Often mentioned by those who fear its consequences, the threat of the "orange revolution", which rolls throughout the Soviet space and covers Russia itself, subsides. The political crisis in Ukraine became its end. Vladimir Putin unequivocally emphasized: "We knew it, but no one wanted to listen to us." However, the authorities did not weaken vigilance. She carefully monitors events.

In the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, a 27-year-old woman died, whose tests gave a positive result to infection with the Bird flu virus. She was hospitalized after contact with an infected poultry. So far there is no official confirmation that the dead chickens were sick with "bird flu." For final conclusions, it will be necessary to study fabrics from a light dead, doctors said.

In Bashkiria, there was a brutal murder of a young woman. For almost a month, the victim’s body, chopped by a cohabitant on pieces, lay in the garden until it was found by law enforcement officers.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky may be excluded from the Bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, said Igor Jurgens vice president Igor Yurgens. Prior to the entry of the verdict, issued in relation to Khodorkovsky, the members of the RSPP Bureau and the board of the Board adhered to the point of view that it would be illogical to purely legally withdraw it from the bureau. " Now such grounds have appeared.

According to UEFA, the gross transfer of the Champions League draw this season will be about 598 million euros, which exceeds similar indicators of the last campaign. For the good of European football 453 million euros from this amount will be allocated to premiums 32 participants in the tournament, and 22.5 million will be departed by associations whose clubs are presented in the main grid, and the remaining 145 million will be used for the development of European football as a whole.

In the decisive match of the continent championship, which took place in Serbia and Montenegro, the Greece team won a confident victory over the German team - 78:62 and for the first time since 1987 became the European champion (19:12, 20:20, 25:16, 14:14). The most productive player of the match was the striker of the Germans Dirk Novitsky (23 points), and the winners were the best for the defender Theodoros Papalukas (22), who plays for the Moscow CSKA.

All Russian tourists who could not leave the Turkish resort of Antalya due to the bankruptcy of the tour operator on Monday flew out of Turkey. “According to the incoming information just received, all tourists (whom the tour operator subsequently brought to Turkey) flew out of the Turkish resort of Antalya,” the press secretary of the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturism) Sergey Sinitsyn told Interfax.

A floating airport with the possibility of taking international flights can be built on the Pacific coast of the United States. This proposal was made by the initiative group of Euphlotea from California. It is supposed to be placed in San Diego, not far from the Mexican border, instead of the current Lindbergh Field International Airport. The project cost, according to preliminary estimates, ranges from 5 to 10 billion dollars, writes Sign on Sun Diego .

The head of the Elistin and Kalmyk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Zosima demanded to withdraw a blasphemous number from the program of the Great Kiev Circus, which came with tour to the capital of Kalmykia.

The state should leave the economy as an owner, since the vast majority of these functions can perform a private business, said the deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Sharonov on Monday during the Conference "Competition in Russia". In his opinion, instead, it is necessary to strengthen the presence of the state in the field of antimonopoly regulation and judicial activity. “The freedom and equality of all business entities is the basis of business.

The Moscow Basmanny Court on Monday extended until December 9 the term of detention of one of the accused in the case of the murder of the editor -in -chief of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine Paul Khlebnikov - Kazbek Dukkuzov. Thus, the court granted the petition of the Prosecutor General, which asked to extend the term of arrest until the end of the investigation, RIA Novosti reports.

Demi Moore and Ashton Katcher on Saturday connected themselves to marriage. According to the American media, the wedding of the 42-year-old Moore and the 27-year-old catcher took place in Los Angeles. Official representatives of the actors have not yet confirmed information about marriage. According to Reuters, the wedding was attended by about 100 friends and native couples, including the second husband of Demi Moore Bruce Willis.

The authoritative American weekly Businessweek discusses whether the president’s social initiatives can be called a “new course” in Russian economic policy. There is a risk that oil wealth will divert attention from the most important reforms, the publication fears. Vladimir Putin promised to spend at least $ 4 billion annually over the next few years to improve education and healthcare systems, which had previously been given very little attention.

By decree of the Minister of Defense of Lithuania, Colonel Jonas Martsinkus was released from the duties of the Air Force commander. This information was confirmed by the BNS, the Minister of Defense Gyadiminas Kirkilas, Interfax reports. Colonel Martsinkus was accused of treason .

The conclusions about the reasons for the fall of the Russian Su-27 fighter in Lithuania will not be announced on Monday, said the head of the investigating incident of the Interdepartmental Commission, chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, brigade General Vitalyus Vaiknorora. “The conclusions will be made public when we have all the necessary information, and it will be analyzed,” Vaiknoras emphasized on Monday in an interview with the Lithuanian national radio.