According to the CIK of Ukraine, after the counting of 93.06% of the vote in the presidential election, Viktor Yanukovych leads. 48.41% of voters cast their votes for him, for his rival Yulia Tymoshenko - 45.95%. Thus, the gap is 2.46%. 4.44% of Ukrainians who came to sections voted against all candidates. In addition, 1.18% of the ballots turned out to be spoiled.

In the niche of the chassis of the Boeing-777 aircraft? Which arrived from New York to Tokyo, a corpse was discovered. The body was found by the mechanic at about 18:00 (12:00 Sunday Moscow time). The identity of the deceased has not yet been established, since they have not found documents with him, it is only reported that this is a black man. As explained in the local police, most likely, the man died of hypothermia - he was only on jeans and a shirt with long sleeves.

The consequences of the collapse of Yugoslavia again and again negatively manifest themselves in the relations of the republics that were recently part of it. In connection with the strengthening of internal contradictions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic announced the possible use of military force - if the Serbian Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina holds a referendum on his exit from this state. This statement by S. Mesic was sharply condemned in the region.

Priest John Okhlobystin is temporarily prohibited in the clergy. The decision was made in response to the petition with which Okhlobystin addressed Patriarch Kirill in November 2009, according to the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate.

As of 7:00 a.m., the gap between the presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko is 2.62%. This is 85.02% of the protocols of precinct commissions. Yanukovych has 48.48%, Tymoshenko has 45.86%. 4.47% of voters voted against all. "Ukrainian Pravda" clarifies that less than 30% of the ballots have been processed in Crimea. At the same time, in regions where Tymoshenko wins, more than 50% of the ballots are treated.

According to the CIK of Ukraine, after the counting of 97.67% of the vote in the presidential election, Viktor Yanukovych is still the leader. 48.49% of voters cast their votes for him, for his rival Yulia Tymoshenko - 45.92%. 4.39% of Ukrainians who came to sections voted against all candidates. In addition, 1.19% of the ballots turned out to be spoiled. Thus, the gap between the candidates, compared with the previous data, increased slightly and amounted to 2.57%.

The World Court of St. Petersburg, considering the case of the detention of the leader of the St. Petersburg "Yabloko" Maxim Reznik near his house, decided to terminate the administrative case in the absence of an offense in his actions. This was reported by the press service of the St. Petersburg "Yabloko". On December 4, 2009, Maxim Reznik was detained by police officers when he walked from a grocery store home.

The United States destroyed 70% of its chemical weapons, i.e. About 22.3 thousand tons, as part of a program that should end in 2012, the Army Department reported in a press release. Last year, more than three thousand tons of Zarin, and other poisonous substances were subjected to destruction, some remained in the warehouses of the US Army from the First World War.

Aeroflot can transmit the terminal “Sheremetyevo-3” (“Sheremetyevo-D”) of the Sheremetyevo airport, Writes Vedomosti . The air carrier has no money to complete the construction, in addition, the new terminal was close to the airline and its partners, the newspaper notes.

As it became known to Kommersant , this week Sberbank will announce a competition for the selection of joint projects related to the sale of quotas for the release of harmful substances and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Sberbank is an operator of carbon units in Russia. Recall that Russia has signed a new mechanism for the implementation of Art. 6 Kyoto Protocol in November 2009.

The quality of the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine corresponded to most international standards. This is stated in the statement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), RBC reports. “The second round of the presidential election confirmed the assessment of the international mission of observers, according to which the Ukrainian electoral process corresponded to most OSCE standards and the Council of Europe,” the text of the statement said.

In 2010, oil prices will be stable in the range of $ 70-80 per barrel. Such a statement was made by the president of the organization of oil exporting countries, Germany Pinto. Such a forecast, according to Pinto, can be made based on the fact that the situation in the global economy has gone to improve, Finmarket reports. At the same time, oil prices last week fell on the fears of investors regarding the prospects for economic growth in Europe and raising the dollar.

The prosecutor's office of the Perm Territory revealed new violations in the Lame Horse club. In addition to violations of fire safety rules, they revealed revealed violations of labor protection rules in this entertainment institution, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. “The audit revealed a violation of safety regulations and other labor protection rules that have caused harm to the health and death of persons who carried out labor activities.

Review of the official opponent For the dissertation of Kurakin Dmitry Yuryevich “Sacred as the concept and problem of sociological theory: On the example of the American “strong program” of culturalness ”, presented for a degree candidate of sociological sciences in the specialty 22.00.01 - theory, methodology and history of sociology The presented dissertation Kurakin D.Yu. The highly relevance of the research topic is distinguished.

Salome Zurabishvili Six years ago, January 25, 2004, Mikhail Saakashvili brought the oath and first became the president of Georgia. It was a day of hopes and big expectations. Finally, in our country, the president will be a supporter of democracy, corruption will cease and peaceful reunion will begin. For some time it seemed that hopes were justified.