In the economy The dollar is losing ground January 19, 2006, Maxim Blanc The beginning of the year was marked in Russia with a sharp drop in temperature and dollar . And if in the head of the layman it hardly fits, how, in the midst of global warming, thermometers can show what they show, then the dollar rate behaves quite predictably and, moreover, predicted .

The ex-head of YUKOS is tired of the monotonous boring work that he is offered in the colony and is ready to announce his refusal, although this may cost him the benefits possible while serving his sentence. Khodorkovsky will work as an assistant seamstress-machine operator at least until February 1, and then, together with his lawyers, he will make some new decision.

The head of the St. Petersburg organization "Soldiers' Mothers" Ella Polyakova announced non-compliance with the temperature regime in the barracks of the Leningrad Military District and mass illnesses of soldiers in the military district due to severe frosts. At the beginning of next week, the “Mothers” and representatives of the prosecutor’s office will go to military unit No. 25756 in the city of Pushkin, to which the “Mothers” have accumulated the most complaints.

44 of the 126 current members of the Public Chamber signed a statement recalling that the recent attack on a synagogue in Moscow was carried out by a young man who was reading Mein Kampf and other anti-Semitic literature freely sold in the capital. “We believe that a country that lost millions of its sons and daughters in the battle against Nazism has the right and obligation to pass a law declaring the distribution of this kind of literature a criminal offense,” the document says.

The sharp cold snap led to a noticeable decrease in oil production at Russian wells. As the Vedomosti newspaper notes, on January 17, oil production volumes amounted to only 1.28 million tons, which is 4,200 tons less than the previous day. Lukoil, Rosneft, YUKOS and TNK-BP reduced production due to cold weather.

The inhabitants of the Kremlin of Putin's call were still rightly proud of one important feature of the current administration: almost no information leaked from it. It really didn't leak. Suffice it to remember that, for example, the contents of all the latest presidential messages to the Federal Assembly never became public until the moment of their official promulgation.

The prospect of creating a Union appeared over the horizon. At least, this is what representatives of the ruling party spoke with confidence about. “The process of development of the union state is proceeding intensively,” State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov said today during a break in the 29th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Russia and Belarus. Today, the budget of the future Union was approved in the amount of 3.1 billion rubles.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry calls on Russia to strictly comply with the provisions of the agreement on the status and conditions of the presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine, in particular, the provisions regarding the locations of the Russian Black Sea Fleet military personnel.

In the Kremlin Manipulators January 19, 2006 Alexander Ryklin The inhabitants of the Kremlin of the Putin's call are still rightfully proud of one important feature of the current administration: almost no information flowed out of it. Really did not take a thing. It is enough to recall that, for example, the content of all the latest presidential messages to the Federal Assembly has never become the property of publicity until their official publication.

Russia asked the international tribunal in The Hague to lend it defendant Slobodan Milosevic for treatment. The Russian Embassy in the Netherlands transferred the corresponding guarantees to the secretariat of the international tribunal. This is undoubtedly a humane and timely proposal. Russian medicine is well known for the quality of its services, especially when it comes to prison medicine. For example, an independent commission was never allowed to see Platon Lebedev.

It is becoming clear who will be included in the updated leadership structure of the TVC channel. After an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors of OJSC TV Center, at which it was decided to relieve its chairman Valentin Lazutkin from his duties, Sergei Tsoi was elected to this position as press secretary of Yuri Luzhkov.

The construction of the temple provided jobs for everyone - and there are many of them in the village. Nikolai himself earns money in the north, where he travels every second month. For one "workday" Antipov first paid the builders 100 rubles, then added another 30 - blaming it on inflation. Last year he was recognized as a laureate of the Izvestia Prize, established by the Izvestia newspaper and Alfa Bank, in the Good Deed nomination.