This year has become unsuccessful for France. The defeat in the Davis Cup was overlapping the disgusting performance of the football team at the World Cup, the French media believes. Almost all local newspapers agreed that the game of the Russian national team will go down in the history of world tennis, as a triumph of skill and will. The guests showed that the power of the will of Russians, their skill, the ability to "stand to the end", selflessness and faith in themselves.

The twin brothers served the same period of imprisonment in turn, Izvestia.Ru reports. Three Chuvash twin brothers, amazingly similar to each other, still realized at school that it was possible to benefit from their similarities. Having matured and becoming regular customers of Russian prisons, Vladlen, Roman and Ruslan decided to use this to facilitate his fate. In 1992, Roman on a date in prison exchanged clothes with Ruslan, who was serving time, so that his brother would be a little free.

In Bashkiria, a fire was prevented at the Ufaneftekhim factory, where about 1.5 cubic meters of AI-76 gasoline, in one of the workshops last Sunday, took a leak due to the depressurization of the tank belts. As a result of the accident, gasoline spilled in an area of ​​about 1,500 square meters. Thanks to promptly taken measures, fuel fires were avoided, Interfax-Eurasia was told to the Bashkiria Ministry of Emergencies.

In Moscow, two visitors to the veterinarian on Sunday night were killed by a raider-narcomaniac, who demanded narcotic medicines from the veterinarian. According to RIA Novosti on Monday in the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the incident occurred in the premises of a private veterinary clinic in house 22 on Prishvin Street. At 23:30, two unknown people broke into the office of the doctor on duty, a 34-year-old woman.

On November 30, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv satisfied the submission of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine on capturing the former deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank of Ukraine Sergey Gashinsky.

The new Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali went to meet the requirements of the alliance of six religious parties-a forum of uniform actions (Muttakhid Majlis-Amal) and promised to restore Friday in the country as a day off in accordance with the Muslim calendar , RIA Novosti reports.

The Agency for Regional Political Studies (ARPI) conducted a survey of the population on the topic: "How do you feel about the transfer of Japan to several Kuril Islands that were attached to the USSR in 1945?" The survey was conducted in more than 84 urban and rural settlements in 28 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in all federal districts of the country. The survey was attended by 1600 people. The survey method is a personal interview at the reservation of the respondent.

The legendary rock band 'Oasis' was forced to cancel the previously planned concert in Munich after several members of the musical team, including the leader of the Laem Gallagher group, were arrested for a fight, BBC reports. According to the official website of the group , the last weekend in one of the nightclubs of this German city was attacked by a Yuntsi gang. In particular, several teeth were knocked out and other sensitive damage was knocked out.

The vast majority of Americans do not know that Jean Chretien is the Prime Minister of Canada, and Ottawa is the capital of this country. These are the results of the survey published in the United States last Sunday, reports AFP. Only 8% of 1,500 Americans surveyed by the Canadian company Leger Marketing managed to name Jean Chretien. 5% of respondents called other names, including Pierre Trudeau, who died two years ago and who served as Prime Minister of Canada until 1984.

The census of the population gave the authorities a new party and the ability to legally put budget money in someone’s pockets, writes in the issue for December 2 the New Gazeta . According to the publication, in Russia, after the census, 10-15% of "dead souls" suddenly appeared. They will provide an unconditional victory in any election, the newspaper notes. In addition, “extra people have a master,” the publication adds.

Russia continues to smoothly increase oil and gas production, the data of the Ministry of Energy testify. The volume of oil and gas condensate production in the Russian Federation in January-November 2002 increased by 9% compared to the same indicator of 2001 and amounted to 346.15 million tons. Gas production in the Russian Federation in January -November increased by 2.5% - to 538.7 billion cubic meters. m.

On Monday, a statement published on behalf of Al-Qaeda appeared on the Internet, in which the International Terrorist Network takes responsibility for terrorist attacks against the Israeli hotel and an Israeli El-AL Air Force, Reuters reports. “Al -Qaeda fighters” returned to the very place where four years ago a blow was struck by the coalition of Jews and crusaders, ”the statement of the terrorist group said.

A monument to the outstanding Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov will be erected on the Patriarchal Ponds. Contrary to rumors, no underground parking lots under patriarchal ponds in the center of the capital will be built, Interfax said on Monday the prefect of the central administrative district of the capital Gennady Degtev.

Eight wagons of a military echelon with the battalion of Russian peacekeepers left the rails in Abkhazia near the Blaburkhu station of the Gagra district last weekend. None of the military were injured. This was announced on Monday by a source in the Office of the Abkhaz railway. The 558th battalion served 12 months in the Zone-Abkhaz conflict zone and was heading to the place of constant deployment to the city of Maykop the Republic of Adygea.

Former Ambassador of Belarus to Japan, Peter Kravchenko, said today that "he was not going to ask for political asylum and intends to return to his homeland" in connection with the end of his business trip.