The idea of ​​the Ryazan Communists under the leadership of Vladimir Fedotkin to deduce the city treasury to the city treasury on January 17, to protest against raising tariffs for housing services, by the city treasury. For more than an hour, traffic on the central streets of the regional center was blocked. The action took place in a 30-degree frost, about 200 people from among the townspeople forced to move on foot, received frostbite.

The Cossacks may be attracted to the protection of the state border. This was stated at a press conference by the head of the new border department in the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO), Major General Viktor Vlasov. According to him, this year it is planned to develop this issue together with representatives of the Cossacks, RIA Novosti reports. The general informed journalists that since July 2005 the number of border departments in the Far East has changed.

Russian political scientist, an employee of the CIS Institute of CIS countries, Kirill Frolov, was expelled from Ukraine and returned to Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. This afternoon, he flew to Simferopol to participate in the seminar on Russian-Ukrainian relations and lectures at the National Tauride University. But at the airport at passport control without explanation, he was awarded the decree of the Ukrainian authorities on the ban on crossing the border.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service supports the bill adopted by the State Duma in the first reading, which excludes utility bills from among banking operations, RIA Novosti reports. The bill grants non -banking organizations the right to accept these payments.

In the north-east of Moscow, due to an accident on the heat power plant, 8 residential buildings, a kindergarten and several administrative buildings on Yablochkova Street remained without heat, RIA Novosti reports. The damage occurred at about 13.00 Moscow time. Now at the scene of the accident, welding work is being carried out to eliminate damage. At the scene, there is a leadership of the NAO and the Ministry of Emergencies of Moscow. For heating houses, rescuers use 12 heat guns.

In Moscow, the district election commission on Friday will consider the issue of registration as a candidate for State Duma of retired colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, accused of attempted head of RAO UES Anatoly Chubais. "A meeting of the election commission is scheduled for Friday, at which issues will be considered about registering candidates for State Duma deputies," the lawyer Alevtin Moshansky, representing the interests of Kovachkov, said on Wednesday.

According to monitoring Vergen Group, for the period from January 19 to January 26, the average wholesale prices of the NPC in the whole country (with the exception of the plants of the Far East-Komsomol and Khabarovsk refinery) for gas and diesel fuel increased by 5-7%, while the wholesale prices for fuel oil increased by more than a third, reaching record values ​​of 5900-6000,000,000,000 rub./t.

Vice-speaker Lyubov Sliska said at the plenary meeting of the State Duma that committees reduced the effectiveness of work. According to the vice-speaker, in January, committees reduced work efficiency, 37% of the plan were considered. At five meetings of January, 76 issues were considered, including 7 federal laws, 5 bills of the second reading and 11 in the first reading. 41 The bill is rejected. At the preparation stage in the committees there are 787 bills.

Israel will not negotiate with the Palestinian government, which will include representatives of Hamas. This statement was made by the acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "The state of Israel will not negotiate with the Palestinian administration, if at least part of it is represented by an armed terrorist organization calling for the destruction of Israel," the statement said in an end to the end of the three -hour Extrant meeting of Olmert with the main ministers of the government.

Representatives of several Russian human rights organizations filed a notification of holding a promotion on the Lubyanka under the slogan "FSB - hands off civil society!" The promotion should take place on the next Wednesday from 17.00 to 18.00. The reason for its holding was the campaign begun to discredit human rights organizations, reports the new region .

The Olympic fire battery had to be temporarily interrupted due to bad weather, RIA Novosti reports. At the Friday stage of the relay races carrying Olympic fire, it was so difficult that the Saturday stage, which, in addition, was on a mountainous area, it was decided to cancel. The advance of the Olympic fire towards Turin will resume on Sunday, January 29. On this day, the relay race should overcome the distance between Bergamo and Milan.

The Chita lawyer of the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky Natalya Terekhova appealed in the court of the city of Krasnokamensk a decision of the administration of the colony of Yag 14/10 on the placement of its client in the penalty area. According to the lawyer, a complaint about the decision of the administration was filed to court yesterday, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax.

**January 30, Monday** The main events: The first meeting of the Council of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation will take place, at which the issue of forming commissions and their work plans for the near future will be considered. Press conferences, meetings of public organizations, conferences, seminars: A press conference will be held by the head of the Communist Party faction in the State Duma, G. Zyuganov, dedicated to the results of the PACE session.

Representatives of the Hamas terrorist organization will take most places in the Palestinian parliament - 76 out of 132 - and now the government of autonomy will be formed. Until recently, the Fath party went to only 43 places, and the remaining 13 small parties and independent candidates. The headings of Western agencies say that Hamas won the victory shock. . On Friday night in Palestine, stormy manifestations in support of Fath were held.

In the Swiss city of Montrea, the draw of the youth (up to 21 years) European Football Championship took place. The rivals of the Russian youth team in the group Fe became the teams of Hungary and Finland. The remaining qualifying groups of the European Youth Championship 2007: Group A: Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovin, as well as the winner of the meeting of San Marino-Armenia. Group B: Spain, Slovakia, Albania. Group C: Serbia and Montenegro, Lithuania, winner of the meeting of Malt - Georgia.