It had to happen. We are starting to collect signatures for the early dissolution of the State Duma Collection of signatures here More than 100,000 signatures against this dastardly law banning the adoption of Russian orphans by foreigners, collected on the Novaya website in just two days, were submitted to the State Duma before the final vote. But the deputies decided to postpone your votes for later. In a hurry, they signed the law and flew to warm countries. They say it's a "rule".

Longing for normal in the era of universal inadequacy Longing for normal in the era of universal inadequacy Morning city on holidays is strange, booming, alien. There are few people. Tajiks are slowly gathering on Pushkinskaya, the city hall - police officers. They are carefully interspersed with Christmas trees in ridiculous tubs. In the kioski, the saleswoman bent over the hooks. Middle -aged girls look at rare buyers with invisible eyes and continue to embroider with a cross.

During the last days of winter holidays in Podlipki, at the Vympel stadium, football fans held a mini-football tournament with the New Year's name Olivier Cup, which brought together more than three hundred participants and their fans.

What is behind the search in the office of the All-Russian Association of Fans? What can the public expect from fans or, by the way, fans from the public after the adoption of the odious bill? Let me remind you that the local end of the world happened on December 21 in the office of the All-Russian Association of Fans (VOB) and the apartment of its president Alexander Shprygin, where the Moscow Region police conducted searches.

The tremors were felt in Istanbul and also in Athens. The magnitude was 5.7. According to the US Geological Survey, the source occurred at a depth of almost 10 kilometers. There is no tsunami threat. There were no reports of possible damage or casualties. According to the message Echo of Moscow

The Russian biathlete won all three starts at the stage of the World Cup in Oberhof, which has not happened in our team for a long time The Russian biathlete won all three starts at the stage of the World Cup in Oberhof, which has not happened in our team for a long time The head coach of the men's team, Nikolai Lopukhov, was mostly silent.

In the area of ​​​​the village of Adzherom, Kortkeros region (Komi), two men died while performing a parachute jump, the press service of the regional TFR reports on Tuesday. "The incident occurred around 15:00 Moscow time. A group of paratroopers from Syktyvkar in the amount of 22 people made amateur jumps at an airfield in the Kortkeros region. The parachutes of men born in 1960 and 1970 did not open. They fell from a height and died from their injuries at the scene." , the message says.

Lead Witness in Fraud Case Registered in Cambodia as 'Incarcerated Person' Lead Witness in Fraud Case Registered in Cambodia as 'Incarcerated Person' In Cambodia, all foreigners are called "barangs". There have been no barangs in the pre-trial detention center in the seaside city of Sihanoukville since December 2011. Now there are three of them. These are businessman Sergei Polonsky and his companions, 24-year-old Alexander Karachinsky and 25-year-old Konstantin Baglai.

Oleg Samsonychev, player of the Russian national volleyball team and Novy Urengoy Fakel, became a victim of burglars, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. On Tuesday, the athlete's apartment, located on Kakhovka Street, was robbed in Moscow. As the victim stated after the incident, jewelry worth a total of about 520 thousand rubles was stolen from his home.

This was reported by the journalist herself. Olga Romanova : “Yes! A criminal case has been initiated against me under Art. 319 of the Criminal Code "Insulting a representative of authority." I just talked to my dearest district police officer (he is a good one, by the way). I refused explanations, because I want a trial - a big, public one, for the purpose of trolling. It turned out that in August last year, I posted here on the wall a photo of a girl in the form of a police officer.

Today in the pre-trial detention center No. 2 of Moscow (“Butyrka”), Andrey Barabanov, accused of participating in mass riots and using violence against a representative of the authorities, began to get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case. He also sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in connection with his unlawful imprisonment and detention.

A serviceman of the internal troops was slightly wounded in the Karabudakhkent region of Dagestan, told Interfax a source in the republic's law enforcement agencies . "The search group of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia entered into a clash with a group of militants two kilometers from the village of Gubden," the source said. Additional police forces and internal troops are being pulled up to the place.

The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia refused to prosecute under three articles against ex-Minister of Defense Irakli Okruashvili. The agency drops earlier allegations of negligence, abuse of power and in the case of misappropriation of a stake in Geocell, as the necessary evidence was not collected, and witnesses retracted their previous testimony. According to the message Interfax

The Nigerian authorities are going to try 15 Russian sailors of the Myre Seadive, which was detained in October 2012. The crew of the ship is suspected of smuggling weapons, RBC reports with reference to Ahram Online. Representatives of the Navy of Nigeria submitted to the court the materials of the preliminary investigation. The Russians are currently in police custody because the Navy does not have the power to prosecute sailors.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the fact of an explosion in a residential multi-storey building in Novokuznetsk, which killed two people. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to RIA Novosti. “On January 8, 2013 at 7:14 am in the Ordzhonikidzevsky district of the city of Novokuznetsk, a fire broke out in 3 apartments in an apartment building. As a result, 2 people died, 8 more, including 3 children, were hospitalized.