Between "kidalovo" and "krysha" the London court was told about Russia in the 1990s Russian billionaire and speaker of the Chukotka Duma Roman Abramovich finished testifying in the Supreme Court of London. He spoke not only about the role played in Russia in the 1990s by entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky, who now wants to sue him for five and a half billion dollars, but also about how business and politics “really” interacted in the era of Boris Yeltsin.

The distribution of budget resources must be shifted in favor of regions and municipalities. stated this Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council, RIA Novosti reports . He added that a transparent system of financial incentives is needed, which must be introduced primarily through interbudgetary relations. According to the president, funds allocated from budgets at all levels must be tied to a specific result.

On October 21, 2011, the crew of the Magadan-Moscow flight of Yakutia Airlines was suspended from work based on the results of a pre-flight medical control. Three crew members - commander Vladimir Prokopyev, co-pilot Vitaly Sleptsov and flight attendant Elena Barmaleva - were diagnosed with high blood pressure and a rapid pulse. On November 8, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Alexander Bugakov, stated that the crew of flight 758 used marijuana shortly before departure.

Standard & Poor's agency erroneously released information about a downgrade of France's credit rating. According to Agence France-Presse , messages about the downgrade due to a technical glitch were sent to some subscribers of the S&P's Global Credit portal.

Germany will reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan from 5,350 to 4,400 by the end of January 2013, reports the Associated Press . According to The Local, which cites a number of German agencies, the withdrawal of the first batch of Bundeswehr troops is scheduled for early 2012. According to the new mandate, from February the maximum number of German troops in Afghanistan will be reduced from 5,350 to 4,900 troops.

A military court found Sergeant Calvin Gibbs guilty of killing three Afghan civilians in Kandahar province in January 2010, Agence France-Presse reported on Thursday, November 10. A five-member court-martial jury unanimously found Gibbs guilty of all 15 counts, including three counts of first-degree murder. The tribunal is expected to sentence Gibbs soon. Each premeditated murder is punishable by life imprisonment.

11.11.2011, 17:03:15 version Print | PDA/PDA EU and German flags on Unter den Linden. Photo ©AFP Awkward situation Germany denies rumors of eurozone reform German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to make excuses about rumors that appeared in the press about reforming the eurozone. Some sources in Brussels told Reuters that Germany and France are holding behind-the-scenes negotiations to exclude some countries from the euro zone.

Eight Russian hockey players will compete for the right to play in the NHL All-Star Game of the 2011/12 season. On the night of November 11, the NHL announced the names of the players who will take part in the fan vote. Based on the results of this vote, the starting lineups for the All-Star Game (two goalies and ten field players) will be determined, the official NHL website reports.

Englishman Colin Scragg, who owns the alcohol company LO Smith AB in Sweden, won the dispute over the trademark The Pirate Bay in the class of alcoholic beverages. Thus, as the Torrent Freak portal writes, Scragg got the opportunity to use the brand to produce strong alcohol, as well as beer. The fact that Scragg wanted to use the Pirate Bay brand to produce rum became known back in 2009.

Businessman Alexander Pugachev agreed to sell his newspaper France Soir for 1 euro if the new owner takes on the publication's debts. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to Pugachev’s interview with the LCI TV channel. The interview has not yet been published on the channel’s website. The statement by Pugachev, who has owned the publication since 2009, came after a rally of France Soir journalists took place on November 10 near the Ministry of Culture in Paris.

A helicopter carrying Mexico's interior minister crashed on Friday in the central part of the country. This was reported on the website of the local newspaper El Universal. The condition of 45-year-old Francisco Blake Mora is unknown. Also on board the helicopter were Deputy Minister Felipe Zamora and Interior Ministry communications coordinator Jose Alfredo Garcia.

The NHL club St. Louis Blues sent Russian defenseman Nikita Nikitin to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for another defensive player, Kris Russell. TSN reports this. In seven matches of the NHL regular season 2011/12 season, 25-year-old Nikitin did not score a single point, and since October 30 he has not appeared on the ice in official meetings. Nikitin is a product of Avangard Omsk, and he spent most of his professional career at this club. In 2004, St.

Filming on Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse will begin in the Canadian province of Quebec in the summer of 2012, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The states of Michigan and Oklahoma were considered as potential locations for filming the film. However, Spielberg ended up choosing Montreal. Stephen has previously worked in Canada several times. In particular, it was in Montreal that the material for the 2004 film “The Terminal” was shot.

In St. Petersburg, on November 11, a theatrical excursion dedicated to the anniversary of the writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, who was born 190 years ago, will take place at the “Raznochinny Petersburg” museum. According to Fontanka.ru, the excursion will tell you how the Semenets district (the historical name of the area between Zagorodny Prospekt and Obvodny Canal) is connected with the fate and work of the writer.

The last building of the Severny Park residential complex on Leningradskoye Shosse in Moscow, in which equity holders have been waiting for paid apartments for more than five years, will be put into operation by the New Year. reports this Interfax with reference to a message from the Moskomstroyinvest company (project developer). Currently, two of the three buildings ("B" and "C") are completely ready for commissioning.