It was funny to watch how the Italians were preparing for the upcoming match of the Italian Championship without allowing Alessandro Del Piero, Pavel Nedved and Gianluigi Buffon to enter the field. Already the day before the match, it became completely clear that Juventus was doomed to defeat, as team coach Marcello Lippi announced that he would give the main leaders of the club a rest.

A strong explosion near the Georgian state television building thundered in Tbilisi on Wednesday at about 21:50 Moscow time, Interfax reports. All glasses were knocked out in the facade part of the building, several television studies were injured. Experts found that in the manufacture of an explosive device, attackers used TNT. The power of the explosion has not yet been installed.

The Moscow prosecutor’s office today charged the fire safety rules of the acting Rector of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples named after Patrice Lumonba Dmitry Bilibin.

A delegation of the Buddhists of Russia arrived in China, which includes clergymen of the traditional Tibetan Buddhism for Russia - Buddhist traditional Sangha of Russia . A visit organized through the Russian-Chinese Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development will last until December 13. This visit, as Interfax agency was told by sources in the Russian-Chinese Committee of Friendship, Peace and Development, will laid down regular contacts between Buddhist clergymen of Russia and China.

On Wednesday, London will be presented to one of the most prestigious literary awards of the year. The Bad Sex In Fiction Award is awarded for the worst bed scene in fiction, more precisely, for the "most mediocre description of sexual intercourse." The award is awarded to the English magazine The Liturary Review for 11 consecutive years. This year, 10 authors were nominated for the Bad Sex In Fiction Award.

The passage of the "Union of Right Forces" to the State Duma when voting on party lists is at risk. Such a statement was made by the leaders of the ATP on December 3. At the Press Conferences of Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov and Irina Khakamada, the ATP and Yabloko are on the verge of five percent of plus or minus half a percent.

On the initiative of Russia, the UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday the resolution "Reacting to global threats and challenges." The document emphasizes the central role of the UN in the fight against various global threats and challenges, including international terrorism, transnational organized crime, regional conflicts, illegal drug trafficking, money laundering, poverty, and a worsening environment of the environment.

The leadership of the State Inspectorate for Road Safety (traffic police) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation does not intend to rush with the introduction of liability for violation of the Federal Law on Compulsory Insurance of Auto -City Liability (OSAGO).

The price of the January futures contracts for oil of WTI brand on the New York commodity exchange based on the results of trading on Tuesday increased by 2.8% - to 30.78 dollars per barrel, which is 83 cents higher than the values ​​of the previous trades.

The “Yukos case” is rapidly increasing not only in the part that concerns the amounts of incriminated companies, but also by the level of discussion. According to the News News newspaper, on Monday evening, shortly after the announcement of new claims to Yukos from the Russian tax department, US President George Bush expressed his concern to Vladimir Putin.

The elite unit of the Israeli army detained on Wednesday the Palestinian who intended to commit an attack on the territory of Israel, the Galya Dervahl radio station reports. On the detained, a waist with explosives was found ready for use. The second Palestinian was also arrested, who served as a successor terrorist as a guide.

Since the next week, the US Embassy in Moscow plans to introduce additional procedures for issuing an entry visa: they will have to remove fingerprints from those who want to get it. Such an order, as expected, will begin to operate on December 9, according to the US Embassy website in Moscow . At the initial stage of the application of this program, prints of only two index fingers of the applicants will be scanned.

At the Christie's auction in London on Wednesday, personal letters of British statesmen will be exhibited - from Queen Elizabeth I to Winston Churchill. According to the administration of the auction, a total of 165 lots from the collection of historical documents and letters collected by the Spyro family were put up for sale.

The head of the Muslims of the Caucasus (UMK) Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pasha-Zade called the "historical" on November 26 in Moscow a four-sided meeting of the spiritual leaders of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation, Georgia and Armenia. The meeting was attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II , Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Elijah II , the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians Garein II and Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazade.

The number of Russian citizens who want to get political asylum in other countries will increase. This was stated on the air of "Echo of Moscow" Executive Director of the Moscow Helsinki group Tatyana Lakshina, commenting on the statistics presented by the Supreme Commissar of the UN for refugees.