20:52 // 03.12.2007 The arrest of the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Sergey Storchak affects the interests of the Russian Federation both from the point of view of reputation and in terms of possible budget loss due to deferred negotiations on early settlement of debts and projects, sources in the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation told RIA Novosti .

19:41 // 03.12.2007 The director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Irina Antonova, was solemnly awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor - the highest award of France. "In fact, being a citizen of the world, Irina Antonova made a great contribution to the development of friendly relations between Russia and France," said the Secretary of State on Entrepreneurship and Foreign Trade of the French Government Erve Novely, presenting a reward on behalf of the President of France Nicolas Sarkazi.

19:22 // 03.12.2007 The Federal Chancellor, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany, Angela Merkel, in his programmatic speech at the CDU congress in Hanover, spoke out for the continuation of strategic partnership with Russia.

15:25 // 03.12.2007 The International Film Film Festival of Human Rights "Stalker" from December 10 to 15 will be held in Moscow for the 13th time, ITAR-TASS reports. Its solemn discovery, as always, is timed to the day of adoption of a universal declaration of human rights. This was announced by the general producer of Stalker Igor Stepanov at a press conference held at the Central House of Cinema.

13:01 // 03.12.2007 The first tennis tournament in the Grand Slam series - the Australian Open Championship - will have its own weather station and new rules governing the holding of matches upon the occurrence of heat, RIA Novosti reports. All this will be done in order to make life easier for tennis players during extreme weather conditions. On the Australian Open-2007, Russian Maria Sharapova said that he would “inhumanly” force the playing tennis players in suffocating and scorching heat.

18:24 // 03.12.2007 The White House drew attention to reports of violations that were allegedly allowed in the elections in Russia, and urge Moscow to understand this issue. The official representative of the White House Dana Perino confirmed this at today's traditional morning flyer for journalists. “Among the messages from Russia there are those that say about violations on the election day,” said the spokeswoman, answering the question of ITAR-TASS .

20:35 // 03.12.2007 RAO "UES of Russia" completed the sale of 25% of the shares of OJSC Power Machines Highstat LTD Owner Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, who, with this purchase, received control in the Energy Mashino Building Concern, the RAO UES, which is quoted by RIA Novosti , said.

16:59 // 03.12.2007 The Russian Post implements in 2008 the possibility of paying for goods and services purchased at the mail, through the card of payment systems American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Union Card, as well as the "golden crown".

21:30 // 03.12.2007 The United States put forward legal objections to the suspension of the actions of the Treaty on ordinary Armed Forces in Europe (DOVS). The official representative of the US State Department, Sean McCormak, told reporters today that the possibility of such a step is not provided for by Dovsa himself.

16:48 // 03.12.2007 Applications on the nature of the parliamentary elections to the State Duma by representatives of PACE and the OSCE "were predictable long before the elections." This opinion was expressed by ITAR-TASS, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, a member of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrei Kokoshin.

22:05 // 03.12.2007 From January 1, 2009, it is planned to limit the production and import of televisions that do not support the digital standard of television, it is noted in the concept of body broadcasting for 2008-2015. Such a decision was made as part of the transition of Russia to the digital standard of television radio broadcasting, which, according to the plan of officials, will finally end by 2015.

14:29 // 03.12.2007 The volume of the stabilization fund as of December 1 amounted to 3 trillion 517.05 billion rubles against 3 trillion 649.25 billion rubles as of November 1, 2007. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, which quotes Prya-TASS. Source: gzt.ru

21:47 // 03.12.2007 The new appraisal report of the American intelligence on Iran confirms the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear problem in Washington, said US Presidential Advisor Stephen Hadley. “The assessment gives reason to hope that the problem can be solved by diplomatic means without using force,” Hadley emphasized, whose statement quotes RIA Novosti .

13:11 // 03.12.2007 In the coming years, Russia will build seven laboratories to control the quality of drugs with a total value of 420 million rubles, said the head of Roszdravnadzor Nikolai Yurgel. His words are given by RIA Novosti . "To ensure the work, it is necessary to create seven federal laboratories of quality control of medicines," said the head of the service at a press conference in Moscow.

18:05 // 03.12.2007 Negotiations on the settlement of Libyan debt to the Russian Federation should be continued in December, but the exact date has not yet been agreed with the Libyan side, a source in the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation told Interfax . "Negotiations should be continued in the near future, we will coordinate the exact date with the Libyan side," he said, specifying that the next round should take place in December.