14:14 // 10/25/2007 In Moscow, perhaps this year, transport tax for car owners with a large volume of engine will increase this year. This was announced by the First Deputy Capital Mayor Yuri Roslyak. "Today, those motorists who use small vehicles are people who have an average income, so the tax for them should be minimal," he said.

21:38 // 10/25/2007 The St. Petersburg Zenit was content with a draw in the starting match of the group stage of the UEFA Cup in football against the Dutch "Az Alkmar." The duel, held in St. Petersburg at the Petrovsky stadium, ended with a score of 1: 1 (1: 1), although most of the meeting the guests played in the minority, RIA Novosti reports. “Zenith” actively began the game, but in the 20th minute he missed the not quite logical goal, the author of which was the Brazilian striker Ari.

The European Court decided to pay compensation to the head of Menatep for moral damage to the European Court of Human Rights satisfied the lawsuit of the head of Menatep Platon Lebedev, seeing in his case a number of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court decided to pay Lebedev monetary compensation for moral damage caused to him.

20:36 // 10/25/2007 Tehran is ready to consider any constructive proposal aimed at finding ways to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. “We are under negotiations, and consider any proposal that we will receive. If such proposals contain positive points, we will accept it. Otherwise, we will not react in any way,” said the Iranian president whose words are given by local media.

19:07 // 10/25/2007 The head of the new parliamentary faction "Our Georgia", deputy Valery Gelbahiani promises to publish compromising evidence for the country's leadership.

12:09 // 10/25/2007 The anticyclone, on the periphery of which the metropolitan region is located, will provide residents with comfortable and quite warm weather for the end of October. According to ITAR-TASS in Roshydromet, during the day the air in Moscow will warm up to 8-10 degrees, in the suburbs-up to 6-11 degrees. At the same time, despite the cloudy weather with clearings, precipitation is not expected. The wind is southeast, 3-8 meters per second.

21:10 // 10/25/2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin urged not to rush with the decision of the Kosovo conflict, ITAR-TASS reports. “It is necessary to find patience and, within the framework of current international rights, look for a decision acceptable to all conflicting parties,” he said at a press conference in Lisbon. Source: gzt.ru

The state is not ready to privatize the monuments of history and culture on Thursday, joint public hearings of the All -Russian Society for the Protection of History and Culture Monuments and the Public Chamber (OP) "Civil Society and Cultural Heritage" were held. The main subject of the discussion of the cross is the privatization of monuments of history and culture.

13:26 // 10/25/2007 The prosecutor of the city of Khabarovsk made a warning to the mayor Alexander Sokolov, who allowed the statement that the city authorities recommended the chairmen of precinct election commissions to join the United Russia party. "According to the publication that was in the press, that he allegedly used the administrative resource, we conducted a check. We did not establish any violations of electoral legislation or other legislation.

16:04 // 10/25/2007 The Moscow prosecutor’s office demanded to stop building a shelter for homeless animals in the Bitsevsky Forest Natural Historical Park.

FSKN explained the reasons for creating a new structure to create the State Anti-Drug Committee (HAK) is caused by the need to centralize all resources in the fight against drugs, at Thursday, General Alexander Fedorov said at a press conference of the Federal Drug Control (FSKN). According to him, recently the situation, although it remains tense, has stabilized. This, in particular, is evidenced by the lack of an increase in the number of patients with a diagnosis of "drug addiction".

Organized criminal groups are refueling the Italian economy according to the latest research, the Italian mafia, with the hands of which 50 crimes are committed every hour, is now the largest enterprise in the country. Its income is 63 billion pounds per year, which is 7% of GDP. The four main mafia organizations of Italy have expanded the field of their activities.

Yuri Udaltsov, head of the Reform of the Reform of the RAO UES of Russia RAO, in an interview with Gazeta on October 26 at 18.00, the reception of ballots for voting at a meeting of shareholders of the RAO UES of Russia. The company's owners must decide on the final reorganization of energy holding. Almost no one has doubts about the positive outcome of the vote.

16:52 // 10/25/2007 NATO countries can ratify Dovsa before the expiration of the Russian moratorium on the execution of the contract in December, said the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov, RIA Novosti reports. "This (the Russian moratorium) stimulates NATO countries to make a decision as quickly as possible.

16:40 // 10/25/2007 First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, completing a trip to the Irkutsk region, drew attention to the environmental problems of the region. He stated that before the end of the year he was waiting for proposals as an environmental problem with the waste of arsenic and mercury in the Irkutsk region will be resolved. “This problem was created in 1948, not our generation, but this is not an excuse, and we must solve it,” Ivanov told reporters.