Oil reserves in Russia are more than 50 percent depleted. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to materials prepared for the meeting of the country's Security Council on December 13. The document also provides a forecast estimate of gas resources in the country - 165 trillion cubic meters. It is also noted that the depreciation of capacities in the electric power and gas industries is 60 percent, and in the oil refining industry - up to 80 percent.

13.12.2010, 19:02:51 version Print | PDA/PDA Photo by the press service of the Beeline company Black line Beeline lost to MTS in the Russian brand ranking On December 13, the international brand consulting agency Interbrand published a rating of the most expensive brands in Russia, which was compiled based on the financial indicators of companies for 2009. In the list of 40 brands, first place went to the mobile operator MTS, which finally managed to overtake its long-time competitor, Beeline.

Bethesda Softworks has announced the next game in The Elder Scrolls series. According to GameSpot, the announcement took place at the Spike Video Game Awards ceremony held on December 11, 2010. The game, called The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will be released on November 11, 2011. You can watch the first trailer for the game on the official website of the series. It shows a cave with bas-reliefs of warriors and dragons.

13.12.2010, 14:29:37 version Print | PDA/PDA Fight in the match "Avangard" - "Vityaz". Still from a video posted on the website "Championat.Ru" Don't hit someone who's lying down “Vityaz” demanded to be expelled from the KHL for a fight with “Avangard” The match between the Omsk hockey club Avangard and the Moscow region Vityaz again ended in scandal.

Ukraine will issue external government loan bonds worth $4.5 billion in 2011, reports Korrespondent.net . The volume of emissions will be two and a half times higher than that of 2010. In addition to bonds, Ukraine intends to attract funds from other sources. In particular, in 2011 the government hopes to receive a World Bank loan of $500 million. Domestic debt will also increase due to government bonds by $6.11 billion.

The events at Manezhnaya, of course, are something truly out of the ordinary - it’s been a long time since the police had to deal with riots near the Kremlin walls. At the same time, there is no reason for hysteria: this, as one old joke says, is, of course, horror, but not horror-horror.

The most valuable Russian brand in 2010 was the brand of the cellular company MTS, ahead of its main competitor, Beeline. These are the results of the latest Interbrand rating. In the company's previous reports, the brand of the mobile operator VimpelCom (Beeline) consistently ranked first. According to Interbrand research, the MTS brand is now worth 213.2 billion rubles ($7.75 billion).

The Omsk Regional Court upheld the verdict against ex-deputy of the city council and former general director of the Sibstroy construction company Igor Mikheev. As the said in a statement , the ex-deputy was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime colony for deceiving shareholders.

Entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky, in an interview with the Ukrainian publication Glavred, criticized the former head of the republic Viktor Yushchenko .

Evidence of the release of Mongolian dissident Hada appeared on the website of the Chinese TV channel Boxun News Online , but human rights activists are confident that the public figure is still in captivity. posted anonymously The evidence was provided by photographs , which depicted Hada himself, surrounded by his wife Xinna and son Uiles.

13.12.2010, 17:16:28 version Print | PDA/PDA Scene of the explosion in Stockholm. Photo ©AFP "98 percent" Swedish authorities are investigating the first terrorist attack in the country's history On December 11, two explosions occurred in Stockholm with an interval of 15 minutes. As a result, one person was killed and two were injured.

Director of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NSATOiB) Ruslan Efremov was found dead in the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Interfax-Zapad reports . According to the agency, he was found hanged. The circumstances of Efremov's death are being verified by the prosecutor's office. As senior assistant prosecutor of Minsk Sergei Balashev said, there is no reason to consider the death to be violent. It is known that Efremov arrived in Minsk to participate in the opera forum.

Five players from the main squad of St. Petersburg “Zenith” will miss the Europa League match with the Greek club AEK. Defenders Alexander Anyukov and Ivica Krizanac, midfielders Vladimir Bystrov and Danni, and forward Alexander Kerzhakov did not fly to Athens, where this game will take place on December 16. This was reported by the official website of Zenit. A total of 19 players went to Athens, including three goalkeepers. The match with AEK has no tournament significance for Zenit.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting of the country's Security Council on December 13, instructed the government to develop an energy security doctrine. reports this RIA Novosti . Previously, Russia had already adopted an energy strategy and a general scheme for the development of electric power facilities, as well as the oil and gas industries.

The Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate received a video recording of an incident involving Izvestia photojournalist Anatoly Zhdanov, as a result of which he broke his collarbone. This was stated by the head of the Moscow police Vladimir Kolokoltsev , Interfax reports . According to Zhdanov, law enforcement officials have not yet contacted him. “I myself won’t do anything for now, now I want to get better,” the journalist told the agency.