Ukraine will pay in time for Russian gas consumed in December 2009. This was announced today by the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Yuri Sale, reports RBC-Ukraine . "It will be today or tomorrow. Until the 11th. Until the 11th, there is still time," he said. The minister noted that for 892 million dollars for Blue Fuel consumed in December 2009, Ukraine, Ukraine, should pay Gazprom.

The sappers neutralized an explosive device laid on railway tracks near Makhachkala. His power, according to preliminary information, was 10 kg in TNT, reports the Caucasian Knot . As the Caucasian Knot correspondent in the Ministry of Emergencies of Dagestan was informed, the explosives managed to neutralize the bomb discovered today on the section of the railway between the Makhachkala and the Talgi station.

In 2009, the Kepler orbital telescope found five new planets outside the solar system, Vesti.ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. The purpose of the Kepler mission is to give an answer to the question whether humanity is lonely in the universe. For this, the telescope has been exploring 156 thousand stellar systems of the Milky Way for three years. Astronomers hope to find at least a hundred solid planets with the help of Kepler, which are too small so that they can be seen from the Earth.

The 23rd episode "Bondians" will be removed by the British director Sam Mendes, reports Lenta.ru with reference to The Hollywood Reporter . Despite the financial problems of the MGM film company, which owns the rights to the film franchise, it is planned to start shooting in June 2010. The role of James Bond will be again played by Daniel Craig, who played agent 007 in the last two parts of the series. The producers of the picture will be Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

In the Rakhmaninovsky hall of the conservatory, the traditional festival of chamber music “Return” begins. It is held in Moscow for the thirteenth time, among its participants mostly “Russian foreigners” are musicians who studied abroad or performing there for a large part of the year.

With the Elorus law enforcement agencies, a telephone terrorist was detained, which “mined” the Kalinigrad-Moscow train, BelTA reports. The police received an appropriate message from Belarusian colleagues from law enforcement agencies. According to preliminary data, the calling is a resident of Minsk. As reported, a false message about mining was originally received to the linear department of the internal affairs of Smolensk.

In a telephone conversation with the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, the president instructed to strengthen anti-terrorism measures and control the situation in the North Caucasus, the Kremlin press service said. Dmitry Medvedev also instructed Alexander Bortnikov to investigate the circumstances of the committed attack. In turn, the director of the FSB reported on measures to investigate this crime.

On January 6 (New Art), 1610, one of those events of the Russian Troubles took place that is quite worthy of being filmed in some cheap action movie. False Dmitry II, aka “Tsarik”, aka “Tushinsky Thief”, left the camp of his supporters besieging Moscow and secretly from them, with a few relatives, he fled to Kaluga. It must be said that leaving the so-called.

The Russian Spy was detained in Poland. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to France Press Representatives of the Polish authorities say. that the official charges of the detainee will be brought in the very near future. The Polish press writes that we are talking about a man who has lived in the country for 10 years. He speaks perfectly in Polish and worked under the cover of a representative of a commercial company engaged in the sale of optical devices for hunting.

Today, at about 8 o'clock, a suicide bomber tried to drive to the base of a separate traffic police battalion at the Makhachkala Internal Affairs Directorate, located in the reduction village of Makhachkala, in a Niva car. He was stopped in front of the barrier at the checkpoint, the press service of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office reported. At this time, a morning divorce was taking place at the base.

The leadership of the George Soros Foundation "The Institute was opened by the company that it was extremely concerned about the decision of the Iranian authorities to prohibit contacts with dozens of international organizations. As noted in the statement, the fund does not conduct any activity in Iran, but it worked with the Iranian scientist clan Tajbah.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) conducted a survey about how many Russians watched the television therapy sessions Anatoly Kashpirovsky, what impact they had on the audience and what more benefits or harm - this program brought. As stated in the VTsIOM message, the majority of the audience of A. Kashpirovsky today do not admit that they put off all things in order to view his sessions.

On January 5, a meeting of the Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was held in the Patriarchal Residence in the Holy Danilov Monastery. The event was also attended by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation A.A. Avdeev and the head of the Federal State Property Management Agency Yu.A. Petrov.

The World Food Program (VPP) has suspended food assistance to residents of South Somalia. Such a decision was made in connection with the increasing threats and requirements to the UN employees by armed groups, the UN press center reports.

In Makhachkala, a suicide bomb blew a powerful bomb at the gate of the city traffic police battalion. Five police officers died, three more were hospitalized in serious condition, the Caucasian Knot reports. According to other sources, three police officers died, about ten more were injured.