The head of the Central Election Commission , Vladimir Churov , summing up the results of the commission meeting at which the results of the elections of deputies to the State Duma of Russia were summed up, joked that he would leave the Central Election Commission for politics, RIA Novosti reports . “When I leave the Central Election Commission, I’ll get involved in politics,” Churov said before the end of the meeting.

09 December 2011, 18:25 Sports Da Costa: Emenike, Eto'o and Shishkin are the best players in the Russian Championship Lokomotiv footballer Manuel da Costa named his top three players in the Russian Championship. “First of all, this is Emenike,” Soviet Sport reports the words of the railway workers’ defender . — The Nigerian striker really impressed me. I'll mention Eto'o. Samuel came to Russia as a world-class player with extensive experience.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the government to speed up the creation of an agency to manage the country's public debt, the assets of the Reserve Fund and the National Welfare Fund (NWF), according to a list of instructions posted on Friday on the Kremlin website. “Accelerate consideration of the issue of creating a body to manage the public debt of the Russian Federation, the assets of the Reserve Fund and the National Welfare Fund,” the message says.

Of the 150 video cameras for recording traffic violations in Moscow, about 50 actually work; the traffic police does not have enough capacity to process the data received from the cameras, so most of the cameras are not used to send fines, Kommersant reported on Friday . “The traffic police do not have enough power and people to process such a volume of information,” explained the publication’s interlocutor in law enforcement agencies .

European top managers and wealthy EU citizens are transferring their money to Germany en masse, reports Bloomberg . According to the publication, in September the Bundesbank registered an influx of capital of $15 billion from the non-banking sector. Thanks to foreign investors, the balance sheet of the German Central Bank, which, according to August data, was in deficit by 47 billion euros, returned to surplus in September (+ 700 million euros).

After the shootout victory over Vityaz, Oleg Znarok was complacent and did not scold the players, who, in his opinion, were already a little preoccupied with the upcoming vacation. “First of all, we need to convert 100 percent of our chances,” the Dynamo head coach emphasized. – This is a problem we have had for several games in a row. It left an imprint that we are going on vacation tomorrow. We relaxed, although it’s not New Year yet.

09 December 2011, 17:44 Opinions We are not rednecks An open letter from director Alexei German Jr. to the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko Alexey German Jr. close 100% Director Alexey German Jr. ITAR-TASS Self-respect and human dignity of citizens cannot coexist in the coordinates that are imposed on us. To the Governor of St. Petersburg Poltavchenko G. S. Dear Mr. Governor!

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin , in an interview with Bloomberg , said that as many people as agreed by the authorities should participate in rallies, and everyone else should not be allowed to attend the rally.

, the official representative of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Moscow, told Interfax Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs most often became defendants in criminal cases of corruption investigated by the capital’s department of the Investigative Committee, Victoria Tsyplenkova .

's patent lawsuit The Supreme Court of Australia has confirmed the lifting of the ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country, which was introduced in October as part of Apple against Samsung. For the first time, an Australian court lifted the ban on sales of a Samsung tablet at the end of November . However, Apple's lawyers filed an appeal, as a result of which the sales ban was extended until this week.

09 December 2011, 12:54 Business Just Twitter Twitter has updated the interface Ekaterina Bryzgalova close 100% Twitter is changing its design: it will become more friendly for users, even those who are poorly versed in communication services, the resource administration promises. Management needs to increase the audience to maintain the interest of advertisers. The Twitter microblogging service has introduced an updated interface.

On Friday, a massacre occurred in the north of Moscow. “On Korneychuk Street, in the area of ​​houses number 37 and 42, a man was seen in the courtyards during the day with a knife in his hands. According to preliminary data, he injured several people who happened to be nearby,” a law enforcement source told Interfax . The incident occurred near the pharmacy. Information about the number of victims has changed several times.

elections is taking place near the building of the Russian Embassy in the UK in central London. A picket against the falsification of the results of the State Duma About 50–60 people take part in the action, including disgraced businessmen Boris Berezovsky and Yevgeny Chichvarkin , who received political asylum in the UK, the Russian Service reports. BBC" . There are many young people among the demonstrators who came. Participants of the action came with white ribbons or white T-shirts.

09 December 2011, 16:20 Science Text size A A A Proton like a puck High-energy protons appear as a black disk Sofia Neskuchnaya close 100% Protons at speeds close to the speed of light appear as flat black disks. Scientists came to this conclusion by analyzing proton collisions in the Large Hadron Collider and in cosmic rays. What does a proton look like? Typically, when we talk about “appearance,” we mean the image in the visible region of the spectrum.

09 December 2011, 10:17 Sports Grosjean officially confirmed as Lotus-Renault's main driver French driver and 2011 GP2 series champion Romain Grosjean has been officially confirmed as the main Lotus-Renault driver for the 2012 season, the press service of the Formula 1 team reports. The 25-year-old pilot will partner with Finn Kimi Raikennen. Thus, Russian Vitaly Petrov , who was the main driver in the season that ended, will leave the team.