The nearest matches of the championship of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) with the participation of the Moscow Spartak may not take place. The club does not have funds to ensure a trip during the four -match off -line series along the Astana -Omsk -Yekaterinburg -Khanty -Mansiysk route, which will be held from January 14 to 20. The loan provided by the KHL December 27, 2013 is fully consumed. About this ITAR-TASS was told by a source in the club.

The American state of New York is ready to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. As the Governor of the state, Andrew Kuomo, announced to him by administrative authority, he intends to allow 20 hospitals to prescribe to the patients Marijuan. People with cancer, glaucoma and some other serious diseases will be able to receive it. In this case, it will be prohibited from growing hemp. "Marijuana can be used as an analgesic in the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.

In the east of the capital, an attack on an employee of the investigative police officers was attacked. The woman-officer was injured by the face and body. According to preliminary data, she suffered from hooligans. The order of the order was beaten in the Moscow district of Perovo on Wednesday at about 5:00, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In Kazakhstan, a high school student was detained for the theft of a car, who said that she learned to "open" cars on the Internet. The incident occurred in Ust-Kamenogorsk. According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, the night before from the territory of private parking along Burova Street The Honda CRV car car was committed. A plan of interception was introduced in the city. "The car was discovered in the airport area for 5 minutes.

In the morning of January 9, the queue for worship of the Gifts of the Magi, who will be in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior until Monday, should be occupied from the Park of Culture metro, the organizers of the introduction of the shrine report. “From 8 to 11 a.m. we will form a line from the“ Culture Park ”, we ask you not to get to the“ Frunze ”so as not to go extra kilometers on foot,” the ITAR -TASS quoted the representative of the organizing committee Maria Korovin.

Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom signed an addition to the Ukrainian-Russian gas contract, determining the price of gas for Ukraine in the amount of $ 268.5 per 1 thousand cubic meters. m for the first quarter of the current year. "The document has been signed. The coefficient comes out of the price of $ 268.5 per thousand cubic meters," said Eduard Stavitsky, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine.

In the Central District of Sochi, on the night of December 31, 2013 to January 1, 2014, a girl was born, which parents called in honor of the most anticipated sports event in Russia - the Winter Olympiad. As Tatyana Burova, head of the registry office of the Central District of Sochi, said on Thursday, the head of the Central District of Sochi, the child with the name of the Olympiad was registered in the past Wednesday.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned traveling Russians about the possible exacerbation of the situation in the capital of Thailand Bangkok. As stated in the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the city "does not exclude clashes between opposition and pro-government forces." The department advised tourists to avoid visiting Bangkok.

Without waiting for the completion of the protracted construction of the new stadium on Krestovsky Island, the Petersburg club Zenit decided to build his own arena. This was written by Fontanka.ru with reference to the Swiss company NUSSLI, specializing in the quick design and creation of sports areas based on modular structures. The Swiss are ready to collect their arena in a year - by the end of 2014. The stadium on Krestovsky will appear at best at the end of 2015. Rumors that the St.

It was decided to shorten the parking spaces in Moscow in February 2014, the first deputy head of the metropolitan center of traffic organization (Central Department of Internal Affairs) Alexander Khodakov told M24.ru. Whether the money will be allocated for a new marking is still unclear. Now the length of the parking space in Moscow is 7.5 meters, and after changes in GOSTs, it will be 6.5 meters. For the first time, more compact markings in the city were started in 2012.

The case of the lawyer of the ex-head of the Kazakhstan Bank of the Bank Elena Tishchenko , who was arrested on suspicion of fraud and laundering, was discontinued according to the economic amnesty . This was announced by lawyer Tishchenko Sergey Kuzurin, telling that the former suspect itself had already flew to London, Interfax reports. "On December 31, the case against Tishchenko is closed in connection with an amnesty, now it is already in London," Kuzurin said.

The mayor of Novosibirsk Vladimir Gorodetsky was appointed vice-governor of the Novosibirsk region, in connection with which his powers of the mayor have been terminated ahead of schedule from today. In accordance with the Charter of Novosibirsk, the mayor’s duties to the elections will be the first vice-mayor Vladimir Znatkov. Gorodetsky for 13 years stood at the head of this third largest population of the city of Russia. He was elected three times, and his powers expired in March 2014.

Inflation in Russia according to the results of December 2013 amounted to 0.5% compared to the previous month, when it reached 0.6%; In general, over the past year, consumer prices rose by 6.5% (by December 2012). Such data, as Interfax reports, published on Thursday the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

All Coptic temples in Egypt during the celebration of Christmas were under the enhanced guard of the local police. As noted in the information of the EURONEWS.com channel, after mass attacks on Christians last year, such measures are not at all superfluous. The current Egyptian authorities are trying to smooth out the consequences of inter -religious clashes, which have claimed a lot of lives.

In two areas of the Stavropol Territory, where cars with killed drivers were previously discovered, a counter -terrorist operation regime is introduced. One of the reasons for the introduction of the regime who served, obviously, an increase in the number of cars in which the dead were found. Now we are talking about four cars and five bodies.