The city councils of Milan and Venice are refusing to twin with St. Petersburg due to the city's law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality, which, according to Italian officials, infringes on the rights of sexual minorities. writes about this Venezia Today . In St. Petersburg they say that they have not yet received official notifications from the Milan city hall or the Italian diplomatic corps.

on the London Stock Exchange Trading in shares of the Russian mobile operator Megafon has started . In the first minutes, the securities dropped from the starting $20 to $19.65 per share. The placement of securities took place at the lower limit of the price range: the company set the price of shares at $20 per security, according to a message on the exchange website.

Bangladeshi police have arrested three managers at a garment factory where a fire killed more than 120 people , accused of preventing people from leaving the burning building. writes about this The Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune . “The three arrested are middle managers of the Tazrin factory. The victims told police that they did not allow employees to leave the building, claiming that it was just a fire drill.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba to continue treatment for cancer, reports Reuters . The last time Cuban doctors worked with the head of the South American state was in April: then he underwent radiation therapy, the agency notes. Now, according to Chavez, he will undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

A storm warning has been announced in Moscow and the region; strong winds, snowstorms, sleet and snow are expected, ITAR-TASS reports . The weather caused many kilometers of traffic jams. By 20.00, the Yandex traffic jam service rated traffic jams at 8 points out of 10 . Currently, the situation has improved slightly, but traffic is still difficult in the southeast of the capital.

November 28, 2012, 17:48 Culture Where does the homeland come from? "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" - the story of China's most famous contemporary artist and dissident Vladimir Lyashenko close 100% The documentary film “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry” is being released, in which the most famous contemporary artist in China sends his homeland to hell, and his homeland in return hides the artist far away.

The total damage in criminal cases of the Oboronservice holding exceeded 6.7 billion rubles. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia - the head of the Main Military Investigation Department (GVSU) Alexander Sorochkin. “In the Oboronservis case, funds alone worth more than 740 million rubles and valuables worth more than one billion rubles were seized.

Swedish scientists assessed the results of a mandatory physical fitness test they took at a military medical board and then followed them for 24 years. The results of the work were published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) . During the follow-up period, 26,145 participants (2%) died. The most common causes of death in young adults were suicide (22.3%), cancer (14.9%), and cardiovascular disease (7.8%). Physically weak young men had an increased risk of early death.

Apple . has found those responsible for the faulty Maps mapping application, introduced in early September On Wednesday, Apple Senior Vice President Eddie Cue , responsible for the development of online applications, decided to fire the service's chief developer, Richard Williamson, sources told Bloomberg . Apple spokeswoman Trudy Mueller declined to comment on Williamson's dismissal. According to sources, after the dismissal of the developer, Q intends to hire a new team.

The culprit of the accident that occurred on Monday at the 348th kilometer of the Caucasus federal highway in the Stavropol Territory was 39-year-old FSB lieutenant colonel Maxim Svensky. This was reported on blog . the Blue Bucket Society As Life News wrote earlier , the driver of a Honda CR-V jeep lost control and collided with an oncoming VAZ-2114 car. The driver and three passengers who were in the VAZ died on the spot from the powerful impact.

November 28, 2012, 09:02 Sergey Shelin Franco is not Putin Sergey Shelin Columnist for the Rosbalt news agency It's the 120th anniversary of the birth of Francisco Franco Bahamonde, caudillo of Spain and the crusade, generalissimo of the Spanish armed forces, etc., etc. It's another anniversary. But it gives a reason to think about the benefits of autocracy. After all, Vladimir Putin’s personal rule was initially perceived by many enlightened people as the key to the country’s prosperity.

Former head of the Ministry of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik called statements about her possible involvement in multi-billion-dollar embezzlement from the budget made in the film “The Powers That Be” on the Rossiya 1 TV channel as slander. “And what I hear is that the damage caused is 39 billion rubles - this is all simply due to the lack of competence of those who pronounce these figures.

Park of Culture Nonconformist artist Igor Vulokh has died On the night of Wednesday, November 28, at the age of 75, the non-conformist artist from the “sixties generation” Igor Vulokh died after a long illness, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the artist’s adopted son, collector Yegor Altman . According to him, the place and date of the farewell and funeral are currently being determined. Igor Vulokh was born in Kazan in 1938.

The White House press service announced that Barack Obama will hold his first meeting with Mitt Romney, who lost the presidential election. According to The Weekly Standard , former rivals - a Democrat and a Republican - will hold a joint lunch at the presidential residence in Washington. "Governor Romney has been invited to a private lunch with Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday," presidential spokesman Jay Carney said.

Two minibuses collided on Wednesday morning in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow region, injuring 14 people, told RIA Novosti source a law enforcement . The accident occurred on Fryazevskoye Highway near the McDonalds restaurant at approximately 6.20. “For an unknown reason, two minibuses collided. According to preliminary data, 14 people were injured. They were hospitalized with injuries and bruises,” the agency’s source said.