Russian deputies demonstratively hand over special -nominees and other attributes of power that give an advantage on the road. Meanwhile, the demand for unhindered travel is only growing, which could not be left without the attention of entrepreneurs and officials. For those who wish, they offer to order a motorcade for rent.

The premiere of the new film about James Bond "Casino" Royal " on Thursday was held in Russian cinemas. This is the 21st series of the famous Bondiana, and the role of the protagonist played the 38-year-old Daniel Craig. Earlier this week, the film premiere was held in London .

On November 11, a 15-year-old native of Armenia Narek Kocharyan was killed on the city of Ivanteevka, the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow Region, the Armenians of the Armenians of Russia (SAR) reported. Narek Kocharyan, born in 1991, lived in the city of Ivanteevka, graduated from a school in the city of Korolev. In the near future he was supposed to receive a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.

Some of the hostages captured by the employees of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education were tortured and were killed, the head of the department of ABD Diyab al-Ajili said on Thursday, referring to the testimonies of the abductors of the ministry. “According to the testimony of the liberated hostages, several people were tortured to death,” the minister said. “All of them were employees of the department or guards.” However, he could not name the exact number of dead.

The parliamentarians of North Ossetia on Thursday decided to appeal to the federal leadership of the Russian Federation with a call to recognize the independence of South Ossetia. "At the Council meeting today, the speaker of the North Ossetian Parliament Larisa Khabitsova called on colleagues to rejoice at the results of a referendum and elections in South Ossetia on November 12," Interfax was told in the information and analytical center of the republic’s parliament.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday supported in the first reading a draft law on the office of ministers proposed by the government. For such a decision, as said by the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Moroz, 247 people's deputies out of 438, registered in the hall, voted, according to Forum . In the Verkhovna Rada, there were a submission of three versions of the bill on the office of ministers.

A special committee , created by a famous Swiss traveler, filmmaker and researcher Bernard Weber, continues to choose seven wonders of the world of the new time. As the Spanish newspaper El Pais writes on Thursday, in a campaign called "Seven New Miracles of the World", any resident of the Earth can take part. Those who wish should vote for one object of 21 proposed by the organizers. Russia in the project is represented by the Basilian Cathedral of Blessed on Red Square in Moscow.

Russian boxer Oleg Maskaev and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko are ready to take the first step towards uniting championship belts in heavyweight weights. Recall that today there are four equal champions in this weight category according to the most prestigious versions: Nikolai Valuev (WBA), Oleg Maskaev (WBC), Vladimir Klitschko (IBF) and Shannon Briggs (WBO).

In Pakistan, on Thursday, a successful test of the HATF-V ballistic missile was carried out, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapons, this was announced by the official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry Tasmi Aslam. He added that the range of the rocket is about 1.3 thousand kilometers and now it is capable of delivering a heavier charge to the target than previous models, AP reports.

The Federal Security Service refused to initiate a criminal case on the fact of the call of nationalists from the Russian Volya organization to deal with well -known human rights activists and public figures, Kommersant reports. The decision to refuse the FSB to start a criminal case on Wednesday was received by one of the defendants in this list, the chairman of the Civil Assistance Committee Svetlana Gannushkin.

In the city of Irkutsk region, Shelekhov, local authorities introduced a state of emergency in connection with mass poisoning of surrogate alcohol. Earlier, the local authorities of Angarsk, Usolya-Sibirsky, Cheremkhovo and the Kuitunsky district were going on such a step, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the representative in the place of the Ministry of Emergencies. In total, since September, the diagnosis of “toxic hepatitis” was made 2188 to a local resident in 20 local municipalities.

Contrary to the forecasts of analysts and the expectations of traders, Rosneft's quotes were not included in the Morgan Stanley Country Index on the grounds that the Russian oil and gas sector was already represented by Gazprom, the Vedomosti newspaper reports. The bank's analyst, who reported the inclusion of Rosneft, had no right to do this, says MSCI Barra.

The bodies of those killed in a car accident in Poland of Tyumen athletes were delivered to Tyumen on Thursday, the director of the Tyumen Specialized Children and Youth School of the Olympic Reserve (SDUSHOR) Sergey Gerasimov told RIA Novosti on Thursday. In Poland on November 10, 2006, the senior coach of the Russian team in kayaks and canoe Andrei Rom and three young athletes - one of Moscow and two of Tyumen died in a car accident in Poland on November 10, 2006.

The former director of the local history museum of the city of Kamensk-Uralsky in the Sverdlovsk region is convicted of theft of exhibits. 21-year-old Dmitry Teterinov is suspected of theft of 14 silver orders and medals. The cost of each stolen award is from 5 thousand to 75 thousand rubles. The Investigative Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the city of Kamensk-Uralsky in the Sverdlovsk region opened a criminal case against Teterinov.

The Belarusian customs does not pass confectionery from Russia into the territory of its country, the Kommersant newspaper reports. The formal reason is to protect the interests of their confectioners who produce sweets under the old Soviet brands from competition from Russian manufacturers. According to experts, this is a response to the introduction of a duty on the import of Belarusian sugar.