32 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Central District Court of Novosibirsk found the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Russian Siberia” Igor Kolodezenko guilty of inciting national and racial hatred and sentenced him to a suspended sentence. Mr. Kolodezenko was already convicted of a similar crime in April last year, but then he was released from punishment due to an amnesty for the 55th anniversary of the Victory.

Yesterday evening it became known about personnel changes in the management of another operator of AFK Sistema: the general director of the Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) Mikhail Smirnov is leaving his post. The telephone company itself has not yet commented on information about personnel changes. However, it was unofficially confirmed by the Sistema Telecom holding, which manages the telecommunications assets of Sistema JSFC (it owns 55.6% of MGTS shares). Before joining MGTS, Mr.

On December 21, a Pakistani court issued a warrant for the arrest of the husband of the country's ex-Prime Minister. This decision was made after Asif Ali Zardari failed to appear at a court hearing in a murder case. Recall that Benazir Bhutto's husband, released on bail, spent 8 years in prison for corruption, murder and drug trafficking. As Reuters learned, the arrest order was issued at the moment when Asif Ali Zardari was boarding a plane en route from Karachi to Islamabad.

regional parliaments Yesterday, preliminary results of Sunday elections to the Duma of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug (KAO) and the Legislative Assembly of the Arkhangelsk Region, held for the first time under a mixed system, were announced. In both regions, United Russia failed to win a majority of seats in parliament: in the Arkhangelsk region, the party in power got only a third of the seats in the legislative assembly, and in Koryakia the communists retained control over the parliament.

not supported by orders 7 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, General Director of OJSC Ilyushin Finance Co (IFK) Alexander Rubtsov announced the company’s intention in the near future to conclude a contract with the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Company (VASO) for the construction of 14 An-148 regional aircraft. According to Mr. Rubtsov, in the first half of 2006 the aircraft will be handed over to customers - they could be KrasAir and Aeroflot airlines. The cost of the order will be $225 million.

22 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, shareholders of Novosibirsk OJSC Elsib did not take advantage of the last opportunity this year to resolve the conflict caused by the struggle for the enterprise. The plant's board of directors postponed for four months the extraordinary meeting of shareholders scheduled for December 20 at the request of the RATM group (controls about 30% of the authorized capital).

Yesterday Vladimir Putin remembered pensions and child benefits. “Our prices are extremely low,” he reminded Minister of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov. Mikhail Zurabov was ready for this question. He reported that next year the pension will be increased twice, in April and August, by a total of 12%, and overall pensions will increase by an average of 235 rubles.

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The company has launched an investment program 40 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Kazan OJSC Nefis Cosmetics approved a deal to obtain loans from Sberbank of the Russian Federation for a total amount of 1.2 billion rubles.

On December 21, the Arsenal striker hopes to win the FIFA World Player of the Year title in 2005. Let us remind you that the day before this honorary title went to the Brazilian Ronaldinho. “I promise that in 2005 I will make every effort to become the best, but the main thing for me is still team success. It’s great to receive personal awards, but I would prefer to win the Champions League and the English Championship with Arsenal,” RIA Novosti quotes the forward as saying.

folk-jazz concert At the Central House of Artists, Inna Zhelannaya and her friends and colleagues from the Farlanders group showed the audience, including BORIS BARABANOV, what jazz is, based on root Russian melodic music. The Farlanders began celebrating their tenth anniversary in complete darkness. For half an hour, the concert hall turned into a cinema - they showed a film about the group, edited by its producer Alexander Cheparukhin.

12 1 min. ... Yesterday it became known that the latest examination in the case of the Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Vladimir Butov, had been completed. Let us recall that the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office accuses Mr. Butov, his deputy and the driver of beating the Petrogradsky district traffic police inspector Alexei Popov. Mr. Popov, in turn, changed his testimony during the investigation, saying that he had injured himself.

273 2 minutes. ... The Perm District Court suspended all investigative actions in the criminal case initiated by the district prosecutor's office against the general director of Ust-Kachka Resort CJSC Vladimir Sidorov. Judge Oksana Simbereva motivated this decision by the fact that the petition of Mr. Sidorov’s lawyers to cancel the decision to initiate this case has not yet been considered.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the names of the best tennis players of the year. They are recognized as Roger Federer and Anastasia Myskina. “We had no doubts about Federer. He dominated throughout the season, winning 11 tournaments, including three Grand Slam championships, and no one else could count on this title,” said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti. As for the women's nomination, then, of course, everything was not so clear.

7 2 minutes. ... Yesterday the preliminary results of the elections to the Duma of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug (KAO) were announced. Half of the 12 seats in parliament will be given to communists and their sympathizers. United Russia will have only two mandates. The elections of the Koryak Duma of the fourth convocation were held for the first time using a mixed system: 5 deputies were elected from one 5-mandate constituency, 7 from party lists.