In 2012, JSC Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (CZP) planned the production of commercial zinc and alloys based on it in the amount of 160 thousand tons, which corresponds to plans for production volumes for 2011. As stated in the CZP message, this is provided for in the company’s budget for 2012, which was approved by the board of directors. It is expected that more than half of the products will be supplied to the domestic market, the rest - under tolling contracts with UMMC.

The UN Security Council decided to extend the UN mission in the country for another three months to help the new government control the flow of weapons pouring into the country, the Associated Press reports. Council members unanimously approved a resolution to extend the UN mission in Libya from December 15, 2011 to March 16, 2012. The UN mission in Libya was established on September 17, 2011.

Russian volleyball players defeated the Iranian team and won a license to participate in the 2012 Olympics, guaranteeing themselves a place in the top three of the World Cup taking place in Japan. The meeting, held in Tokyo on Saturday, ended with a score of 3-0 (31:29, 25:21, 25:18) in favor of the Russian athletes. The best among the winners was Maxim Mikhailov, who earned 15 points. The Russian team scored 27 points and ranks first in the World Cup standings.

Malyshevsky mine launched In the Sverdlovsk region, after many years of inactivity, the Malyshevsky emerald-beryllium mine, which is the largest in Europe, resumed operation. The owner of the license for the deposit, the State Unitary Enterprise Kaliningrad Amber Combine (KYAK), plans to reach a design capacity of 400 thousand tons of ore per year by 2018. The volume of investments is 2.5 billion rubles.

Central banks have awakened investor appetite unseen since 2008 Investors have not seen such rapid growth in stock indices for several years. Over the past week, European stock indicators grew by more than 11%, American ones added 8-8.7%, Russian ones rose by 6.7-10.3%. The willingness of leading central banks to launch a new round of quantitative easing, i.e., to add liquidity to the financial system, has awakened investors' appetite for risk.

Awards Two-time Olympic medalist Russian Pavel Bure will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame. Together with him, Finn Raimo Helminen, American Phil Housley, Czech Milan Novy and Canadian Andy Murray will be awarded this honor. This was reported by the IIHF press service. “It is difficult to compare all the nominees, but this is truly a group of outstanding athletes,” said IIHF Chairman Rene Fasel.

On Saturday, the editor-in-chief of the online publication Gazeta.ru, Mikhail Kotov, was urgently summoned to the Roskomnadzor department for Moscow and the Moscow region. The telegram handed to Kotov states that he must appear at the department on December 4 at 14.00 to draw up a protocol on an administrative offense under Part 1 of Art. 5.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and to testify on the fact of identified violations.

Contracts The Baltika football club and the Rosenergoatom corporation have signed a sponsorship agreement, which provides for the annual allocation of 120 million rubles to the club, the press service of the Kaliningrad team reports. The signing of the contract, valid until 2018, took place in the building of the government of the Kaliningrad region.

The government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the management of the Sverdlovsk Railway (SvZhD) agreed that rolling stock operators, shippers and contractors will enter into tripartite agreements to stabilize the transportation situation, the press service of the governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug reported.

It took 90 years to return the keys to the temple The confrontation between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church around St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice has come to a head. The clergy of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, who, contrary to the decision of the French court, refused to transfer the temple to Russia, told Kommersant yesterday that they would hand over the keys to the cathedral to the historical owner.

The Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs refused to initiate a criminal case for theft during the implementation of the Federal Target Program "Electronic Russia". The department explains that the materials provided by the Prosecutor General’s Office are not enough.

The former doctor of American pop idol Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray, sentenced to 4 years in prison for the manslaughter of the “King of Pop,” filed a petition with the Los Angeles Court of Appeal intending to appeal the verdict. Judge Michael Pastor, who heard the case, gave Conrad Murray's defense 60 days to appeal. The judge noted that he gave the doctor the maximum penalty provided by law for manslaughter.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service and the government of the Rostov region signed an agreement on cooperation, the press service of the regional OFAS reported. According to the document, FAS Russia undertakes to inform regional authorities about violations of the law and provide consulting assistance, as well as present the results of analysis and monitoring of commodity markets.

Background 552 1 min. ... On November 20, 1999, on the Penza-Kamenki highway, a Chevrolet minibus, in which the governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev was, collided with a UAZ-452 that had flown into the oncoming lane. As a result of the accident, three people died, including the driver of the UAZ. The governor received cuts to his face and a severe bruise to the cervical spine. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko was also injured in the accident.

Governor of the Stavropol Territory Valery Gaevsky has transformed a number of regional ministries, the press service of the head of the region reported. In particular, the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism was formed, to which the functions of the Ministry of Economic Development in the field of tourism were transferred. Andrei Skripnik, who previously held the position of Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the region, was appointed its head.