Deliveries of natural gas from Russia to European countries continue to contract. The way out of the Russian-Ukrainian price impasse has not yet been visible. In Romania, a 33 percent decrease in the volume of supplies of Russian gas was registered. A similar situation is noted in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia. A decrease in gas supplies to European countries began to be celebrated on Friday - after the termination of January 1 of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine.

Israeli troops entered the gas sector, starting a land surgery against Hamas, continuing the missile shelling of Israeli territory. Operations are received about the scale and areas of the operation. According to our correspondent in the Middle East, Rovshan Huseynov, there is evidence that tank columns entered the northern and eastern parts of the sector.

The missile shelling of Israeli cities from the gas sector and the response blows of the Israeli army on the positions of the militants continue. On Saturday, for the first time, in addition to aviation and missile boats, Israel used heavy artillery to bombard the gas sector. Israeli artillery fired at an extensive territory near the border, which, according to the observers, may be a sign of the early offensive of the ground forces, the RS correspondent Rovshan Huseynov reports.

In St. Petersburg, the Soviet intelligence officer Anatoly Gurevich died. The death of 95-year-old Gurevich is reported by Echo of Moscow. Before the Second World War and during the war years, he worked in Europe under the pseudonym Kent, was one of the leaders of the Red Capella reconnaissance group. In 1942, he was arrested by the Gestapo. After liberation and returning to his homeland in 1945, the Soviet state security bodies arrested him.

The terrestrial operation of Israel in Gaza will become a "reckless mistake" - with this warning, the leader of Hamas Hadhaal, the leader of Hamas, was exiled. The recorded statement of the politician released al-Jazira on the air. In it, the Meshaal living in Damascus reports that Hamas's infrastructure was not affected as a result of Israeli air raids. Meanwhile, Israeli aviation raids continued this morning - the seventh day in a row.

In Moscow last night, according to the Russian media, the Hero of Russia, Colonel Valentin Polyansky, committed suicide at home. According to law enforcement agencies, he shot himself from the award pistol. With a wound in the chest, the colonel was hospitalized, an hour later he died. Details about the circumstances or causes of the death of Polyansky are not reported. In April last year, Polyansky was accused of attacking a policeman in the subway.

The United States intends to use the drop in oil prices in world markets to replenish national strategic reserves of raw materials. The US Department of Energy stated that in the coming months it intends to conclude contracts for the supply of about 20 milions of barrels of oil, which will be stored in the strategic oil reserve in the states of Louisiana and Texas. Currently, the reserve stores more than 700 million barrels.

In the suburbs, the Khimkinsky city court decided to arrest Boris Livanov, the son of the famous actor Vasily Livanov. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to law enforcement agencies. The younger Livanov was detained on January 1. According to the agency, he is suspected of killing 31-year-old Igor Khromov, in the same company with whom Livanov celebrated the New Year.

This was a long time ago, at the time when NTV journalists first lost their own channel, then they took away the opportunity to work on TV-6, and finally they were left without the TVS-their last refuge. And now one of them-Vladimir Kara-Murza-gave a great interview with TV Park magazine. Like, it is impossible to work in the profession - I am leaving for stoems.

Radio anthology of modern Russian poetry. Misha Maisky: monologues and music. Red -dry - magic glass

India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed the hope that Pakistan would “show prudence” and give out India “criminals” responsible for terrorist attacks in Mumbay. More than 170 people died in November last year as a result of a coordinated campaign in Mumbai, the performers of which were nine militants.

The number of victims of the fire at the Bangkok night club on New Year's Eve reached 61. Last night, two more victims died. More than 80 wounded remain in hospitals, almost half of them are estimated as very difficult, Thailand's Ministry of Health reports. The fire occurred on the night of January 1 in the popular night club "Santica". The cause of the fire, most likely, was the fireworks during the New Year's show.

Naftogaz of Ukraine denied the statement of Gazprom on the presence of a debt for Russian gas in the amount of $ 614 million. Even on the evening of December’s thirtieth, Ukraine transferred the mediator of Rosukrenergo money for deliveries in November and December, refusing to pay unjustly accrued, according to the Ukrainian side, penalties.