The Government of the Russian Federation on Thursday generally approved the draft federal law on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Now the draft law will be submitted to the State Duma, and after the law is accepted by the parliamentarians and the president, a protocol providing for the restriction of greenhouse gas emissions, will enter into force.

On Thursday, the first lanes of almost all Russian newspapers are devoted to the largest privatization transaction of modern Russia - the purchase of the Conocophillips of the LUKOIL promotions for $ 2 billion. They paid attention to this long -expected deal and foreign newspapers.

Three -time rally champion "Paris - Dakar" Richard Sincte died during "Rally of the Country". According to the Air Force, the French motorcycle racer on Wednesday ended in an accident during the fourth stage, and the second road incident was fatal for him. Its details are still unknown, since the tragedy occurred without the presence of witnesses.

Yuri Budanov in Ulyanovsk wants to have mercy contrary to his desire. The former colonel withdrew the statement of pardon after he learned about the reaction in society to this step. However, the Ulyanovsk commission on pardon issues, which two weeks ago satisfied Budanov’s petition , insists on his ground: to have mercy, but leave in the colony. This is an unprecedented incident in the history of the Russian system of punishment - to invite the state to maintain the non -combatant.

At least 63 people died as a result of two explosions that followed one other in the south of Baghdad. About 140 more were injured. According to doctors, there are children among the dead and wounded. According to the Iraqi police, the explosions thundered at the moment when an American military convoy was passing by. We are talking about attacking three suicide bombers using mined cars.

The case of Alexander Puman, who was allegedly detained in the center of Moscow in a car with an explosive device, is overgrown with new scandalous details. As it became known to "New Izvestia" , the head of the Moscow District Council, Lev Moiseenko, is going to award the policemen who detained Puman, as well as the head of the police department, where he was "interrogated". Recall that after this interrogation, the suspect died at the institute. Sklifosovsky from beatings.

Another call on the laid explosive device in one of the Moscow schools was false. The call entered the Lyceum number 1533 on Lomonosovsky Prospekt. According to the correspondent of Newsru.com, after examining the building of the lyceum, dogologists and representatives of the special services were found. All students evacuated from school returned to the building. Classes in the lyceum are resumed.

Hollywood opens his agency in China. William Morris's agency expands its California sphere of influence of the opening of a new office in Shanghai, the main economic center of China. The company signed a large -scale contract with the organizers of the Shanghai International Film Festival to celebrate its arrival.

In November, General Motors and AvtoVAZ plan to announce the construction of a plant for the production of engines and transmissions in Togliatti, Vedomosti say. Moreover, it became known what equipment would stand at the factory. It turns out that it is planned to equip it with machines belonging to the bankrupt Daewoo Motors India.

The abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty will not help in the fight against terrorism. This opinion was expressed at a press conference by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin, Interfax reports. He is an opponent of the death penalty for any crimes, including terrorism. "This (the application of the death penalty) would equalize us with those who do not put human life in anything," Lukin said.

Life on Earth appeared 3.416 billion years ago, that is, 16 million years earlier than is believed in the scientific world. Such conclusions are contained in the expert report published on Thursday in the British journal Nature. According to scientists, analyzes of one of the corals, whose age exceeds 3.416 billion years, proved that during the formation of this coral on Earth there was already life at the level of microbes.

On Thursday in Saratov, an exit meeting of the Presidium of the State Council dedicated to the problems of the Russian agro -industrial complex is being held in Saratov. In the morning on Thursday, Vladimir Putin visited one of the major agricultural enterprises near Saratov - a multidisciplinary agricultural company "Nikolaevskaya". It was decided to show it to the president, since the farm is conducted using the latest technologies.

The authorities of Great Britain will immediately go to negotiations with the abductors of the British subject Kenneth Biglie if they come to contact with the government. This was announced on Wednesday by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair, reports the British television channel Sky News .

The merger of Gazprom and Rosneft will not be completed by the end of this year, said Ivan Materov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation. “There are too many aspects in the transaction, because of which it will probably drag on,” he told reporters on Thursday. In his opinion, the delay in the transaction may be associated, in particular, with the assessment of Rosneft and Gazprom assets participating in the transaction.

The church is devoid of walls to better "reflect the gypsy spirituality." The new temple is located on the field near the revered sanctuary of the Mother of God on the outskirts of Rome. The "building" of the church is 12 stones installed in a circle. These stones are designed to remind the gypsies of their traditional stake, the Blagovet-Info reports. The consecration of the temple was attended by about 100 gypsies who were satisfied with the construction.