05 December 2012, 15:06 Politics They charge like in Honduras Russia ranked 133rd in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, the same as Honduras. Polina Matveeva , Alisa Shtykina close 100% According to the international organization Transparency International, Russia took 133rd place in the corruption perception index, equal to Honduras. For the first time, researchers note in Russia an increase in civic activity aimed at combating corruption.

In the US state of Mississippi, two white men Jonathan Gaskamp and William Montgomery pleaded guilty in the death of an African-American man who died under the wheels of a pickup truck, reports the Associated Press . Earlier, three other men also pleaded guilty to racially motivated crimes. The victim, James Craig Anderson , was beaten and then run over by a car in the summer of 2011. Anderson, 47, was a worker at an automobile plant.

Vladimir Putin will read out his message to the Federal Assembly on December 12. This was reported on the website of the President of Russia . On November 30, at a meeting with the leaders of factions of political parties in the State Duma , Putin confirmed that the announcement of the message to the Federal Assembly is planned for mid-December .

The Moscow City Hall fined the management company REU-18 LLC, whose janitors the day before refused to remove snow, citing the fact that they were not paid wages. was informed about this Interfax by the press secretary of the capital’s deputy mayor for housing and communal services and landscaping, Igor Pergamenshchik. “The private management company LLC REU-18 dishonestly fulfilled its duties in cleaning yards in the Vostochnoye Izmailovo area, including during the recent snowfall.

05 December 2012, 16:54 Business The language barrier is higher than the administrative one Russian entrepreneurs are hindered from doing business with foreigners by the language barrier, bureaucracy and corruption - Economist Intelligence Unit survey Olga Alekseeva close 100% Russian entrepreneurs are hindered from doing business with foreigners by the language barrier, bureaucracy and corruption, according to the results of a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

06 December 2012, 13:26 Politics Britain is on its way out The UK is one step closer to leaving the European Union Farida Rustamova , Polina Matveeva close 100% David Cameron is ready to put the issue of Britain's continued presence in the European Union to a referendum Paul Hackett/Reuters The UK is one step closer to leaving the European Union - Prime Minister David Cameron is considering a referendum on this issue, The Times newspaper reports.

The eurozone crisis has significantly affected the situation in Greek hospitals: many medical institutions, due to funding cuts, are in such a state that doctors cannot comply with minimum sanitary standards. This was reported by Reuters with reference to representatives of European health services. In particular, there is a shortage of disposable medical gloves and gowns in hospitals. In addition, their staff is being significantly reduced.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko proposed developing in Russia a system of targeted support for the population in the form of food cards, including to help agriculture. reports this Interfax . “The issue we need to address when helping agriculture: in the United States - the richest country in the world - up to 60% of the population receives direct targeted support.

A resolution repealing the Jackson-Vanik amendment and adopting the “ Magnitsky list ” is on the agenda of the US Senate for Wednesday, the BBC Russian service reports . It was previously approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 365 to 43. It is noted that the US Senate will consider the law on the “Magnitsky list” in the version approved by the House of Representatives and applicable only to Russia.

On Wednesday morning, the president of the City Without Drugs Foundation, Evgeny Roizman, flew from Yekaterinburg to Moscow to personally deliver to the presidential administration the signatures of Russians collected in support of the public organization. According to Roizman, he managed to collect more than 105 thousand signatures. “No one has seen anything like this for a long time: more than a hundred thousand signatures were collected very easily, within three weeks.

05 December 2012, 16:26 Business Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, Philips and LG fined a record €1.5 billion for price fixing The European Commission has imposed a record fine of €1.47 billion on leading TV manufacturers for price fixing, the BBC reports . EU antitrust regulators have fined companies for price fixing on cathode ray tubes for televisions and computer monitors. Dutch Philips received the largest fine in the amount of €313.4 million, LG Electronics is obliged to pay €295.6 million.

The Federal Security Service has allowed commercial aircraft to fly over Moscow, but not lower than at an altitude of 8.1 km. This is stated in the FSO’s response to a request from Gazeta.Ru. The area over Moscow under code UUP53 is completely closed to aircraft flights. The border of this zone has until now been the Moscow Ring Road. Exceptions include government aircraft.

On the Oktyabrskaya Railway, there was a disruption in the movement of electric trains: some of the trains did not arrive in Moscow at the appointed time, and therefore the departure of trains from the capital to the region and nearby regions was correspondingly delayed. correspondent reports this An Interfax . “The station administration apologizes and explains that this happened “for technical reasons,” he transmits messages over the speakerphone at the Leningradsky station.

05 December 2012, 19:40 Cars Volkswagen swung at Russia The concern will invest 840 million euros in Russian production over three years Sergey Gusarov close 100% The concern will invest 840 million euros in Russian production over three years ITAR-TASS The German concern Volkswagen plans significant investments in the Russian auto industry in the coming years. The volume of investments in the company's factories in the Russian Federation in 2013-2015 will amount to a record 840 million euros.

Clashes broke out near the presidential palace in Cairo between supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and opponents of his latest legislative initiatives. reports this Reuters . Demonstrators throw stones and other objects at each other. correspondent, According to a RIA Novosti several thousand people took part in the fight. The day before, several thousand demonstrators broke through the police cordon to the presidential palace .