Dmitry Kurakin, who previously held the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region Government, was appointed director of the Department of Property Relations of the Russian Ministry of Defense, press secretary of the Minister of Defense Daria Zatulina said on November 21. “Kurakin has been appointed director of the property relations department of the Russian Ministry of Defense and has already started work,” the press secretary said.

In October, foreign direct investment in the Chinese economy decreased by 0.2% year on year. Over the past 12 months, this is already the eleventh reduction in the indicator. Some experts explain this trend by the economic situation in China itself, while others see it as a reflection of global processes. Details from Andrey Zagorsky. From January to October, direct foreign investment in the Chinese economy decreased by 3.5% and amounted to $91.7 billion.

The investigation asks for an assessment of the TV advertising of suspected parapsychologists "Modus" As Kommersant learned, investigators from the Nizhny Novgorod Department of the Interior asked the prosecutor’s office to assess the legality of advertising for parapsychological centers for correction of fate “Modus”, “Vozrozhdenie” and the “International Academy of Clairvoyance” (registered in Samara).

The international security index dropped to 2,731 points. Israel launched the military operation "Pillar of Cloud" in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks. The headquarters of the Hamas movement was hit by Israeli air strikes. The UN Security Council called on the parties to the conflict to show restraint. Syrian-Israeli relations have worsened. In response to the shelling from Syrian territory, the Israeli military opened artillery fire.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has once again recognized as legal the sentence of the former head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office, Dmitry Dovgiy, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting a bribe and exceeding official powers, RAPSI reported on November 21.

The departure of Paul Otellini from the post of head of Intel had the effect of a bomb exploding. Intel said that Paul simply wanted to retire, and analysts believed that this was a resignation due to the inability to develop the mobile business. Who is right? Three years short of the mandatory retirement age, Paul Otellini, who worked at the processor giant for almost 40 years, including eight as president and CEO, decided to leave the post of head of Intel.

Ukraine will comply with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case “Lutsenko v. Ukraine,” said Minister of Justice Alexander Lavrynovych. Previously, the Ministry of Justice noted that Ukraine, as a signatory to the Convention, has complied and will comply with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, regardless of whether it concerns a person well-known in the state or any other person. Yuriy Lutsenko was detained on December 26, 2010.

Denis Kondakov is a famous St. Petersburg chef, chef consultant at the National Academy of Hospitality, and participant in master classes at the American Chamber of Commerce. While working at the US Consulate General, he entertained Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. In October 2012, Denis became the chef of the Corinthia St. Petersburg hotel. GUIDE: Will you be changing anything in the hotel kitchen?

Winter is just beginning, and already here and there fountains of hot water are bursting out across the city. And you don’t need to go to the oracle of Shambhala to realize: everyone can experience such thermal representations. And to sit without heat, it’s good if with light. Although the notorious “zero band”, when electricity is supposedly cut off throughout the entire Earth, has been holding rehearsals in separate areas of our city for several years now.

Conditions for the development of alternative energy have changed in Ukraine Yesterday, parliament passed a law providing for significant changes in the conditions for investing in various types of green energy. The document makes investments in solar energy less attractive and opens up new prospects for biofuels and hydropower. The Verkhovna Rada yesterday adopted bill N10183 as a whole, changing the conditions of work in the renewable energy market from January 1, 2013.

Yesterday, the head of the department of property and land relations of the Belgorod region, Valery Shamaev, said that the region intends to return about 10 thousand abandoned land plots in the region to the ownership of municipalities and the Belgorod Mortgage Corporation (BIK). Currently, the government has processed data on 5 thousand plots, 2 thousand of which the owners can sell to the municipality or the Belgorod Mortgage Corporation.

Magadan Airport has temporarily stopped receiving and sending aircraft due to heavy snowfall, a representative of the airline told RIA Novosti . “There was heavy snowfall in Magadan all night, so the runway was covered. Currently, about ten flights are delayed in arrival and departure. Several domestic flights to the villages of Evensk and Yagodnoye were delayed at Magadan airport. In addition, the arrival of two flights from Moscow has been postponed,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

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Daria Tsivina talks about new landing stage restaurants from Kirill Gusev - Fish and "Poplavok". On the Taras Shevchenko embankment, right next to the pier of the Radisson Ukraine hotel, two landing stage restaurants from Kirill Gusev appeared - Fish and Float. Fish became the reincarnation of the once-existing Fish restaurant on Patriarch's. But, of course, this is a completely independent institution.

New information is coming in about a terrorist attack in Israel. The number of victims during the explosion increased to 22. Two were seriously injured, three were moderately injured. Earlier, a bomb exploded on a bus in the center of an Israeli city. Kommersant FM correspondent in Israel Boris Stern told presenter Alexey Loginov about what was happening. According to police, it was a terrorist attack and the Hamas movement claimed responsibility.