Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called on the country's population not to be nervous about the possibilities of law enforcement agencies to listen to telephone conversations, saying that “honest people are threatening anything,” the News-Georgia agency reports. “Many are nervous that telephone conversations have become known to the whole society and are air,” Saakashvili said during a trip to Kakheti, at a meeting with the population.

A Russian ship is in distress in the central part of the Caspian Sea, Interfax’s source in the law enforcement agencies of the Astrakhan region reported, Gazeta.Ru reports . “At approximately 11:35 on Saturday, a signal was received from the emergency buoy from the vessel (home port of Taganrog), which was traveling from Astrakhan to one of the ports of Iran, that it was in distress,” the source said. According to him, a boat is currently sent to the area where the ship is in distress.

The strike in the port of St. Petersburg is suspended. The reason is the court decision, the Echo of Moscow reports with reference to the representative of the Russian trade union of docks Alexander Moiseenko. Now dockers will fight other methods, he said. Earlier it was assumed that on November 22, representatives of the Talmans join the docks - they are engaged in acceptance and delivery of goods, as well as mooringers and working floating crane. The strike began on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with representatives of United Russia, advocated preserving the army call, RIA Novosti agency reports on Saturday. According to the president, the State Duma made the right decision, reducing the term of military service to a year, but at the same time preserving the mandatory draft.

In the Kerch Strait, a new leak of oil products was discovered from the Volgonft tanker, which crashed last Sunday during the storm, reports Radio “ Freedom ”. About 800 tons of fuel oil remained in the sunken bow of the vessel. Near the fragments of the tanker, a double row of bonal barriers is installed. The search for missing sailors-four crew members of the Russian dry cargo "Nakhichevan" and 15 sailors from the Georgian ship "Hash-Izmail" continues. The bodies of four dead were found.

The main versions of the causes of the emergency in the Kerch Strait, where four vessels sank in November 11 and settled another six more - violations in the actions of the captains of the Caucasus and Rostov ports, as well as violations committed by the captains of the courts, said Sergey Boyko, head of the Southern Investigation Committee (SK) under the Russian Prosecutor's Office. This is informed by RIA Novosti . “The main versions are already there.

The Russian team was defeated by Israel as part of the Euro-2008 qualifying tournament. To the goal, which Barda spent in the 10th minute, ours responded with an accurate blow performed by Bilyaletdinov on the 61st. Russians needed only victory, but the attacks of the wards of Hus Hiddinka did not lead to the desired result. Moreover, in the added minute, the goalkeeper of the Russian national team missed another goal - Golan went one on one and dealt an accurate blow.

In the Kerch Strait, on Saturday night, a collision of the Nick vessel, which followed the flag of Cambodia, and the Russian dry cargo, Volgodon-5076. This was reported by representatives of the transport prosecutor's office of Novorossiysk, reports Lenta.ru with reference to Interfax. According to the prosecutor's office, the ship near the Cambodian flag crashed into the Russian dry cargo transport, which was anchored. Both ships received holes, but remained afloat.

The Investigative Committee of Russia confirms the detention in Moscow by the Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Storchak. As they say in the department, two more entrepreneurs were detained with him. By court decision, they are all taken into custody, Echo of Moscow reports. The official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, confirmed that Storchak was detained and that this was done on suspicion of embezzlement of funds from the state budget in especially large sizes.

**There is nothing better in Russia...** The Russian President's frankness to Krasnoyarsk road workers actually served as a signal for a sharp change in the emphasis of the United Russia election campaign. Now no one remembers the party. Everyone and everything that flutters in the frosty wind, flashes on television screens and sounds on the radio, calls to vote not for some “bears”, but for Vladimir Putin himself. The party disappeared. She simply doesn't exist.

At the Kotelnikovo railway station in the Volgograd region, two cars of the Adler-Perm passenger train left the rails early in the morning. This was reported by RBC in the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred as a result of the erroneous actions of the dispatcher. Currently, trains on this section of the railway are restored. An investigation is being conducted in this case.

In Kyiv, an interdepartmental coordination council for accounting for the population of the city was created. According to the decision, the acting chairman of the Coordination Council was appointed acting Chairman of the Kiev City State Administration Vladimir Golovach, reports UNIAN . The interdepartmental coordination council was created to determine the actual number of residents of Kyiv and the effective use of budget funds.

In the city of Sayanogorsk (Khakassia), due to the carelessness of the doctors, the child died, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to the newspaper Krasnoyarsk Worker. Two -year -old Ilya Lukyanenko began to torment pain in the abdomen. Alarmed parents called an ambulance. The doctor arrived, quickly examined the child and announced that he did not see anything dangerous. Just in case, he recommended to use him with a decoction of chamomile.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin will soon get acquainted with the circumstances of the case, in the framework of which the Deputy Minister of Finance Sergey Storchak was arrested, RIA Novosti reports. “He (Kudrin) intends to find out, in connection with which such a strict preventive measure has been chosen in relation to Sergey Storchak,” said Minister Pavel Kuznetsov.

In the 61st minute of the Euro-2008 qualifying match, the Russian team equalized the score. The ball into the gates of Israel, crowning the multi -income, was sent by Lokomotiv midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. 1: 1. In the event of the victory that we need, the Russian team will reach second place.