Latest update dossier - 12/20/2007 The interview with businessman Oleg Schwartzman appeared in Kommersant on November 30, one of the most scandalous publications of the year.

State Duma. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru After processing 85 percent of the electoral protocols in the State Duma, United Russia is gaining 63.3 percent of the vote, RIA Novosti reports. The second place is retained by the Communist Party, which received 11.7 percent, the LDPR - 8.4 percent, the "fair Russia" - the result of 8 percent. The rest of the parties do not overcome the electoral barrier.

Vladimir Churov. Photo from the site "Izvestia" Based on the results of processing, almost 98 percent of United Russia bulletins gained 64.1 percent of the vote, the Communist Party of the Communist Party - 11.6 percent, the LDPR - 8.2, “Fair Russia” - 7.8. This was stated on the air of the Vesti 24 television channel, the head of the CEC Vladimir Churov.

Living magazine logo. Screenshot from the site Livejournal.com The Russian media company "Soup" acquired from the American company Sixapart the popular blog service Livejournal. As stated in the company’s press release, “the new team will develop Livejournal in the USA and around the world. Users get the opportunity to join the independent observation council.” The amount of the transaction has not yet been disclosed. Meanwhile, as Kommersant writes on Monday, it is close to $ 30 million.

OMON. Photo from the site nbp-info.ru OMON employees detained during the rally “Freedom Freedom” in the square in front of the theater of the young spectator the leader of the St. Petersburg National Boods of Andrei Dmitriev and the leader of the “People” movement Sergey Gulyaev. In total, seven people were detained, according to Fontanka.ru. About 40 people participated in the action. All the gathered police officers in MegaFon announced that the picket was illegal, and asked to disperse.

Logo of the television company '' Imady ''. Image from the website of the television company The Government of Georgia will turn to the General Prosecutor's Office for two days with a request to lift the ban on broadcasting the Imady television company. This was stated on Monday at a briefing, acting President Nino Burjanadze, Gazeta.ru reports. According to her, probably on Wednesday, television companies will be able to get into the building and start work.

The apartment building of the beginning of the 20th century in St. Petersburg. Photo from the site www.enlight.ru In St. Petersburg, according to the results of processing all the Bulletins, United Russia gained fewer votes than throughout the country - about 53 percent, Echo of Moscow reports. In second place there is “Fair Russia” with 15 percent. The Communist Party has 12.5 percent. LDPR gains 7.5 percent. More than 5 percent of Petersburgers voted for the "apple".

OSCE observers. Photo from the site Belarus.cz Parliament in Russia almost completely chose the executive branch. Such an assessment was given on the air of Echo of Moscow, the vice president of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly, international observer Kimo Kilyunen. “State forces were mixed with party,” he said, commenting on the results of the elections to the State Duma.

Nikita Belykh and Boris Nemtsov. Photos of faces The leader of the Union of Right Forces Nikita Belykh said that he would not abandon the party after defeat in the Duma elections and continue the struggle. "Hundreds of thousands and, perhaps, even millions of voters who voted for the ATP, are our moral victory. So far, there are people who are ready to go against the authorities, we will continue the struggle," the Belykh statement published on the party site said.

Vladimir Putin with the voter. Photo by ar President Putin considers the results of elections to the State Duma a sign of trust in person personally as the first number of United Russia, RIA Novosti reports. "I want to thank the citizens of Russia, all voters for high activity. Special words of gratitude to those who voted for" United Russia ", I headed the list of this party and, of course, this is a sign of confidence," Putin said.

Activist of the St. Petersburg “defense” Oleg Mukhin in a costume of Bulletin. Photo: Fontanka.ru In St. Petersburg, on Sunday, a student was detained who came to the polling station in the Bulletin costume. According to Fontanka.ru, an activist of the Defense movement, a student of the RSPU named after Herzen Oleg Mukhin was fined a thousand rubles for illegal agitation.

Counting votes at the polling station. Frame NTV The parliamentary elections in Russia were dishonest and unfinished, observers from the OSCE parliamentary Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe believe. According to Reuters, this is stated in a joint statement of the missions. As noted in the document, the elections did not meet the criteria and standards of the OSCE and the Council of Europe.

Mikhail Kasyanov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The State Duma of a new convocation will not be legitimate, said the leader of the Russian People's Democratic Union Mikhail Kasyanov. He called the elections "not free, dishonest and unfair," the RNDS press service reports. “We cannot allow the next president to be illegitimate,” Kasyanov said. RNDS leader called for boycott of the Duma elections.

Handcuffs. Photo from Nightwish.com In the embezzlement of ballots for the election of the mayor of Elektrogorsk, the head of the territorial security department of the local administration Nikolai Repin and the head of the city police department Alexei Malkin are suspected. According to RBC, the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Moscow Region reports.

United Russia. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru According to the results of processing one hundred percent of the ballots in the State Duma elections in Chechnya for United Russia, 99.36 percent of voters voted. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the chairman of the republican election commission Ismail Baikhanov. According to him, 0.13 percent of the voters voted for the Communist Party, 0.08 percent voted for ATP. The turnout of voters in Chechnya amounted to 99.5 percent.