Vneshotorgbank and the Russian Museum signed a partnership agreement, 1.5 MLE euros will be allocated to the museum for the implementation of new projects. Within the framework of the agreement, three projects of the Russian Museum will be implemented for three years - the “Open Fund of Modern Sculpture”, “The Center for Numismatics”, “The Center for Graphic Art” will be created in the Mikhailovsky Castle.

In Lithuania at the Mazheikya oil refinery (refineries) on Thursday there was a fire, which was only extinguished after a few hours. The head of the information department of the MAZEIKIU NAFTA NK Gedryus Karsokas told BNS that one of the production installations caught fire, but the rest of the installations are valid. The reasons for the fire and the size of the damage caused by him are investigated by a special commission.

In Moscow, on the alley of Russian cinema, next to Mosfilm on the eve, the ceremony of the solemn opening of the stars of Alexander Shirvindt and Mikhail Derzhavin was held. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda , respecting the friendship and long -term cooperation of the two artists, the Council of representatives of the Union of Cinematographers and Mosfilm, who selects applicants for a prestigious award, presented both stars at once.

On Thursday, hockey players of the Omsk Vanguard interrupted their six -match series of defeats from the metropolitan "Dynamo" in the Russian hockey championships. On Thursday on their ice, Omsks got victory with a score of 5: 2. The Moscow team before the match in Omsk experienced serious problems in the goalkeeper line, RIA Novosti notes.

In 2007, water for water will grow by 15%. In general, the cost of consumption and use of water should grow 4-6 times, said Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Natural Resources of Russia at a government meeting. The increase will occur gradually, but soon enough the circle of payers can be expanded. According to Trutnev, absolutely all users must pay water tax.

In Krasnoyarsk, three drug dealers who organized the supply of large batches of ecstasy tablets from Germany were sentenced to the three drugs. According to the press service of the regional department of the FSB, in accordance with part 2 of Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (drug smuggling), the gang organizer was sentenced by the court to 9 years in prison, and his accomplices received 7.5 and 6.5 years in prison, respectively.

In Kaliningrad, a maniac committed to the commission of nine murders on sexual grounds committed suicide in the investigative isolator. According to Interfax on Thursday in the regional prosecutor's office, the night before the suspect hanged himself in the solitary confinement of the pre -trial detention center. Currently, a check is being carried out on the fact of suicide.

At the St. Petersburg Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk, 167 cadets were hospitalized on Wednesday with a diagnosis of a generalized form of salmonellosis. The source of the disease has already been installed - this is a civilian worker from the staff of the dining room.

In the coming days in Moscow and the Moscow Region, the average daily air temperature will be 2-3 degrees below normal. "It is expected that in the megalopolis and regional cities the average decade air temperature will be 2-4 degrees of heat, which is 1-2 degrees lower than the norm," Roshydrome said, clarifying that "mid-October will be cold in the territory of Russia." On Thursday, variable cloudy will remain in the metropolitan region. In the afternoon, little rain will take place in places.

A resident of Vietnam, who has been contained in the suicide cell for almost a year, became pregnant and asks to have mercy on to give birth to a child. The police doctor confirmed that, according to the tests conducted, the 39-year-old Nguyen Tai Oang, accused of drug trafficking, is located at 11 weeks of pregnancy, Reuters reports citing the Lao Dong newspaper. The police conduct an investigation and try to find out how this could happen.

The Parliament of South Ossetia turned to the chairmen of parliaments and the leadership of the North Caucasian republics of Russia with a request to recognize the responsibility of Georgia for the genocide of the southern Ossetians in 1920 and in the period 1989-1992, which is officially denied Georgia. The text of the appeal was published on Thursday on the official website of the Committee on Information and Press of the Unrecognized Republic, Interfax reports.

In Arkhangelsk, a deputy of the regional assembly from the LDPR faction, known in the city of journalist Ilya Azovsky, was attacked. The victim is hospitalized, doctors call his condition satisfactory. Despite the injuries, he is conscious and already gives evidence, reports ITAR-TASS. The attack occurred on October 11 in the afternoon. According to Azovsky, at the moment when he left his apartment and headed for the elevator, the unknown hit him on the head with a heavy object and disappeared.

According to one of the unofficial versions, the murder of the Novaya Gazeta observer Anna Politkovskaya could be associated with the preparation of her material about torture, which she announced to the Freedom radio stations on Thursday, on October 5, two days before his death. On Thursday , the New Gazeta publishes fragments of two materials unfinished by the journalist.

Estonian media, commenting on the results of the football match of the teams of Russia and Estonia (2: 0) as part of the qualifying group tournament for the European Championship in 2008, note that their national team worthy of defending 78 minutes of playing time, but then the team of coach Yelle Hus was not enough luck, reports regnum .

North Korea can conduct a new nuclear test over the next two to three days, Interfax reports on Thursday with reference to the Munwah Ilbo Seoul newspaper, which, in turn, refers to official South Korean sources.