The authorities of Vladivostok, due to severe frosts, recommended that the managers of enterprises be declared on January 12 with a non-working day. Classes in schools are canceled. In the north of the Primorsky Territory, the lowest temperature over the past half a century was recorded today - minus 42 degrees. About six thousand two hundred inhabitants of Primorye are left without heat.

In the Pankisian gorge of Georgia, two hostages were released last night - Russian Vladimir Makiev and Georgian citizen Zaur Gonashvili. According to Temur Arabuli, the police chief of the Akhmetsky district, they were held in captivity for about two months, Chechens living in the Pankisi Gorge. For the Russian, the abductors demanded a redeem of a million dollars, for a Georgian citizen - 100 thousand. During the hostage exemption operation, criminals resisted.

The organization on security and cooperation in Europe intends to open a permanent representation in Belgrade until the end of January, ”the new chairman of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Mirce Dan Dan Joan said yesterday in Vienna. Yugoslavia was again accepted in the OSCE in 2000. In 1992, it was excluded from the organization that had liable responsibility for the war in the Balkans.

Oleg Kusov, Moscow: The relocation of employees of the humanitarian organization "Doctors without borders" to Ingushetia after the abduction of Kennet Glack in the area of the village of Old Atagi their colleagues in Moscow call a temporary measure. The Moscow representative office of the humanitarian mission emphasized that so far there is no question of the termination or suspension of the activities of missionaries among Chechens.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: An experiment at the University of Oregon, which led in October to the birth of Makaki - Male Andy, sounds in the description of specialists with a quote from science fiction. American scientists took, as they assure them, harmless and for no reason that the Medusa gene is almost not responsible and introduced it into the unexplored egg of the female Makaki.

In Brussels today, a meeting of representatives of NATO countries and 15 other member states of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Kosovo were held, which discussed the problem of ammunition containing impoverished Uranus. NATO representatives continue to deny that the oncological diseases of some military personnel from contingents in the Balkans are caused by contact with depleted uranium.

The international organization "Reporters without borders", accused the Ukrainian authorities of intentionally delaying the investigation in the case of the disappearance of the Kyiv journalist Georgy Gongadze. The organization’s statement says that the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Mikhail Potebenko did not take appropriate measures for a quick and effective investigation of the Gongadze case.

In Chechnya, the search for an employee of the international humanitarian organization “Doctors without Borders” Kenneth Glack, who was captured by unknown on January 9 in the village of Starylya Atagi, continues. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, Russian troops conducted a special operation in this village. As a result, another hostage was released - a resident of Ulyanovsk Rafik Gafurov, who was held in Chechnya since November last year.

If the majority of the Luchinsky Party supports the majority in the future by the Legislative Assembly, they intend to cross out the reform and introduce the presidential regime of the board. Yesterday, deputies gathered at the last meeting before the dissolution and voted to allocate money from the budget for early elections. For their holding, the Central Election Commission requested half a million dollars.

In the USA, the Federal Commission for Communications finally approved - with some reservations - the merger of Tim Warner and America online. As a result, the world's largest media corporation will be created. The total cost of shares exceeds $ 100 billion. Time Warner owns several cable networks, including the CIN-EN television company. The company is also the largest magazine publishing house in the United States.

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine interrogated the deputy prime minister of the government of the country Yulia Tymoshenko, against whom two criminal cases were instituted last week. Vladimir Ivakhnenko, Kiev: Yulia Tymoshenko, who is accused of forging documents and tax evasion, believes that criminal cases initiated against her were ordered by political opponents. Among them, she calls the first vice-speaker of Viktor Medvedchuk and his ally in the Social Democratic Party Grigory Surkis.

The Turkish Association of Human Rights announced today about the arrest in the southeast of Turkey 29 children who shouted slogans in support of Kurdish rebels. The incident occurred three days ago. According to human rights activists, some of the arrested were rudely treated. Later, the police released one of them - a seven -year -old child, but 28 children remain in an adult prison.

The head of the Provisional Administration of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov confirmed the reports that the new government of the republic will be headed by the former chairman of the Stavropol Territory, Stanislav Ilyasov. As Ilyasov said in an interview with ITAR-TASS agency, the government will engage in exclusively socio-economic problems.

Dmitry Volchek is talking with the poet Elena Nebylova. Dmitry Volchek: The scandal around the text of the new anthem of Russia. The poetess Elena Nebylova is going to sue Sergei Mikhalkov, who, in her opinion, violated her copyright. Elena Nebylova, who received the Ovation Award as the best poetess last year, took part in the competition for the hymn text and offered two options. The first, to the music of Mikhail Glinka, she recorded in the performance of Leo Leshchenko.

The topic is led by Anna Kachkaeva. The following is a statement from the head of the press service of the Media-Most holding, Dmitry Ostalsky. Presenter of the final information hour Dmitry Volchek: On Friday, January 12 - the Day of the Prosecutor's Worker, there were many reasons for the prosecutor's office to be talked about in news programs of federal television channels. Nearby in the news are essays about conscientious prosecutors and reports about the latest searches at Media-Most.