President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko awarded the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, the Patriarch of the Kiev and all of Russia-Ukrainian Filaret with the cross of Ivan Mazepa, UNIAN reports.

Zyuganov, speaking at a meeting of the State Council, called for an open discussion about the modernization of all political parties on the body. “We are ready to discuss the first, second, and on the third, and on the fourth television channel,” Zyuganov said, saying that the Communists will exhibit a “serious team of scientists”.

The Russian woman Dinara Safina reached the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open Tennis Championship. In the match of the third circle, our compatriot defeated Elena Baltach (Great Britain) - 6: 1, 6: 2. In the fourth circle, Safina will play with another Russian tennis player, Maria Kirilenko, who defeated Italian Robert Vinci on this game day - 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 4). Alisa Kleibanova, also representing Russia, unlike more successful compatriots, could not reach the next circle.

The decision of Mintimer Shaimiev to withdraw from the post of President of Tatarstan testifies to the intra-party struggle in United Russia, said the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma, deputy head of the Party of the Communist Party, Ivan Melnikov. It is reported by RBC . “I think here there is an intra -party struggle in United Russia.

“You are not cabinet officials, you are plenipotentiary politicians,” Dmitry Medvedev addressed the governors, commenting on a new procedure for the appointment of governors. According to this order, the party who won the regional elections (this is everywhere United Russia) offers the president three or more candidates, one of which he submits to the regional parliament. There it is usually approved.

The State Duma approved the government bill of the first reading "On Celling and Clearing Activities". The document was entered on November 25, today in the first reading it was supported by 377 deputies unanimously, the Polit.ru correspondent Lev Finberg reports. The authors include the provision of clearing services for obligations, the subject of which are cash, securities, goods, including obligations under agreements that are derivatives of financial instruments.

The Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (UKP) announced the detention of police lieutenant colonel - the deputy head of the rear service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan. He is suspected of receiving a bribe of 4 million rubles for the coordination of the act of acceptance of the helicopter intended for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The name of the detainee in the interests of the investigation was not disclosed.

After a meeting of the State Council, Mintimer Shaimiev asked Dmitry Medvedev not to offer his candidacy for the presidency of Tatarstan for a new term. "Mintimer Shaimiev asked the President of Russia not to consider his candidacy," said Natalya Timakova, spokesman for the head of state. The current period of Shaimiev ends on March 25, 2010.

The courts of jury are formed in Chechnya. Compiled and approved by the government the main and spare lists of jury. This was announced by the 1st Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Vakhit Ismailov, the press service of the Chechen government reports. “The main list includes 6040 candidates, in the spare - 1,200 people. All the necessary issues related to ensuring the full jury are resolved, ”said Ismailov.

Propaganda in Russia, according to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, reached a level that the USSR did not even dream of. It is akin to the behavior of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, Saakashvili believes.

The press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says that the Foreign Ministry does not know anything about the arrival of Mikhail Zurabov in Kyiv. There is no official information about his readiness to begin the performance of the ambassador's duties, it is emphasized, there is no Ukraine Foreign Ministry, reports Ukranews .

Today, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 249 in votes supported the request of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine Yuri Statz to the President of Ukraine "On the five -year expectation of the results of the investigation of the murder of journalist George Gongadze." This was announced by UNIAN in the press service of the civil movement "People's Self-Defense". “One of the first promises of Viktor Yushchenko as the President of Ukraine was:“ I will name the murderers of George Gongadze in the near future.

Former head coach of the Moscow Spartak Stanislav Cherchesov received an invitation to work in one of the club clubs. This was admitted by Cherchesov himself in an interview with a press service of the association of domestic coaches . “More recently, I was offered to consider the option of starting negotiations with one of the leading teams of Peru.

Even before the universal parliamentary elections this spring, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown intends to call the 2003 Iraqi campaign in the Iraqi campaign to investigate the commission to investigate the entry into the Iraqi campaign. Earlier it was reported that Brown should appear before the Iraqi commission after the election.

In Taganrog, a umbrella was stolen from the bronze monument to the Faina Ranevskaya. A day earlier, passers -by noticed that the umbrella was a little bent, according to Life News . City services were going to bring the monument to the great actress into proper form. But today the umbrella disappeared without a trace - the vandals broke off the bronze part and carried it away in an unknown direction - most likely in scrap metal.