Authorities in New York and Kentucky are taking measures to prevent Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov's horse , Sweet Ducky, from participating in prestigious races, The New York Times reported on Tuesday . “The horse’s charming name, Sweet Duckling, does not seem to help Kadyrov take part in the race,” the publication writes. American officials are concerned about the reputation of Ramzan Kadyrov, who is suspected of torture and human rights violations in Chechnya.

Sport Kavazashvili was hospitalized with a heart attack Anzor Kavazashvili hospitalized with heart attack Daniil Yuvachev The Chairman of the Expert Council for the detection of match-fixing, Anzor Kavazashvili, was hospitalized in one of the capital’s clinics due to a heart attack, Sovetsky Sport reports. In the event of illness of the chairman of the Expert Council, the functions of managers pass to Yuri Zhmurko and Alexander Bubnov .

The head of the Transnistrian Foreign Ministry, Vladimir Yastrebchak, on Monday, at a meeting with the head of the unrecognized republic, Igor Smirnov, announced his readiness to provide assistance to Russia on the European missile defense issue. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said last week that Russia would take tough measures in response to the US deployment of the European missile defense system .

Business Official rates: ruble/€ –41.8457; ruble/$ –31.3216 The official euro/ruble exchange rate, set by the Central Bank for Wednesday, increased by 7.13 kopecks to 41.8457 rubles. The dollar exchange rate decreased by 9.01 kopecks to 31.3216 rubles. The cost of the bi-currency basket, calculated at official rates on Wednesday, decreased by 1 kopeck compared to Tuesday, amounting to 36.06 rubles.

HIV prevention using a tenofovir-based vaginal gel turned out to be ineffective, and the organizers of the experiment decided to abandon their idea, Compulenta reports , citing a Nature News Blog post .

US President Barack Obama assured EU leaders on Monday that Washington is ready to support the EU in the fight against the debt crisis, Deutsche Welle reports . At the same time, the White House excludes the use of American taxpayers' money for these purposes.

The premiere of the play “Conspiracy of Feelings” based on the play by Yuri Olesha , which has not been staged since 1929, will take place at the “Stage on Begovaya” of the Moscow Center for Drama and Directing by Alexei Kazantsev and Mikhail Roshchin ” on Tuesday. “This was my long-time dream,” the director of the play Olga Subbotina told RIA Novosti . - I have always loved Olesha’s plays, such works are on the verge of the grotesque. There are only three of them, but they are all beautiful.

There are conflicting reports from Iran about the explosion, which, according to some sources, occurred on Monday in the city of Isfahan. Local authorities claim that nothing serious happened. However, Iran's Fars news agency reported earlier on Monday that a strong explosion was heard in the city. This information was later removed from the agency’s website, Radio Liberty notes .

Representatives of the Moscow Ossetian Community organization demand that the President of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity , immediately resign and transfer power to the head of government.

November 29, 2011, 01:11 Sports Kosachenko: we are negotiating with Lotus-Renault and two other teams The manager of the Russian Lotus-Renault driver Vitaly Petrova, Oksana Kosachenko, spoke about negotiations with the teams regarding the next season. “Time is running out, we need to make up our minds,” Kosachenko told TK Rossiya-2. — In Brazil, I was able to meet with two teams besides Lotus-Renault. We have both plan B and plan C, they are in force.

Israel shelled Lebanon on Tuesday night after rockets were fired from that state into the Western Galilee, Reuters reports . “One of the rockets fell in the vicinity of the city, and the other near the border fence, ” the Israel News website reports . — At least one of the rockets did not explode, but fell near the chicken coop of one of the local villages, causing material damage.

November 29, 2011, 00:58 Sports Two candidates have been registered for the post of President of the Ukrainian Football Premier League The Directorate of the Ukrainian Football Premier League has registered two candidates for the post of president of the league: the current president Vitaly Danilov and acting. President of Zaporozhye Metallurg Andrey Kurgansky. According to the UPL press service , the elections for the Premier League President will take place on December 9.

The trial in the case of poaching Red Book animals in 2009 from a helicopter that crashed in the Altai Mountains, scheduled for Wednesday, may be postponed again, this time due to the illness of one of the lawyers , a court press secretary said on Tuesday. The Mi-171 helicopter (modification of the Mi-8) carrying high-ranking officials crashed in January 2009 near Mount Chernaya in Altai.

— 29.11.2011 03:14 — Zhamnov: “Vityaz” will reconsider its philosophy Vityaz general manager Alexey Zhamnov commented on the information that the KHL, after the Chekhov club’s match with Traktor (1:5), will consider expelling the team from the championship. “I won’t give any interviews on the topic of fights and Traktor,” Soviet Sport quotes Zhamnov as saying . – Because any word I say is fueling interest in the incident, and this is unnecessary and wrong.

Demonstrators managed to once again enter the territory of the British Embassy in Iran, and therefore clashes between protesters and police continue, and there are reports of casualties. In addition, it became known that the Iranian police released six hostages taken by students at the diplomatic mission. Earlier, the police managed to force the students out of the embassy building and close the gate leading to its territory.