The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is investigating criminal cases, including a case related to major thefts at the Bank of Moscow, in which ex-mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov is currently a witness. “The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is investigating a number of criminal cases, including the Bank of Moscow. Indeed, no one brought charges against the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov,” told Interfax on Thursday.

December 20, 2012, 01:31 News Sobyanin - “KP”: all “rolley” markets on the territory of “new Moscow” will be closed within six months All illegal markets on the territory of “new Moscow” will be closed within six months, said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin . “For example, you can look at what we are doing in the new territories of Moscow. I traveled and looked. "Cherkizon" is resting!

December 20, 2012, 20:45 From the editor And a little about fishing Journalists tired Putin with questions about the “anti-orphan” innovations of the State Duma and should have pleased him with the small number of specific requests "Gazeta.Ru" close 100% Regional and federal journalists asked Putin very different questions Alexey Nikolsky/ITAR-TASS Putin’s first big press conference after a four-year break was curious not so much for the quite expected answers, but for the obvious difference

Businessman Alexander Lebedev stops financing Novaya Gazeta because it has reached self-sufficiency. The businessman told Gazeta.Ru about this. “The newspaper no longer needs funding. There is no connection at all with any criminal cases, persecution or the fact that I will be put in prison, as dear Prusenkova (press secretary of the newspaper Nadezhda Prusenkova - Gazeta.Ru) believes,” the businessman said.

December 20, 2012, 11:07 pm Politics Children's questions to Putin What questions were asked to Vladimir Putin at the big press conference, and how did he answer them? Ekaterina Vinokurova close 100% Alexey Nikolsky/ITAR-TASS Vladimir Putin held his first major press conference in his new presidential term. Its running theme was the Duma's ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens - the president was asked about this eight times.

December 20, 2012, 19:50 News Obama officially signs an executive order repealing the Jackson-Vanik Amendment US President Barack Obama signed an order to terminate the restrictive Jackson-Vanik trade amendment on goods supplied from Russia, RIA Novosti reports . “Normalization of trade relations with Russia will allow the United States to enjoy full WTO rights when trading with Russia...

December 20, 2012, 21:37 Business VTB showed non-banking profit VTB's net profit for the third quarter increased by 40%, half of which came from non-banking activities Sergey Titov close 100% VTB buys Russian business Tele2 Stanislav Krasilnikov/ITAR-TASS The third quarter was one of the most successful for VTB in the history of the state bank. But half of the profit came from non-banking assets - leasing, insurance and development.

December 20, 2012, 12:58 Society Due to bad weather, 65 settlements in Crimea are without power; in Kyiv, heat will be turned off in hospitals and schools Due to bad weather, 65 settlements in Crimea lost power, Interfax reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine. According to the press service, the Saki, Black Sea, Simferopol and Bakhchisarai regions were hit the hardest by the bad weather.

December 20, 2012, 16:42 Society Sick children were robbed Fraudsters stole donations for sick children sent to parents' SIM cards Anastasia Berseneva close 100% In the Urals, scammers stole donations sent to the mobile accounts of parents of sick children. The amounts reached 90 thousand rubles. All cases are related to Beeline SIM cards. The police refuse to initiate criminal cases, victims complain. After the scandal broke out, the mobile operator promised to reimburse all losses.

December 20, 2012, 15:21 Cars Pedestrians died under camouflage On the M-10, three guards were killed under the wheels of cars: the driver could not have noticed them due to camouflage Nikita Zeya (St. Petersburg) close 100% On the M-10 highway, a young woman driving a car hit five pedestrians, three of them died. The accident victims worked as security guards and were wearing camouflage, which may have prevented the driver from noticing them.

Vladimir Putin said during a press conference that he “did not expel” the resigned Minister of Regional Development Oleg Govorun, and the head of the ministry himself asked to be relieved of his post. “I didn’t kick anyone out. The minister, who resigned, after the first weeks of work, when the person arrived, he already began to raise the question that, apparently, he had gotten into the wrong place.

Business London futures, egg contract St. Petersburg Exchange launches futures on the RDX index - Russian securities in London Yulia Orlova close 100% The St. Petersburg Exchange is preparing to launch futures on world stock indices Yuri Belinsky/ITAR-TASS Russian investors will be able to make money from the growth of European indices. In February 2013, the St. Petersburg Exchange will launch a futures contract for the Vienna Exchange RDX index, calculated using London Stock Exchange quotes.

Vladimir Putin, during a press conference, did not agree with the words of one of the journalists that Georgian citizen Givi Targamadze , whom the Investigative Committee of Russia called the organizer of mass riots in Russia , “became an enemy” of the Investigative Committee . “About who has become an enemy of the Investigative Committee. The Investigative Committee has no personal enemies.

December 20, 2012, 18:19 Business Flows are dwindling Gazprom is reducing its investment program for 2013 Alexey Topalov close 100% Gazprom is reducing its investment program for 2013 ITAR-TASS Gazprom has cut its 2013 investment program by 270 billion rubles. The priorities of the monopoly will be the Yamal and South Stream fields. By declaring cost reductions, the gas concern is counting on investor approval.

The European Commission has prepared a directive tightening the rules for the production, labeling and sale of tobacco products. This was announced by Tonio Borg, Commissioner of the European Commission for Health and Consumer Policy, reports the Financial Times . There are several innovations. Cigarettes with menthol, fruity flavors and others that dull the aroma of classic tobacco will be prohibited. Thin cigarettes will be banned.