Citizens give more to the state for their pensions A frivolous attitude towards future pensions is demonstrated not only by those citizens who do not think about saving at all, but also by those who are trying to save money. As data from the Russian Pension Fund has shown, many participants in the state pension co-financing program contribute more of their own money to it than they receive from the state, which is not economically justified.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the performance of the Rubin football team and promised to expel everyone who could not cope with their responsibilities. “We blew everything we could. Shame on them - to play for so much money in this way, to disgrace us! Those associated with Rubin, the players, there are simply no words. Salaries are paid day after day, everything is decided. Playing like this for that kind of money is a shame!” - Mr.

50th anniversary of the Pirelli calendar Ilya Nagibin Previous photo 1986 Bert Stern Photo: Bert Stern / Pirelli Calendar 1986 1988 Barry Lategan Photo: Barry Lategan / Pirelli Calendar 1988 1990, Arthur Elgort Photo: Arthur Elgort / Pirelli Calendar 1990 1994, Herb Ritts Photo: Herb Ritz / Pirelli Calendar 1994 2007, Ines van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin Photo: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin / Pirelli Calendar 2007 Next photo 1 / 9 Photo: Kommersant / Sergey Kiselev Pirelli Calendar

Protests are taking place in Rome on Wednesday against Italy's current economic policies, which have led to mass unemployment. To maintain order, about 1.5 thousand police officers were deployed to the streets, writes the newspaper Il Messaggero . Protesters are protesting against the misallocation of funds, with money allocated for the construction of the Turin-Lyon high-speed railway, instead of going towards paying wages and helping the poor.

British department store chain John Lewis has been releasing commercials ahead of the Christmas holidays for seven years now. They have become one of the Christmas traditions, The Guardian and The Telegraph write about them, they are awarded awards at advertising festivals, they are no less awaited than Christmas itself. Photo: Sergey Kiselev, Kommersant The first video appeared in 2007.

The UK government suffered a loss of 230 million pounds ($374 million) as a result of the sale of its first stake in Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the country's largest retail bank, Bloomberg reported, citing data from the UK Accounts Office (NAO). Taking into account the difference in purchase and sale prices, the authorities made a profit of 120 million pounds, but this did not take into account the cost of borrowing funds used to purchase the bank's shares.

If Ukraine decides to sign an association agreement with the European Union, Greece, which chairs the EU in the first half of 2014, will speed up the process of signing the agreement. Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Kourkoulas stated this to the UNIAN agency in Brussels after the presentation of Greece’s priorities during the six-month EU presidency, which begins on January 1. "We must wait for a decision regarding the signing in Kyiv. We cannot move unilaterally here.

Deputies of the Yamal Legislative Assembly made changes to the region's budget for 2013 and for the planning period of 2014 and 2015. Amendments to the document are due to the need to include additional gratuitous targeted transfers in the income and expenses of the district budget within the framework of agreements between the regional government and fuel and energy sector enterprises.

Anatoly Vats became a deputy from A Just Russia in the KhMAD Duma instead of Andrei Filatov, who went to work for the district government of Ugra. As SurgutInformTV reports, Mr. Vats was supposed to get the seat immediately after his predecessor left, but another candidate was proposed within the party - Evgeniy Tsyganov. As a result of the proceedings, the district election commission decided that Anatoly Vats should become a deputy.

Heads of two districts appointed in Volgograd The Volgograd administration introduced new heads of two districts. As the press service of the Volgograd City Duma reported, Valeria Kroman, who previously headed the Kirov district of Volgograd, was appointed to the post of head of the Central district of the city. Traktorozavodsky district was headed by Andrey Bondarev. In the Kirovsky district, the head of administration has not yet been appointed.

The lawyer of the convicted members of the punk group Pussy Riot Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, Irina Khrunova, said that the girls could be released tomorrow after the official publication of the amnesty resolution dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Constitution. “For the colony, only the Rossiyskaya Gazeta is needed - the officially published text of the amnesty decree. The special unit of the colony prints the release order, after which the head of the colony signs it.

The heads of state of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council will meet in Moscow on December 24, Interfax reports, citing the Kremlin press service.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Vladimir Lukin, proposes to consider the amnesty declared by the State Duma an act of mercy, Interfax reports. “Apparently, the state proceeds from the fact that many in our country have a negative attitude towards amnesties and believe that a thief should be in prison. The current amnesty is a compromise. The Commissioner for Human Rights would not be one if he had not petitioned for a broader version of the amnesty.

Foreign migrants may have their stay in Russia limited: the State Duma adopted the corresponding bill in the first reading. The document assumes that visitors will be allowed to stay in the country for only 90 days within six months. However, experts are confident that the measure will not resolve the problem of illegal migration.

The Podolsko-Vygurovskaya line of the Kyiv metro from the Raduzhnaya station in the direction of the Vygurovshchina-Troyeshchina residential area will be laid through Mayakovsky Avenue with the main electric depot "Troeshchina". As the press service of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) reported, this is enshrined in the relevant order of the city authorities.