Rumors about the early resignation of Roman Abramovich from his post by the governor of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug (POCA) in 2007 made the effect of an exploding bomb on Chukotka. The official statement of the Chukchi government, published the day before, says that reports about the change of the governor have led to the destabilization of the work not only of the governing bodies, but also the entire economy of the region.

For 10 months of the current year, 151 legal entities, 8 officials and 438 citizens were brought to the capital for unauthorized premises in the capital, said the head of the capital’s state housing inspectorate, Alexander Postinnikov at a press conference at the Moscow Government Information Center.

VISA and MasterCard payment systems demanded that all clients refuse to refuse to process payments intended for the Russian Internet site AllofMP3.com, which, according to Western recording companies, grossly violates intellectual property rights. The head of AllofMP3 said that the Internet site works in accordance with Russian law, and accusations of American companies are an occasion in order to achieve new concessions from Russia when joining the WTO.

The Moscow office of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has temporarily suspended its activities. The head of the Allison GIL Office told Interfax on Thursday that this is due to the fact that the Russian branch of Human Rights Watch has not yet been re -registered under the new law on non -governmental organizations (NGOs).

Most residents of Ukraine believe that events in the country are developing in the wrong direction. This is evidenced by the data of a sociological survey conducted by the Ukrainian Foundation "Democratic Initiatives" and the UKRANIAN SOCIOLOGY SERVICE (USS) in the period from October 1 to 10, 2006.

Burial permits in the closed cemeteries of Moscow will be issued in the “one window” mode in the building of the consumer market and services on Tverskaya Street. The corresponding decree of the government of the capital was signed by the mayor of Yuri Luzhkov, Interfax reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may not feel too comfortable at a joint dinner with the leaders of the European Union, which will take place on Friday in Finland. Simultaneously with the preparation for a meeting in Lahti there were discussions of Shell on Sakhalin and the waves of political murders, the main of which was the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya , writes Financial Times (full text on Inopressa.ru ).

At the exit from the village of Leningradskaya, the Krasnodar Territory, the worship of the Orthodox Cross was cut by vandals, RIA Novosti was told today by the RIA Novosti and Kuban diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church . "The cross was made of metal and weighed more than 150 kilograms. According to law enforcement agencies, the act of vandalism was made by several people using special equipment," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that next week he would introduce a bill on constitutional changes to the parliament, according to which the presidential elections in the country will be held in 2008 - simultaneously with parliamentary.

The legendary rock band Deep Purple will perform on Thursday in Moscow in the Olympic sports complex and will perform compositions from its new album. This was reported by the organizers of the Moscow concert. The leader of the group, Ian Gillan, will arrive in the capital with the guitarist Steve Morse, drummer Jen Pace, bass player Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Ayry.

Scientists have found that powerful clashes of the two galaxies can be called copulations that give the life of billions of new stars. This is evidenced by the pictures received in recent days using the Hubble space telescope, Reuters reports. New pictures of the Antenna galaxies - the most clear of all - now allow astronomers working with the orbital telescope now to distinguish new stars created by the "copulation" of galaxies from the old star clusters from which they are formed.

At a press conference, after a guest defeat from the Milan Inter in the framework of the third round of the Champions League group stage, the head coach of the Moscow Spartak Vladimir Fedotov said that, despite a difficult tournament position, the red and white did not lose the hope of reaching the playoffs. But for this, according to Fedotov, the team will need the help of the fans. “Of course, we are in a difficult situation, but we still have a chance to go to the next stage of the league.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in an informal EU summit in the Finnish city of Lahti. The main topic should be energy. At the same time, the presidential adviser Sergei Yastrzhembsky on Thursday confirmed that Russia's position on the key for Europe has not changed the issue of adopting the energy chart. Russia does not ratify the document "without changing the wording of the transit protocol and the Charter itself," he said to reporters.

When climbing Elbrus, a climber from Spain Fernando Rodriguez disappeared. The message about this was received by telephone in the Elbrus search and rescue detachment from the Embassy of Spain the night before, the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation for Kabardino-Balkaria Kantemir Davydov told ITAR-TASS.

The Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPC MP) Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril said that the struggle of the church with same-sex marriages and gay parades is not a protest against specific gays, but against their desire to turn sin into a social norm.