A judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to initiate supervisory proceedings on the complaint of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s defense against the verdict of the former head of the Yukos oil company. The defense asked to cancel Khodorkovsky's sentence as “illegal and unfounded.” Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Genrikh Padva, told reporters that after familiarizing himself with the judge's decision, the defense will decide on further appeal.

Scotland Yard will investigate the poisoning of Yegor Gaidar, The Times reports. On November 24, the famous economist was hospitalized in a clinic in Ireland.

The euro is growing - the dollar is falling. If experts' forecasts come true, then by the end of 2006 the price per dollar in Russia will fall below 26 rubles. During the week from November 24 to 30, the dollar in Russia fell by 26 kopecks, now it costs 26.3 rubles. The euro, on the contrary, has become 33 kopecks more expensive - today they give 34.7 rubles for one euro. Increased demand for the euro has been ongoing for two weeks.

Maxim Kashulinsky, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine about the scandal in Forbes magazine regarding the demand of representatives of the Inteko company to destroy the already printed edition of the magazine with material dedicated to the head of the Inteko company, wife of the mayor of Moscow Elena Baturina: The December issue of Forbes was saved by media hype 15.00, December 1, 2006 Thank God that the situation has been resolved - it is already known for sure that the

At the Royal London Hospital on the morning of December 1, the autopsy procedure began on the body of former Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. Three pathologists are involved in the autopsy - one is a specialist from the UK Home Office, another is working on behalf of Mr Litvinenko's family and the third is an independent expert. Meanwhile, London was gripped by real panic. Police say 60,000 people traveling on British Airways in November may have been exposed to radiation.

There is a strict law of PR: an article that is discussed (without even being read) is a hundred times more effective than an article that is read without discussion. It’s hard to say which hanger-on advised Elena Baturina to promise to sue Forbes, but in doing so he clearly did the mayor’s wife a disservice. The article in Forbes would be read by... well, several tens of thousands. The news of its ban reached a much wider audience. Suing Baturina is difficult.

In the Kremlin Anthem of cleanliness (answer to Nikolai Svanidze) December 1, 2006 Alexander Ryklin I can’t do anything with myself - I love ironic people. Ah, this thin game of the mind, juggling with original verbal constructions, a slightly contemptuous grin. And what the weight of the irony gives the expressed ideas!

In the Kremlin We’ll take hands, friends! December 1, 2006 Nikolai Svanidze Dear colleague, Alexander Ryklin, wrote in the "hedgehog" material under The name "political phobias" . And he finished him with the words: "I foresee that many will crumble from this note of mine. You know, perhaps, I don't give a damn." Honestly, if it were not for this remark, I would not have entered into a polemic with Mr. Ryklin. Because suddenly, an hour is uneven, will crumble it from my words?

On December 14, the State Duma is due to consider a law restricting the operation of right-hand drive cars. Concerned car enthusiasts decided to chip in and give the president a good Japanese car. They say, let him see for himself that he can buy for the price of a new VAZ and let this car be right-hand drive, but of higher quality, environmentally friendly, comfortable and safe.

The status of the property of the Catholic Church in Israel has not yet been finally determined - the Vatican wants guarantees of its ownership rights to Catholic churches, monasteries and other properties in the Holy Land, as well as legal confirmation of the Church’s centuries-old right to tax exemption. The Israeli delegation will visit Rome in December and January and will hold talks with the Vatican Secretariat of State as part of the work of a bilateral permanent working commission.

Chief Sanitary Doctor Onishchenko is a very smart person and a real statesman. And he understands that every problem can only be effectively solved in a comprehensive manner. If we have problems with Georgia, then we should not think that this matter concerns only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense or Gazprom.

The regional prosecutor's office of Stavropol opened a criminal case on the facts of allergic complications that appeared in children after vaccination with the influenza vaccine "Grippol". Since the beginning of mass vaccination, more than 70 children in the Stavropol Territory have required medical assistance. 32 children with swelling, rashes, rapid heartbeat, and difficulty breathing were sent to hospitals.

The December issue of Russian Forbes was supposed to come out with an article about Elena Baturina. But Luzhkov’s wife did not like the inscription on the cover: “I am guaranteed protection.” Baturina threatened Forbes with a lawsuit - and the entire printed edition was destroyed, Kommersant reports. In an interview with the magazine, Baturina said: “Like any investor, I am guaranteed protection.” The truncated quote on the cover is, of course, slightly ambiguous.