Political scientist Alexander RAR, who met at Berlin Airport Mikhail Khodorkovsky, spoke about his liberation in an interview with the RTVI television channel, calling this the success of the “German secret diplomacy” and personally the ex-head of the Foreign Ministry of Hans-Ditrich Gensher. Rar said: “The whole story, the“ Casus of Khodorkovsky ”, the Khodorkovsky case - was the matter of German secret diplomacy.

The passenger and cargo Gazelle collided in the Neklinovsky district of the Rostov region on Friday evening. Three people were killed, 11 were hospitalized, while six are in intensive care in serious condition, RIA Novosti reports. The emergency occurred on the 45th km of the Rostov-on-Don-Taganrog Auto-Don. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Emergencies, the driver of the cargo -passenger Gazelle drove into the oncoming lane and collided with the passenger Gazelle.

In Turkey, the sons of the Minister of Internal Affairs and the head of the Ministry of Economy were charged with involvement in a loud corruption scandal. By a decision of the Istanbul court, the children of ministers are placed in custody, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Turkish TV. On December 17, the Anti -Corruption Operation Operation “Big Bright” was carried out, which, according to government’s statements, was carried out by a surprise even for the country's leadership.

Denver’s court dropped charges from the Russian national team goalkeeper Semyon Barlamov, who, speaking at the NHL, protects the colors of the Colorado club, reports Denver Post . Earlier, the goalkeeper was charged with domestic violence against Evgenia Vavrinyuk, and more serious accusations of abduction were rejected. The attack of the third degree, according to the criminal law of Colorado, involves causing light bodily harm consciously or by negligence.

The North Atlantic Alliance and the Afghan government proceed to negotiations on the Convention on the status of NATO forces in this country, the general secretary of the organization Anders FOR Rasmussen said on Saturday in Brussels. The Convention must determine the legal framework for the mission after 2014.

The Americans chose the most annoying words of the year - for the fifth year, the leadership in the anti -rating has been holding the adverb "does not matter". These are the data of a sociological survey conducted by the New York Institute of Public Opinion at the Marist College. It doesn’t matter to put 38% of respondents in the first place in this rating.

The website of the New Times , which announced an interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, collapsed due to the influx of visitors immediately after the announcement. This is the first interview that Khodorkovsky gave after release. Journalists managed to lay out the first 40 seconds of conversation with the ex-head of Yukos on YouTube. Evgeny Albatz, the chief of the publication, asks how Khodorkovsky had a sleep on the first night at large - and for the first time not on a prison shk.

The ATR-42 passenger aircraft, which performed a flight from Naryan-Mar (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) to Arkhangelsk, returned to the departure airport due to the refusal of the left engine, having made an emergency landing, a source in the emergency services of the Naryan-Mar airport told Interfax . "The plane flew to Arkhangelsk at 10:40 Moscow time.

Two US military aircraft were fired in South Sudan. Three American troops were injured. According to the Air Force , airplanes that flew to evacuate foreigners were subjected to shelling. According to Sky News , military planes were heading to the city of Bor, the capital of the South Sudanian state Jonglius. This zone is under the control of the rebels.

The initiative of Vladimir Putin on the ban on the civil service for the deviators from the army received normative reinforcement: the corresponding draft government decree is ready. According to it, those who were hiding from call to 27 years will not receive a military ID, but a certificate with which they will not be able to work in any civil position paid from the budget. But you can get into the army or police.

The head of the Synodal Department for the relationship between the Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, called the false information of the media that he would oversee the restaurant of Orthodox cuisine in Moscow. “Some media wrote that I should become almost the leader of this restaurant, a curator or something like that,” Interfax quotes him.

For the first time in the Armed Forces of Russia in the District Military Clinical Hospital (OVKG) of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, the position of assistant to the head of the hospital for working with believing military personnel was introduced, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Yuvo. They reported that the rector of the parish of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Skoroshitza" Priest Mikhail Sivozhelezov was appointed to this position.

The alleged killer of four people whose bodies were found in the Amur Region was detained, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the eighth of December, in one of the abandoned houses of Tynda, the bodies of three men and women with signs of violent death were discovered. Two dead were identified almost immediately, the individuals of the rest were established a few days later.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will not come to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, says the Independent newspaper with reference to his own source in the British Prime Minister's apparatus. Officially, information is not commented. The source of the publication emphasizes that Cameron’s decision is not connected with Russia's observation of human rights, in particular, the rights of sexual minorities. "The Prime Minister believes in the policy of diplomacy and interaction.

Ukraine will sign an agreement with the European Union of Association, when it receives favorable conditions for itself, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov. “We must get normal favorable conditions for ourselves. After that, we sign it,” said Azarov, speaking the air of the Ukrainian television channel “Inter” on Saturday night. (A quote for RIA Novosti .) According to him, the signing of an agreement in the current circumstances would inevitably lead Ukraine to a crisis.