Iran invited representatives of a number of countries, including Russia and China, to make a trip to Iranian nuclear facilities. As the permanent representative of Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asgar Solca said today in Vienna, this trip will be held on January 15-16, ITAR-TASS reports. According to Solca, it is planned to visit the Uranus enrichment center in Natanze, as well as a complex for the production of heavy water in the city of Arak.

Russian hockey players reached the final of the Youth World Cup (the age of players - up to 20 years). In the semifinals, our compatriots defeated peers from the Swedish national team - 4: 3, tearing out the victory in the series of shootouts. During the meeting, the Russian team led with a difference of two goals, but allowed the opponent not only to recoup, but also to go forward.

Stanislav Kozheuurov , Alec Epstein January 3, 2011 was announced to cancel the visit to Israel Dmitry Medvedev and the persons accompanying it, which was scheduled for January 16-17. This happened in the reason unique in diplomatic practice - in connection with the strike sanctions of the employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who refused to take part in the preparation of this visit and all the events accompanying it.

The US State Department said that the arrests of oppositionists in Russia contradict the obligations declared by Moscow and long-term Russian interests, BBC reports. The press secretary of the State Department Philip Crowley recalled that only a few months ago Moscow revised its decision and "allowed peaceful demonstrations." According to Crowley, the arrests contradict the words and statements of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the modernization of the country.

In Makhachkala, two militants were killed in a shootout, who, according to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), were part of the so-called "Makhachkala diversion-terrorist group." According to ITAR-TASS in NAK, a group of militants was blocked in a private house in the village of Shamkhal of the Kirovsky district of Makhachkala from 08:40 in Moscow. Residents of nearby houses were evacuated, a man and a woman managed to withdraw from the most blocked house.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised Arnold Schwarzenegger to find time to ski with him. He gave such an answer on his Twitter to the proposal of the Governor of California, who had left for the remaining the rest of the Governor.

The corpse of a former US presidential assistant was found on one of the landfills in the city of Wilmingon (Delaware) on the eve of the New Year. The body of John Wieler was noticed when the garbage car was dumped garbage. According to police, Wieler was killed, the Voice of America reports. The police turned to the population with a request to report any information about the whereabouts of Wieler shortly before his death.

The US position still consists in the fact that “the new START Treaty does not impose restrictions on the development or deployment” of American missile defense programs. This was stated on Monday by ABC television company, the official representative of the White House Tommy Vitor, reports ITAR-TASS .

The Kyrgyzstan government initiated a bill on the assignment of the geographical name “Peak Vladimir Putin” by the nameless peak of 4446 meters of the Kyrgyz ridge in the Ak-Suu River basin, on the right side of the Jar-Tash River in the Moscow region of the Chui region, reports Akipress .

In the last few weeks, many questions have already been given a lot of questions about what I think about Rospil.info ( www.rospil.info ) - and it was able to hear positive reviews about what a good project it is - in Toshchev, and from officials, and very, very reasonable.

The ex-prime minister of Ukraine, the leader of the Fatherland party, Yulia Tymoshenko, calls on all Ukrainians to come to Independence Maidan in Kiev on January 22 and celebrate collegiality, UNIAN reports. “I would like to turn to the whole country now: I want to remind everyone that on January 22 in Ukraine we celebrate, we celebrate one of our most significant holidays and events. This is the day of collegiality, the day of the unification.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview with TVN-24 television channel that the President of Poland Lech Kachinsky and numerous representatives of the Polish elite died to the Polish Polish Polish Polish Polish to land, reports RSN . At the same time, the Polish prime minister said that the Russian dispatchers of the North Airport, who, according to him, could prohibit the landing of the presidential aircraft.

In the North Caucasus, the first combined detachment of repairmen of energy companies was formed, who on Tuesday went to the aid of their Moscow colleagues, who are still trying to eliminate the consequences of bad weather. According to ITAR-TASS , the North Caucasus detachment includes 34 people and 11 units of special equipment. The first consolidated detachment of repairmen was formed in the Interregional Distribution Network Company (IDGC) of the North Caucasus.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin contacted Grigory Zatelepa, as well as with the captain of the icebreaker Admiral Makarov, Gennady Antokhin, whose ship goes to the rescue of the muddy, reports ITAR-TASS . Turning to the captain of the Plaw Base, the Commonwealth, Putin said: “I have just talked with the captain of Admiral Makarov now.

The European Union may resume the ban on entry into the EU member countries for the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and the group of Belarusian officials. This was stated by the Swedish Foreign Minister Karl Bildt to euobserver, reports Bfm.ru. The minister noted that Brussels is considering the possibility of inclusion in the “black lists” of those who took part in shares against the opposition and those who collaborated with them.