The launch of the Proton-M space rocket with the SES-4 apparatus was postponed. According to Interfax with reference to the press service of Roscosmos, this was stated by the head of the department Vladimir Popovkin. Initially, the launch was planned on Monday.

Unknowns posted for free access on the Internet the personal data of the judges of the peace court of the Tver district of Olga Borovkova, the author of many decisions on the arrest of opposition figures on charges of disobedience to the police, the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" reports.

In December, Russian journalists traditionally summed up the outcome of the outgoing sports year, determining the ten best athletes of the country of the Silver Lan prizes, the official website of the Russian sports journalists (FSGR) Federation reports. In 2011, the opinions of almost 300 leading sports reporters were noticeably divided, there were no absolute leaders.

After two successful protests in Moscow - on Bolotnaya Square on December 10 and on Academician Sakharov Avenue on December 24 - the media and experts were puzzled by a natural issue: what next? The rallies, which gathered for the first time since the 1990s, showed that political reality has changed, civil consciousness is born in society.

Conflicting information comes about the fate of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff Alexander Shlyakhturov, whom the newspaper Kommersant recently resigned . " So far, rumors about this dismissal have not been confirmed. Colonel General Shlyakhturov "still goes to the service and does not transfer his powers to anyone," writes on Monday with reference to unofficial sources in the GRU "Russian Gazeta" .

Most economists surveyed by the Reuters news agency believe that in 2012 the euro zone will cease to exist in its current form, the crisis will comprehend a number of leading economic powers of the world, oil prices will significantly decrease, and the global stock markets will not be able to fully compensate the losses that they suffered in the past year.

The master bank, whose board of directors includes Igor Putin , the cousin of the Prime Minister of Russia, decided to earn money at the 2014 Olympics. According to Izvestia , next year the bank is going to buy a business in Sochi. "Master" looks at both local players and units of large metropolitan banks to get a pool of "ready -made" customers. Today, in Sochi and its environs, according to the city administration, more than 150 banks work, whose services are mainly designed for tourists.

The Pope Benedict XVI condemned terrorist attacks against the Nigerian churches held on the day of the Christmas Festival of Christ , which was celebrated in the country on December 25, and expressed sadness about what had happened. This is stated in the Vatican Communican widespread on Monday.

The trial in Tomsk continues to worry the Indian public, as well as many believing Hindus around the world.

The New Year’s week in the center of European Russia will be abnormally warm, as well as the previous ones. This will allow December 2011 to go down in history as one of the most warm in the history of meteorological observations, the hydrometeorological center reports on his website on Monday. The next warm front of a deep Atlantic cyclone is now crossing one region of European Russia after another. Following him, wet and very warm air masses rush into the region.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Tual in the Christmas sermon in Bethlehem again called for peace on the Holy Land. Turning to believers on the midnight mass at the grotto, where, according to the Gospel, the baby Jesus was born, Tuoal spoke of Arab revolutions, dreams of the peoples of the Middle East about peace and tranquility, about the will of peoples to freedom.

The best athlete among the 2011 world champions, according to the French edition of L'Equipe, was recognized by the Argentine footballer of the Spanish Barcelona Lionel Messi. He won the traditional annual survey "Champion from Champions". Messi scored 807 points, ahead of the Serbian tennis player Novak Dzhokokovych (699) and the German Formula-1 race carrier Sebastian Vettel (255).

The head of the Department of Economic Policy, Marina Ogloblina staged an accident: at the service Audi A8, she drove into the social movement lane and collided with the bus. The accident occurred on Saturday evening in the south-west of Moscow. According to Life News , the Audi government car with the numbers of the AMO series drove along Sevastopol Prospekt towards Perekopskaya Street. Marina Ogloblin was in the passenger seat of a foreign car. In the area of ​​house No.

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation requested detailed information about the participation of representatives of a number of large energy companies and their close relatives in commercial activities of other structures. According to Interfax , citing a source in the energy industry, the corresponding letters are sent to Gazprom, Rosatom, Transneft and Irkutskenergo.

The young receiver of the Cincinnati Bengalls club Jerome Simpson last weekend became the main star of the National Football League, making a fantastic touchdown in a match against Cardinals from Arizona. His incredible jump into the test zone may become the best nfl naked in the past year. Simpson received a pass on the left flank and met on the way to the line of the gate of the Cardinals midfielder Daryl Washington.