17:02 // 01/17/2008 For the first time, the new head of the national joint -stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine Oleg Dubina met the new head of the national joint -stock company Naftogaz, in Moscow, a representative of the information department of the Russian gas holding told RIA Novosti . “The meeting was introductory in nature,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.

19:45 // 01/17/2008 The election commission of the kingdom of Butan set a date for the first elections in the history of the country to the lower house of parliament, which marks the final of the voluntary transition of this Himalayan country from the absolute monarchy to democracy - they will take place on March 24.

The former Officer of the Kaliningrad Federal Penitentiary Service was sentenced to 7.5 years of prisons for espionage in favor of Lithuania Ex-officer of the Kaliningrad Department of Federal Penitentiary (FSIN) Vasily Kritsyuk sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for state treason. The verdict was announced by the judge of the regional court.

16:10 // 01/17/2008 In Kaliningrad, to 7.5 years in prison in a maximum security colony, a former lieutenant colonel of the Criminal-Executive Inspectorate of the Federal Punishment of the Kaliningrad Region was convicted.

Director Sergei Ursulyak takes a television film about the young years of the Soviet film intelligence, a new 16-episode television film about the young years of the Soviet intelligence officer, who later became the legendary literary hero Stirlitz, began to shoot the director of Sergei Ursulyak. The film bears the working name "Isaev".

11:25 // 01/17/2008 The air traffic between Novosibirsk and Norilsk, which was interrupted due to bad weather conditions from January 11 to January 16, can again be discontinued due to worsening weather, Sibavianatrans representative told RIA Novosti . "According to the forecast, on Saturday in Norilsk a blizzard may begin and visibility worsen. Most likely, we will not be able to fulfill flights," the agency’s interlocutor said. Source: gzt.ru

The companies agreed on the joint management of the Moscow refinery, the long -term conflict of shareholders of the Moscow refineries is resolved. Gazprom Neft and the Moscow Oil and Gas Company (MNGK), the 100 % subsidiary of the British Sibir Energy PLC (belongs to the Russian businessman Shalva Chigirinsky. - "Gazeta"), settled disagreements in the field of the OJSC "Moscow Oil Refinery" (MNPZ), - the company said in a joint press release of the companies, published on Thursday.

14:29 // 01/17/2008 In St. Petersburg, valuable paintings were stolen from the apartment of the famous gallerist Georgy Mikhailov, a representative of the gallery told RIA Novosti . According to her, the robbery probably occurred in the period between January 15 - 16. The door to the apartment where the collection of modern painting is located was probably opened by the key, the locks were not damaged.

15:51 // 01/17/2008 On the territory of Russia, the number of air traffic control centers in the coming years will be reduced by almost 10 times and there will be 13 of them. The head of the Federal Air Navigation Service (Rosaeronavigation) Alexander Neudko announced this. "We predicted and conduct a program for enlargement of air traffic control centers, since the fewer centers, the safer, in terms of flight control, he explained.“ Each center will control the air traffic for a larger area.

11:50 // 01/17/2008 The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation plans to send more than 210 billion rubles to compensation payments under guaranteed savings in citizens. According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance, this is more than aimed at the indicated goals over the past 12 years.

18:29 // 01/17/2008 A rally demanding an objective investigation of the murder of the National Economic Council Yuri Chervochkin was held in the capital near the building of the regional prosecutor's office, Echo of Moscow reports. According to the organizers of the action, the date of the event was not chosen by chance. 40 days have passed since the death of the opposition.

16:59 // 01/17/2008 The Kuban football club began paying debts to players. “A salary has already been issued for October and November 2007,” said Ivan Poronko, head of the Krasnodar Regional Club of the Club, Head of the Krasnodar Regional Board of the Club of the Krasnodar Region of the Club of the Krasnodar Region of the Krasnodar Region.

13:37 // 01/17/2008 The incidence of influenza and SARS in Moscow over the past week is almost twice as lower than the epidemic level, reports the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow. "The incidence indicators in the whole city among adults and children taken, 48.8% lower than the calculated epidemic level, which corresponds to the same period last year," RIA Novosti quotes the message.

18:17 // 01/17/2008 The terrorist attack in the Shiite mosque in the Pakistani Peshavara, who, according to various sources, had a life from six to eight people, committed a suicide militant, police sources said. According to some reports, more than 20 people were injured, some of the victims are in serious condition, RIA Novosti reports. The explosion occurred next to the Shiite mosque Imam Bargs in the city of Peshavar in the north-west of the country.

Independent experts put Russia as an example of elections in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan at a meeting of the Voice Voice Protection Association on Thursday, independent experts summed up the results of the elections in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, in which they participated as observers. Experts also made a comparative analysis of the electoral laws of these republics and similar laws in Russia. They intend to transfer their conclusions to the Central Election Commission.