191 3 min. ... Yesterday, the deputy head of Perm, Vladimir Biryukov, said that over the next year the mayor's office plans to liquidate the majority of the city's mini-markets. Officials believe that shopping arcades should not spoil the appearance of the city; moreover, mini-markets, unlike large shopping centers, do not fit into the general plan of Perm. The mayor's office does not rule out that over time the Central Market will also be closed and moved to the Kama Valley.

Afghan special services arrested the head of the security of the spiritual leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, Mullah Naqibullah Khan. According to local authorities, he was detained in his car on the way to Kandahar. Another high-ranking Taliban insurgent, Mullah Qayum Angar, was also arrested along with the security chief. During the arrest of both, a satellite phone was seized, as well as documents valuable for intelligence, RBC reports.

Flamenco without impurities The State Central Concert Hall "Russia" will host a one-day tour of the Eva Erbabuena Flamenco Ballet with a performance called "Eva" - named after the director and first dancer of the troupe. Ms. Erbabuena cultivates classical flamenco and will present various styles of this ancient art in her production. ELEONORA Kommersant-CHERNYAEVA Artists Kabakovs chasing a hare The Stella Art Gallery opens the exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov “Chasing the Hare”.

Wednesday, December 15 238 2 minutes. ... NTV plus football 12.00, 15.50, 19.30, 22.25, 0.40 Free Kick 12.15 English Championship. Everton - Liverpool 14.00 Review of Italian Championship matches 14.55 Review of English Championship matches 16.05 Review of German Championship matches 17.05 "Football from A to Z" 17.35 Champions League. Valencia (Spain) - Werder Bremen (Germany) 19.45 Program schedule for tomorrow 19.50 Dutch Championship. Feyenoord - PSV Eindhoven 21.35 Champions League.

SOS management Yesterday the deadline for submitting proposals for candidates to the new board of directors of YUKOS, which will be considered at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on January 13, expired. According to Kommersant's information, the company never received any proposals from either its main shareholder, Group MENATEP, or from the government (YUKOS management considered this possibility).

A general and a colonel will be responsible for a fire in a prison 47 2 minutes. ... In Novosibirsk, the prosecutor's office issued a resolution to bring the head of the regional department of punishment (UIN), General Viktor Solomatin, and his first deputy, Colonel Leonid Grobivkin, as defendants in the case of a fire in the department building. In March of this year, six officers died there. Charges will be brought against high-ranking employees of the penitentiary after their recovery.

personnel Yesterday, the management of the Ekaterinburg basketball club EVRAZ dismissed the team's head coach Sergei Zozulin and his assistants Sergei Grishaev and Andrei Novikov. The name of the new head of the Wolves is still unknown. Presumably, he will be 43-year-old Ukrainian specialist Andrey Podkovyrov. In the 2004 Russian Championship, EVRAZ took 13th (last) place.

the case of the explosion near the Rizhskaya metro station Yesterday, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office detained a possible accomplice of Nikolai Kipkeev, who organized a terrorist attack in Moscow near the Rizhskaya metro station in August. Investigators suspected an employee of the bailiff service of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of aiding the terrorist.

The International Financing Review (IFR) reported yesterday that British bank HSBC Holdings has sold at a discount the rights to claim a loan it previously provided to Yukos. According to the publication, of the claims for a $120 million loan issued to Yukos as part of a $1 billion syndicated loan in 2003, part of it was sold at an auction organized by Morgan Stanley, and another part was sold to three hedge funds, two of which specialize in buying "bad" debts.

On December 15, a fire started in Moscow at a building materials market located near the Timiryazevskaya metro station. There were no casualties. According to the capital's firefighters, 120-150 square meters are covered in fire. m. 10 crews are working on site, Gazeta.ru reports.

Project location in ranking* (place project in the rating on the previous one week) Project name Channel date ether Rating (%)** Share (%)*** 1 (--) Driver for Vera. Feature Film First channel 12.12 24.5 49 2 (1) false mirror First channel 12.12 19 40 3 (--) Group benefit 'Ex-BB' Russia 10.12 16.4 40.1 4 (2) Clone First channel 7.12 15.7 40.3 5 (7) TV series Opera Russia 8.12 14.5 32.1 6 (--) Cup of humor.

Regional Election Commission fines deputy for financial indiscipline 75 3 min. ... Yesterday, the deputy chairman of the election commission of the Irkutsk region, Elena Romanova, said that a protocol on an administrative offense drawn up by the regional election commission No. 14 (district No.

77 1 min. ... Yesterday at the Institute of Regional Press, the public organization "Northwestern Center for Social and Legal Protection of Roma" presented a pilot project "Gypsies against drugs." According to the center's program manager Stefania Kulaeva, the center will engage in anti-drug propaganda among Roma throughout the North-West.

1. Andrey Shevchenko (Ukraine, Milan) – 175 points 2. Deco (Portugal, Porto/Barcelona) – 139 3. Ronaldinho (Brazil, Barcelona) - 133 4. Thierry Henry (France, Arsenal) - 80 5. Theodoras Zagorakis (Greece, AEK/Bologna) - 44 6. Adriano (Brazil, Inter) - 27 7. Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic, Juventus) – 23 8. Wayne Rooney (England, Everton/Manchester United) - 22 9-10. Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal, Porto/Chelsea) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland, Manchester United) - 18 11.

10 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the governor of the Tomsk region, Viktor Kress, announced at a press conference in Tomsk that he had joined the ranks of United Russia. This confession came shortly after his meeting in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin, to which the governor came as a party member.