The first Russian dual-system GPS/GLONASS satellite navigators will appear on store shelves in early 2008, Deputy General Director of the Research Institute of Space Instrumentation Alexander Chetyrkin told RIA Novosti . “The car navigators we have developed, called Glospace, will receive two signal systems at once, received both from the current GPS and from the Russian GLONASS navigation system, which is now being put into operation.

The Muslim associations of India made a protest against the commercial with the participation of the famous Indian tennis player Sania Mirza, who shot in one of the oldest mosques of the country - Mecca -Masjid. The filming of the video took place last Tuesday without the permission of the special department responsible for the maintenance of the 17th century mosque, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Indian media.

The CEC of Russia received notifications of 25 self -nominated people who plan to take part in the presidential election. About this, as Interfax reports, said the member of the Central Election Commission Maya Grishina. According to her, as of December 12, the CEC, as well as the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Federation received notifications of the assembly of initiative groups in support of the nomination of 25 candidates.

Exactly at midnight, Russia introduced a moratorium on its territory on the action of an agreement on ordinary armed forces in Europe ( DOVS ).

The date of declaration of Independence of Kosovo has already been determined, and it will be reported later. This was stated on Wednesday in an interview with Albanian media Prime Minister of Albania Sali Berisha, ITAR-TASS reports. Greece, in turn, believes that the issue of Kosovo's status is still open. And Romania is “categorically negative” and declares its readiness to increase its peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo.

The lawyer from Izmir Baris Casket filed a lawsuit against European legislation against the Milan football team "Inter". He convicts the players that the red crosses depicted on their T -shirts "insult the feelings of Muslims," ​​today London The Times reports. The Italian team last month beat the Istanbul club "Fenerbahce" in the Champions League match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.

In the city of Wenzhou in East China (Zhejiang Province), a 28-story office building caught fire. As a result of the fire, 19 people died. According to preliminary data, more than a hundred people are blocked in the building. Several dozens of fire engines take part in the fire extinguishing, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Chinese agency Zhongo Signvensche. The fire flashed in the morning on the ground floor. The flame quickly spread to the second floor and cut off people from the exit.

The author of the legendary Harlequin hitter Boris Barkas died, RIA Novosti reports. It was this song in 1975 that made the famous young singer Alla Pugacheva. Farewell to the poet, who died on Tuesday from the heart attack, will be held on December 13 at 17.00 in the ritual hall of the Central Design Bureau named after Semashko, reported surrounded by the poet.

Under the control of a friend of President Vladimir Putin and co -owner of the Bank "Russia" Yuri Kovalchuk, who is already controlling the television company REN TV and the Petersburg TRK, the Izvestia newspaper will also be crossed. Sogaz insurance company, owned by the Gazprom-Media holding, is 51% of the Izvestia newspaper OJSC.

Former President of Peru Alberto Fuhimory was sentenced on Tuesday to 6 years in prison for theft of materials that compromise him. The judge found Fuhimory guilty that he ordered one of his assistants to abduct from the house of ex-chef of Peruvian intelligence Vladimir Montesinos 40 boxes with various documents, including video materials on which the crimes of the Fuhimory regime were testified, ITAR-TASS reports. The former leader intends to appeal.

In the case of the death of the top manager of VTB Oleg Zhukovsky, many questions remain, an anonymous source in the law enforcement agencies of the capital said on Wednesday. He recalled that the prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code (murder), within the framework of which several investigative experiments will be conducted . Investigators are puzzled: if it was suicide, then why did Zhukovsky choose just this method?

The Belarusian oppositionists held an unauthorized protest against the prospect of creating the Union State of Russia and Belarus on Wednesday in the Center of Minsk. About two dozen activists of opposition parties and movements gathered on Wednesday in the evening on Oktyabrskaya Square and held a picket, expressing their dissatisfaction with such plans . They held white and red flags in their hands and shouted: “No unions with Russia!”, Interfax reports.

The first meeting of the leadership of the UNESCO World Heritage Center with representatives of the co -investor of the Gazprom Neft project, which took place the other day in Moscow, did not cause the expected loud scandal. International authorities expressed the satisfaction of the openness of Russian colleagues, although in the spring it was stated that the construction of Gazprom’s headquarters on the Neva could be an occasion to exclude the historical part of St.

Today in Krasnoyarsk, the traffic police holds an unusual action: all cars parked in the wrong place will stick the images of camels. Due to their magnetic basis, these stickers are easily attached to the car body and at the same time do not cause any damage to its owner.

The new Italian car Fiat Linea was recognized as the winner of the prestigious European competition Autobest 2008. Representatives of the 15 European countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Hungary were recognized as the winner of the jury. Having scored 859 points in the amount of 859 points, Fiat Linea overtook the silver medalist of the competition - Kia See?