A group of State Duma deputies from the Communist Party, wants to know why presidential candidate Vladimir Putin does not go on vacation at the time of the election campaign.

The motive for the murder of an employee of the prosecutor's office of the Chelyabinsk region and his wife could become her professional activity. This was reported in the Investigative Committee of Russia. According to the agency, the woman provided legal services. Earlier it became known that the suspect in the commission of the crime wounded another person, later he shot himself during the detention.

The building of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in Okhotny Ryada, Moscow Today, the spring session of the State Duma of the sixth convocation officially opens. The Council of the Duma will discuss the agenda of the first plenary meeting, which will be held on January 13. Priority bills of the beginning session will also be approved. The new composition of the State Duma was formed according to the results of the elections held on December 4.

-The Czech Republic has decided to allocate 2 billion 300 million euros to the church as compensation for nationalization by the communist regime of church property. In addition, it was decided to return the confiscated property in the amount of another 3 billion euros. Payments will be made within 30 years. However, at the same time, at the end of the transition period, the government stops paying priests salary. This decision should now approve the parliament.

Russian presidential candidate Sergey Mironov The leader of the Just Russia party, the presidential candidate Sergei Mironov intends to offer the work of the current extra -parliamentary opposition in the government of the government. In an interview that Interfax publishes today, Mironov called among those who, he believes, he could be useful for a possible coalition office, opposition politicians and activists of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Sergei Udaltsov and Evgeny Chirikov.

In Moscow, at the age of 87, the famous Soviet intelligence officer Gevork Vartanyan died, ”the Russian foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday. Vartanyan was the son of an Iranian subject who, since the 20s, worked for Soviet intelligence. Youth spent with his father in Iran, where he also began to engage in intelligence activities in favor of the USSR.

Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov The leader of the Communist Party and presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov at a press conference in Moscow said that in the event of a victory in March, his team was ready to initiate early parliamentary elections. According to the politician, his associates submit 12 bills to the State Duma, which should ensure the holding of honest presidential elections. Zyuganov invited other opposition factions to support this package.

Irina Lagunina: Last week, the head of the National Transition Council of Libya Mustafa Abdul Jalil unexpectedly stated that the country was on the verge of a civil war. The statement was made after two warring armed groups were fired in the capital of the country, as a result of which at least two people were killed. Moreover, in the struggle for the territory of the group, machine guns and grenade launchers used the groups.

In Yekaterinburg, a scandal continues around the newspaper, in which Alexei Navalny is exposed . Representatives of the Popular Front and the newspaper "Arguments and Facts" in the Urals deny their involvement in its issue. In Yekaterinburg, a newspaper with laudatory articles addressed to Vladimir Putin and compromising evidence in relation to the leaders of the opposition is distributed by boys, children and pensioners in blue capes with the inscription "For Putin".

In the American state of New Hampshire, in the primary election of a US presidential candidate from the Republican Party, the former governor Massachusetts Mitt Romny won a confident victory. After processing more than 80 percent of the ballots, he had 38 percent of the vote. Romny with 23 percent follows the congressman from Texas Ron Paul. 17 percent of the former Governor of John Huntsman. Nyut Gingrich and Rick Santorum scored 10 percent, at Rick Perry - 5 percent of votes.

Observers say that in the year of election to democrats it would be extremely useful to attract the reformist wing of the “capture Wall Street” movement to their ranks Judging by the visible signs, the “capture Wall Street” movement fades away .

Autosport. Rally "Dakar" Stage 9. Antofagasta - Ikike (Chile) Respondent 1. Robbie Gordon (USA, Hammer ") 2. Stefan Peteranansel (France, "Mini") 3. Juan Nani Roma (Spain, "Mini") In the society of the copel Stefan Peteransel (France, "Mini") Motorcycles 1. Cyril Depre (France, KTM) 2. Mark Coma (Spain, KTM) 3. Gown Barreda Board (Spain, Houxvarna) In the society of Cyril Depre (France, KTM) Truck 1. Mickey Biazion (Italy, Iveko ") 2. Hans Stacey (Netherlands, Iveko ") 3.

In Kabardino-Balkaria on Wednesday, during an operation in the Baksan district, a militant was wounded and detained. According to Interfax, citing law enforcement agencies of the republic, the armed extremist resisted the police during the detention. Another two militants, apparently, managed to leave, their search will continue in the morning.

In the Kizil-Yurt district of Dagestan, law enforcement officers continue to mine the Caucasus highway. According to the Republican Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, six explosive devices interconnected by wires were discovered the day before on the side of the road near the village of Komsomolskoye. When they are cleared on Wednesday night, as a result of the involuntary explosion, a policeman died, another 8 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were injured.