Long-lived Materials prepared by: Pavel Aprelev, Sergey Nechaev, Olga Filina, Kirill Zhurenkov "Orange" rolled Last week it became known that the fate of the Central House of Artists was decided. At a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, it was recommended to demolish the Central House of Artists and build a multifunctional complex "Orange" with hotel, residential and retail space.

On December 14, Italian police confiscated the main properties of five people close to the Neapolitan mafia worth $20 million. The owners of the seized properties are affiliated with Michele Zagaria, who is included in the list of 30 most wanted criminals. Among the seizures are luxury villas in tourist areas of Tuscany and villages around it, AFP reports.

By ruling of the Arbitration Court of the Perm Territory, a monitoring procedure was introduced in relation to Road Construction Machines Plant LLC (SDM Plant LLC, a subsidiary of Motovilikha Plants JSC). Vitaly Ryadkin, a member of the SRO NP National Guild of Arbitration Managers, has been appointed temporary manager. The undisputed debt on monetary obligations and obligatory payments of the debtor exceeds 165 million rubles.

On December 14, the Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of extending the arrest of ex-head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev until mid-February 2010. Thus, the court did not satisfy the complaint of the defense lawyers, who considered the extension of the arrest to be illegal and groundless.

Today, December 14, it became known that the Komsomolets Donbassa mine (DTEK) has entered into an agreement on the sale of emission reduction units (ERUs) under a joint implementation project under the Kyoto Protocol. The buyer was the Dutch bank ING Bank NV, which purchased 300 thousand ERUs on an advance payment basis. According to DTEK's press service, the mine undertakes to supply the specified volume of ERUs by the end of 2012.

Business card Who is Mikhail Epstein and what is he researching? Born in 1950. Russian philosopher, philologist, cultural scientist, professor at Emory University (Atlanta). Graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, author of over 20 books and more than 500 articles and essays. Since 1990 he has lived and worked in the USA. Author of network projects IntelLnet (since 1995), Mikhail Epstein Virtual Library.

Today, December 14, it became known that the Swedish telecommunications company Tele2 AB signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Kazakh mobile operator NEO. As Tele2 said in a statement, 550 million Swedish kronor ($77 million) will be paid for 51% of NEO shares. In addition, Tele2 undertakes to contribute 360 ​​million crowns ($50.6 million) to the capital of the Kazakh company after completion of the transaction.

NERC reduced the company's gas transportation tariff Neftegazseti received another advantage in the fight for gas consumers. On Friday, the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced a reduction in gas transportation tariffs for the company by 17.1%, considering that its costs for maintaining staff and equipment are lower than those of private companies. Naftogaz is confident that this decision will allow it to quickly gain control over gas distribution.

Dietetics A person’s food preferences influence his character - a direct relationship between gastronomic preferences and mental state was revealed by scientists from the American Foundation for Research on Smell and Taste Disorders. “A person’s food preferences have a certain physiological basis,” says Dr. Alan Hirsch.

Today marks the 49th anniversary of the owner of the EastOne company, founder of the PinchukArtCentre contemporary art gallery, Victor Pinchuk. The director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Marat Gelman , congratulates him: — Dear Victor, once upon a time an artist came to me with a box of stickers. Some said “This is important”, others said “This is not important”.

The metro is public, the station is private. "Myakinino" will not only connect Moscow and the Moscow region, but will also give the first example of how the metro can cooperate with private business On December 26, the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro will be replenished with three new stations: Mitino, Volokolamskaya and Myakinino. The latter, before it even opened, had already become a sensation.

Processes Opponents of the development project in Brooklyn, which includes the construction of an arena for the NBA club New Jersey Nets, have a real chance of canceling the deal. This was reported by the authoritative publication The New York Post. Opponents point to a Dec. 3 ruling by a local appeals court that overturned the permit issued by Empire State Development Corp. for another development project.

LUKOIL and Gazprom Neft acquired fields in Iraq Iraq has summed up the results of tenders for the distribution of the country's oil fields. Russian companies appeared among the winners for the first time. After 12 years of struggle, LUKOIL finally gained access to one of the largest fields in the world - West Qurna-2. Gazprom Neft - to Badra. The distribution of Iraqi oil is almost complete, and the country plans to increase production fivefold in the coming years.

Today, December 14, the press service of the telecommunications operator TeliaSonera reported that the company was the first in the world to begin providing fourth-generation communication services using Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology. The report said that 4G networks operate in Stockholm and Oslo and will only be used for data transmission. The network coverage area includes the central areas of the Swedish and Norwegian capitals.

The head of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin, signed an order to conduct the third additional issue of shares of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). As part of this issue, a total of 34.6 billion rubles were allocated. Let us recall that as part of an increase in the company’s authorized capital, shareholders in June of this year decided to place up to 140 billion ordinary registered shares. Of the 34.6 billion rubles approved by the government, 21 billion rubles.