Minsk investigative insulator on the street surrounding Two Russians who were detained in the case of riots in Minsk on the day of the presidential election on December 19, were detained, - Radio Liberty correspondent Vitaly Tsygankov reports. “They are arrested, a preventive measure in the form of detention was applied to them. Representatives of the Russian diplomatic mission in Minsk were informed about this,” Interfax -West, on Tuesday, told the Law enforcement agencies of Belarus.

Dying Christmas holidays - a purely Russian phenomenon, a consequence of a double calendar. Before the revolution, when Russia lived according to the Julian chronology, the unprofitable were three days in December (Christmas of Christ), as well as January 1 and 6 (New Year and Epiphany). Now we have from the 1st to the 5th New Year holidays, and the 7th is Christmas. However, the people have not forgotten about the old New Year, that is, they walk as much as possible until the 13th inclusive.

Tehran confirmed the reports that he invited representatives of several countries to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit Iranian nuclear facilities. As the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Ramin Mehmanparast, emphasized, the decision demonstrates the "goodwill" of the Iranian leadership, interested in cooperation with the IAEA.

In the east of Tajikistan, eight militants were killed during the special operation, including the field commander, an al-Qaeda activist Alovuddin Davlatov. This was announced today by the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tokhir Normov. According to him, none of the security forces participating in the special operation was injured.

In the northeast of Australia, strong floods continue in Queensland. Residents of the flooded city of Rockhampton are warned by the authorities that the water level in the coming hours will reach the maximum. According to official figures, three people died as a result of floods in Australia. Previously, there were reports of the death of ten. In other areas of the state of Queensland, the water level subsides, it is reported on the beginning of restoration work.

One of the detainees, Ilya Yashin, sentenced to 5 days of arrest on charges of disobeying the police, handed the notes from the camera that were published on his blog with such an annotation of his comrade: “writes Baturin Alexander. Yesterday I had a special insulator for administratively arrested, where Nemtsov, Yashin, Limonov, Kosyakin and Thor are now contained. It was possible to talk with Ilya through the window in the window of his camera.

Skiing. World Cup. Zagreb, Croatia Women. Slalom 1. Marlis Schild (Austria) 2. Maria Rish (Germany) 3. Manuel Melg (Italy) General Cup of World 1. Maria Rish (Germany) - 833 points 2. Lindsay Vonn (USA) - 647 3. Elizabeth Gergl (Austria) - 483

At least twenty picket participants in support of the administrative arrest of opposition politicians were detained in Moscow. Eduard Limonov, Konstantin Kosyakin, Boris Nemtsov and Ilya Yashin after the opposition shares on December 31, are serving arrests for a period of 5 to 15 days.

Egypt: a woman-Copt mourns her relatives who died in an explosion in Alexandria -The Egypt's capacity is tightened by security measures on the eve of the Orthodox Christmas on January 7 - after the explosion on New Year's Eve in the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria. As a result, 21 people died, 97 - were injured. No one took responsibility for the attack.

All price tags in Estonia have so far indicate the cost of goods in two currencies The problems of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and other countries last year questioned the strength of the Eurozone. Some experts say that it is doomed. Many European politicians believe that their countries would be better to return to old national currencies. However, in this situation, Estonia refuses the crown. Since January 1, the euro has become official currency throughout the country.

Football. Championship of Spain. 17th round "Atletico" - "Rasing" 0: 0 "Malorca" - "Erkules" 3: 0 "Villarreal" - "Almeria" 2: 0 "Saragos" - "Real Sociedad" 2: 1 "Hetafe" - "Real" 2: 3 After the 17th round 1. "Barcelona" 46 points 2. "Real" 44 3. "Villarreal" 36

President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir promised to respect the results of the referendum appointed on the next Sunday on the independence of the southern regions of the country. He stated this on Tuesday upon arrival in the capital of South Sudan - Jubu, where he planned to meet with the regional leader Salvoy Kiir. According to al-Bashir, he will regret the schism of Sudan, but with any outcome of the vote, he will not refuse to support the population of the south.