On January 20, the first round of Serbian presidential elections took place. As you know, on February 3 there will be a second round, in which the radical Tomislav Nikolic and the democrat, current President Boris Tadic, have qualified. This result was expected - the picture of the presidential elections four years ago and last year’s parliamentary elections was repeated - the radicals took first place, but power went to the democratic coalition and its candidate.

Kasyanova’s headquarters disputes the results of a re-check of signature sheets by the Central Election Commission, clarifying that the number of fake signatures is slightly for refusing Kasyanov, the press service of the RDS leader reports. Among the rejected signatures collected in the support of Kasyanov, the number of fake is an insignificant amount, and the “marriage” is primarily associated with the design of the signature sheets. “We have just received a final protocol.

Victor Grin, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, approved the indictment and sent a criminal case to the court on the merits of the banker Alexei Frenkel and his accomplices accused of the murder of the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov, Prime-Tass reports. According to the investigation, Frenkel organized the murder of Kozlov, for which he attracted performers and accomplices.

According to the police in the apartment of the deceased actor Hit Ledger, drugs or drug -containing substances were not found, reports Ar . Earlier it was reported that near the corpse the police found a bubble with pills. The police press service also reported that the found bill of $ 20, folded into a tube. The bill will be transferred for examination, it is also reported that during a visual inspection of the traces of drugs, it was also not found on it.

The sixth batch of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants in Bushera was delivered to Iran from Russia, Echo Moscow reports. This was officially announced by the Iranian atomic energy organization. Russia plans to complete the supply of fuel for the station in February. The nuclear power plant in the Bushera will begin to work no earlier than the end of 2008.

The world's first space travel agency Virgin Galactic opened in the United States. This year, travel agency will offer a trip to the orbit of the Earth, Rosbalt reports. “This is a historical moment that opens the era of mass tourism into space. During the first 12 years of our project, hundreds of thousands of people will be able to travel into space, ”the author of the technical project Bart Rutan said at a press conference in New York.

More than 27 thousand inhabitants of Blagoveshchensk were left on Thursday without cold and hot water due to a major accident on the main water conduit. This was stated by the River Director of the press service of the city administration, Yulia Sosnovskaya, reports Gazeta.Ru . A rush on the main water conduit occurred at 06.00 of the Amur time (00.00 Moscow time).

Dmitry Pankin was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, RBC reports. The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, the press service of the government said. Earlier, Pankin headed the Department of International Financial Relations, State Long and State Financial Assets of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin was tired of the constantly worsening reputation of Russia abroad, and he decided to create the National Information Center (NIC), which will be engaged in work with foreign media. It is expected that the center will be created in February, just before the presidential election. To lead the Supervisory Board of NIC Putin asked his old friend and judo coach Vasily Shestakov. Shestakov is a deputy of the State Duma from the Fair Russia party.

Gazprom OJSC is considering the possibility of using floating atomic power units for energy supply of gas production and transportation processes. This was announced by a member of Gazprom’s board Bogdan Budzulyak during a meeting with the participation of Gazprom's leading employees and the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, which held FSUE OKBM on Wednesday.

The United States demanded from Pakistan the parliamentary elections planned for February, which should be honest, free and transparent, Prime-Tass reports. Such requirements were expressed by US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice at a meeting on Wednesday with Pakistan President Musharraf in Swiss Davos. Rice called on Pakistan to active cooperation with the United States and Afghanistan in conducting operations against Al-Qaeda militants and the Taliban movement.

One of the accounts of the Central Bank, arrested at the request of NOGA is unlocked. The account of the Central Bank, which was seized, will be defrosted in the very near future, several news agencies said at once with reference to a kind of informed source. There is a chance that the situation will be resolved in the same way with other accounts arrested at the request of NOGA, which has long -standing financial claims against Russia.

“Gas OPEC” may still be created. According to Kommersant , participants in the forum of gas exporters, which includes Russia, at the meeting in Egypt, agreed to create an international organization built on the same principles as OPEC. We are talking about the transformation of an informal club, which has no centralized governing bodies and coordination of work, into a serious international organization of gas suppliers.

We publish a complete transcript of the lecture, which is born to one of the largest Russian specialists in road traffic and transport planning, the scientific director of the Research Institute of Transport and Road Facilities Mikhail Yakovlevich Blinkin on December 20, 2007 in the club - the literary cafe Bilingua as part of the Public Lectures Polit.ru project. ” Mikhail Yakovlevich Blinkin graduated from the MECHMAT of Moscow State University in 1970.

In the Irkutsk region, a school in the village of Mamakan is on fire, the Russian News Service reports. The fire began at night in a three -story brick building of the school. There are no victims. The entire personnel of the local fire garrison went to the scene. In addition, an operational group of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Irkutsk region flew into the village by helicopter. According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was a short circuit in the wiring on the ground floor.