The Davis Cup, which was won by the Russian team, having won the French in the final, will soon be presented for public display, the tennis team captain Shamil Tarpishchev said. According to him, in order for the Russians to see the trophy for which the team fought all year, there is very little left - to solve problems with insurance, RIA Novosti reports . This issue will be resolved on Wednesday.

In the whole in Russia, the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory infections does not exceed epidemic thresholds. This was announced in the press service of the Department of the State Apocademnadzor. "In the Russian Federation, as of December 1, 2002, in most cities, the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory infections is at a total of the entire population and individual age groups at the usual seasonal level without exceeding epidemic thresholds," the press service noted.

On New Year's holidays, a huge soap bubble is inflated over the living room in Moscow, which everyone will fit. The unique children's New Year show will be held on January 2, 5 and 9, the Journal of the holiday told Interfax on Wednesday. The main event of the performance will be the miracles of the Canadian magician Fan Yang. Right in front of the public, he will inflate the largest soap bubble in the world.

The US intelligence services are allowed to kill al-Qaeda members, including American citizens. The corresponding permission was signed by US President George Bush as part of the terrorism campaign. According to the CBS television company, the secret presidential order, which became known only now, was adopted shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The staff of the British embassy in Kenya was evacuated in connection with the threat of a terrorist attack. This was announced by the ITN radio station of Great Britain to Kenya. The ambassador did not announce where the threat came from, noting only that it was "serious", in connection with which the British representative office urgently stopped work. The embassy is currently closed. On Thursday, it will also not work.

The Moscow CSKA defeated the Polish 'Schlensk' on its site as part of the Basketball Euroleague draw - 73:45. CSKA GMIT SHLENSK In this meeting, the army team went to the site without their leaders: Lithuanian Darus Songgayla, who is now undergoing a medical examination in the USA, as well as without American Chris Gatling. He went home for family reasons. The American, by the way, came to CSKA rather honestly, finding a replacement for himself.

The Russian Football Premier League is going to reform, her President Vitaly Mutko said. The main reforms will affect the game calendar. In particular, he noted that the competition calendar for next year will become more dense. In accordance with the draft regulations, the Matches of the Cup of Russia, starting with the 1/16 finals, will consist of two fights.

The star of the “beauty 'and' infidel”, once called the sexiest man in the world, Richard Gir received a dubious prize for animal magnetism. Britain's Plain English Campaign gives the “leg in the mouth” award for the most slurred statement or ridiculous speech, reports Reuters . This time, the laureate of 2002 became a weight. The actor deserved this honor with a philosophical statement in the June interview with the British newspaper Guardian .

The Chief Minister of the Pakistani Province of Belujan Jam Muhmad Yusap issued a decree on the release of activists from extremist religious groups from prisons, ITAR-TASS reports. According to local sources today, this decision is timed to the province by the Eid Al -Fiter holiday - the marking the end of the sacred for the Muslims of the month of Ramadan .

On December 4 ( November 21 by the Julian calendar ), Orthodox Christians celebrate the feast of the introduction to the temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary . It belongs to the twelve great - twelve - holidays. In all temples of the Russian Orthodox Church , as well as in the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church, solemn services are being performed today. The festival is based on a church legend about the introduction of the Virgin Mary into the Jerusalem Temple.

The American Pit Samprass has not yet decided about his participation in the Australian open championship, which plunges into bewilderment of its organizers. So far, Samps has been included in the preliminary list of participants, which was published on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the athlete himself has not yet confirmed his participation in this tournament.

In London, on Wednesday, Sotheby's auction, a rare manuscript of the poem of the great Russian poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov "Dagger" was sold for 10 thousand pounds. As RIA Novosti reports, this is a wonderful work of the Russian poet, written in 1838, left the hammer at the price that the organizers of the auction planned to receive for it. There was no buyer for Sotheby's for three letters written by the poet from 1839 to 1841, which were addressed to his friend Alexei Lopukhin.

A triple murder occurred in the suburbs. As Interfax was told on Wednesday in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, the day before about 10:50 a.m. in the village of the Banner of October of the Podolsky district in apartment 11 house 7, three bodies with multiple wounds were found. The 46-year-old owner of the apartment, her 45-year-old neighbor and a 33-year-old neighbor, were killed. A criminal case has been instituted on this fact.

The Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan Kurbanbibi Atadzhanova said that three Russian citizens - Chechens by origin - Ruslan Sadullaev, Amirbek Bishoev and Magambet Nuraliev took part in the attempt on the president of the country of Saparmurad Niyazov .

The number of unemployed in Germany increased in November to the maximum mark in more than 4 years - 4.16 million people. The unemployed became 35 thousand more than in October, reports Interfax with reference to the Federal Employment Department of Germany. Economists expected an increase in the number of unemployed by 16 thousand. The unemployment rate increased from 9.9% to 10%.