In the Krasnodar Territory, 13 most dangerous railway crossings will be closed in the coming days, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the regional administration. “In the coming days, the 13 most dangerous crossings will be closed, the traffic police officers will be on duty at others.

In theory, in winter in Russia, internal political life should freeze. Hibernate. Surnames with meaning: Surkov, Medvedev... But during the Christmas holidays we had news on foreign affairs. From the Southern Front. But it all seemed to be over in three days. "Let's turn the imperialist gas war into a civil war!" - this is the slogan of the current moment in Ukraine. Ilyich would be pleased...

The Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin denied the information that he allegedly was awarded any documents in the lawsuit of the Yukos minority in the American court. The Financial Times reported on Friday with reference to one of the lawyers of the group of American shareholders of the NK Yukos that the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin in Washington on Thursday was awarded a lawsuit.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saudi Prince Saud Al Faisal announced an anti -terrorist conference in London that his country condemns the statements of the Iranian president as extremist, but believes that the roots of the conflict are in the continuing recruitment of the Palestinian territories and the repressions of the Israeli leadership. In addition, it is necessary to put the nuclear program of Israel and its nuclear arsenal under folk control.

2006 will be the beginning of the liquidation of Russian-Ukrainian relations. This means that for the first time in its short history, Ukraine will have serious reasons to talk about Russian politics in a suffering pledge. There will be no relationship - exclusively Russia will relate, and Ukraine will suffer exclusively.

Due to severe frosts in the schools of Yekaterinburg, classes were canceled, ITAR-TASS reports. In the morning, the temperature in the city was minus 34 degrees, and a strong northwest wind blew. According to the forecast, the temperature will not increase during the day. Also, due to frosts, bus communication with the Perm, Kurgan regions and cities of the north of the Sverdlovsk region was interrupted.

In St. Petersburg, a fire was localized at the Krasnaya Zarya plant, located on Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospekt, RIA Novosti reports. The fire was localized at 18.02. Currently, separate foci remain. As a result of the fire, a man who was hospitalized with burns suffered. The attic building is damaged on an area of ​​1000 square meters, as well as part of the roof.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko announced that he was going to initiate a referendum to cancel political reform that cut his powers. But even if such a referendum takes place, he will not help the president. The parliament firmly intends to turn the head of state into a ceremonial figure, and Viktor Yushchenko is not able to hold the power, rapidly eluding his hands. The last political week in Ukraine ended with the unprecedented activity of the president.

In anticipation of the championship in the football championship, German police officers were ordered to be especially carefully monitoring their appearance, reports Travel.ru. The corresponding order was published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country. So, the law enforcement officers are recommended to shave regularly and carefully cut themselves.

The press service of the Duma faction of the Communist Party of the Communist Party extended an application on behalf of the patriotic forces, which states: "Recent support for the Lindblad report" On the need for international condemnation of crimes of totalitarian communist regimes ", this is nothing more than an attempt to put on one board the Soviet Union, which made a decisive contribution to the victory over fascism and Mussolini." The authors of the statement "strongly protest against the

Russian Yevgeny Plushenko can miss the European Figure Skating Championship, which starts in Lyon on January 17, RIA Novosti reports. After the Russian championship, the leader of the domestic team suffered a cold, from which he has not completely restored so far. According to his coach Alexei Mishin, Plushenko has strong bleeding from his nose. "Mishin added that the final decision on the performance of his ward in Lyon has not yet been made.

** Themes of the day ** In the political life of one of the most relevant topics for the central media , Russian-Ukrainian relations have been seriously complicated recently: they did not have time to subside talk about who came out the winner in the “gas” war between Moscow and Kiev, as a new interstate conflict began. As the press notes, this time the apple of discord was the question of the property of Ukraine and the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea.

Moscow is preparing for severe frosts. According to weather forecasts, it will get colder today in the evening. At night this week, the thermometer column will drop to minus 32 degrees, during the day it can be up to minus 28. For these seven days, increased security measures are introduced in Moscow, Echo Moscow reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. All city emergency services are readable.

The Moscow authorities will inform the capital's homeless people where to hide from the upcoming frosts, to receive medical care, hot food and warm clothes.

The Chairman of the Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov insists on the removal of the law on the alternative civil service of the principle of extraterritoriality, also for the work of "alternatives" to be used for municipal needs. In an interview with our correspondent, the deputy suggested that the Ministry of Defense was opposed to his initiative, which initiated negative conclusions of his bill both from the government and from the president.