20:36 // 11/21/2007 On Wednesday evening, on Wednesday evening, due to ice, the number of small vehicles and traffic jams increased, the representative of the Moscow traffic police told RIA Novosti . According to him, traffic in the center of the capital, on the third transport ring and MKAD, is significantly difficult. All the main highways leading towards the region are banned.

13:31 // 11/21/2007 The lawyer of one of the suspects in the undermining of the “Hevsky express” Maksharip Hidriev Murad Yunusov filed a request to the Prosecutor General, in which he appealed the ban on the investigation to visit his client. According to Echo of Moscow, Yunusov noted that the prosecutor’s office has three days to answer. “So it turns out that the period of their response coincides with the term of the detention of the Hidriyev brothers in custody,” Yunusov said. Source: gzt.ru

19:56 // 11/21/2007 More than $ 20 billion will be invested in the construction work and preparation of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR) Leonid Tyagachev told reporters during a one -day working visit to the Kirov region. "International construction companies are ready to invest in the construction of hotels, restaurants, recreation areas and sports facilities, railways and ports in Sochi.

17:59 // 11/21/2007 The launch of the Thuraya-3 communications satellite in the framework of the Marine Start program, which was scheduled for Wednesday at 7.25 on the time of the Western coast of the United States (18.25 Moscow time), is already transferred to the sixth time due to weather conditions in the Pacific Ocean, from where the start should be carried out. This was announced on Wednesday by RIA Novosti the representative of the Russian Center for Flight Management (TsUP).

18:04 // 11/21/2007 The development strategy of the chemical and petrochemical industry of the Russian Federation until 2015 will be approved in the 1st quarter of 2008. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktor Zubkov during a working meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, held in the Kremlin.

10:58 // 11/21/2007 The prosecutor's office of the Jewish AO will not initiate a criminal case against the instigators of a fight in the Birobidzhan educational colony under Article 321 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (disorganization of the activities of institutions that ensure isolation from society), since the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Natalya Meshkova told RIA Novosti .

11:15 // 11/21/2007 The second storm warning in the five regions of Western Siberia in the week-heavy snow, wind and a decrease in temperature are expected, Renat Yagudin, a spokeswoman for the West Siberian Hydrometeorological Center.

20:30 // 11/21/2007 Installation of the dome of the Holy Trinity Cathedral restored after the fire began today in St. Petersburg. According to ITAR-TASS in the Union of restorers, glued wooden structures-Poluar women were delivered to the northern capital from Nizhny Novgorod. The mounting of the dome takes place on the ground, then it will be raised with the help of a tower crane, which is already installed and tested. The complex operation will take place in December.

12:04 // 11/21/2007 The famous Buddhist and actor Steven Sigal was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Kalmykia, a spokeswoman for the head of the republic Buyanch Galzanov told RIA Novosti . “It is meant that Stephen Sigal makes his films a worthy contribution to the development of Buddhism, since he himself always actively promotes this culture,” Galzanov explained.

The Russian capital will celebrate the New Year with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Moscow City Council at today's meeting in the final reading of the Moscow Code of Administrative Offenses. The chairman of the capital's parliament, Vladimir Platonov, noted that this will be the second single city law uniting several city laws of one sphere.

11:50 // 11/21/2007 Due to the strong fog, the work of the Kaliningrad airport "Khrabrovo" has been suspended today. According to ITAR-TASS , on Tuesday the airport was also closed due to fog. However, in the evening, using light-signal equipment, it was possible to accept and send most of the 20 flights detained according to weather conditions. Source: gzt.ru

17:33 // 11/21/2007 Russian entrepreneur Andrei Lugovoi and the newspaper Kommersant concluded a settlement agreement on the claim of an entrepreneur, requiring 20 million rubles of compensation for the distribution of his information defaming on the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. The agreement was signed by representatives of the meadow and Kommersant today in the Tver Court of Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports. Source: gzt.ru

15:36 // 11/21/2007 The government approved an agreement with Latvia on the protection of military burials, ITAR-TASS reports. As the government’s press service reported today, “according to the document,“ any actions to transfer burials and exhumation of the remains should be carried out only by agreement of the bilateral intergovernmental commission. ” According to the government, in Latvia there are more than 400 Russian military graves, and in Russia - more than 170 Latvian.

18:11 // 11/21/2007 The Rosselkhoznadzor intends to complete the joint Russian-Polish inspection of enterprises interested in the supply of livestock products in the Russian Federation, until January 1, 2008, the press service of the department reports. The first group of Russian veterinarians began re-certification of enterprises-suppliers of meat and dairy products from Poland to the Russian Federation on November 13. The end of the inspection is scheduled for November 27.

11:41 // 11/21/2007 The movement of high-speed trains (TGV) in France is significantly difficult due to sabotage acts aimed at preventing the restoration of normal traffic, RIA Novosti reports.