On Monday, the Secretary General of Kofi on Monday had to answer the unpleasant questions of journalists about the involvement of his son Kojo in the investigation of the UN humanitarian program for Iraq "Oil in exchange for food." In particular, journalists were interested in the UN Secretary General if he knew that his son almost until recently continued to receive a salary from the Swiss company Kotekna, which controlled the supply of humanitarian goods to Iraq within the framework of this

The famous American human rights organization filed a lawsuit against the Criminal Court of Karlsruhe (Germany) on Tuesday, accusing the US Minister of Defense Ramsfeld and nine more US officials of committing war crimes and violation of international law in Iraq.

The supplier of light and heat to the houses of residents of the Ukrainian capital, the Joint -Stock Company Kyivenergo turned to Kievites with an appeal to increase the level of payment for electric and thermal energy, reports "correspondent.net . On November 21, mass shares of supporters of the leader of the united Ukrainian opposition Viktor Yushchenko have been held in Kyiv. Employees of Kyivenergo provide feasible assistance to a rally from the regions of Ukraine.

A group of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, as well as the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chekalin and Deputy Prosecutor Governor of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kolesnikov, arrived in Abkhazia to study the operational situation.

In Indonesia, there was an accident of the Lion Air aircraft airline. The MD-82 liner was entered during landing at the airport of Solo, which is located 500 km southeast of Jakarta in the center of Java. The plane arrived in Solo from Jakarta. The incident occurred at 6:15 local time at the ADI Sumarmo airport, reports The Jakarta Post . The plane left the runway, reached a local cemetery, which is located about 100 meters from the airport. At that moment, his fuselage fell apart in two.

The Supreme Court of Ukraine on Tuesday evening announced a break until the morning of Wednesday in the consideration of a complaint of the opposition , which finishes the invalidation of the results of the second round of the presidential election.

Representatives of the popular British boxer Ricky Hatton are close to signing a contract for the battle with the world's world welterweight champion Konstantin Tszyu, Allboxing reports citing the British newspaper The Guardian .

As already reported , the President was replaced by the Russian Jewish Congress (rivers). He became a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Chuvashia Vladimir Slutsker - a major businessman in the past, also known as a researcher of Judaism issues, author of the methodological course "Fundamentals of Kabbalah" and other works of theological character. This event is devoted to an interview that the new leader of the rivers gave NG religions .

The chairman of the board of Yukos Stephen Tidi is still hoping to protect the company from collapse and sales, although, according to him, the Russian authorities still abandoned all proposals for settling a tax dispute. He stated this in an interview with The Wall Street Journal (the translation of the material is published on the website inopressa.ru ).

Saddam Hussein suffers from several diseases and is under the supervision of doctors. This was announced in an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper Ar-Ray al-Amm by Iraq Iraq Ibrahim al-Jafari. "Saddam Hussein suffers from a number of diseases. Doctors are observing the state of health, and from time to time he receives the necessary treatment in the Ibn -Sin hospital, located in the area in which he is contained," he said.

The State Duma Council at a meeting on Wednesday is heard by the chairman of the City Council of Donetsk Nikolai Levchenko about the situation in Ukraine. This was announced on Tuesday by the speaker of the chamber Boris Gryzlov. “We are interested in listening to the side that supported Viktor Yanukovych, who was recognized as the winner of the presidential election,” Gryzlov said.

The European Union diplomats on Monday with a new fervor continued to call for a review of the results of the presidential election in Ukraine - while they practically did not hide that the EU prefer to be held a new vote, reports Financial Times .

The possible acquisition of Gazpromneft Yuganskneftegaz should be considered in terms of creating a large oil company. This was stated by the Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation Viktor Khristenko, RIA Novosti reports. “In fact, this is the creation of a large oil company,” the minister said, referring to the association of Gazprom and Rosneft and the allocation within the new structure of the company specializing in oil production (Gazpromneft).

The Menatep group, after the statement of Gazpromneft LLC, about the intention to acquire a control package of shares of Yuganskneftegaz OJSC said that Gazpromneft lies all the risks associated with this transaction. “Anyone who bought Yuganskneftegaz at an illegal auction also takes all risks, including legal and financial related to the purchase of this asset,” the managing director of the menatep group Tim Osborn told Intefrac.

Trading with ordinary registered shares of OJSC Yukos at the RTS Stock Exchange OJSC and the RTS Stock Exchange NP are suspended for one hour. According to the head of the RTS department for RTS public relations Zoya Konovkova, trading at OJSC "RTS stock exchanges" stop from 10:30 Moscow time until 11:30 and at the RTS Stock Exchange NP - from 11:00 to 12:00.