Negotiations of the shareholders of the Yukos and Sibneft on the continuation of the merger of the two companies are delayed, a source close to the main shareholders of the Yukos NK told the oil information agency. "Sibneft shareholders" delay the process, they do not say yes or no, are not ready to leave the deal and pay a penalty, but they are not ready to continue, "the source said.

In response to the appeal of the Russian -speaking flock of the London Cathedral in the name of all saints and in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the arrival of the Russian Orthodox Church ), the chairman of the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP), Metropolitan and Kaliningrad Kirill (Gundyaev) sent a letter to the parishioners of the cathedral, the text of the Office of the OVICE MP.

The famous pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazi ends the world tour of 2003 with concerts in Moscow - December 6 in the Big Hall of the Conservatory and December 7 - in the theater -concert hall named after Pavel Slobodkin. The concerts will take part in the State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia" under the leadership of Yuri Bashmet and the State Academic Chopel of Russia named after Yurlov under the leadership of Stanislav Gusev.

Researchers from the London Institute of Child Health proved that the appearance of parents directly affects children, Ananova reports. Scientists have found that if the father of the child is thick and the mother is low, the child will be born with insufficient weight, and when he grows, he will suffer from obesity. Also, such children have more chances to get severe heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. The study took the fate of 7,000 men and women born in March 1958.

Two years ago, the Italian police launched an uncompromising war against the mafia. On December 11, 2001, the head of the mafia clan Giuseppe Barbaro was arrested. He was a few meters from his house, in the center of the village. For 14 years, he evaded the appearance of the court. Carabiners broke into his house in Calabria and destroyed him. It turned out that a whole system of underground passages and bunkers leads from the house.

The head of the village administration was robbed in the suburbs. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region, on the eve of the village of Novosyanovo, Domodedovo district of the Moscow region, six unknown people penetrated the house of the head of the administration of the village of Gorki Leninsky Leninsky district. Threatening with a gun, the criminals took possession of money, valuable things and disappeared.

The judge of the Moscow City Court Olga Kudeshkina said on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station that she stops the election campaign. "I do not want to run further into the State Duma deputies," she said. This decision was made, "so that none of the voters who support me, none of my colleagues have the impression that this is a pre -election PR," Kudeshkina said. On December 1, Kudeshkina, the Prosecutor General’s Office, was on the court on the air of the Echo of Moskvy radio station.

A large -scale operation that covered the entire western coast of the United States conducted law enforcement agencies in relation to the criminal group "Angels of Hell" . On Wednesday, 57 of its members were arrested, including group leaders in several states, captured firearms, explosives and drugs. The searches were held in headquarters and "clubs" groups in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as in the states of Arizona, Washington, Nevada and Alaska.

"Portland Trail Blazers" apparently tired of the very criminal club of the NBA, and therefore the team began the sale of their hooligans. The head of one of the best defenders of Bonji Wells flew first. Wells went to Ma themes, and in exchange Portland received Wesley Person, as well as the first number of the draft next year. Recall that recently, Wells quarreled with Portland coach Maurice Chiks, and the case ended with a fight.

Five out of ten militants who committed terrorist attacks in Istanbule under the command of Turk Azad, crews fought in Chechnya. This was reported on Thursday by the authoritative Turkish newspaper Milliet. According to the newspaper, this “strike of a dozen” was preliminary preparation in camps in Afghanistan, where terrorists received from their owners an order to inflict objects chosen in Istanbul by suicide bombers.

Those who want to celebrate New Year in Europe need to buy now. Experts believe that by the end of the year the European currency will rise in price. According to the results of trading on Wednesday, the euro to the ruble rose 32 kopecks and amounted to 35.89 rubles per unit of European currency. By the end of the year, the European currency, experts believe, will strengthen up to 36.2 rubles per euro.

At an extraordinary 128th conference of the organization of oil exporting countries, which opens on Thursday in the capital of Austria Vienna, the world oil cartel "intends to protect the current high prices for oil-raw oil." Such a statement was made by the Vienna to participate in the work of the Supreme Okekovsky Forum Ali Ibrahim An -Nayimi, Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia - the world's largest producer and exporter of Black Gold.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a drunken driver at a bus stop knocked down two people. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District. According to the press service, a drunken driver on a Toyota car at the intersection, in the conditions of ice, lost control, the car flew to the bus stop, RIA Novosti reports. As a result, a man and a woman died of injuries at the scene.

A storm warning was announced in St. Petersburg on Thursday, the press center of the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of St. Petersburg reported with reference to the Hydrometeorological Center of the city. From 17:00 to 22:00 in the coastal regions of St. Petersburg, an increase in the southwestern wind is expected, the speed of which will be 12-16 m/s, reports Interfax.

“In Russia, an authoritarian regime has been formed for a long time,” Igor Malashenko, one of the founders of the NTV opposition television channel, states in an interview with the Austrian edition of Der Standard . “We will never have the correct elections,” Boris Nemtsov believes.