In Makhachkala, the bodies of five people were found on the construction site. This was reported today by Interfax, referring to the management of the Ministry of Emergencies in the North Caucasus. According to the agency, the corpses were in the construction trailer. The identities of the dead and the circumstances of their death are established.

In Dushanbe, five people were detained on suspicion of extremism. As Interfax reports today with reference to the Tajik authorities, all of them are allegedly members of the prohibited religious party “Hizb-Ut-Tahrir”. The detainees seized disks with video recordings, leaflets and literature of extremist content. A criminal case has been instituted against them. Hizb-Ut-Tahrir was created in 1953. Its supporters call for the formation of a single Islamic state in Central Asia.

Representatives of the OSCE Bureau for democratic institutions and human rights, who arrived in Kazakhstan to observe the preparation for extraordinary parliamentary elections, could not visit the city of Zhanaozen, where riots occurred in mid -December. At the same time, representatives of the mission managed to meet with the leadership of the region, prosecutors and human rights activists during a visit to the neighboring city of Aktau, the administrative center of the Mangistau region.

Currency exchange point in the north of Tehran The Iranian national currency on Wednesday slightly played in price, rising above the historical minimum reached on Monday evening. This happened after the head of the Iranian Central Bank, Mahmoud Bakhmani, indicated as the reason for the fall the “psychological consequences” of new economic sanctions imposed against Iran by the US authorities, and said that the state could raise the interest rate to stabilize the market.

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Hamas considers the radical Palestinian group to consider the “farce” and “empty waste of time” on Tuesday the meeting of Israeli and Palestinian negotiation groups - the first in the last 16 months. As Fausi Barkum, a representative of the Hamas group ruling in the gas sector, said today, negotiations in the Jordanian capital “contradict the hopes” of his people.

In the south of Mexico, a group of students on Tuesday captured five local radio stations and was aired with calls for the resignation of Governor Governor Herrero Angirre. According to local authorities, about 50 students in masks participated in the raid on the radio station. They were not armed. The action lasted about 40 minutes. Students demand the investigation of the death of their two comrades killed in a clash with the police during the protest of December 12.

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What awaits Russia and the USA after the next presidential election? At the very beginning of 2012, Russian political scientists and experts are trying to understand what significant events can occur this year in international relations. One of the most important topics for Russian foreign policy has always been relations with the United States.

At the Red Partisan mine in the Lugansk region of Ukraine, a miner died on Tuesday evening. As reported today on the website of the regional department of the Gosgorpromnadzor, the chip of the breed collapsed at the Shakhtar. The circumstances of the incident are investigated by a special commission.

Argentina President Christine Fernandez de Kirshner, who in December was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, has an operation. According to doctors, she has every chance of recovery. The head of state will stay in the hospital, presumably until January 24. Not so long ago, 58-year-old Christina Fernandez de Kirschner was elected for a second term, having won a confident victory in the presidential election.

Valeria Novodvorskaya and Konstantin Borova Politics and public figures Valery Novodvorskaya and Konstantin Borova through social networks turned to participants in the opposition democratic movement with a warning about the danger of any cooperation with nationalists and representatives of right and left radical groups in the organization of rallies. The appeal is called "Russia without Hitler!

The European Court of Human Rights adopted a complaint against the members of the prohibited National Bolshevik Party, convicted of the seizure of the President of Russia in 2004, to considerate the members of the prohibited National-Bolshevik party. According to RIA-News, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, the court in Strasbourg sent issues to the Russian government relating to the details of the trial, after which a decision will be made in the case.