The talon of the inspection. From the site www.autogallery.org.ru A bill was introduced to the State Duma, amending the Law "On Road Safety", in accordance with which the traffic police will lose the opportunity to conduct periodic inspection of cars, RIA Novosti reports.

Chimes. Photo from the site www.vesti.ru What, in your opinion, are the main events in the country's life in the outgoing 2006? What do you foresee in the coming 2007? Prominent Russian political figures and experts answer these questions. Irina Khakamada , leader of the movement "Our choice": The party registration system has ended, the players are clear; Plus, I hope that all the amendments from the authorities to the electoral legislation are over.

Elena Bonner. Photo by ar On December 27, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation extended the following statements by the lips of her press secretary Marina Gridneva: “The information received indicates the connection between the criminal case of Litvinenko and the case on charges of a number of guidelines of Yukos of committing crimes against the life and health of citizens ...

Alexey Kudrin. Photo by ar Inflation in December will be significantly higher than in the previous months. According to RIA Novosti, ”said Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin at a government meeting on Thursday. "In this year, inflation was planned at 8.5 percent, at the moment it is estimated at about 9 percent. In December, it will be significantly higher than in the previous months," Kudrin said. At the beginning of the week, Kudrin predicted the devaluation of the ruble.

Welding of the gas pipeline pipe. Frame NTV The Russian government has not yet supported the proposal of Gazprom on the introduction of a fee for the supply of gas to Belarus. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a source in the government. As the source said, the government fears that such a step will complicate the already difficult consultations with Minsk.

Hermitage. Photo from the site http://www.planetaru.com The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office sent a criminal case against Nikolai Zavadsky, who is accused of theft of 77 museum objects from the repository of the department of the history of Russian culture of the State Hermitage. This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor General.

Photo of the rat from the site www.chris.ru/rats/pages/526_jpg.htm The controller of the Tallinn airport threw a parcel with living rats from a plane heading to Hiyumaa. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to Postimees. One of the passengers is driving animals as a gift to their little daughter. "The Christmas rats simply pulled out of the plane," he said. According to him, sending rats by plane is the fastest way to deliver the parcel to the island. “These are ordinary homemade rats.

Federico Garcia Lorca. Photo from the site www.rusf.ru The Minister of Justice of Spain Juan Fernando Lopez Agilar is considering the possibility of a pension of 800 euros to homosexuals who suffered from General Franco. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to Independent. According to the publication, a decree on the allocation of pensions can be issued in the next two months.

Camera. Photo from the site www.casa.ucl.ac.uk In the St. Petersburg Crosses, a prisoner died in emergency works. This was reported by Fontanka.ru with reference to the agency of journalistic investigations. A prisoner who performed the work of an electrician died during the repair of the electrical wiring in the "free" dining room (dining room for the insulator administration). Whether the cause of death was a violation of safety precautions is still unknown.

Stanislav Landgraf. Photo from the site pkteatr.ru In St. Petersburg, at the 68th year of his life, one of the leading actors of the State St. Petersburg Academic Drama Theater (Gadt) named after the Komissarzhevsk People's Artist of Russia Stanislav Landgraf died. According to RIA Novosti, the art director of the theater Viktor Novikov stated this. “This is a huge loss,” Novikov said.

Angel Merkel. Photo from the Bundestag site The most popular politician of the EU of the outgoing year was the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to ITAR-TASS, this is evidenced by the published survey of public opinion conducted by Novartis/Harris International in the largest EU countries. Merkel took the first position in popularity in France, Great Britain and Spain. In her homeland and Italy, she lost the championship with Pope Benedict XVI.

Policeman. Photo dm. BORORO/Brani.ru In Nizhny Novgorod, unknown people stole a 19-year-old Armenian in order to coercive to marriage. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to law enforcement agencies. On December 26, attackers drove up by car to the medical school in the Leninsky district where the girl was studying, and forced her to get into the car.

Mi-8 helicopter. Photo by ar In the Primorsky Territory, a Mi-2 helicopter disappeared, on board of which there were three people. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the regional state institution on fire safety. Last Tuesday, the helicopter flew out of the village of Yasny, the Chuguevsky district of the Primorsky Territory, but at the appointed time did not fly to the destination - the city of Arsenyev.

A policeman in the subway. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru In the Moscow metro at the Barrikadnaya station on Thursday, a woman fell on the rails. It was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Moscow Metro. "Traffic traffic was stopped for a minimum amount of time - from 10.50 to 11.04 trains did not go," the press service said. It is known that the woman remained alive, but they did not give other details in the press service.

Hotel "Russia". Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru At the site of the demolished hotel "Russia" in Zaryadye, a multifunctional complex of buildings will be erected. The author of the project, approved by the Public Town Planning Council under the mayor of Moscow, is the famous British architect Norman Foster, Interfax reports. According to the Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, if the city authorities approved the first version of the complex, he would be little different from the demolished hotel.