In the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad region, eight people died in a road accident. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies. The accident occurred at 15.12 Moscow time. A truck, a minibus and a passenger car collided on the Tallinn highway in the area of ​​the village of Alekseevka. According to preliminary data, eight people died, the number of victims is specified. The other details of the incident have not yet been reported.

The activist of “Other Russia” Dmitry Putenikhin, dousing the prosecutor with water in the case of riots on Manezhnaya Square, was sentenced to seven months of correctional labor and was released from custody in the courtroom, taking into account the time spent in preliminary imprisonment. It is reported by Interfax . The corresponding decision was made on Thursday, December 29, the magistrate court of the Tver district.

The increase in the monetary allowance of Russian troops that caused a slight financial panic requires close consideration, since in the near future the Russian state budget awaits no less serious trials, also associated with the armed forces. These tests, in the form of a state arms program, have already generated a victim - Alexei Kudrin, who clearly stated that the budget did not have resources to finance such a program, and therefore was retired.

The election activity of Mikhail Prokhorov does not decrease before the New Year. Prokhorov clearly wants to pull up the voting for his candidacy in March, the townspeople dissatisfied with the authorities. What objectively plays in the hands of power. And his competitor in the elections is not at all Vladimir Putin, but Grigory Yavlinsky.

The TV presenter Tina Kandelaki changed her mind to enlighten from the STS channel. It is reported by RBC . Kandelaki explained her decision by being involved in rating projects. In addition, the TV presenter stated that she received letters from her parents, whose children participate in her program “The Most Smart”. According to her, she decided to stay on STS so as not to upset children. The TV presenter also said that she was engaged in a new Internet project that starts in the new year.

The election activity of Mikhail Prokhorov does not decrease before the New Year. Prokhorov clearly wants to pull up the voting for his candidacy in March, the townspeople dissatisfied with the authorities. What objectively plays in the hands of power. And his competitor in the elections is not at all Vladimir Putin, but Grigory Yavlinsky.

The protest of the metropolitan residents greatly concerned the authorities. Somewhere a new “historical community” named “Internet users” originated. Or, if contemptuous, the "Internet limp". And now this “Khomyak man” does not “post photos in a cozy litch”, but goes to offline sites. Time magazine called a certain “abstract protester” “man of the year”.

The recently established prize "Polit.ru" will be awarded to a person whose actions will be bold in form, wise in content and noble in meaning. Linguist Elena Paducheva proposed to award Alexei Navalny and even proposed to establish a famous blogger award. Polit.ru : what award would you like to establish? Elena Paducheva: I would like to establish a prize named after Alexei Navalny, which would be awarded for the correct determination of the direction of development of society.

In early 2012, in Moscow, gas stations for electric vehicles will open in Moscow, which will work free of charge until October. The newspaper "Vedomosti" writes about this in the room of October 29. According to the project manager Denis Tsypulev, 28 electrical supplies will open in Moscow and the Moscow Region. Later, gas stations for electric vehicles may appear in other regions of Russia. The Moscow United Electric Service Company did not specify the cost of the project.

In continuation of the topic of “Network Development networks”, we talked with the chairman of the supervisory board of the international accelerator of the jiscologue companies Texdrive.com, one of the first venture capitalists of Russia by Maxim Shekhovtsov. What experience of innovative development networks is applicable in Russia? In idima, the experience of all successful countries in the development of high -tech clusters is to one degree or another.

The news about the capture of the snow man in the mountains of Ingushetia turned out to be an advertising campaign to attract attention to the problems of orphans, the RIA Novosti website reports. On Thursday, the Minister of Labor and Social Development of Ingushetia Bagaudin Marshani said that the found “Yeti” was kept in the zoo at the house of veterans in the village of Surhaha in the Naransky district of the republic.

In Tuva, the bridge will be closed through the Yenisei to evaluate the damage obtained during the earthquake. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Dina Oyun. “In April of this year, the bridge was already closing for repairs due to an emergency state. After the earthquake, it was decided to close the bridge to conduct an expert analysis of its condition, and subsequently for major repairs, ”Oyun explained.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan launched a criminal case against police officers who participated in the suppression of the riots in Zhanaozen. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the supervisory authority. The prosecutor’s office believes that law enforcement officers exceeded power and official authority to use weapons.

The chairman of Business Russia Boris Titov intends to create a new right -Clibal political movement, and in the future - a party called “Right Turn”, the RIA Novosti website reports. According to Boris Titov, the backbone of the movement will be “people of business”: businessmen, entrepreneurs, as well as “strong, highly qualified, self -sufficient people of other professions”. They will seek from the state not “handouts”, but “fair rules of the game”.

Sofya Trotsenko Polit.ru continues to publish performances at expert seminars on the development of a Moscow strategy. Seminars are held in conjunction with the Russian Academy of the National Economy and the State Service under the President of the Russian Federation. A conversation dedicated to the problems of Moscow’s development, as the world cultural capital, continues the head of the Center for Contemporary Art “Vinzavod” Sophia Trotsenko.