In the Kremlin Putin's intimate experiences December 16, 2005 Alexander Ryklin The country is choking in a patriotic frenzy. “Fuck you, dear neighbors, not our gas. Do not want in a good way, you will get it at world prices. Ah, there is no penny? Is it cold without gas? Drink a gorit - warm up ... And then, you see, all sorts of Ukraine there, Moldova and Georgia will still be groaned. Did you want to be inanimate? Independence? Did you smell the skis with lard and launched to the west?

The head of Badr, one of the three main groups that make up the Shiite United Alliance, Hadi al-Ameri told EFE that "these elections... marked a turn in the right direction and marked the opening of a new chapter in the democratic life of Iraq." The representative of the Sunni Iraqi Accord Front, Adnan al-Dulaimi, agrees with him, saying that election day symbolizes the unity of the country, where “there are no differences between Shiites and Sunnis, Kurds and Arabs, Christians and Muslims.”

The money that the European Union will send to Russia next year will be used to improve legislation to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In addition to financial assistance, the project involves holding consultations, seminars and providing practical assistance in preventing terrorist attacks in 2006. I would like to hope that foreign assistance will be useful. Until now, every tragedy has revealed only the complete confusion of the Russian special services.

This news took all the audience as a joke. For half an hour, there was a conversation at the table about all kinds of draws, and then-a call: "Here you are sitting there, but the city has already been renamed! Now it is not a formidable, but an Akhmat-Gala!" Our fun has become almost hysterical. One thing was unclear: who conspired with the calling from Moscow? And how? Nobody went out ... Soon the laughter stopped.

“While there are no documents confirming the dismissal of Farid Salman, the district executive authorities are considering his candidacy as the mufti of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,” says a statement from the department of information and public relations of the autonomous district, quoted by Russian Line.

Today, the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District rejected YUKOS's cassation appeal and confirmed the legality of the decision of the Federal Tax Service to impose additional taxes on the oil company by 99.3 billion rubles for 2000. The Federal Tax Service made its decision back in April 2004. YUKOS challenged its legality, and now all opportunities to win back the money have been exhausted.

The winning parties will be able to send their proposal for a candidate for the post of head of the region to the President of the Russian Federation for subsequent submission to the local parliament. Since the first places in the legislative bodies of the constituent entities of the federation have long been assigned to deputies from the party in power, this initiative loses all meaning: no matter from which side it comes - from the Center or from the periphery - the result is the same.

Abu Omar Al-Seif arrived in the North Caucasus region about 10 years ago on the direct orders of Osama bin Laden. The FSB is confident that bin Laden's emissary participated in the planning and preparation of terrorist attacks and was engaged in religious and political propaganda of extremism. Until 2005, he was located on the territory of Ingushetia and only recently moved to Dagestan to solve the strategic task of transferring sabotage and terrorist activities to this republic.

According to the Italian La Stampa, a representative of the Russian oligarch tried to buy Castello Banfi, one of the largest enterprises producing the famous Italian wine Brunello di Montalcino, but, having offered 500 million euros, was refused. Negotiations with three major wineries - Argiano, Col d'Orcia and Poggione - are close to completion, and, according to the newspaper, very soon the former oil magnate will acquire the status of a major winemaker.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, State Duma deputy, about the upcoming congress of the Republican Party of Russia headed by him: We invited all democratic leaders to the congress, which will be held on December 17-18, 2005. To date, we have confirmation of the participation of Nikita Belykh, George Satarov, Harry Kasparov, Irina Khakamada.

The resolution to revoke or amend the scandalous law, which essentially prohibits foreign non-profit organizations from working in Russia and restricts domestic organizations, was supported by 405 congressmen, only 15 voted against. Meanwhile, the corresponding bill was adopted by the State Duma in the first reading at the end of November. By December 17, presidential amendments must be made to it.