In Berlin, the day before, a ceremony of awarding prizes of the European Film Academy took place. The best director was recognized as Austrian Michael Hanke for the film "Little". The French actor Daniel Otheol, who played in this picture, received a prize for the best male role. The best female role is called the work of an actress from Germany Julia Ench in the film "Sofya Sholle - the last days", reports "Echo of Moscow" .. 04.12.2005 / gzt.ru

The United Democrats devoted the election day to the search for violations “Apple -United Democrats” intend to accuse the authorities of falsifying the results of the elections. For this, from the point of view of the Democrats, there are serious reasons: the representatives of Yabloko in commissions at different levels recorded a record number of issued disabilities issued, which may indicate their preparation for "inappropriate" use.

In Kazakhstan, 83 percent of the surveyed voters voted the current president. The presidential elections of Kazakhstan are "calmly, organized and at the highest level." This opinion was expressed by senior officials of this country.

The design of 10-dollar bills will soon change the United States changes the design of ten-dollar banknotes. Money with the advantage of $ 10 new design of the 2004 series will be put into circulation on March 2, 2006. On this day, 800 million bills of a new model will enter American banks. This was reported in a press release from the American Treasury, distributed at the end of last week.

The new owner of the company continues to experience pressure from the Kazakh authorities, the Kazakh authorities still put pressure on the Petrokazakhstan oil company, whose assets have recently been owned by the Chinese CNPC. Through the state concern "Kazmunaygaz", official Kazakhstan has already managed to obtain control over 33% of PK shares. Now officials are trying to prove that the blocking package available in the hands of the state has the power of the control.

The Venezuelan opposition has entitled to herself, and now says that the parliamentary elections are undemocratic yesterday in Venezuela, elections were held in the country's single -fed parliament. The results will be known tonight. But one thing is already clear: the vast majority of places will be occupied by supporters of the charismatic leader of Hugo Chavez. And the point is not threats with physical reprisal: the opposition simply came to self.

10:25 // 04.12.2005 Although the first voters came to polling stations by 8 in the morning. “In the morning, mostly elderly people come from 50 years and older,” said Roman Shchepanovsky, chairman of the precinct election commission (PEC). According to him, on his site the first person voted at 8.05, and by 9.30 the number of voters reached about 40 people, six of which voted in absentee certificates. White cabins are installed in all sites, where voters fill the ballots, RIA Novosti reports.

The Lithuanian government may allow TNK -BP to participate in the Mazeikiu NAFTA competition, Russian oil companies applying for the Baltic asset of Yukos - the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) complex will still participate in the auction for the sale of 53.7% of the company's shares. Earlier, the organizer of the auction-the Lehman Brothers investment fund-decided to prevent the Russian-British concern TNK-BP and the Russian-American Alliance Lukoil-Conocophillips.

Soviet dissidents in the documentary recall what they fought for, and the children of the Khrushchev’s “thaw” have fought experience, Soviet dissidents believe that it was they who “conquered the freedom that we use today,” but the nomenclature did not allow them to power. Therefore, now, after 15 years of overthrowing the Soviet regime, their methods of struggle have not lost their relevance. On December 1, the premiere of the documentary of the documentary of Vladimir Kara-Murzi Jr.

On the eve of the State Duma elections, held in December 2003, the head of the CEC, Alexander Veshnyakov made a loud statement. He said that elected legislation was reformed in full. Our elections are so perfect that the CEC plans to travel abroad to international symposia - to share progressive experience. Not even a year had passed since the laws on elections (under the pretext of tightening the fight against terrorism) were turned inside out.

Politicians will have to answer for the security forces international human rights organizations and the world's leading media received 15 photos of people arrested in Nalchik yesterday. The newspaper was notified by the London lawyer Alexander Zernova, who was leading the cases of the former Russian prisoners of Guantanamo. In one of the photos, her client Rasul Kudaev, who was arrested ten days after the attack on Nalchik.

Elections to the Moscow City Duma claim the main disappointment of the year at exactly 8 pm the election officer, the turnout of the voters in the elections to the Moscow City Duma of the 4th convocation was 33%. This is preliminary data. And they are slightly higher than in 2001: then at this hour there were 29.71% of the more than six million army of metropolitan voters.

19:02 // 04.12.2005 This was announced by the head of the group "Observation of the election of youth leaders" Andrei Prokopenko. He said that in the Southern District, members of the precinct commission did not allow journalists from Denmark, Germany, Holland and Ukraine to work. One of the journalists was thrown out of the building by force, reports Echo of Moscow . A local observer was forbidden to approach the urns and tables where ballots are issued. The work of the election commission No.

Shenderovich saw campaigning for the Communist Party on the day of the election day in the State Duma in the University and Preobrazhensky districts of Moscow took place with increased attention of the press. The intrigue was given by the loud names of the candidates for deputies - the famous film director Stanislav Govorukhin, the famous satirist Viktor Shenderovich, General Sergei Shavrin, the inhabitant of the "sailor of silence" Anatoly Kvachkov.

20:20 // 04.12.2005 Representatives of the Communist Party, Yabloko and the LDPR are also in the capital's parliament. According to a survey of voters conducted by the youth movement "Our" at the exit from the plots for voting, the candidates of "United Russia", nominated in a single urban district, secured the support of 49 percent of votes. The Communist Party has 17 percent of the vote, Yabloko has 13 percent, and the LDPR has 10 percent, ITAR -TASS reports.