Four KGB officers came to the Minsk office of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee today. Two computers and an internal server were taken from the human rights activists, but they did not seize the documents, “just leafed through,” writes the newspaper SalIdarnasz .

The eminent Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder (USA) David Beckham will in the near future become a player in the London Tottenham, where Russian Roman Pavlyuchenko acts. According to the news agencies, the leadership of the current Bekham club has gone to meet the football player and agreed to its transition to the KPRO camp. The player remains to agree on the terms of a personal contract with Tottenham, after which the deal can be considered completed.

Four vessels-the icebreaker "Magadan", the Sudthrhelast Plavbaza, the research vessel "Professor Kizitter" and the transport refrigerator "Bank of Hope"-remain clamped in the ice in the Sakhalin Gulf of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. The trawler “Anton Gurin”, who independently entered clean water, removed from control, reports ITAR-TASS . Recall that 10 Russian vessels in the ice of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk became known about the blockade at the end of December 2010.

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, 7 districts remain without energy supply in the Moscow region: 92 settlements, 1812 houses with a population of 4178 people. Today by 22:00 it is planned to finish recovery work. At the end of December, the “icy rain” was held in the Moscow region, because of it the trees began to fall on the wires, as a result of thousands of inhabitants of the Moscow Region remained without light.

The Russian Formula-1 pilot Vitaly Petrov will receive financial support with the assistance of the Russian government. This became known at the meeting of the athlete with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin; This event was also attended by the heads of Novatek and Rostekhnology, reports Channel One. Putin noted that in Russia every year there are more and more fans of automobile sports, and they are closely monitoring the career of our rider.

On Old Square in Moscow, the police detained 7 people. They tried to conduct an “unauthorized picket” in support of Boris Nemtsov and other arrested oppositionists, protocols on “administrative violations” would be drawn up, Rapsey reports citing capital's law enforcement officers. Radio Liberty clarifies that among the detainees is the representative of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov.

In Zaporozhye, three accused of the explosion of the Holy Pokrovsky church in July 2010 began to be judged: then the 80-year-old nun died, 8 people were injured. The defendants are now the former severide of the temple Anton Kharitonov, his brother Sergey Demin and the sexton Evgeny Fedorchenko.

On Thursday, January 6, the XIV Festival of Chamber Music “Return” opens in the Rachmaninovsky hall of the Moscow Conservatory. It is known for its permanent composition of participants, many of whom work today abroad, and bizarrely compiled programs. So, the festival in the evening of dancing opens, on November 8, works on the topic of Afterlife will be performed, and the 10th- Nachtmusik . The festival on January 12 will end with a “concert at the request”.

The Kiev court of appeal was left in custody of the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko, UNIAN reports. On December 26, Lutsenko was detained near his house in Kyiv.

Two Russians were charged today in the so-called “December 19 case.” Both were accused of organizing “mass riots” in Minsk after the presidential elections and participating in them, both are being held in Minsk pre-trial detention center No. 1, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Viktor Novikov, deputy head of the information and public relations department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

The number of de-energized substations in the Moscow region in one day increased to 470 from 377, due to snowfall and gusts of wind. However, there were no shutdowns of large power supply centers, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Vitaly Strugovets, a representative of the Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK). Previously, power engineers promised to restore power supply in the Moscow region by 22:00 on Wednesday, January 5.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has not yet seen grounds for the arrest of the former prime minister, now the leader of the Opposition Party of the Fatherland, Yulia Tymoshenko. “So far, a person has not violated the recognizance not to leave, there are no grounds for detention,” said Alexander Califitsky, head of the Main Directorate for the investigation of particularly important cases of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

President Dmitry Medvedev signed a federal law governing the activities of state corporations and state -owned companies aimed at increasing their "effectiveness and transparency" and "streamlining state control over the expenditure of funds." The law establishes that in each state corporation and state -owned companies the board of directors or the supervisory council should be formed - this higher management body will approve the long -term program of the state corporation or company,

Russian Vladimir Chagin headed the general standings in the competition of trucks as part of the Dakar-2011 rally marathon. At the third stage of Dakar, our compatriot on Kamaz won with the time of 2:57:36, and another representative of KamAZ KAMAZ Kabirov, who followed Chagin and in the overall standings, took the second place.