The investigation on Wednesday for the third time refused to initiate a criminal case into the fact that ex-cellmate of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Alexander Kuchma received a broken arm in Colony No. 3 of Chita, a representative of the Trans-Baikal Regional Investigation Department told RIA Novosti. “During the inspection, no objective data was obtained indicating the use of violence against Kuchma by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service .

07 December 2011, 11:13 Business Bazooka against the crisis Europe can launch 2 stabilization funds for the “bazooka effect” Olga Tanas close 100% To support the eurozone and restore confidence in debt markets, European leaders propose to launch two parallel stabilization funds from mid-2012 - the 780 billion EFSF and the 500 billion ESM. Financiers are counting on the “bazooka effect” in the fight against the liquidity crisis.

07 December 2011, 19:01 Business Russian stock exchanges closed down 1% after a collapse due to the results of the State Duma elections the day before Russian stock markets, which collapsed at the close on Tuesday due to mass protests after the State Duma elections , closed Wednesday's trading down 1%. The RTS index fell by 1.21% to 1,467.69 points. The MICEX lost 0.65% and reached 1448.39 points. In the morning trading opened with slight growth .

07 December 2011, 11:04 Culture From shadow to light Vladimir Putin went to the museum during the riots Igor Karev close 100% During protest rallies, Vladimir Putin went to the Pushkin Museum Reuters During the protest rallies, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went to the museum: at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, he enjoyed the work of Caravaggio, talked about the future “museum quarter” in the center of Moscow, about the vacancy of necessary buildings and the dangers of commercialization.

Sport Celebrated but didn't drink Zenit players talk about the draw with Porto Oleg Koshelev (Porto) close Zenit coach Luciano Spalletti was not very pleased with his team's performance Roman Shirokov and Maicon are drawn to beauty Djalma and Nicholas Lombaerts competed for the ball.

The leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation , A Just Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who took part in the elections to the State Duma , stated that they refused to surrender their deputy mandates and not recognize the voting results after mass protests against violations committed during the elections. “Many are now suggesting that we resign our mandates. I answer: it’s not a problem to resign mandates, we don’t hold on to them.

07 December 2011, 18:45 Sports Dynamo is interested in Raul Dynamo Moscow intends to acquire Spanish Schalke striker Raul Gonzalez, reports Soviet Sport . The football player’s agreement with the German club runs until the summer of 2012.

Sport Kovalchuk broke the streak Ilya Kovalchuk scored his seventh goal of the season Sergey Demidov close 100% Ilya Kovalchuk scored his seventh goal of the season, and New Jersey broke a four-game losing streak by defeating Toronto. Detroit suffered its second defeat in a row, and Boston did not take advantage of the opportunity to take the lead in the Eastern Conference, losing to Winnipeg. Alexey Emelin scored his first point in the NHL.

Sport Kolobnev is accused of selling the race Alexander Vinokurov is accused of bribing Alexander Kolobnev at the Liege-Bastogne cycling race Artem Kalinin close 100% Russian cyclist Alexander Kolobnev is accused of selling the race to Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokurov. According to Swiss media, the Russian allowed a racer from Astana to win the stage for €100 thousand. The athletes deny the accusations against them.

Dentists in Germany are perplexed by a phenomenon that has spread in recent years: one in ten patients who turn to them for help complains of the habit of grinding their teeth. Doctors are confident that the cause of the widespread occurrence of “bruxism” (teeth grinding in sleep) is stress: the number of people suffering from overexertion and fatigue is constantly growing. This was reported by The Local newspaper .

On Tuesday, Zenit played the final match of the group stage of the Champions League. Away, the St. Petersburg club played a draw with the Portuguese “Porto” with a score of 0:0. According to the results of the group round, Zenit scored 9 points, which allowed it to take second place in Group G and reach the playoffs of the Champions League. Porto took third place with 8 points and received the right to play in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.

Sport CSKA at a crossroads CSKA will play Inter in the last round of the Champions League group stage in Milan Artem Kalinin close 100% CSKA will end 2011 with a match against Inter ITAR-TASS The Moscow army team will end the year with an away match against Inter Milan. Before the holiday, the red-blues need to achieve the right to continue fighting in European competition - the Champions League or Europa League. To do this, you will need to at least not lose in Milan.

07 December 2011, 19:44 Politics 10 Tymoshenko cases The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has updated the statistics of criminal cases initiated against the ex-prime minister Ekaterina Savina close 100% 10 criminal cases have been opened against Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a sentence for exceeding her authority when signing gas contracts with Russia, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine reported.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence that the measures taken by the authorities of European countries will help the region overcome the crisis, Bloomberg reports . “We are very encouraged by the progress that European countries are making, not only on the economic reforms needed for further growth, but also on plans to create a tax union,” he said. “I am confident that the Europeans will be successful,” he added.

Authorities say almost 600 people were detained on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow the day before, rather than 300 participants, thus even exceeding the opposition's estimate of 500 detainees. “Police officers detained 569 people for attempting to hold an uncoordinated rally in the Triumfalnaya Square area. No serious violations of law and order were noted,” a law enforcement source told ITAR -TASS .