December 26, 2011, 10:37 Sports The winners of the “Silver Doe” have been announced The 2011 Russian, European and world champion Anastasia Zueva became the winner of the “Silver Doe” prize, which is annually awarded by the Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia to the 10 best athletes in the country based on the results of the past year, reports the press service of the All-Russian Swimming Federation.

A storm warning has been announced in St. Petersburg; due to strong winds in the city, roofing sheets and pieces of advertising billboards are being torn from houses to the ground, and the New Year tree on Palace Square has bent over, reports a Gazeta.Ru correspondent. In the morning, the wind tore off several metal sheets from the bell tower of the Peter and Paul Cathedral. On Kirochnaya Street, three sheets of roofing iron flew off the roof of a house, one of which landed on trolleybus wires.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service accused the Russian representative office of Peugeot of violating advertising legislation. According to the decision of the FAS commission , a television advertisement offering the purchase of Peugeot 308 and Peugeot 207 cars on credit was recognized as unreliable. The advertiser was Peugeot Citroen Rus LLC, the Russian representative office of the French auto company.

December 26, 2011, 14:01 Cars Car market of disposable cars The Russian used car market fell by 4% Roman Kondratyev close 100% The used car market in Russia decreased by 4% ITAR-TASS More and more people in Russia prefer to buy new cars. In 2011, the domestic used car market fell by 4.3%. The drop was most severe for local brands and the Ukrainian ZAZ.

administration The presidential is discussing several options for a bill to return to the election of governors, announced first by Vladimir Putin on the “direct line”, and then by Dmitry Medvedev in his message to the Federal Assembly, a source close to the presidential administration told Gazeta.Ru .

A real estate tax will not be introduced in Russia in the next few years, Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina told reporters . “We won’t have a unified property tax for a long time - this is our common position: the Ministry of Finance , the Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Economic Development . We will have a separate property tax and land tax,” Nabiullina said.

December 26, 2011, 13:11 Society A participant in the “For Fair Elections” rally in Barnaul faces 15 days of arrest One of the participants in the rally “For Fair Elections” in Barnaul, Sergei Mamaev, was taken to the magistrate’s court. He faces 15 days of administrative arrest for “violating the established procedure for holding a rally” and “disobeying a lawful order of a police officer.” Barnaul was one of the few cities in the country where the mayor's office did not approve the protest.

The dollar exchange rate for tomorrow settlements in the first minutes of currency trading on Monday dropped by 4 kopecks, to 31.17 rubles, the euro rate increased by 10 kopecks, to 40.75 rubles, follows from MICEX data . The cost of the bi-currency basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros) increased by 2 kopecks compared to the previous closing level and amounted to 36.48 rubles. The euro exchange rate on Forex by 10.00 Moscow time was equal to $1.3057 versus $1.3041 at the previous close.

Crystal neck California resident Brenda Charette Jensen underwent an 18-hour operation to transplant a larynx, thyroid gland and a six-centimeter piece of trachea. The “reforged” throat allowed her to speak for the first time in 11 years. (This is the second case of such an operation in the world: the first, simpler larynx transplantation was performed in 1998 by forty-year-old Thomas Heidler).

December 26, 2011, 15:39 Society There are no plans to change the composition of the Moscow City Duma due to the expansion of Moscow’s borders There are no plans to change the composition of the Moscow City Duma due to the expansion of Moscow’s borders. The speaker of the capital's parliament, Vladimir Platonov, announced this at the final press conference on Monday.

December 26, 2011, 19:59 From the editor Party card for an oligarch It's time for Russian business to think about its party "Gazeta.Ru" close 100% The bourgeois class is more interested in political reforms in the country than anyone else. If business doesn't get involved in politics, she will get involved in it. It is entrepreneurs who will pay the highest price in the event of revolutionary upheavals and in the event of further political and economic stagnation.

Today, December 26, the Moscow Hermitage Theater will host the awards ceremony of the literary magazine “October” for the best publications of 2011.

Organized criminal groups were behind the popular unrest in the Mangistau region in the west of the country, which, according to authorities, killed 16 people, said Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev . “Now an investigation is underway to identify not only the causes, but also the organizers of these events.

French businessman and founder of the scandalous company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) Jean-Claude Mas has been put on the international wanted list by Interpol at the request of Costa Rica, whose authorities are looking for him, but not in connection with the breast implant scandal, but in the case of drunk driving form, reports Euronews . He is suspected of criminal acts that threaten the life and health of people, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Costa Rica said.

December 26, 2011, 11:33 AM Opinions Hostages of the vertical Neglecting its own democratic processes, the church did not notice how they were growing outside Boris Falikov close 100% In Russian history, harmony between church and government has always reigned ITAR-TASS Having overlooked the birth of civil society, Russian religions risk losing their moral authority. The wave of civil discontent took Russia's traditional religions by surprise.