The plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District (Siberian Federal District) Anatoly Kvashnin called five possible candidates for the post of head of the Altai Republic.

The Federation Council approved on Wednesday the law on the return of the city of Bednodemyanovsk of the Penza region of the historical name - Spassk. The initiative to return the city of its historical name was made by local residents. She was supported by the governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev and the regional legislative assembly, ITAR-TASS reports. In June of this year , the State Duma of the Russian Federation voted to rename the city of Bednodemyanovsk in Spassk.

In London, on Thursday, Russian-British negotiations at the highest level, which took place at Dauning Street, ended with 10. Upon graduation, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair left the official residence. Having exchanged hands and saying goodbye, the president of Russia sat in the limousine. Blair, saying goodbye, waved his hand, after which the motorcade of the Russian leader left the territory of the prime minister’s official residence, Interfax reports.

Anastasia Myskina is not going to stop speaking for the Russian women's team in tennis. This, according to the Mayak radio station , said Ksenia Rozanova tennis players. According to her, the information that has leaked today in the media is not true. Recall that on Wednesday, world news agencies distributed Anastasia’s statement made by her after the Filderstada Prix tournament entered the second round of the prize pool of 650 thousand dollars.

The bonus of the Ukrainian "Orange Revolution" is spent: the European Council took up the new government in Ukraine. The EU report criticizes the poor provision of the foundations of the legal state, insufficient compliance with the principle of separation of powers, as well as the unacceptable interweaving of the economy with politics. This was written by Frankfurter Rundschau (translation on the website Inopressa.ru ).

The Japanese Toyota Motor Corp announced plans to purchase from the American concern General Motors 8.7% of the shares of Fuji Heavy, a manufacturer of Subaru cars. Currently, GM has a Fuji Heavy stake control, however, after the transaction is completed, the largest package will be in the hands of Toyota, since the balance of shares - 11.4% - the American concern plans to sell in the open market.

According to a new study, tall women set themselves high goals in their careers and attach less importance to the birth of children than women of medium height, writes The Times (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). The higher the woman, the weaker the maternal instinct and the less children are touched by the children, the authors of the study, Denis Dedi from the University of Sterling and Miriam Lo Smith from the University of St. Andrew, continues the British edition.

There is freedom of speech in Russia, but there is no real opportunity to use this freedom. This was stated by the Commissar of Human Rights of the Council of Europe Alvaro Hil-Robez, which lies in its powers in April 2006, writes Kommersant . According to Commissioner Pase, there is no pluralism of opinions on Russian television, and in the regions local media are too dependent on local authorities.

The famous Japanese writer, Laureate of the Nobel Prize Kenzaburo OE established his own literary prize. According to OE, speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, the nominees will not receive any premium amounts. “My goal is to present the world really good, real literature,” the writer said.

The British are the most active store thieves among the inhabitants of European countries. This is evidenced by the view of the review published on Wednesday. According to the materials of the study, residents of foggy Albion stole goods in the country's stores for 3.58 billion pounds last year ($ 6.29 billion). This amount is 1.59% of the country's retail turnover.

The Federation Council approved on Wednesday the Federal Constitutional Law on the Association of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Taimyr and Evenki Autonomous Okrugs. According to the law, instead of these three constituent entities of the Federation from January 1, 2007, a new - Krasnoyarsk Territory appears in Russia.

The leaders of the Zimbabvian tribes supported the decision of the organization "Apostolic and Zionist churches of Zimbabwe" (ASCI) to ban polygamy, the Blagovers-Info reports. "The ban on polygamy should reduce the number of HIV infections over time," said the leader of Fortchun Charumbra, president of the Council of Leaders Zimbabwe. According to spiritual leaders, polygamy contributes to the spread of HIV. Every week in Zimbabwe from AIDS, up to 2000 people die.

The Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP) Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill (Gundyaev), who is considered to be the second in the influence of the hierarch in the Russian Orthodox Church , said that in Russia it would be useful to consolidate at the legislative level a special relations of the state with four leading religious faiths of the country.

The oldest practitioner surgeon, Petersburger Fedor Uglov on Wednesday celebrates his 101st birthday. Behind his shoulders, the Finnish campaign, work in a blockade hospital, thousands of unique operations and hundreds of saved lives. Now the professor continues to work at the Department of Hospital Surgery of the St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov.

Oil prices on the world market yesterday went down. The quotes of North Sea oil Brent according to the results of trading on Tuesday fell below $ 59 per barrel - at least from the middle of summer. The quotes of futures contracts fell by 3.5-4%. Brent oil has already been 15% since the reached records at the end of August, after the Hurricane Katrina in the United States. Quotes of futures contracts with the supply of WTI brand in November fell by 3.7%, to a two -week ago - $ 63 per barrel.