The writer Vasily Aksenov, who was delivered to the hospital with a stroke the day before, came to consciousness and reacts to the requests of doctors, news agencies report. The doctors of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, where the writer was translated this morning, hopes that he will be able to get to his feet.

Russia will impose a veto on any decision of the UN Security Council associated with the proclamation of Kosovo independence, RBC reports. Such a statement was made by the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. "We will not miss any decisions related to the recognition of the independence of Kosovo.

Traffic on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro has been restored, news agencies report. At the moment, the train, due to which traffic was stopped, was driven to the depot. Recall that the accident on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow metro occurred this morning. Reducing the transport message is caused with a breakdown of the train. According to available information, the brake pads jammed at one of the compositions at one of the compositions.

The fact that Ukraine has submitted an application to the plan for the acquisition of membership in NATO (PDCh), Minister of Defense Yuri Yevanurov learned from the American Senator Richard Lugar. This himself told reporters before the start of the meeting of the Government of Ukraine, Rosbalt reports. “I did not know that the president, prime minister and speaker wrote an appropriate letter about joining the NATO PDCh. I heard this from Senator Lugar, ”said the Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

At the end of 2007, work was completed to strengthen the dam No. 11 of the Techensky cascade of water bodies (TKV), located in the territory of the Mayak (Chelyabinsk Region). According to the press service of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom), this is the final measure that allowed to fully ensure safe work (TKV).

The supply of goods through the two main ports of Greece - Piraeia and Thessalonik - were paralyzed as a result of the ongoing two -day interference of dockers, Prime -Tass reports. Port workers protest against the government’s intention to privatize profitable container terminals.

In the Central Administrative District of Moscow, the son of an assistant to the consul of the Embassy of Livan will be beaten, RBC will move with reference to the message of law enforcement agencies of the capital. Yesterday, the 15-year-old son of the assistant to the consul of the Embassy of Lebanon turned from the head and hematoma of the left eye. After the provision of medical care, the victim was released. The circumstances and the cause of the incident are clarified.

The rebels operating in Pakistan attacked the army base in the province of South Vaziristan, news agencies report. According to the representative of the Pakistani army, 30 military personnel are considered missing. “About 700 militants attacked the fort of Sarah Rogha, after which the connection with him was interrupted,” he said. - At that moment, 37 troops were at the base, the seven of whom managed to escape, the rest were missing and, possibly, died.

The only presidential candidate from the Democratic opposition, ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov said on Tuesday that he had collected two million signatures for participation in the race, was going to submit documents to the CEC and was ready to debate with a candidate from the party in power, reports Reuters .

The main police department of Japan has stated that the office of the Prime Minister of Japan was convicted of the transfer to the employee of the Russian embassy containing secret information, Lenta.ru reports. The name of the official is not disclosed. According to police representatives, in the near future all the case materials will be sent to the prosecutor's office. The department of security of management continues the investigation of the case.

Contrary to expectations, the Chairman of the International Committee of the Federation Council Mikhail Margelov will not be elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the session, which will open on January 21, the Vedomosti newspaper writes. According to the rules, President PACE is actually appointed by one of the five groups included in the Assembly. The alternation of groups occurs on the basis of the principle of rotation every three years.

The Minister of Justice of Italy Clemente Mastell announced his post from his post, reports Reuters. Mastella explained his departure by the decision of the authorities to arrest his wife on suspicion of corruption. “I wash my hands,” Mastella said in parliament. His departure will mean the loss of one of the main allies for the country's prime minister Romano Prodi.

President of Poland Lech Kachinsky criticized foreign policy pursued by the government of the country. According to the head of state, the foreign minister Donald Tuski, “are very controversial and even dangerous” for the country, changes to the foreign minister, “RBC” . In particular, the President called the decision of the Polish troops from Iraq and general changes in the field of international ties to the main political problems of Poland. This opinion was expressed by L.

Gazprom takes active actions, trying to conclude a deal until the end of the week, which will allow him to obtain control over the Serbian State Oil and Gas Company, NIS believes, the Financial Times believes. At the end of the year, Gazprom announced a proposal for the purchase of a controlling stake in the "oil industry of Serbia" (NIS), the state oil and gas and processing company.

In the suburbs, two bombs were dropped from an unknown aircraft, Echo Moscow reports. At about 15:00 in the Istra district, near the village of Pavlovskaya Sloboda, two bombs were dropped from an unknown aircraft. As a result, one of them exploded, the second - did not detonate. It happened in the non -residential sector. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. After the bomb explosion, a fire occurred. Official information from law enforcement agencies has not yet been received.