The State Duma Revenue Commission found no violations in the activities of communist deputy Anatoly Lokot, RIA Novosti reported on December 13.

Yesterday, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia adopted in two readings a law amending the program “Socio-economic development of the Republic of Khakassia for 2011-2016.” As the official website of the republic reported with reference to the Minister of Economy of the region Tatyana Krasnova, the changes are primarily related to the implementation of the Abakan-Montenegrin agglomeration project. It was one of the five pilot projects that will receive federal financial support.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has significantly upgraded its global airline industry profit estimates for 2012 and 2013 following strong airline results in the second and third quarters of the year. Global airline profits will total $6.7 billion in 2012, up from $4.1 billion forecast in October and $8.4 billion in 2011.

United Russia passed into the hands of builder Nikolai Demkin The United Russia regional conference ended yesterday unexpectedly for most of its participants. Nikolai Demkin, General Director of the Perm Silicate Panel Plant, was elected head of Perm United Russia. Yuri Borisovets, who was nominated with the support of Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Trutnev and the public approval of Governor Viktor Basargin, was unable to get the necessary votes from United Russia members.

Delegates to the LDPR congress approved changes to the charter of their party, including fixing a new name - “Political Party of the LDPR,” RIA Novosti reported on December 13. The 25th anniversary congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is taking place in Moscow.

Swiss financial group UBS may pay more than $1 billion to US and UK authorities as part of the settlement of a scandalous case over allegations of manipulation of the bank's Libor discount rate. The scandal erupted in the UK in early July when it became known that Barclays had artificially lowered indicators to determine the London interbank lending rate Libor in the fall of 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis.

Region/coverageNo networksDissatisfaction Really Satisfactory ReallyGoodExcellent Moscow region 0 2 10 38 50 Kaluga region 2 8 27 43 20 Bryansk region 0 2 19 43 36 Oryol Region 0 2 20 45 33 Lipetsk region 0 6 24 41 29 Tambov Region 0 6 35 40 19 Voronezh region 0 2 22 42 34 Kursk region 0 2 21 43 34 Belgorodskaya region 0 1 8 43 48 Tula region 0 1 21 61 17 Source: Telecom Daily, November 2012. "Business Guide (Networked society)". Appendix No. 56 of December 13, 2012, page 10

It was decided to demolish the house that was damaged by an explosion and fire in Tomsk due to the mobility of the structures, First Deputy Mayor Evgeniy Parshuto said yesterday. An explosion in one of the apartments of a 10-story building on the street. Sibirskaya, 33, thundered on November 30. A portable household gas cylinder exploded in an apartment on the ninth floor during the installation of a suspended ceiling. 12 apartments were damaged.

The former management of Kuzbassenergo-RES is suspected of causing damage to IDGC of Siberia A criminal case has been opened in Kuzbass regarding abuse of power in the Kemerovo branch of IDGC of Siberia - Kuzbassenergo - RES. According to IDGC of Siberia itself, the facts date back to the time when the branch was headed by Evgeny Tyumentsev, who was fired from this post in September 2012. However, Mr. Tyumentsev got the court to declare his dismissal illegal.

Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vetchachiwa is due to be charged today with the murder of a protester during a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in May 2010. Abhisit Vetchachiwa and his former deputy will become the first high-profile defendants in connection with the unrest in Bangkok, which killed about 90 people. Earlier, the former prime minister said that he did not consider himself guilty. He calls all the charges politically motivated. Based on materials from the BBC

The revision of duties needs to be agreed upon with 15 WTO members An application for negotiations with Ukraine as part of the revision of the country's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) was submitted by 15 of its members, including the European Union, the United States and China. Given the size of the application, which includes 371 tariff lines, negotiations could be very lengthy.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Ukraine, in which it confirmed the European Union’s desire to sign an association agreement with Ukraine in exchange for compliance with the principles of democracy and the rule of law, according to a statement on the European Parliament’s website.

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Bogdanov does not exclude the possibility of an opposition victory during the armed confrontation in Syria, RIA Novosti reports. “We need to face the facts, the trend is precisely in the direction that the regime and government in Syria is losing more and more control and more and more territories.

A civil memorial service for Galina Vishnevskaya is taking place at the Opera Singing Center. Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and funeral at Novodevichy Cemetery will take place on Friday. On Thursday in Moscow, at the Opera Singing Center, a civil memorial service is being held for Galina Vishnevskaya, who died on December 11 at the age of 87.

The Main Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Perm Territory completed the preliminary investigation into the criminal case against Vadim Zak, the brother of Anatoly Zak, the main defendant in the criminal case regarding the fire at the Lame Horse club. This was reported by the Unclassified resource.