The Gorky Automobile Plant plans to raise prices for its products from the new year, reports Gazeta . Cars "Volga" will rise in price by an average of 10%, and minibuses "Sobol" and "Gazelle" - by 8%. On average, the cost of cars will increase by 15-20 thousand rubles. After the rise in price, the price of "Gazelle" for the first time will exceed the psychological barrier of 10 thousand dollars.

One of the leaders of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, said that his terrorist organization will continue attacks on the United States until Washington reconsiders its policy towards Muslim countries. According to Reuters, this is stated in the appeal, the recording of which was shown on Monday on the Al Jazeera TV channel. Last month, the channel also aired a statement by al-Qaeda leader bin Laden. He promised America that the September 11, 2001 attacks would be repeated.

Starting January 1, 2005, Russian servicemen will receive a salary supplement of 120% of their official salary as compensation for the abolition of benefits for free travel, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said. He said that the day before he signed an order regulating the procedure for paying this compensation, RIA Novosti reports.

Sergei Bagapsh intends to hold his inauguration as President of Abkhazia on December 6, despite the decision of Vladislav Ardzinba to fulfill his duties until the new elections are held, ITAR-TASS reports. "On December 6, as we had planned, we will hold the inauguration of the president, I will take the oath of allegiance to the people in accordance with the Constitution of Abkhazia and take office as president," Bagapsh said.

Gerhard Schroeder and Vladimir Putin at a press conference after a meeting in the Kremlin. Photo AP Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Gerhard Schreder on Tuesday, agreed to recognize the results of any new elections in Ukraine. According to Reuters, the German government disseminated the corresponding official statement.

The publication logo The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on Tuesday turned to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry for clarifications about the resumption of the work in Lithuania of the website of Chechen separatists of the Caucasus Center.

The Prosecutor General's Office and the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal cases on the fact of encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Korrespondent.net reports with reference to Ukrainian News. The decision to initiate a criminal case on the fact of committing actions aimed at forcibly changing and overthrowing the constitutional order in Ukraine was signed on Tuesday, November 30, by Prosecutor General Gennady Vasiliev.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, as a result of a grenade explosion, a conscript soldier of the Russian Defense Ministry received shrapnel wounds. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. "The day before, on the outskirts of the village of Eshil-Khotoi, Vedeno district, during engineering and search activities in a non-residential building, an explosion of an RGD-5 grenade mounted on a stretcher occurred," the source said.

US Secretary of State Clint Powell said on Monday that Ukraine must preserve its territorial integrity. According to Reuters, he called on the authorities and citizens of Ukraine not to succumb to pressure from the separatists. According to Mr. Powell, he spoke about this position of Washington to the current President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma.

A missing Mi-8 helicopter was found in Kamchatka on Tuesday. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" in the press center of the civil defense and emergency situations of the Kamchatka region. The Mi-8 helicopter of the Kamchatka Airlines company, which took off to assist the mechanic of the Mechanization and Transport Department of Stroykompleks LLC, Gennady Baturin, did not get in touch at 4.20 Moscow time on November 27.

The Crimean Parliament at an extraordinary plenary session on Monday evening adopted a statement on the legitimacy of the CEC decision on the election of Viktor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax.

Yukos chief executive Stephen Theede said the company could still be saved, according to the Wall Street Journal. However, according to Theede, Russian officials stubbornly refuse to consider proposals from the company's management. "YUKOS is worth saving. We offer a huge number of alternatives. But it's all useless. I don't know what the Russian authorities are trying to achieve," Theede said.

23 employees of the Krasnouralsk chemical plant began a hunger strike due to almost a year of wage arrears, ITAR-TASS reports. According to Tatiana Khryakova, the secretary of the trade union committee of the enterprise, the average salary at the plant does not exceed 3.5 thousand rubles. The debt of management to employees is about 50 million rubles.

The Ukrainian opposition lifted the blockade of the government. According to Ekho Moskvy, this was stated by Finance Minister Mykola Azarov at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, the ministries and departments located in the Government House have already begun to work. Azarov thanked the opposition for the implementation of the agreements.

Yevgeny Primakov stated that Slobodan Milosevic did not seek to create a Greater Serbia. As reported by RIA Novosti, Primakov said this, speaking on Tuesday as a witness at the trial of Milosevic at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. According to Primakov, during a meeting with him in Belgrade in 1993, Slobodan Milosevic categorically rejected claims that he allegedly sought to create a Greater Serbia.