Valentina Matveenko decided not to wait for anything and herself asked Vladimir Putin to appoint her governor. Before this, Matvienko was an “elected” governor, but now she has become an appointed one. A day has passed since Matvienko’s appeal to the Kremlin. They say that Putin has never trusted any governor so quickly. Matvienko does not hide the fact that the issue of trust arose after the elections to the legislative assembly were scheduled for March 11, 2007.

In society On the situation with the construction of houses for "deceived equity holders" near the park, a moose island December 7, 2006 Daily Journal On the situation with the construction of houses for “deceived equity holders” near the park, a moose island and about the next provocation of “Yabloko” against “Hedgehog” On December 4, the “War for Fun” was published in the “Daily Journal”.

Poland is ready to lift its veto on Russia-EU negotiations, reports EUobserver. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were able to convince Polish President Lech Kaczynski to soften his position towards Russia. Warsaw no longer raises the question of the immediate signing of the Energy Charter. The European Union promises to help Warsaw reach an agreement with Moscow on the issue of lifting the meat embargo.

On Thursday, four democratic parties (SPS, Yabloko, Democratic Party (DPR) and Free Russia) announced the creation of a single list for the upcoming elections to the Moscow Regional Duma on March 11, 2007. The leaders of the Moscow region party branches agreed on this last Tuesday. But the party under whose brand the Democrats will act has not yet been determined, and the agreement has not been agreed upon with the federal leadership of the parties.

“I believe that the Church needs to give everything that belongs to it. But a serious problem may arise here... we, by law, do not even have the right to restore these values,” M. Shvydkoy said on Thursday, speaking at a hearing in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

The NATO summit in Riga caused an extremely emotional reaction of domestic media, especially television. In their interpretation, the meeting of the leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance was almost entirely dedicated to Russia. Even in the fact that the summit was first held on the territory of the former USSR, they saw a special challenge.

The funeral of the former FSB officer will take place soon in the Muslim part of Highgate Cemetery in north London. The burial place was determined by the police, who insisted on a speedy burial. During the autopsy, a significant amount of radioactive polonium-201 was found in Litvinenko’s body, so he will be buried in a tightly closed coffin and without the ritual of ablution required for Muslims. A sarcophagus issued for a funeral cannot be opened for 6.5 years.

The remains of three homemade heaters, as well as burnt wires, were found at the fire site. The fire could well have started from a short circuit in the electrical wiring. On the other hand, arson cannot be ruled out, although the Ministry of Internal Affairs denied reports that the front door was blocked from the outside. “Witnesses were identified who arrived at this house at the time it was burning...

In society In defense of the Russian people December 7, 2006 Mikhail Delyagin Many time passed after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, but in her ears everyone sounded Putin’s words that her death harmed the state stronger than her life. Translated into Russian: "Yes, I did not do it, I need it the least!" The president is sincere with us what to do.

In society Antenna December 7, 2006 Viktor Shenderovich I have already admitted many times in my addiction to sociology on the basis of the Bombil survey. Hasper, I vote on the streets of Moscow several times a week. And in a couple of minutes I will find out the main news about the Motherland. I share fresh information: soon everyone is the end. I learned it like that. A sullen man on the old Mercedes was driving me for a stolnik from the Kazan station to Sokolniki.

Former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar has no doubt that they tried to poison him. He told a Financial Times correspondent about this. “Most likely, behind what happened is one of the obvious or hidden opponents of the Russian authorities, those who are interested in a further radical deterioration of Russia’s relations with the West,” Gaidar said. Gaidar felt a sharp deterioration in his health on November 24 at a scientific conference in Dublin.