Power engineers restored the power supply of 80% of the settlements of the Smolensk region, de-energized due to bad weather tonight, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the message of the official representative of the IDGC of the Center. “At 14.00, the supply of electricity was restored to more than 1000 settlements of the Smolensk region, de -energized due to heavy snowfall and wind that caused the fall of trees on the power line and disconnecting electrical equipment,” he said.

Transneft's board of directors has chosen today the new head of the pipeline monopoly. He was Nikolai Tokarev, who previously headed “abroad”. I.O. From today, the head of Zarubezhneft has been appointed the first deputy leader of the company Mikhail Arustamov. On September 13, the former President of Transneft, Semen Weinstok left this post after eight years of work at the head of the company.

The Moscow Arbitration Court on Monday refused Rosprirodnadzor to satisfy the claim against the Moscow Pyvozalkal Combine "Ochakovo" to recover 2.75 million rubles due to the damage caused by the environment, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. At a court hearing, Rosprirodnadzor wanted to recover 2.75 million rubles from the brewery for the harm that she caused to the environment.

Hundreds of small settlements in the Moscow region are left without power supply because of the hurricane last night. This was stated by the official representative of the Moscow United Electric Service Company, which is responsible for the electrical networks of the region and partly the cities of Moscow, RIA Novosti reports.

"Multiple Telescope Allen" ( Allen Telescope Array - ATA), the world's first radio telescope, built specifically for the search for alien civilizations, began its work in California. ATA is a joint venture of the Institute for the Extraterrestrial Mind ( Seti Institute ) and the Astronomical Laboratory of California University at Berkeley ( Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California at Berkley), reports a membrane with reference to Physorg .

The Russian intelligence services, together with foreign partners, work out information about the attempt on the President of Russia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the source of the source in one of the Russian special services. “The relevant competent departments, together with foreign partners, conducts active, multifaceted work on the information about the terrorist threat in relation to the head of the Russian state yesterday,” the source said.

Venzhou district is located on the east coast of China, its area is 11784 square kilometers, and the population reaches seven million people. On its territory there are no minerals capable of sharply raising the economic level of the district, and the landscape is characterized by a complex relief that prevents the serious development of agriculture.

Badri Patarkatsishvili decided to resign from the post of President of the National Olympic Committee of Georgia (NOK). Badri Patarkatsishvili said this in a letter sent to him to the members of the NOC and the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge.

Today, the suicide bomber undermined the mined car in the city park in the west of the capital of Iraq, reports Reuters with reference to police representatives. The terrorist attack occurred in the Baghdad district of Harthiya during the celebration of the Muslim holiday, Id al-Fitr, which is celebrated in honor of the end of the Holy month of Ramadan.

On the coast of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, rescuers discovered the body of a person who was supposedly the fifth on board the Mi-2 helicopter that was breaking up on October 4. This was stated by the representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation in the Kamchatka Territory, RIA Novosti reports. The body was found four kilometers from the scene. However, now it is reliable to say that a person was on board the helicopter at the time of the tragedy.

On the eve of the visit of Boris Nemtsov to Vladivostok before his performance in the hall of the Lenin recreation center, an emergency occurred, reports SPS.ru. On Friday evening, unknown were doused with an unspecified chair in the hall. As a result of this, there was a strong caustic smell in the room, and the upholstery on the seats began to melt. The next morning, before the Nemtsov’s performance, the hall was alarmed, despite this, a specific pungent smell did not disappear.

At the German Embassy in Moscow, located at Leninsky Prospekt, house 95, a fire occurred, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of the representative of the fireplace service of the capital. According to him, more than 20 fire payments are sent to the scene. The fire was assigned a second number on a five -point scale.

** Government of the Russian Federation ** The Russian government allowed the Ministry of Health and Social Development to increase the number of deputy minister from four to five. The corresponding resolution was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Zubkov.

Sunday's reports of an assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin, preparations for which were timed to coincide with his visit to Tehran, became an unexpected warning for both the Russian-German summit that began on the same day and the upcoming summit of the Caspian states on Tuesday. It cannot be ruled out that the information was the result of cooperation between services of different states.

The Iraqi government turned to the Turkish authorities with a call to abandon plans for military invasion of the country and try to resolve the border crisis diplomatic means, Reuters reports. Today, the Turkish government sent a request to the country's parliament to receive permission to conduct military operations in Northern Iraq against Kurdish militants for a period of one year.