The Pope Benedictxvi called on all motorists to careful and responsible driving on the roads. Turning to the traditional greetings to the pilgrims gathered for Sunday sermon in the Vatican , the pontiff called the increase in the number of traffic accidents "social evil" and offered to effectively confront him to reduce the number of victims of automobile accidents, RIA Novosti reports.

The Land Court of Munich recognized Iraqi Herish Ali Abdullah guilty "in deliberate murder for the subsequent robbery of" the famous fashion designer Rudolf Moshammer and sentenced him to life imprisonment. This was reported on Monday by German news television channels. The court considered the completely proven guilt of the 26-year-old suspect.

Slavneft, which for three years, could not share Sibneft and TNK-BP, can find the only owner. The recently bought Sibneft, Gazprom announced that he wanted to buy a share in Slavneft and from the Russian-British company. The structures of TNK-BP and Sibneft are controlled by 99% of Slavneft shares. Its main mining enterprise is Megionneftegaz. Slavneft owns 60.7% of its shares, about 35%-TNK-BP and Sibneft structures.

The vast majority of Russians (73%) believe that the Kuril Islands should remain the territory of Russia. Such data about the attitude of Russians to Japan and the problem of the Kuril Islands are presented on Monday by the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion ( VTsIOM ). According to only 2% of respondents, it would be better to give the disputed islands of Japan.

In Poland, due to the threat of an explosion on Monday, people from dozen buildings in the cities of Torun and Bydgoshch are evacuated. The anonymous caller announced the inherent explosive devices at the University of Nikolai Copernicus and the building of the regional legislative assembly in Torun, as well as in the complex of buildings in the city of Bygoshch, RIA Novosti reports.

The murderer of the deputy head of the Pacific Regional Administration of the FPS of the Russian Federation, Major General Vitaly Gamov, did not hide from anyone, participating in the filming of the television series known throughout the country. In early 2005, Alexei Britov arrived in Moscow, where he settled down as a costumerator at the Amedia studio.

The Moscow authorities plan to experimentally select the optimal anti -icing composition from domestic reagents in winter. This is stated in the resolution signed by the mayor of Moscow on the readiness of the city for winter.

Nikolai Davydenko for the first time in his career ended the 2005 season in fifth place in the rating of the Association of Professional tennis players. Following the results of the final tournament of the Masters Cup, the Russian final tournament, a Russian Russian improved his position compared to the previous rating. This season has become the best for a career for a native of Severodonetsk.

The leadership of the Moscow Football Club Dynamo at the final assembly at the end of the season decided to get rid of the whole team, putting up 12 players on the transfer.

All four vans with paintings from Pushkin’s Mins in Sunday crossed the Russian border, said Anna Kolupaeva, head of the cultural heritage department of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinema. “Trucks are now moving around the territory of Russia,” she said. Kolupaeva confirmed that the arrival of the first of four trucks to Moscow, which they take from Switzerland a picture from the museum collection is expected on Tuesday, Interfax reports.

The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported on the economic trends of October. According to statistics, the real disposable income of the Russian population (income minus mandatory payments) increased in October 2005 by 0.9% compared to August. Compared to October 2004, cash income in real terms increased by 10.2%.

The famous British musician, the rock star of the 1970s Harry Glitter was arrested in Vietnam. He is accused of sexual harassment to children. The 61-year-old glitter was detained at Hoshimin Airport when he tried to fly to Bangkok. An employee of the immigration service drew attention to his surname in connection with a newspaper article, which reported that the police are investigating in connection with accusations against glitter in depraved actions in relation to children.

The Moscow CSKA will play in the match for the Super Cup of Russia with the Khimki near Moscow. According to RIA Novosti , on Monday, the president of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko announced this. “Since CSKA this season won both the championship and the Russian Cup, we jokingly decided that we would immediately give the Army as a super -cup. But seriously, in the match for this trophy of CSKA will meet with the finalist of the Russian Cup, that is, Mutko said.

By Monday Monday, all the capital's roads and the main and secondary were removed from the snow that fell the day before. According to the Department of Housing and Communal Services and Improvement of the city, several thousand units of snow removal equipment worked on the streets of Moscow. First of all, by the evening of Sunday, cleaning of the main streets, MKAD and the third transport ring was started.

In Dnepropetrovsk, police detained a man who, on the night of November 19 to 20 , shot Andrei Chesnokov from a traumatic pistol. With wounds in the abdomen, the athlete was taken to the intensive care unit of the Mercnikov city hospital. On the evening of Monday, Chesnokov was discharged from the hospital. According to the Ukrainian ICTV television channel, the athlete on returning to Moscow will turn to his lawyers.