the family of the ex-head of the region told Interfax . Sumin died after a long illness, the agency’s interlocutor said. The former leader of the Chelyabinsk region was 64 years old. In the spring of 2010, Governor Sumin, who heads the region since 1996, asked not to consider his candidacy for a new term, noting that younger personnel should be involved in regions.

In the American city of Oukland (Tennessee), one person died and another was injured as a result of the explosion, which thundered at the ammunition factory. According to representatives of the fire service, after an explosion occurred, a strong fire arose, which prevented the building. The fire was accompanied by a series of new explosions, as detonated boxes with ammunition, ITAR-TASS reports.

Two accidents associated with cleaning snow from the roofs occurred in Moscow, the capital's law enforcement agencies reported on Thursday. In one case on Leninsky Prospekt from the roof of a 21-story office building, an industrial climber broke. “As established, the 35 -year -old Muscovite headed the brigade for many years, but on the eve he did not fix insurance, slipped and fell down from a height of about 65 meters,” the source of Interfax said.

Elizabeth Edwards recently died of breast cancer “avenged” from the grave to his wrong husband, senator and former candidate for the president of the United States from the Democrats John Edwards, depriving his inheritance, Newsru Israel reports. According to a will made public this week, Elizabeth divided all the property between her three children, appointing the eldest daughter Kate as the arbitrariness, since she was a lawyer. This document was drawn up on December 1, 2010.

The director of the Department of Property and Land Relations of the Tula Region, Viktor Volkov, was detained on Thursday on suspicion of receiving a large bribe, said the head of the press service of the regional investigative department of the RF IC Zinaida Kaminskaya, without specifying the amount of the bribe. Meanwhile, according to the source of Interfax in law enforcement agencies of the Tula region, we are talking about a bribe of 40 million rubles.

The mysterious death of the ex-adviser of American presidents John Wieler immediately began to grow the most implausible rumors. For example, The European Union Times online publication claims that Russian intelligence has prepared a report for Vladimir Putin, which reveals the terrible secret of Wieler's death. How this "sensational" information fell into the hands of journalists, it is not reported.

The Russian youth hockey team became the world champion, having won a strong -willed victory over peers from Canada with a score of 5: 3 in the final of the World Buffalo Championship, RIA Novosti reports. After playing after two periods with a score of 0: 3, the Russians managed to throw five goals into the gates of Canadians in the third period.

In the Sakhalin Gulf on Thursday in the afternoon, a rescue operation will begin to withdraw the three remaining fishing vessels that fell into ice captivity. Earlier, two vessels were already saved from the trap. The start of the operation is scheduled for 15:00, reports Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. In connection with the tide, there is a large stiffness of ice in the area of ​​operation, which complicates it.

In the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug), two cars of the passenger train left the rails of the railway track. There are no victims of official figures, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ural Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. However, eyewitnesses are reporting differently. On Thursday, next to the Pyt -Yah station, train No. 314 crashed, following the Penza -Nizhnevartovsk route.

The senior researcher at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and the House of Ukraine Nadezhda Zyblik dreams that in Ukraine it is fashionable to restore and honor traditions, including the celebration of Christmas. “It would be good to come into fashion to revive traditions. Fashion is a habit, and traditions are restored,” she told reporters in Kiev today, the Interfax -religion portal reports. According to N.

Moscow police officers were forced to use a hundredth weapons to detain a 15-year-old visitor from the Vladimir region, who, with the help of a knife, took a car at the gas station. On Wednesday night at a gas station at the Profsoyuznaya Street, the young man attacked the driver of the Zhiguli the seventh model. Threatening with a knife, he took away the keys to the car from Tajikistan from Tajikistan and tried to hide by car, told Interfax a source in law enforcement on Thursday.

The Estonian Ambassador to Moscow denied the information that the map of the republic on new coins of the euro is not true. Thus, Estonia, which switched to a single European currency from January 1, did not give a reason for the scandal , which was already being talked about in Russia in connection with the "capture" of part of the Russian territory. Earlier, the media reported that some territories indicated on coins as Estonian are currently part of the Russian Federation.