In Izhevsk finished the qualifying tournament in biathlon for getting into the application of the Russian team at the world Cup and IBU Cup. In the last race in first place in the sprint race on 7,5 km has taken Evgeniya Pavlova, not allowing a single miss. Her time was 22 minutes, 10.6 seconds.
The Registrar of eyewitness captured the moment of collision on the track Tyumen – Omsk. The accident resulted in fatal injuries to an 83 year old woman and 60-year-old man, suffered died on the spot road accident.
the most influential actors in addressing global challenges in the coming 2020 will be the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel – a survey conducted by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
In Switzerland completed the sprint freestyle men within the race "Tour de Ski". None of the Russians failed to hold on for the prizes. The best result of domestic skiers showed Gleb Zealous, who took fourth place.
Boris Johnson took part in a luxurious pre-Christmas party of the businessman Alexander Lebedev. Such a step for him, the British newspaper the Guardian called strange. They say you shouldn't visit this event with caviar and champagne immediately after the triumphant victory at the parliamentary elections. What, in fact, the reason for the claim and whether he did?
From December 28, "Aeroflot" has suspended the sale of discounted tickets to the far East, reported in a press-service of the company.
The Prosecutor's office of Leninsky district of Ulyanovsk started the inspection after the death of four-year old boy, who died the night of December 25. It was found that the child died, according to preliminary data from meningitis, and it has nothing to do with a Christmas matinee in kindergarten.
Last farewell to artistic Director of "Sovremennik" theatre drew thousands of people: friends, colleagues and fans. People's artist died 26 Dec 87-m to year of life. In theatrical tradition, Volchek was performed with applause.
Lugansk people's Republic completed an exchange of prisoners in the Donbass, passing the Ukrainian party of 25 people and received 63. This was stated by the representative of the LC in the Humanities subgroup of the Contact group, the group leader for the exchange of prisoners of war LC Olga Kobzeva.
Honorary President of Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov commented on the act of the captain of the youth canadian national team, not after the helmet during the anthem of Russia. According to officials, this was due to the psychological state of hockey.