Apparently, a group of militants, who captured the village of Shaura on Monday, was divided into three. One of the groups, which includes up to 30 people, captured the village of Galakli, where she captured the hostages. Another group of 15-20 fighters is hidden in the vicinity of the village of Mokoch, they also captured a local resident and use it as a conductor. In addition, in the vicinity of the Shaurs and Mokoch, another group of 20-person militants are hidden.

As the local residents were told to the Interfax correspondent, three groups of militants are operating in Dagestan. One of them, which includes up to 30 people, captured the village of Galakli, where it holds hostages. The militants released a woman with a child, 10 men remain in hostages. Another group of 15-20 fighters is hidden in the vicinity of the village of Mokoch, they captured a local resident and use it as a conductor.

In the Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan, in connection with the onset of dark time of day, events were terminated to search for militants who captured hostages in the villages of Shaura and Galatley. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the territorial department of Makhachkala, the North Caucasus Regional Directorate of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia Viktor Tsizhara. According to him, helicopters will again be involved in search events, Interfax reports.

In the course of a special operation to detect and destroy a group of militants who penetrated into the territory of Dagestan, an eight militants were destroying in the Tsundinsky district. This was announced by the First Deputy Commander of the North Caucasus Military District, Lieutenant General Arkady Bakhin. According to him, by the evening of Tuesday it was also possible to free eight hostages.

The Deputy Minister of Economic Development Arkady Dvorkovich said today that the Ministry of Economic Development considers it inappropriate to introduce VAT accounts. According to Dvorkovich, the calculations show that there will be more costs from this, both legal and economic than the benefits, the MARTA official website reported.

The official results of the elections to the State Duma will be announced on December 19, said the head of the cycle Alexander Veshnyakov. According to him, the results will be summed up in the presence of both the victors and the losers of the participants, as well as the media, RIA Novosti reports. According to Veshnyakov, the election commission of different levels has already summed up the official election results and sent signed protocols to the CEC.

George Mirsky Probably, no religion today attracts such attention and does not cause as much disputes as Islam. It can be called the strongest and most viable religion of modernity. At the same time, the undoubted and constantly growing threat, which is customary to call “Islamic terrorism”, makes an increasing number of people around the world look at Islam with fear and misunderstanding.

While Gazprom easily repelled the attacks of government reformers and the weak attempts of independent gas producers to expand their share in the domestic market, in Europe the company is haunting, writes “ Independent Gazeta ”. At the same time, it seems that overly strong domestic positions play with Gazprom’s managers an angry joke - they lose the ability to compete in foreign markets. And this is fraught with a decrease in export volumes and the fall of profit in the coming years.

The Government of Latvia agreed to pay Tatyana and Karina Slyvenko to citizens of Russia and Karina Slivnko established by the European Court of Human Rights for moral damage in the amount of 20,000 euros. On October 9, the European Court of Human Rights announced a verdict on the complaint of the Slivvenko family against Latvia, sentencing the defendant to pay compensation for moral damage - restriction of the right to private life. Tatyana Slivvenko lived in Latvia all her life.

Under the text containing the rationale for impeachment to President Lithuania to Rolandas Paxas, 85 members of the Sejm signed - this amount is enough to begin the official procedure to terminate the powers of the president. This was announced on Tuesday evening by the leader of the faction of the opposition Union of Liberals and the Center in the Parliament of Lithuania Eliiyus Masylis.

The ATP is ready to collect an extraordinary congress to nominate a single presidential candidate from democratic forces, Irina Khakamad said in an interview with Echo of Moscow. The Yabloko leadership claims that no official proposals were received to them, although Yabloko is ready to continue negotiations with the ATP. Recall that the nomination of presidential candidates should occur by law before January 6.

Since today, responsibility for exceeding the limits of necessary defense has been eliminated in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, the first deputy head of the Main Legal Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, said.

Perhaps no religion these days attracts as much attention and controversy as Islam. It can be called the most powerful and viable religion of our time. At the same time, the undeniable and constantly growing threat, which is commonly called “Islamic terrorism,” is causing an increasing number of people around the world to look at Islam with fear and misunderstanding.

The owner of the grave business, German Sterligov was the first to nominate his candidacy for the upcoming elections to the president of Russia.

The son of the Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon Gail Sharon, today handed over the investigation as part of the investigation of the scandal on the financing of the election campaign Ariel Sharon. According to the press secretary of the National Police, the lawyers of Gida Sharon handed over the box with documents in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court issued on December 10, Reuters reported.