Azerbaijan gave Russia an oil answer to the gas question today Mikhail Fradkov will close the year of Russia in Azerbaijan. The piquancy is that not only cultural festivals and events can close, which suggests the format of the year of Russia. Azerbaijan is not satisfied with the prospect of the rise in price of Russian gas to $ 230.

10:56 // 03.12.2006 The Lebanese opposition intends to establish 20 thousand tents in the center of Beirut to accommodate participants in an indefinite anti -government demonstration. According to RIA Novosti, dozens of tents appeared on the second day of anti -government protests on the two central squares of the Lebanese capital - the Square of the Palim and Ryyad Solkh, where the facade of the government palace directly comes out.

For winter holidays this year, the Russians fell in love with a winter vacation. According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RTS), two years ago, when, due to the postponement of the holidays, the New Year holidays indecently lengthened, the demand for winter tourism began to grow record pace. “People were imposed on a vacation, and I had to think about how to spend it,” explains Irina Tyurina, press secretary of the Russian Federation.

Lebanon is more confident in the Civil War last weekend opponents of the current government took to the streets of the Lebanese capital Beirut to demand the resignation of the prime minister of the country Fuad As-Siniora and the formation of the new government of “national unity”. Most of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are followers of the Hezbolla radical Shiite organization, which maintains close ties with the Syrian leadership.

At the Congress of United Russia, the theses of the program of actions on Saturday in Yekaterinburg were adopted by the 7th Congress of United Russia. Contrary to the expectation and forecast of the parties themselves, the United Russia did not present the detailed program “Russia that we choose”. Instead of a detailed plan for the implementation of each of its points, the party released a brochure, where two dozen projects fit - on a page for each.

The twin sisters from Kursk won the international children's competition of the representative of Russia- the twin sisters Masha and Nastya Tolmachev from Kursk became the winners of the Eurovision-2006 children's international competition. Young performers of songs aged 9 to 14 years from 15 countries of Europe took part in it. For the song "Spring Jazz", performed by a duet of 9-year-old sisters, the largest number of votes was filed.

“Don’t look around” at the NET festival “Don’t look back” shown at the NET festival, belongs to that outlandish variety of the theater, which is almost never found in our area, but in Europe it has been widespread for a long time. This is the so -called environmental theater. His concept comes from that simple parcel that the whole world is the theater. And if so, then almost any piece of this world, any closed space can, transformed, become a theater.

17:45 // 03.12.2006 Moscow carefully monitors the events in Lebanon, where performances are continuing with the demand for the resignation of the current government of Fuad Signora, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Kamynin. He regretfully noted that tension in this country does not fall. “On the contrary, there are more and more signs of confrontation, including demonstrations and counter demonstration,” the diplomat added.

The Lebanese opposition promises to defeat 20 thousand tents in the center of Beirut, the Lebanese opposition intends to install 20 thousand tents in the center of Beirut to accommodate participants in an unlimited anti -government demonstration. Dozens of tents appeared on Saturday, on the second day of anti -government protests on two central squares of the Lebanese capital - the area of the fallen and Riyad Solkh, where the facade of the government palace is directly released.

The case of the undermining of the Grozny-Moscow train will be considered re-examined by the Moscow Regional Council by the jury, justifying the accused in the blow of the Grozny-Moscow train, which occurred on June 12 last year, 153 km from Moscow. Then several passengers were injured. The jury with a majority voice considered the 48-year-old entrepreneur Vladimir Vlasov and 47-year-old employee GUP Gormost Mikhail Klechev not involved in this crime.

Marina Litvinenko and Mario Skramella received a new alarming message about the radiation infection on a dose of radioactive substance on Friday in the evening: it turned out that the second person from the “Firing List” was poisoned, which was awarded to the former Russian specialist Alexander Litvinenko.

A little more, and it will be time to start articles, as once: "In the documents of the last congress ...", changing only the numeral and, of course, the name of the party itself. Meanwhile, even now the VII Congress of United Russia, which has just ended, is worth paying close attention to it. More precisely, not so much for the entire congress, but for the performance on it Yuri Luzhkov. His report was called very in Surkovsky: "Russian civilization.

15:53 // 03.12.2006 The unique sale of treasures of the Greek royal family will take place in London in the future. Among other things, the international auction conducted by the famous English trading house "Christiz" received the Christmas egg of Faberge, ITAR-TASS reports. In total, 850 lots were put up for auction, consisting mainly of jewelry and silver dishes.

In the wake of public interest in tango in the house of music, opera was performed, or rather Tango-Ouperita Astora Pyazlla "Maria from Buenos Aires." This work is one of the most important for the composer, in the work of which the academic approach combined with the unconditional love of tango.

Kudrina’s rate played on the oil market on December 1, the rate of export fee for oil was reduced by a record amount - by $ 56.9 per ton. Until February 1, 2007, the state will receive only $ 180.7 from each ton of oil. Whereas the previous two months a ton of oil gave a record $ 237.6 to the treasury. In December 2006, the federal budget shortage will exceed $ 1.1 billion (about 28 billion rubles). The same picture will be formed in January next year. The losses are serious.