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Damage to the gas pipeline in North Ossetia, according to which fuel is supplied from Russia to Georgia and Armenia - according to preliminary data - caused by technical reasons or temperature drops. According to the law enforcement agencies of the republic, on the site of two explosions that occurred on the gas pipeline on Sunday night, experts continue to work, as well as the explosive technology of the FSB.

The supply of Russian gas in Transcaucasia was stopped for several days. In North Ossetia, two explosions were disabled by the Mozdok-Tbilisi gas pipeline. Investigators suggest that a sabotage is committed. A criminal case has been opened. As a result of the third explosion - on the line of power transmission "Cavkasioni" - the supply of electricity from Russia to Georgia was also stopped. The incident occurred on the territory of Karachay-Cherkessia.

In the west of India, in the state of Maharastra on Saturday there was another car accident. 23 people died and about 40 were injured when the bus lost control and crashed into a tree. The dead are mainly, induudis pilgrims, heading in holy places.

In the American state, Western Virginia in the mine where a fire occurred, two miners were found dead. The fire occurred on Thursday. This is the second such tragedy in Western Virginia over the past month - in early January, 12 miners were killed at another mine.

In Kamchatka, the search for the missing all -terrain vehicle is resumed, in which, presumably, there are 4 people, ”ITAR -TASS reports. A blizzard interferes with the search. On Saturday, rescuers to no avail examined about 40 kilometers of the coastal strip of Sea of Okhotsk. The all -terrain vehicle left the village of Ozernovsky on January 19. Rescue services also fail to break through to the column of trucks, which fell a few days ago in the snow captivity in the area of the Gorely volcano.

A five -day mourning has been declared in Kosovo - in connection with the death of the president of the region Ibrahim Rugova. Kosovo parliament has honored Rugova's memory today with a minute of silence. The presidential funeral was scheduled for January 26 in the capital of the region - Primetin. Ibrahim Rugova, a long -term leader of the Kosovo Albanians who achieve independence from Belgrade, died on January 21 at the age of 61 from lung cancer.

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The next stage of the World Cup, held in Winterberg (Germany), was also at the European Championship. Russian Albert Demchenko, who updated the track record in both races, won the championship title. The silver medal went to the Italian Armin Tsoggler, bronze - to the German David Muller. For women, all three prizes were taken by a sanctuary from Germany: Silka Kraushaar, Tatyana Hufner and Barbara Neternhuber. German masters won in a dispute between male doubles.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of "sabotage" gas supplies to his country. According to Saakashvili, the explanations of the Russian side are “contradictory” and cannot be considered satisfactory.

Lilya Palvelieva : Linguistic terms, as a rule, are emotionally neutral, but there is one with a clear negative color - these are “parasitic words”. Radio -journalists have to face them constantly. If the program does not come out on the air (there is nothing to be done here!), Then the raw, unprocessed speech of interlocutors often have to be brought - thanks to computer programs! - If not to perfection, then at least to normal.

Veronica Bode: Victor, hello. Please imagine our guest. Victor Shenderovich: With pleasure! Leonid Nikitinsky is a journalist and foreman of the guild of judicial reporters. So. Lenya, to start a conversation: I, I admit that you were an foreman, found out a few minutes before the air - it was terribly pleased with me. Leonid Nikitinsky: When it was discussed what to call - the president, chairman, I said that only the foreman. On the condition of the "foreman" I agree.

In Moscow, the first meeting of the Public Chamber of Russia will be held today. It is expected that the Council of the Chamber and its secretary will be elected. According to the authorities, the Public Chamber was created for the examination of legislation and control over the observance of freedom of speech in the media. The decisions of the chamber are advisory in nature.

Free conversation on free topics. Viktor Shenderovich accepts guests, who assures that he is ready to answer any questions of the audience, except for two: when he finally leaves for Israel and how much does he receive from the CIA?

In the suburbs, until January 25, a special energy consumption regime was extended, introduced in connection with severe frosts. According to the regional government, this week the work of all construction sites using energy -canal devices were discontinued, and food markets were closed. As ITAR-TASS said with reference to the Emergency Medical Assistance Center, from January 17, 23 people were killed in Moscow from hypothermia, 115 were hospitalized with frostbite.