The price of oil in world markets reached the highest level in more than a year. On Monday, a bidding in New York, a barrel of oil cost about 81 and a half dollar. At this level, the price of oil was last in October 2008. Analysts associate an increase in prices with a possible increase in oil demand in different regions of the world - due to frosty weather. An additional factor has been in recent days and a conflict around the price of supplies and transit of Russian oil through Belarus.

Inna Kulishova This year, the New Year is completely without snow, and the day before, there were about 20 degrees of heat in general. The city is full of lights, gifts, music and these endless rockets-salts and other "bells" (well, what else to come up with?), After which, if you do not start, I want to abruptly scroll out. But in the city itself is fun. And it’s good that in recent years the city is bright. Orthodox Christmas is coming.

The recent explosion at the military base in Afghanistan, who claimed the lives of seven CIA employees and an officer of Jordanian intelligence, was carried out by a double agent. This was reported on Monday by the American television company NBC. According to her, the suicide bomber was 36-year-old physician Humam Halil al-Balaui from Jordan. It is reported that earlier al-Balaui, who sympathized with Al-Qaeda, was arrested and recruited by the special services of the Jordan.

The fight against terrorism is one of the priorities in President Obama. US President Barack Obama will discuss today at a meeting with the heads of special services and security agencies possible changes in existing anti -terrorism measures. This is due to the attempt to attack Amsterdam-Detroit and the reports of the American intelligence services that al-Qaeda is preparing a large terrorist act in Yemen.

Olympism According to the agency of the AR, the International Olympic Committee disqualified the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait. The reason for this decision was that the laws of the country allow authorities interference in the affairs of sports organizations, CH contradicts the IOC Charter. The IOC statement says that such a decision was made to protect the Olympic movement in Kuwait.

In Georgia, the “First Caucasian Canal” began broadcasting in Russian. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the new television channel for broadcasting on Russia was created on the initiative of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and is funded from the state budget. For these purposes, 3 million dollars were allocated.

Irina Lagunina: Indeed, after the attack on December 25, all the attention of the press rushed to Yemen. True, the connection of Aldulmutlab with the Al-Caida Arabian Peninsula group has to be proved yet. Although, as Memry notes, the Institute of Research of the Middle Eastern Press, on October 28, an article by the al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula of Al-Vakhishi appeared on one of the jihadist websites.

The authorities of Georgia confirmed that the day before they were detained by a resident of South Ossetia, Gennady Pliev. As the official representative of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs Shota Utiashvili told reporters, Pliev was armed and was on the territory controlled by the Georgian side. Now it is placed in an investigative insulator, The South Ossetian authorities say that Pliev was abducted by Georgian special services in the vicinity of Tskhinvali.

Basketball. Regular NBA Championship Utah-New Orlean 87:91. On the account of the player of Uta Andrei Kirilenko, 15 points. Los Angeles Clippers-Portland 105: 95 Chicago - Oklahoma 85:98 Miami - Atlanta 92:75

Iranian President Mahmud Akhmadinjad is arriving today on a visit to Turkmenistan. The trip will last two days. Akhmadinejad will take part in the opening ceremony of the pipeline, according to which up to 6 billion cubic meters of Turkmen fuel will enter Iran annually. In 1997, the first gas pipeline was opened between these two countries. Ahmadinejad will discuss the issues of bilateral cooperation at a meeting with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov.

Fedor Lukyanov Anna Kachkaeva: As in the cult film "Irony of Fate" about bath traditions, Russia also has a foreign policy tradition - to quarrel with neighbors on New Year's Eve or immediately after the New Year, and, as a rule, about gas. Here is the story of Belarus, which seems to have somehow been resolved today, this confirms. And the New Year's tradition again, despite the fact that it seems to be new zero, the ten -year -old is ending, however, persists.

Norwegian biathlonist Ole-Einar Bjornalen In recent years, Biathlon has become a popular spectacle on Russian sports television and after coming to the leadership of the Union of Biathlonists of Russia, the famous oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov from this sport began to wait for the results at the Olympics in Vancouver and the high authorities - probably, not only sports.

The deputies of the Afghan parliament, apparently, will postpone the 45-day winter holidays that were supposed to begin today. On Monday, President Hamid Karzai called on the parliament to continue to work for some more time, since last week legislators did not approve the composition of the new Afghan government. Of the 24, 17 deputies rejected the candidacy of candidates. The president promised that on the near days he would call new applicants for ministerial posts.

Irina Lagunina: The detention on December 25 Nigerian Umar Faruk Abdultallab, while trying to drive an explosive device on board the airliner who performed the Amsterdam - Detroit flight, remains the subject of violent controversy in the United States. Who is to blame and what to do-the government and the opposition answer in different ways to these two questions. Says Vladimir Abarinov.