Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi to participate in the Summit of the Forum of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on November 18-19. This will follow the official visit of the head of the Russian state to Vietnam, it will end on November 20. The presidential aircraft landed at the Noybai Vietnamese Capital International Airport. The first to climb his side by the Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Vadim Serafimov.

Football players, coaching staff and personnel of the capital CSKA celebrated the third victory in the Russian football championship in champagne in the locker room of the stadium in Vladivostok after playing with the local club "Luch-Energy".

The last personnel permutations in Georgia can positively affect the process of resolving the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, said US Secretary of State Matthew Braise. "The USA and a group of friends of the UN Secretary General advocate negotiations to resolve the Georgian -Abkhaz conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today informed the APEC leaders that Russia is taking steps that meet the norms and rules of the WTO and is moving on. "Vladimir Putin illuminated the Russian point of view on joining the WTO and said during the discussions that the Russian Federation is taking steps that meet the norms and rules of the WTO and even goes further," ITAR -TASS TASS SOURE in the Russian delegation.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow issued on Saturday an arrest for a period of two months, Deputy Director of the Federal Fund for compulsory medical insurance, Dmitry Usenko. He was detained on suspicion of committing a crime under Article 285 and 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("abuse of official powers" and "receipt of a bribe").

The B-Sky-B British television company, which is included in the Media Mordok Mardak media imperial, acquired 17.9% of participation in the capital of the popular British ITV television channel on Friday. The amount of the transaction is 1.8 billion US dollars (940 million pounds).

The Uzbek surgeons, together with Russian colleagues from the Petrovsky Academy, first underwent an operation to separate the four -month Siamese twins in Uzbekistan, the Minister of Health of the Republic Feruz Nazirov told RIA Novosti on Saturday. “During the 16 -hour operation, doctors divided the Khasan and Khusan Kamiljanov from the Khorezm region of the republic, who were born in the lower part of the chest and abdominal cavity.

This afternoon, dozens of residents of the capital are rallying in different areas of Moscow. This Saturday is declared a single day of protest actions. Manifestants oppose construction arbitrariness and violations of housing and communal services, reports "Echo of Moscow" Rallies take place in Moscow without incident, Interfax reported on Saturday in the information and public relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of ​​forming several large parties in Russia. The speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov said about the Pyatinz after the meeting of the leadership of United Russia with the head of state. "The president said that he was welcoming the creation of large parties," the words of the State Duma speaker reports Interfax. In his opinion, the parliamentary elections in December 2007 will take shape when 7-10 large parties will go to the polls.

American senators unanimously adopted a document providing for the provision of Albania, Croatia, Georgia and Macedonia of assistance in bringing their armed forces to a level that meets NATO standards. According to the Air Force , the law also refers to the readiness to support the entry into NATO and Ukraine if the Ukrainian side wishes and fulfills the necessary conditions. A group of senators who developed the bill was headed by the leader of the Senate majority, Republican Bill Frist.

The Russian government will have to take additional measures to strengthen the ruble rate if the average prices for Russian oil exceed 61 dollar per barrel. This was announced to journalists today by the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin. He participates in a meeting of ministers of finance and heads of central banks of the 20 largest countries of the world (G-20).

A group of State Duma deputies came up with the initiative to legislatively establish in Russia a new memorable date "September 2 - Victory Day over Militarian Japan (1945)." Among the authors of the bill vice speaker from the United Russia faction Vladimir Pekhtin, the head of the Duma defense committee Victor Zavarzin and seven more parliamentarians.

Participants in the APEC summit are preparing a separate statement on North Korea, and this issue will probably not be affected in the final declaration of the forum, ITAR-TASS reports. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expects the meeting participants to accept a separate document regarding the Nuclear Problem of the DPRK and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. According to him, such a document in Hanoi, "probably will" be prepared.

All gambling establishments in the capital will be closed within a year and a half after the adoption of the federal law that determines the four zones of the placement of gambling facilities in Russia, said Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. "I think that for a year and a half with the adoption of the law we will close all gambling establishments in the city," Luzhkov told reporters during the traditional Saturday detour.

The UN General Assembly by the vast majority of votes adopted a resolution condemning the actions of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. For the resolution prepared by the Arab countries, 156 countries voted, including 25 members of the European Union. 7 countries voted against - the USA, Australia, Israel and several Oceania states. 8 refrained, reports Newsru Israel.