Rescuers work at the crash site of the An-12 near Irkutsk The bodies of all nine who died in the disaster of the An-12 aircraft near Irkutsk are identified. This was announced by the representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia. It is noted that the on -board recorders of the broken liner were transferred to the commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia to investigate the disaster.

In Dagestan on Saturday, a member of the extremist group of Doku Umarov was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers. According to the National Anti -Terrorism Committee, Islam Atiyev died while trying to break through from the house blocked by special forces in the suburbs of Khasavyurt. The special operation in the village of Petrovskoye began yesterday. Residents of the nearest houses were evacuated.

After a short detention, the Libyan authorities liberated four American troops. The representative of the US State Department Jen Psaki on Friday stated that the American authorities are trying to find out the reasons for their detention and the circumstances of the incident. Four American citizens were arrested near the city of Sabrat to the west of Tripoli - the capital of Libya.

I would like to pay attention to a good tradition that has been established over the past two years (pah-pah, so as not to jinx it): in late autumn and early winter, the supreme power tries to be fair. 2013-as believed because of the Olympics-turned out to be especially productive. The amnesty “guided” in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the presidential act on the pardon of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Historian and priest, leading Radio Freedom Radio "Between Vera and Belief" ykrotov@yahoo.com

The main characters of the coating week were Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Pussy Riot, who also exchanged assurances of mutual respect and potential of future cooperation. In the shadow of events and changes, Vladimir Putin looms, whose gracious decisions, who changed the fate of yesterday's prisoners, became the main subject of interpretation.

The Uzbek dissidents, who captured the Swiss villa Gulnara Karimova, found 60 paintings, allegedly stolen from museums , the fate of Nemiloster to the eldest daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Gulnar Karimova. Until recently, she was the most influential man in the country after her father: she owned television channels and radio stations, she, not stinting, spent fashion weeks, and her songs, including the department recorded with Gerard, sounded everywhere.

Lev Ponomarev FSKN has developed amendments to the "anti -drug law" that cause fears of human rights defenders The Federal Drug Control Service has developed amendments to the law "On measures of influence on persons involved in the illegal circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, which is of transnational." In accordance with these amendments, "Russian NPOs receiving financing from foreign drug dealers can be closed.

In the Syrian city of Aleppo, at least 25 people were killed on Saturday airlines on Saturday. This was reported by observers continuing the campaign to investigate the facts of the use of the so -called "barrels" made of containers filled with oil and metal damaging elements in the conflict. The Syrian authorities report that they are fighting against the rebels that control large areas of Aleppo, the former business capital of the country.

Clashes between security forces and students on the territory of Al-Azhar University in Cairo continues In Cairo, one of the students who staged a protest at Al-Azhar University was killed in support of the Muslim Brothers movement. This was reported on Saturday at the Ministry of Health of Egypt. A 19-year-old young man was a victim of clashes. About 60 people were arrested during the clash of students and police at the university.

In Iraq, Ahmed al-Alvani Ahmed Sunnit was arrested on charges of involvement in terrorism. According to the Iraqi police, during the operation of the detention of Alvani, his brother and five bodyguards were killed. Another 18 people were injured, including ten law enforcement officers. The operation was carried out in a deputy’s house in the city of Ramadi in the west of Iraq. It is reported that the shootout lasted about an hour.

Clashes on the territory of Cairo University Al-Azhar (December 27, 2013) In the capital of Egypt, Cairo, on the territory of the oldest University of Al-Azhar, there were new clashes of the Islamist students with the police. One of the activists told television that one demonstrator had died, the police denied this information.

In Moscow, on Tver Boulevard, a small action was held in defense of Russian orphans, which US citizens did not manage to adopt. As activists on Twitter write, several people came to the picket. The action was held on the anniversary of the adoption of the so -called "Dima Yakovlev Law" on the ban on the adoption of Russian children by Americans. On Friday, the St. Petersburg "Youth Apple" also held a mobile picket against the so -called "anti -Sirot law".

The audience with Sultan Selim III. Turkish miniature of the late XVIII century. Turkish historian Ilber Ortayla - about the Ottoman myth and magnificent doom of the empires In Russia, it is customary to compare the historical fate of its country and its present primarily with the countries of the West. But there is a southern neighbor with whom Russia unites a lot in common.