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Kazan became the fourth in the ranking of the most visited by the travelers of the cities of Russia in the past year. The capital of Tatarstan left behind Moscow, the press service of the city hall.

Chinese Rover "WiTu-2" broke the record for the duration of the work on the natural satellite of the Earth, established by the Soviet mission of "Lunokhod-1".

Deputies of Russia and Ukraine, together with colleagues from Germany and France will try to combine efforts to Minsk agreement was implemented. This was stated by the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at a meeting with the head of the Ukrainian party "Oppositional platform For life" Viktor Medvedchuk.

Great Christmas miracle is the salvation of 82 people in a plane crash near Alma-ATA. The skill and experience of the commander of the aircraft and crew allowed us to avoid much greater sacrifices than you would expect. Unfortunately, when a plane crash killed 12 people, including the crew commander. The disaster in the program "60 minutes" goes the journalist Denis Krivosheev.

People's artist of Russia Emanuel Vitorgan was 80 years old. Happy anniversary congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In Kazakhstan the passenger side fell immediately after takeoff at the airport of Almaty. 12 people were killed. In hospitals there are 49. The work of the airline Bek Air has temporarily stopped. The carrier returns the traveler the money for the tickets for all flights until the new year. Flights Fokker-100 - banned.

The Chairman of the Department of refereeing and inspection of the Russian football Union Alexander Egorov has left his post, which he held for the last 19 months. Insiders report that the head of the judiciary Department of the RFU has left at own will.

The capabilities of the Russian armed forces increased by 14% and 95% of equipment ready to fight, said the Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In addition, the defense Minister noted that the share of modern weapons in the Russian army exceeded 68%.

During the new year holidays the state institution of Moscow will operate on a special schedule. So, most of the malls "My documents" from 1 to 8 January will be closed. For honeymooners there will be three wedding Palace, but not the whole festive period. But on-duty pharmacies are open around the clock.

This day appeared in the calendar in 1995. Now EMERCOM of Russia includes the best specialists of the system, which allows to provide assistance to citizens in emergency situations.