The capital’s authorities announced a competition for the development of the concept of development of Moscow, to which about 150 thousand hectares of new territories were attached from January 1. The developers are expected to have a new scheme for the development of territories, which allows to relocate 2.5 million Muscovites for the Moscow Ring Road and reduce by 1 million the number of jobs inside the city.

The current head of the Taiwan administration, 61-year-old Ma Inncu from the Gomintan party, was declared the winner following the results of the vote in the "presidential" elections. This politician, who is a supporter of improving ties with mainland China, will be re-elected for a new 4-year term. His rival in the elections - Tsai Inven recognized the defeat and announced the resignation from the post of chairman of the opposition democratic progressive party, ITAR -TASS reports.

The famous Russian writer Grigory Chkhartishvili, better known to the wide reader’s audience as Boris Akunin, said that he would return to work on the next novel about the detective of Erast Petrovich Fandorin when the war ends, and everyone will return to his peaceful professions, ” RIA News reports. “Because the events unfolding before our eyes in Russia is precisely that the war is between two opposite models: a closed society and an open society. I think it will be long and difficult.

Two football officials who accused the St. Petersburg Zenit and the Munich Bavaria of participation in the contract match as part of the UEFA Cup are fined for slander. We are talking about Peter Limener, who previously headed the disciplinary committee of the leading body of European football UEFA, and the Croatian consultant Robin Bokschic, hired to detect illegal bets for this match.

Central television channels prepare an information attack on the governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh: several film crews of federal television channels came to the city, looking for where to remove the "negativity". Already this weekend, it may be aired by critical stories about what is happening in the region and about the actions of the governor, the Echo of Moscow reports. Bloggers and local media tell in detail about the visits of television people.

The newcomer of the Moscow CSKA , the 19-year-old striker Ahmed Musa was on the list of players who can achieve significant progress in his game in 2012, compiled by the FIFA official website . Musa was called "one of the most interesting African talents." In addition, the official website of FIFA notes that CSKA won the race for a player with several European top clubs.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev said that the Schneerson library, the rights to which the American religious organization said, is an inalienable property of Russia, Interfax reports. "The library is included in the library fund of Russia, it is inalienable. The story of its demand by American plaintiffs seems provocative to us," Avdeev said at a press conference on Friday.

In the Strait, the first incident occurred between the US Navy and the Iranian Navy after the threat of Tehran to block this most important international transport artery, Interfax reports with reference to CNN . Pentagon presented the television channel with documentary personnel. According to reports, Iranian high-speed boats took provocative maneuvering next to the Strait passing through the Gulf of Persian, by the American amphibian-transport ship, New Orleans.

The head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry Koitiro Gamba for the first time since the appointment of this post today from the boat of the coast guard of Japan has examined the Russian South Kuril Islands, which are called "northern territories." According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the desire of his head of the “controversial”, according to Tokyo, is caused by the upcoming visit to Japan of his Russian colleague - Sergey Lavrov to “demonstrate the desire to conduct an active

The Russian Foreign Ministry drew attention to the implementation on January 14 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Koitiro Gambo T.N. The "inspection" of the southern Kuril Islands from the coast guard of Japan, located in Japanese territorial waters, the Russian Foreign Ministry of the Russian Foreign Ministry said in the commentary of the Department of Information and Press. But they interpret this trip in two ways - depending on the goal of the minister.

The CEC of the Russian Federation organized a trial Internet on Friday from the polling station. The image from one of the sites in the Stavropol Territory was displayed on the computer screen in the office of the head of the CEC Vladimir Churov, ITAR-TASS reports. The tracking system has undergone changes: two webcams will be equipped in polling stations for the presidential election in Russia, and not three, as previously planned.

The leading championship of Serbia Partizan parted with coach Aleksandar Stanoevich. He was replaced by the ex-mentor of Chelsea and the Israeli national team Abraham Grant. The leadership of Partizan decided to abandon the services of the 38-year-old Stanevich, who led the Belgrade club for 20 months. The youngest coach in the history of the team twice led her to the championship title, and in the last campaign, Partisan made a “golden double”.

More than 100 people were evacuated due to a fire in a residential building on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow, Interfax was told in the press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies on Saturday. "The message about the fire was received at 10:11. The fire occurred in a residential building at Tsvetnoy Boulevard, house 13," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to the agency, the fire area was 50 square meters.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez set the next record for the duration of the speech - almost 11 hours on Friday, he presented the deputies of the National Assembly on the results of the last year. Having ascended the rostrum at one in the afternoon local time (21:30 in Moscow), he went down from her almost at midnight (08:30 in Moscow), ITAR-TASS reports. Last year, a similar performance lasted only 7 hours.

A large -scale power outage occurred in the largest Turkish city of Istanbul, millions of people were left without light, CNN reports. According to RIA Novosti , the power outage occurred in the historical center of Istanbul, including the Grand Bazaar, at about 15:00 local time (at about 17:00 in Moscow). Trams stood on the streets of the city, ATMs do not work, there are no light in most restaurants and cafes. Some establishments and offices work on reserve power sources.