The program “Conversation with Vladimir Putin,” which will air for the tenth time on Thursday at 12:00 Moscow time, will change the format somewhat. The creators of the project decided to invite “iconic” opponents of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation to the studio. This was announced on Tuesday by the press secretary of the head of government, Dmitry Peskov. “This year we will have in the studio...

Polyus Gold International was unable to sell the assets of KazakhGold to the Asaubaev family (AltynGroup Kazakhstan) after the deal was extended until December 12, Polyus Int said in a statement. The agreement between the companies remains in force, but can now be terminated by either party, Interfax reports . In April, Polyus Int agreed to buy out KazakhGold's assets by their former owners - the Asaubaev family - in two stages.

photo Ryan Matthew Smith Applied mathematics in Bill Gates' team, biopolymers in medicine, nanopowder in astronautics and other achievements for which young and beautiful women engage in science One hundred years ago, Marie Sklodowska-Curie received her second Nobel Prize - as a chemist. Eight years earlier, in 1903, she received a prize in physics and became the first representative of the fair sex among Nobel laureates.

photo Itar-TASS The market fell after mass rallies, and in 2012, rising political tensions could cost it 200-400 points on the RTS index, Citigroup analysts calculated Investors suddenly realized that in Russia, it turns out, there are also political risks. After mass protests last week, the Russian market fell: the RTS index fell by 8.8%, the MICEX - by 7.3%. This week the indices fell another 1.5%. At the same time, everything was relatively calm on the world financial markets.

The head of OJSC Gazprom, Alexey Miller, will take the post of chairman of the board of directors of the emerging holding company Rosgeologiya, which will unite all the largest state-owned enterprises in the geological industry of the Russian Federation. This information was confirmed to Interfax by the head of the company, Sergei Donskoy. “The list of candidates for the holding’s board of directors has been approved.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky officially became a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation from the Liberal Democratic Party. The decision to nominate him for the top post was made by the party congress on Tuesday. Zhirinovsky’s candidacy was supported by 169 delegates, nine liberal democrats were “against”, Interfax reports . The party leader was the only candidate from the LDPR. The current presidential campaign will be the politician's fifth.

Photo by Fotobank / Getty Images Forbes has compiled a ranking of the most expensive NHL clubs According to Forbes, the average value of an NHL team has reached $240 million, which is 5% higher than last year. The growth in capitalization is associated with an increase in club revenue in the 2010-2011 season by the same 5% (average revenue was $103 million). The NHL's popularity on television and the Internet is growing.

Protest sentiments push into the background an important issue: how to make the country effective Awakened by scandalous elections, society is looking for answers to questions about freedom. Whatever form they take - slogans on Bolotnaya Square, posts on Facebook, signatures under scandalous photographs in a magazine - they all in one way or another come down to freedom of assembly and expression, equal rights for participants in the electoral process, and ensuring control over power.

Photo by Fotobank/Getty Images The customer should strive to gain control of 100% of the operation, 80% of the maintenance and 20% of the development of the IT system. This is the optimal situation The author is the CEO of CUSTIS, a company engaged in the development of IT systems. The line between “off-the-shelf” and “custom-made” corporate systems is not as obvious as is commonly believed. To make sure of this, let’s first try to figure out who buys them and why.

A temporary stop in gas supply through Nord Stream due to maintenance of the connecting gas pipeline in Russia will be carried out on December 13-15. All contracted volumes will be delivered, the project operator Nord Stream AG said in a statement . As specified in the press release, from 9:00 Moscow time on December 13 to 21:00 Moscow time on December 15, due to a planned set of works on the Gazprom connecting gas pipeline, gas supply through Nord Stream will be temporarily suspended.

photo by RIA Novosti What a Western investor needs to know about what is happening in Russia A memo on what is happening in Russia and options for developments, written by Citigroup's senior economist for Russia and the CIS for the bank's clients. Russia saw its first large-scale demonstrations since the 1990s. On December 10, 50,000-100,000 Muscovites rallied for free and fair elections and the resignation of Prime Minister Putin.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation plans to enter the Eurobond market at the beginning of 2012. This information was confirmed on Tuesday by the director of the department’s debt department, Konstantin Vyshkovsky. “We are completing preparations for the issue of Eurobonds and want to launch it at the beginning of the year, since it may be more favorable in the financial markets,” RIA Novosti quotes the official .

photo Itar-TASS It's not just the scale of the Moscow rallies. The fact is that these are completely different rallies Vladimir Putin is probably not very nervous. Perhaps the first mass democratic demonstration in the history of his reign on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow did not make much of an impression on him. Here is his logic: these guys have no leader, no party, no structures, and in general they have three and a half glasses, funded by the State Department.

On the evening of Monday, December 12, the leader of the opposition movement “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov, despite his poor health, was transferred from the hospital to special detention center No. 1. Gazeta.Ru reports this with reference to lawyer Violetta Volkova, who handled Udaltsov’s last case . Let us remind you that on the day of the parliamentary elections, December 4, Udaltsov was detained by law enforcement officers for failure to comply with several court decisions.

Antitrust regulators of the European Union have temporarily suspended consideration of a deal in which the Internet company Google plans to buy mobile device manufacturer Motorola Mobility, and have requested additional information from the companies, RIA Novosti reports citing Bloomberg. Google announced the purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion on August 15 this year.