The additional issue of the Russian Ingosstrakh, which became the cause of the conflict between the company's shareholders, is being challenged in court by the insurer's deputy chief accountant Vladimir Tulnov. newspaper writes about this The Kommersant . Let us recall that in October it was decided to increase the authorized capital of Ingosstrakh fourfold, to 10 billion rubles. The main owner of Ingosstrakh is the structures of Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element .

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will play quarterback Joe Namath, who became the first player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Variety reports this. Namath agreed to shoot the film at Universal after lengthy negotiations. The script for the film will begin to be written immediately after the end of the Writers Guild of America strike. The director of the film is still unknown. The film will tell the life story of Namath, who is also known as Broadway Joe.

On the advice of doctors, British singer Amy Winehouse has canceled all concerts and other public appearances planned for the rest of 2007, reports the Associated Press. The singer does not intend to set new performance dates, so her fans are advised to return their tickets. "The difficulties associated with the tour and the emotional stress of recent weeks have taken their toll.

Russia has put forward new proposals to Ukraine regarding the price of gas that will be supplied in 2008. This was stated by the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko . His words are reported by Interfax . Details of the proposal have not been disclosed. The introduction of new conditions by Gazprom is due to the fact that Turkmenistan has raised prices for its gas for Russia.

Sean Penn's film "Into the Wild", based on the best-selling book of the same name by Jon Krakauer, was recognized as the best feature film of the year according to the Gotham Awards, one of the most authoritative independent awards in the United States. Reuters reports this. Into the Wild tells the true story of Christopher McCandless, who left his wealthy family to become a drifter.

All valuable works of art have been removed from the Australian Parliament building in Canberra, Reuters reports. This is due to the fact that former deputies who lost their seats in parliament following the November 24 elections are packing their personal belongings. To prevent them from taking with them the paintings that decorated their offices as souvenirs, it was decided to first move the art objects to storage.

On November 27, the British Fashion Awards ceremony, the most prestigious award in the European fashion industry, took place in London. Designer of the Year was Paul McCartney's daughter Stella McCartney, who beat out two other contenders in this category: Anya Hindmarch and Luella Bartley. “This award is the merit of all members of my team,” said Sir Paul’s daughter when presenting the award.

May Bush help you The US convinced the Israelis and Palestinians to draw up a peace plan themselves The peace conference on the Middle East settlement, held under the auspices of the United States, was marked by demonstrative handshakes between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.

On Wednesday, November 28, the ninth International Exhibition-Fair of Intellectual Literature non/fiction opened in Moscow. According to the radio station "Echo of Moscow" , books from 20 countries will be presented at the Central House of Artists. 265 publishing houses take part in the fair. The program also includes two exhibitions of illustrations. The fair will last until December 2.

According to Greenpeace, Japanese Nintendo, known in the Russian market for its Wii and DS gaming systems, was recognized as the worst company in terms of caring for the environment. Sony Ericsson took first place. The cell phone maker scored 7.7 out of 10 on the Greenpeace scale and took the lead in the ranking thanks to an improved recycling program for old phones and the elimination of some chemicals in production, PC World reports.

In the center of Mexico City, thanks to large entrepreneurs, two museums will be built opposite each other. One of them will appear on the initiative of the head of Mexico's largest producer of juices and nectars, Jumex, Eugenio Lopez Alonso, who next month will select an architectural bureau to develop the design of the exhibition center building. Bloomberg reports this.

The so-called Rothschild egg from the workshop of Carl Fabergé was sold to a Russian collector at a London auction at Christie's on November 28, 2007 for $18.5 million, which is an absolute record for a work of Russian decorative and applied art. A representative of the Christie's house told Lenta.ru about this by telephone. To this day, the most expensive piece of work from Carl Fabergé's workshop is considered to be the "Winter Egg", sold in 2002 at Christie's for $9.6 million.

The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom will build the largest underground gas storage facility (UGS) in Europe. It will be located in Germany, a representative of Gazprom Germania said, Reuters reports. Construction of the underground gas storage facility should begin in 2009. It is assumed that the amount to be invested in the project will be 420 million euros. The underground gas storage facility will be located in the city of Hinrichshagen at a depth of 650 meters.

28.11.2007, 05:43:59 version Print | PDA/PDA Photo by Alexander Kotomin General annihilation Runet Prize merged with Antipremiya On November 27, on Novoslobodskaya, at the Meyerhold Theater and Cultural Center, the fourth ceremony of presenting statuettes of the Runet Prize, the most prominent Internet award in the country, took place. This time the ceremony has undergone significant changes.

More than ten million Britons consider increased debt payments excessive, writes The Daily Mail. according to research from financial website uSwitch . Almost one in four UK residents (23 per cent) believe they are no longer able to keep up with their debt payments, Around 12 per cent of Britons (5.4 million people) have missed payments on debts and bills in the last six months, and three per cent of Britons fear losing their home.