Norwegian chess player Magnus Karlsen beat the record of Russian Harry Kasparov. In the rating list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the grandmaster, published on January 1, continues to confidently lead, gaining 2861 points. The previous achievement was dated 1999, when Kasparov scored 2851 points. The second place is occupied by Russian Vladimir Kramnik (2810). Closes the top three of the strongest Levon Aronyan from Armenia (2802).

In the republics of the North Caucasus, they accepted the idea of ​​introducing the "Code of Conduct" for natives of these places, in the development of which Russian nationalists were invited to participate. There is no need to educate Caucasians, they assure themselves - the honor of these peoples in the blood. Experts support: Caucasians have been insulting.

Israel completed the construction of a security fence on his border with Egypt. The barrier building with a length of 227 kilometers cost 1.6 billion shekels (about $ 430 million), reports Newsru Israel with reference to Walla News . Construction work would be covered by 6 -ruble last year - December 31. By the way, in order to meet the terms set by the Ministry of Defense, the builders built about 1.5 km of barrage structures per day.

Vladimir Putin signed a law regulating the sale of tickets to visit sports competitions during the 2014 Olympics, the Kremlin press service reports. The document, among other things, determines the size of fines for speculation by tickets - not only for the competition itself, but also for the opening and closing ceremony. For ordinary individuals, such a fine can reach a tenfold value of tickets, for officials - up to twenty -time, but not less than 50 thousand rubles.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who underwent surgery in early December in connection with cancer, is conscious, said the vice-president of the country Nicholas Maduro. Moreover, according to him, Chavez is "in the know" how difficult his condition was, he said in an interview with Telesur . “He is fully aware of the difficult position after the operation is located,” Maduro quotes the AFP agency quoted on Wednesday.

In St. Petersburg on the first day of the New Year, including New Year's Eve, 11 fires occurred. During one of them, six KAMAZ trucks burned down. The fire occurred early in the morning on the territory of EkkospeztstroyService LLC in Pargolovo. “At about four o’clock in the morning in the territory of EkkospetststroyService LLC (Parolovo, 316 Shishkina St., six KamAZ trucks burned down,” the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in the region said in a statement .

Questions about which ministries and departments will remain in the "Old Moscow" and which will move to "New Moscow", as well as what will be in the place of the former Rossiya Hotel, are under study, said the manager of the affairs of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kozhin. “I want to say right away that the project of New Moscow and the transfer of part of state authorities there, no one closed and is not going to close. But Kozin decides who will go and where.

The popular American repenter Justin Bieber expressed his condolences in connection with the death of Paparazzi , who died in Los Angeles, photographing Ferrari singer, RIA Novosti reports. A special statement by the American-Canadian performer broadcast CNN . As it turned out, at the time of the tragedy, his friends were in the Biber sports car, and the musician himself at that time was in another place.

Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, Protodeakon Andrei Kuraev is convinced that in Russia the celebration of the red dates of the calendar - New Year and Christmas should be combined in Russia. This will help, in his opinion, to overcome the long -standing contradiction that Christians have. “I hope that over time our church is enough courage to make a radical decision, namely, to unite Christmas and New Year,” Kuraev said on the air of Echo of Moscow .

In Moscow, on the Leningrad highway, five people were injured in a fight. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. "On the evening of Tuesday (January 1), a conflict occurred between citizens at the house number 16 on the Leningradskoye Shosse. The bush has grown into a fight. As a result, five people were injured," said an employee of the press service.

The young singer Justin Bieber, who recently happily escaped the attempt on his life, involuntarily served as the cause of the death of the photojournalist. The careless paparazzi, deciding to photograph the pop stars in Los Angeles, went out onto the roadway and was shot down by the car rushing past, the TMZ portal reports. The sports car, owned by Bieber, stopped the police for verification, and the journalist tried to fix this moment on the camera.

The celebration of the New Year in Russia, as always, was not without incident. The reason for several of them was the inept use of pyrotechnics citizens. As a result, no one died, but several people received serious injuries. Messages about incidents come from different parts of the country. In one of the cases that occurred in Podolsk near Moscow, a policeman was injured.

Anton Oreh “We will also have to continue to closely monitor oil prices. The entire external well-being of the country rests only and exclusively on these prices. Prices will fall, and nothing will save us from cataclysms. However, cataclysms cannot be avoided anyway. Planes will crash and explode pipes in houses will explode and burn, sink and simply fail, since everything is old, worn out, poorly repaired.

In the Saratov region, household gas exploded and a fire began in an apartment building. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to the State Emergencies Ministry in the region. "The fire occurred in the village of training, presumably due to the explosion of a five -liter gas cylinder. As a result of the fire, four adults and three children were injured," the Ministry of Emergencies noted. The fire area was 60 square meters. m. The fire was eliminated at 00:05 Moscow time.

The number of "festive" crimes recorded in the early days of 2013 is growing rapidly. While Tver is investigating the New Year's murder in the company of teenage girls , from Moscow one after another, reports about fights using cold weapons. The largest battle at the moment was recorded on January 1 on the Leningrad highway, near the Metropolis shopping center.