In St. Petersburg, more than 300 people visited the action dedicated to the anniversary of the start of protests, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The organizers counted more than two thousand people. Within the framework of the action “For your and our freedom”, the demonstrators went march from the Gorkovskaya metro station to the Marse Field, where the rally took place. The speakers condemned the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St.

In 2012, the NTV channel promises to abandon the “tabloid” presentation of information in favor of the content. This was stated by NTV program director Alexander Nechaev in an interview with the official website of the channel. Changes will affect program policy.

The Investigative Committee estimated the damage to the state from corruption for nine months of 2012 at 7.9 billion rubles, the official website of the department reports in connection with the International Corruption Day, which is celebrated on Sunday, December 9th. Only 1.3 billion rubles were reimbursed. Property arrested in the amount of 1.2 billion rubles. In just nine months of 2012, 33,595 corruption reports were received in the UK.

A group of international security forces in Afghanistan (ISAF) released a doctor from the United States Dilip Joseph, who was previously abducted by Taliban militants, ISAF’s official website with reference to Afghanistan commander General John Allen. The Taliban abducted Joseph’s dilipa on Wednesday, December 5, in the county of the Cabul province.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monty announced his intention to leave his post in the near future, reports AP . Monty voiced his decision on Saturday evening, December 8th. President Georgio Napolitano will approve Montty’s decision only after approving the budget for 2013. Monti made the corresponding decision, after the party of the legalist party, Silvio Berlusconi, “The People of Freedom” refused to support his office on December 6, making the early elections likely.

The head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, accused the media of negative impact on the young generation of Russians, RIA Novosti reports. Ivanov said this at a meeting with proxies of Vladimir Putin. Some media "contribute to the accounts of youth", which leads to the wildness and fall of morals, Ivanov noted. According to him, this young generation will come to power after a while and get access to a powerful weapon, which will become useless and dangerous in their hands.

The DPRK authorities suspended the launch of the rocket, according to the South Korean agency Renhap with reference to a source in the government. Earlier, the North Korean agency Tsak reported the transfer of launch due to technical problems. Initially, the launch was planned in the period from December 10 to 22, 2012. The rocket was installed on the launch pad in early December.

The Kremlin regarding the American “Magnitsky Law” as an “extremely unfriendly step” and is now “forced to take a response,” President’s assistant Yuri Ushakov told RIA Novosti . Ushakov assured that Russia must answer the “Magnitsky Law”.

The American drone destroyed in the zone of tribes in the northwestern of Pakistan one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda terrorist organization Abdel Rahman al-Hussain (Sheik Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan), AP reports. The leader of the militants, who is known as Abu-Zeid al-Kuwaiti, died on Thursday as a result of the missile shelling of his house in the city of Mir-ali not far from the border with Afghanistan, but it became known only now.

The Ministry of Defense will transfer all the functions of the sale of military property to the Federal Property Management Agency, the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday at a meeting with proceeds of Vladimir Putin at the National Economy Academy. His words quoted by Interfax .

Andrey Vinokurov On December 8, a “advertised” bill on a business ombudsman was submitted to the State Duma. The introduction took place after the almost two -month “Bodani” hunkers of the document with the government for the powers of the new institution. The result was a compromise: business defenders receive wide, although somewhat powered by expectations and are appointed by the heads of regions, becoming almost a new branch of bureaucracy.

The head of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Puchkov gave the Saber to the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, who asked for “not to drink the office” and called for “not to force him to get this checker,” RIA Novosti reports. The meeting of Shoigu and Puchkov took place as part of the Russian Emergencies Ministry festival “Constellation of Courage”, which awarded the best rescuers, as well as volunteers, children who showed heroism, and journalists.

8 people died as a result of a collision of two light-engine aircraft in Germany on the territory of the Hesse land near the town of Wolferhaim, which is located about 30 km north of Frankfurt-on-Main, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine . Among the dead are four children. One of the pilots is listed as missing. Aircraft collided on Saturday, December 8, at 16:15 local time. According to the police, the clash occurred due to the fault of one of the pilots. Visibility was excellent.

The Yamal-402 telecommunications satellite four minutes earlier separated from the Breez-M accelerated unit, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, December 8, the official website of Roscosmos reports. Despite the abnormal compartment, the satellite remained managed. Now experts are clarifying the scheme of his refinement to the standing point for the purpose of subsequent commissioning.

In Moscow, a private taxi driver and his accomplice robbed a drunken businessman for 1.7 million rubles, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the capital. On Saturday night, the executive director of one of the construction companies left the office on Kalanchevskaya 22/1 and caught a taxi. Two sat in Volkswagen.