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On December 23, a press conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held in the Round Hall of the Kremlin. About 690 journalists were invited to the briefing. The event will be attended by representatives of both large central and small-circulation regional media. In addition, journalists from 30 foreign countries are expected to attend. For them, all of Mr. Putin’s answers will be translated into four languages ​​- English, French, German and Japanese.

"Look at me" in Russian box office movie premiere Today in Moscow comes out “Look at Me” - the last French film of the year released in our theaters. In terms of quality, however, it is not only not the last, but is among the top three made in France in 2004, believes ANDREY Y-PLAHOV. This is the story of a black-haired, nosed, fat girl named Lolita, which was obviously given to her by some mocker.

All auctions for the sale of MMK ended before the start of the auction privatization Yesterday, 17.84% of the shares of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), owned by the state, were sold at an auction by the Russian Federal Property Fund for $790.15 million. The securities were bought by UFGIS Structured Holdings Limited, a structure of the investment company UFG, acting in the interests of the head of MMK Viktor Rashnikov.

personnel Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced something new after the Russian Federation in Slovenia - by presidential decree, the former head of the State Customs Committee, Mikhail Vanin, was appointed to this post. The former prominent member of the “family” team of ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov found nothing to do within the country. Mikhail Vanin was born on August 1, 1960 in the Moscow region.

But I was unable to complete the order. 71 3 min. ... Yesterday morning in Togliatti, an attempt was made on the life of Alexander Druzhinin, director of the municipal unitary enterprise PO Kommunalnoe Khozaistvo, and city Duma deputy. The official received several gunshot wounds, but survived. Now the investigation is considering the commercial activities of Mr. Druzhinin as the main version of the crime.

Thursday, December 23 181 2 minutes. ... NTV plus football 12.00, 19.30, 15.45 "Free kick" 12.15 Spanish Championship. "Valencia" - "Espanyol" 14.00 German Championship. "Werder" - "Schalke" 16.00 French Championship. "Marseille" - "Lille" 17.45 Dutch Championship.

TV program [December 23, Thursday] 246 12 min. ... FIRST CHANNEL 6.00 "Good morning" 9.00 News 9.20 Multi-part melodrama “Bless the Woman.” Directed by S. Govorukhin (Russia).

The judge helped housing scams selflessly judges' case Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation continued the interrogation of Alexey Evstafiev, who is a witness in the case of three Moscow judges accused of stealing 96 apartments from the state (Kommersant reported about the start of the interrogation yesterday). Witness Evstafiev elaborated on the role of law enforcement and judicial officials in this case.

The Minister of Finance has repented business activity index Yesterday at a government meeting, Alexei Kudrin engaged in self-criticism. He called the stock market “a reflection of what we (the government—Kommersant) are doing.” And he admitted that the cabinet was not doing what was needed. “In the middle of the year, we were on a trend that was going up. But something in our current policy prevented us, which caused concern among business,” began Alexey Kudrin.

The Yukos oil company is aware of information about the acquisition of Yuganskneftegaz by the state-owned Rosneft. The company will continue to fight for its former asset. “We said that the buyer of Yuganskneftegaz has acquired a serious headache for himself. If the final beneficiary of this transaction is the Rosneft company, it will mean that this statement applies to this respected company.

or An attempt at a New Year's tale about Tsar Saltan christmas/history Everyone gets gifts at Christmas. Among the many things that we collect in the Christmas issue so that readers can choose gifts for their loved ones, every year there is a hidden gift for Kommersant readers themselves - a Christmas story. This is the story of LYUDMILA PETRUSHEVSKAYA - about one happy Christmas in her life. It was Christmas evening. The Fedorovs, Tanya and Alyosha, came to visit us with three-year-old Nikola.

gifts/sound and image This cup will not pass you by. And the more cups are accepted, the more inevitably the prospect of singing in chorus “The Little Christmas Tree is Cold in Winter,” “A Christmas Tree Was Born in the Forest,” “Jingle Bells” and “How Glorious is Our Lord in Zion” looms on the horizon. These vocal exercises make you think that it would be nice to combine Christmas singing lessons with buying great musical gifts. The gender of the recipient is not at all important.

122 2 minutes. ... As Kommersant learned, a high-profile case brought against a relative of the assistant to the chairman of the State Council of Chechnya, Said Tsentroev, actually fell apart in Samara. His brother Mavlid Tsentroev was suspected of organizing the transportation of a large arsenal of weapons. But now there are no accused or suspects in the case. Investigators are confident that the Chechens outwitted them by using a minor as a courier, who cannot be prosecuted.

Yesterday, the Kurgan Machine-Building Plant officially announced the shipment of 17 BMP-3 to South Korea. In addition, another 20 infantry fighting vehicles will be sent there in February next year. The contract for the supply of 37 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles to Seoul was concluded in March last year between the Russian state intermediary, Rosoboronexport, and the South Korean Ministry of Defense. The delivery is carried out to pay off the Russian government debt.