People's deputies are not giving up attempts to prevent the ongoing privatization of large enterprises. One of the numerous amendments to the draft budget for 2001, which will be considered in the third reading on December 1, proposes to prohibit the government from selling state-owned enterprises.

The Ministry of Press and Information of Russia today warned the Ministry of Health on the action conducted in November by the management center of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization among health workers, NTV reports with reference to Interfax.

Among Chinese living in Singapore, Christianity has surpassed Taoism in popularity. But Buddhism still comes first. These data were obtained during the population census. Singaporeans who consider English their first language are more open to the influence of Christianity, according to census data. It is also related to the level of education. Christians make up the largest group among university graduates.

The court in the case of an American citizen Edmond Poup, accused of espionage in favor of the United States, entered the final stage. Today, Pavel Astakhov’s lawyer, intends to petition for an additional examination and withdrawal from the materials of the case of an interrogation of Professor Pennsylvania Daniel Kylie, detained along with the professor of MSTU named after Bauman Anatoly Babkin.

According to official figures of the election commission in Kaliningrad, Admiral Vladimir Egorov was elected the governor of the region. The NTV television company reports that by the morning of Monday in Kaliningrad, all the ballots have already been calculated, and 58.6 percent of voters voted for Egorov. Vladimir Egorov, who until today commanded the Baltic Fleet, went into the second round of elections with Leonid Gorbenko, the current Governor of Kaliningrad.

About a ton of hashish was found by customs officers of Ilyichevsk customs in the Odessa region on board the Tropical Land motor ship, which arrived through Romania from Colombia, NTV reports with reference to Interfax. The total value of the drugs is about $35 million at black market prices. The hashish was packaged in small briquettes wrapped in film. The smugglers hid them in boxes of bananas, the public relations department of the State Customs Service reported.

Animator director Vyacheslav Kotenochkin died today in Moscow after a long illness at the age of 74. Fame came to Kotenochkin after creating the first animated film “Well, wait a minute!” It was not yet conceived as a series.

The Novosibirsk Anti-Sectarian Center received information that on Siberia Airlines flights, passengers are offered cakes from Maharishi Products. The head of the center, Archpriest Alexander Novopashin, immediately reported in a letter to the airline that the company is associated with the Transcendental Meditation society, which is a “harmful totalitarian sect,” the Blagovest-info agency reports. The archpriest was told about this dangerous connection by sectologist Dvorkin, LDPR member N.V.

The London International Petroleum Exchange is witnessing an active rise in oil prices. In the first two hours of trading, the barrel rose in price by 55 cents to $33.60. Analysts cite the immediate reason for the rise in prices as the results of the forum of oil producers and consumers held in Riyadh, at which the OPEC leadership announced its desire to begin reducing oil production in January 2001.

The Indian government has announced that it will unilaterally suspend military operations in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins at the end of November. Clashes between Muslim separatists and Indian troops have continued in the state for more than a decade. Foreign mercenaries, mainly from Pakistan, also take part in them. Since 1989, according to official data, about 30 thousand people have died in hostilities.

Exactly 25 years ago, the Spanish dictator Franco died. According to the El Pais newspaper, today 80% of the Spaniards treat it either negatively or with indifference. Nevertheless, the deceased Generalissimo also has hot supporters. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco, about 5 thousand admirers of a deceased dictator gathered at his tomb under his tomb under the territory of a huge memorial complex near Madrid.

US President Bill Clinton made it clear that he supports the proposal of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to mutual reduction of nuclear warheads to one and a half thousand units. In an interview with CNN, Clinton said that one could agree "to reduce the number of missiles in our nuclear arsenals, as well as in their / Russia / arsenals." The American president also outlined the conditions under which such an agreement would be possible.

On the stage in front of the audience, the ASIMO robot went out with a firm gait, completely wobbling humanly when walking with his hands. Compared to its predecessors, the new development of Honda has incredible flexibility. The very name of the robot √ asimo (abbreviation from Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) means "a new step in mobility technology." Demonstrating the ability to perfectly coordinate his movements, the robot gently shook the hand of his godfather - the president of Honda.

Mikhail Katyshev said today that Boris Berezovsky had never financed the election campaigns of the Unity and Vladimir Putin from funds belonging to Aeroflot. “Berezovsky told the lie, obvious to him,” Katyshev said, who once headed the investigation in the Aeroflot case in an interview with the weekly Newspaper in the Prosecutor General.

In Kursk, the prosecutor’s office begins an investigation about the statement of Alexander Rutsky, which reports that yesterday representatives of the new governor beat his assistant Sergei Maksachev right in the building of the regional administration. According to Kursk, NTV correspondent, the information of Alexander Rutsky this morning was confirmed by Maksachev himself in an interview with our television company.