The Georgian Prosecutor General's Office has resumed the investigation into the death of the country's Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who died in 2005. This, as Interfax reports , was announced by the brother of the deceased, Georgy Zhvania, after a visit to the prosecutor's office. “The investigation into the circumstances of Zurab’s death has resumed. I can’t talk about the details yet,” he said. There have been no official comments from the prosecutor's office itself yet.

Researchers from Italy have determined that in the painting "Mona Lisa" Leonardo depicted a landscape from the Montefeltro region, located in northeastern Italy, The Times reports. The research will be published in December 2012 in a book called Code P.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Health will soon begin developing a list of products that can (and cannot) be donated to local Buddhist monks, reports Agence France-Presse . The need to compile such a list arose due to the fact that some monks abuse fatty and sweet foods. According to the ministry, in recent years the number of monks suffering from heart disease and diabetes has begun to increase.

The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were buried again after local doctors took the necessary biological materials for tests, Agence France-Presse reports , citing sources in the Palestinian Authority. this information to the Associated Press . Representatives of local authorities also confirmed Members of the commission investigating the circumstances of Arafat's death said that the operation was completed and the samples were transferred to French, Swiss and Russian specialists.

The Lehman Brothers banking group will sell the development company Archstone Inc, which will soon conduct an IPO (initial public offering). The buyers will be two companies also operating in the US development market - Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities. This is stated in a press release from AvalonBay. The total amount of the transaction will be $6.5 billion.

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development opposed the introduction of a minimum price for sparkling wines and champagne. This follows from the conclusion published on the ministry’s website. Rosalkogolregulirovanie has prepared a project to introduce a minimum retail price for sparkling wines in October.

27.11.2012, 19:11:38 version Print | PDA/PDA Tanker "River Ob". Photo from the official Facebook page of the nuclear icebreaker "50 Years of Victory" Age of Discovery For the first time in history, a gas tanker passed along the Northern Sea Route The Russian gas tanker Reka Ob became the first vessel of its class to successfully navigate the Northern Sea Route with a full load. The ship has entered the Pacific Ocean and will soon reach the shores of Japan, where it will bring Norwegian gas.

In Moscow, Cossacks began patrolling the city center on Tuesday, November 27. The squads want to maintain order at the Belorussky railway station and the square around it. reports this RIA Novosti . The patrol consists of eight Cossacks, as well as one policeman. They must look for unauthorized retail outlets, illegally parked cars and generally maintain public order throughout the day.

Businessman Vladimir Potanin will pledge 100 percent of his development company ProfEstate as collateral to Vnesheconombank (VEB). This will happen in connection with the state corporation increasing the loan for the construction of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana. As the Kommersant newspaper writes with reference to the president of ProfEstate, Sergei Bachin, the deal is currently being finalized.

The DAT-11 certification commission included the Russian Osa barrelless pistol and 20 other weapons in the official catalog of NATO non-lethal weapons, according to a press release from the Russian Technologies State Corporation received by the editors of Lenta.ru. In order to comply with a single standard, NATO member countries are recommended to adopt only those weapons that are included in the catalog.

The final of the international competition "Entrepreneur of the Year" will be held on November 29 this year in Moscow at the Lotte Hotel Moscow. This is stated in a press release from Ernst & Young, the organizer of the competition. In 2012, 23 Russian entrepreneurs reached the finals of the competition, from which winners will be selected in ten categories, including in the financial sector, mining and processing industries, IT and high technologies.

The American department store chain Walmart has terminated its relationship with a supplier that placed orders from a factory in Bangladesh, where a fire on November 24 killed more than a hundred people. reports this Agence France-Presse . Walmart says the supplier hired a subcontractor without the customer's approval and vows to push for improved fire safety at textile plants in Bangladesh.

About 30 relatives of prisoners of colony No. 6 of Kopeisk, who remained near the building despite the end of the protest, left the prison walls. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chelyabinsk Region. According to Interfax , the police lifted the cordon around the rioting colony and removed the checkpoints.

There will be no siesta The crisis has disrupted the usual life of the Spaniards and Portuguese The daily life of the Spaniards and Portuguese is no longer the same as it was just a few years ago. The protracted economic crisis that hit Europe and hit these two countries especially hard changed their face, threatening even such a seemingly unshakable Spanish tradition as the siesta.

The head coach of Zenit St. Petersburg , Luciano Spalletti , said that Igor Denisov and Alexander Kerzhakov are unworthy of being team captain. This was reported by the official website of the Russian champions. In the game of the 17th round of the Russian championship with Moscow CSKA (1:1), Miguel Danny came out with the captain's armband. At the post-match press conference, Spalletti said that he himself chooses who will be the team captain.