RAO "UES of Russia" offers the board of directors to cancel the moratorium on the sale of basic assets, as it has found worthy use for future income. For a quarter of the funds received, energy holding wants to redeem its shares, and put the rest for investments. Since the beginning of the reform of the energy industry, the minority shareholders of the RAO UES feared that the most liquid assets of the holding would be sold out to be completed.

Before the events of October 13, the Chechen diaspora in Kabardino-Balkaria totaled about 60 thousand people. The Chechens declared their right to receive deputy places in the parliament of the republic, organizing television broadcasting in Chechen, their own printing authority. However, after the attack of the militants on Nalchik, the Chechens in orderly leave the city.

On Monday, the plastic doll "Angel Merkel" at a price of 185 euros appeared on the shelves of stores of souvenirs and toys. According to the representative of the German toys factory Puppenklinik Offermann, the length of the doll of the candidate for the post of head of the Government of Germany is 45 cm. The toy angel Merkel has natural hair and knows how to close and open his eyes, but cannot speak. The circulation of the doll is organized - only 999 copies, ITAR -TASS reports.

On Monday, an earthquake of 5.7 points occurred in Turkey. According to preliminary data, there are no victims, the Turkish NTV television company reports with reference to the seismological observatory of the University of Bosphorus, RIA Novosti reports. Underground fluctuations registered at about 8:45 local time (9:45 Moscow time) were felt in the provinces of Izmir and Chanakkale in the west of Turkey. The earthquake caused panic among the inhabitants of Izmir.

The Moscow City Court was in custody of the former paratrooper Alexander Naydenov , who was accused of attempted on the head of the RAO "ESC of Russia" Anatoly Chubais . According to Monday, the lawyer of Naydenov Ruslan Koblev, thus, the court upheld the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, who previously extended his client’s preliminary imprisonment until December 18. The court refused to satisfy the complaint of the defense of Naydenov, who asked him to free him from custody.

Today, one of the sites of Chechen separatists has spread the statement of the so-called "First Deputy Prime Minister Ichkeria" On the results of the operation in Nalchik. In this electronic letter, Basayev takes responsibility for the attack on the capital of the KBR, noting that he personally did not participate in the operation “One of the Two Best” (“Victory or Paradise”), but “carried out general operational management”.

For the family values ​​of the Hanover dynasty, 44 million euros were helped - this is more than three times more than expected. The Sotheby's auction ended last weekend in the Fon Velphen family castle. By deducting usual 24% of commission owners of the sold treasure for Sotbis, more than 30 million will remain, German media reported. The last day of the 11-day auction marathon in many respects exceeded all previous records.

The Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko does not intend to nominate his candidacy to participate in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation in 2008. “Even in a nightmare, I can’t dream of the fact that I will nominate my candidacy for the presidency. I am happy that I work in St. Petersburg and therefore there should not be any discussions on this topic. I still need to work in St.

The famous Russian actor Nikolai Karachentsov on Monday conducted the first of the two operations prescribed by him . She took place at the institute. Sklifosovsky, the artist transferred it normal, said the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" . At first, doctors planned to do two at the same time - plastic on the head and on the arm. However, then it was decided to dilute them, since the operation in the shoulder area is much more serious and heavier.

In Saudi Arabia, the first cinema hall will open in the near future - this will happen 20 years after a public demonstration of films was prohibited in the country. The cinema hall for 1.4 thousand seats will open immediately after the end of the Holy month of Ramadan for Muslims in one of the hotels in Riyadh, the Mezharabskaya newspaper Al-Hayat reports.

The Israeli authorities suspended all the contacts with the Palestinian National Administration (PNA). This decision was made after the murder of three inhabitants of one of the Jewish settlements on the western coast of Jordan on Sunday , Interfax reports with reference to AFP.

An unusual attraction appeared in the Kaliningrad Park named after the 40th anniversary of the Komsomol. There is a device for measuring the impact force in the form of an employee of the traffic police. The stylized elder of the police, dressed in the form of an employee of the traffic police, visitors of the park strike in the stomach, where a special rubber pear is located, which fixes the power of the "opponent", Interfax reports.

The crew of the Russian trawler, convicted in illegal fishing, captured two Norwegian fish -guard inspectors and disappeared. The incident occurred on Monday in the area of ​​the Spitsbergen archipelago, ITAR-TASS said in the coast guard of the Murmansk border department of the FSB of Russia. The fact of the incident was also confirmed in the Murmansk Consulate of the Kingdom of Norway.

The Vologda search detachment discovered in the forest 70 kilometers from Vologda a downed German Junkers Junkers aircraft from the Second World War. According to local residents, the plane was shot down in an air battle by the Soviet fighter in May 1942 and burned in the forest. The remains of two aircraft pilots were found at the site of the fall. The search engines intend to learn about the fate of the missing pilots, as well as find out what exactly Junkers did in the Soviet rear.

In Pervouralsk, the Sverdlovsk Region killed the 36-year-old technical director of the company Evgeny Belkov. The murder occurred on October 15 at about 12 pm. Belkov’s body with severe bodily injuries was discovered on October 16 in the morning of Interrah. The cause of death, according to experts, was a traumatic brain injury. According to preliminary data, the murder was committed with the purpose of robbery. A laptop and a cell phone are stolen from the office.