Today, December 29, the press service of the state enterprise Boryspil International Airport reported that air traffic with Moscow airports is gradually stabilizing. “The situation is returning to normal. Airlines are combining some flights. So far, we have only one flight from Moscow delayed,” said airport spokesman Oksana Ozhigova. According to her, there are minor delays in the arrival of a number of domestic flights. In addition, planes from Beijing, Vilnius and Bangkok arrive late.

As Rusal CEO Oleg Deripaska said, his company, which owns a blocking stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel, will challenge Norilsk Nickel’s deal to sell 8% of quasi-treasury shares to Trafigura Beheer BV.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport sent all flights for December 26 and 27. Another 17 flights scheduled for December 28 are awaiting departure. “On December 28, a total of 544 flights were operated from the airport, of which 291 were departures, 253 were arrivals. As of 9.00 Moscow time, 85 flights were sent for departure, 87 aircraft were accepted,” the airport’s press service told RIA Novosti on December 29.

After the crash of an An-22 plane in the Tula region, which killed 12 people, flights of aircraft of this class were temporarily suspended. At the scene, rescuers found black boxes that have already been sent for decryption. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident could have been a technical malfunction. “In connection with the plane crash in the Tula region, a decision was made to temporarily suspend flights of An-22 aircraft.

Judge Viktor Danilkin said on December 29 during the announcement of the verdict that the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev, found guilty of oil theft and legalization of property, did not fully allocate the required portion of the profits to shareholders, thus “offending” their.

Today, December 29, the media relations department of the Prosecutor General's Office reported that the former Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, ex-head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Deputy Head of the State Customs Service Viktor Bondar is under recognizance not to leave. Viktor Bondar was charged and a preventive measure was chosen - a written undertaking not to leave the place. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

The verdict of Mikhail Khodorkovsky included other people's testimony and documents The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow on Wednesday continued the announcement of the verdict against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. Judge Viktor Danilkin, again referring to the testimony of witnesses and the case materials, said that the defendants deliberately bankrupted the MENATEP bank, and the funds were transferred abroad.

The investigation transferred the case of “pearl warrant officer” Vadim Boyko to the prosecutor’s office for approval of the indictment. Let us remind you that Vadim Boyko is accused of violent actions against participants in an unauthorized rally in St. Petersburg. As reported by RIA Novosti on December 29, the Investigative Committee accuses Vadim Boyko under Part 3 of Art.

Today, December 29, it became known that at night on Pobeda Avenue two unknown persons raided a cash-in-transit vehicle. There were 50 thousand hryvnia in the car safe. When a VAZ cash-in-transit vehicle slowed down near the kiosk, two unknown men ran up to the driver. Threatening death, they “asked” the driver of the cash-in-transit vehicle to leave the vehicle. After that, the robbers got into the car and drove away, the capital’s police said.

The country is preparing for the New Year. The country's attention is focused on airports, mainly Moscow. Because of snowfalls, which every time drive the country into a stupor, citizens cannot fly around the world and therefore beat airport employees or each other. And this looks like it will be the highlight of the year for many. Having escaped (or not escaped) from enchanted Russia, citizens will retell in detail their New Year's adventures in Domodedovo or Sheremetyevo for a long time.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the minimum wage in Russia from June 1, 2011 will increase by 6.5% - to 4.6 thousand rubles. Let us remind you that the last time the minimum wage in the country was raised on January 1, 2009, before that, starting in 2007, an employee had to be paid at least 2.3 thousand rubles. per month. “Mikhail Viktorovich (Shmakov, head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions - Kommersant) and I discussed a lot and came to a common denominator.

Today, December 29, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office announced the initiation of a criminal case into the infliction of bodily harm on three Verkhovna Rada deputies on December 16 during a brawl in parliament. The case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 125 (intentional minor bodily injury that resulted in short-term health disorder or minor loss of ability to work) of the Criminal Code.

Today, December 29, the Cabinet of Ministers canceled its resolution of March 1, 2010, which introduced a ban on the alienation and transfer for rent or leasing of property of the state holding company "Titan of Ukraine". This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrei Klyuev. “The decree has been cancelled,” he said.

On December 29, Belarusian authorities released two of the 11 Russians detained in Minsk during an unauthorized opposition protest following the country's presidential elections. “Two Russian citizens who served a 10-day arrest sentence have been released from the Zhodino detention center,” Vadim Gusev, press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Belarus, told RIA Novosti .

Today, December 29, traffic jams in Moscow, which formed due to snowfall on the city’s roads in the morning, are growing without decline, approaching record levels in the total length of traffic jams, experts from the analytical center report. "Traffic jams on Moscow roads have been growing since 7 am. The usual decline after the morning rush hour was not observed today. By 11.10, Yandex.Traffic showed 8 points. This is 2 hours earlier than last Friday - a record day of this year.