The board of directors of Yukos at its meeting on Thursday decided to remove the issue of adopting an anti-crisis action plan from the agenda of the meeting of the company's shareholders, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. Thus, only the question of bankruptcy or liquidation of the company remains on the agenda of the meeting of shareholders, which will be held on December 20, a source in the board of directors said.

In Volgograd, in the garage of a deputy of the regional Duma, two shells exploded while extinguishing a fire, RIA Novosti was told at the city's police department. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the fire in the garage broke out on Friday night. "No one was injured in the explosion," the source said. Later it was found that two 30-mm shells that were in the room exploded.

An excellent student can create additional financial problems for parents. As it became known to Vedomosti, the tax service wants to take income tax from parents whose children pay less for education than classmates or classmates. The pay is usually reduced for excellent students, teachers object. But the tax authorities are adamant: the amount saved is a material benefit, they say.

Photo from the site http://zhan.forver.kz The Viagra Group gave participants in the perpetual rally on the Maidan in Kyiv in support of Viktor Yushchenko a thousand steam valenoks. This was announced by the representative of the deputy group "Solidarity", reports REGNUM. Earlier, the group and their producers Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk reported that the team of the group known in the post -Soviet space was supported by Yushchenko.

The Dalai Lama will be issued a visa to visit Kalmykia. This was announced by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko. "This visit will be purely confessional in nature," the purpose of the trip "is determined solely as a religious one," Yakovenko stressed.

It will take from 3 to 20 years and $1-1.5 billion a year to create a positive image of Russia abroad. According to RIA Novosti, these data were quoted by Mikhail Troyansky, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at a round table meeting in the Federation Council on problems of Russia's international image, citing experts. "Nobody has yet succeeded in changing the country's image in a short time.

Yukos. Grani.ru collage The Board of the Yukos oil company said that in "conditions of rapid increase in unprecedented pressure on the company, the board would continue to fulfill its duties to all financially interested parties in accordance with international corporate governance standards." This was reported by Gazeta.ru.

Jan Kubis, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), will arrive in Ukraine on Friday for a two-day visit, RIA Novosti reports. Kubis intends to deal with the situation on the spot and determine what contribution the OSCE can make to a political settlement in Ukraine. OSCE observers recognized the presidential elections in Ukraine as not meeting international standards.

On Friday, the parliament of Abkhazia adopted a resolution recognizing Sergei Bagapsh as the winner of the presidential election, RIA Novosti reports.

In North Ossetia, 86 children were hospitalized with signs of food poisoning. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. "On the eve of the children's clinical hospital in the city of Vladikavkaz from the village of Oktyabrsky Prigorodny district of the republic, 86 kindergarten children aged four to five years were hospitalized with signs of food poisoning," the source said.

On Thursday, Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko announced the creation of a "people's self-defense." This organization was created by Yushchenko's decree, which he issued in his role as head of the National Salvation Committee. The committee consists of 30 people, RIA Novosti reports. In his new capacity, Yushchenko has already managed to issue several decrees. In decree number one, the leader of the opposition called on the people to defend the constitutional order.

The State Duma adopted a federal law, as amended by the Conciliation Commission, restricting the retail sale of beer and its consumption in public places, RIA Novosti reports. With the necessary 226 votes, 437 deputies voted for the adoption of the law.

Lech Valens and Viktor Yushchenko in Kyiv. Photo from the Air Force website After a meeting with former President Polish Lech Valensa, who visited Kyiv on Thursday, the leader of the Ukrainian opposition, Viktor Yushchenko, announced his readiness for a compromise. Yushchenko said that the only way out of this situation around the presidential election could be the non -recognition of both parties to the results published by the Central Election Commission, Interfax reports.

On Friday night, the director of the market "Teply Stan" (South-Western Administrative District) was killed in Moscow. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the capital's police department. "The murder happened at 00.40 in the fifth entrance of the house 13 on the Skolkovo highway," - said the source of the agency. An unknown person shot his victim in the head with a pistol. The businessman died on the spot from his wound. The perpetrator managed to escape from the scene.

Fans 'Zenita'. Photo from the site www.imageedrive.ru On Thursday, in the framework of the third round of the group stage of the UEFA Cup, the St. Petersburg “Zenit” tied with the Spanish “Seville” with a score of 1: 1. The first to score the owners. In the 34th minute, Arshavin definitely struck the corner of the goalkeeper from the angle of the goalkeeper from the goalkeeper. The Spaniards recouped in the 72nd minute.