Almost two dozen religious organizations remain in the so -called "black" list of the Ministry of Justice of Russia and can be liquidated in court.

The Indian authorities closed the city of Mumbai after terrorist attacks that have claimed more than 100 people, reports CNN . Access to Mumbai is blocked, and local residents are asking not to leave the city where terrorists continue to hold two buildings: the Trin-Ovee Hotel and the Nariman residential complex. All hostages captured by terrorists earlier at the Taj Mahal hotel are released, the website of the Times of India newspaper reports.

The head of the Cadima Party, and the Foreign Minister of the Foreign Affairs, Cipi Livni, called on Ehud Olmert to immediately leave the post of prime minister. She announced this on Thursday at the emergency party meeting she had convened, dedicated to the consequences of Olmert's impending accusation of corruption , AP and AFP reported.

The economic crisis influenced the implementation of the main provisions of the Presidential Message to the Federal Assembly. According to experts, the crisis turned out to be much deeper than expected at the beginning, in addition, its consequences began to affect earlier. The administration of Medvedev said that the introduction of the entire package of laws to the State Duma is a matter of several days, a maximum of two weeks.

The banking business in Russia ceases to profit: in October, every third bank received a loss, and in general, the banking system amounted to almost 40 billion rubles. The banking system of Russia has not shown a negative result of activity since 1999, Kommersant writes. On Wednesday, the Bank of Russia published the reporting of 969 banks according to the current statement of accounting for October.

The women's basketball team, which in October after the resignation of Igor Grudin was left without the head coach, will be headed by the Olympic champion Valery Tikhonenko.

The editor -in -chief of the Khimkinskaya Pravda newspaper Mikhail Beketov, beaten on November 13 by unknown people near his house, left the coma. This was reported to RIA Novosti was reported by lawyer Beketov Stalin Gurevich and chairman of the board of the Justice MOO Andrei Stolbunov. “Reflexes appeared,” the lawyer told reporters on Thursday. According to Stolbunov, Beketov’s condition is stable, but he has not yet said.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin called on banks to increase rates for the deposits of the population , and not count on cheap credit funds from the state. The rate on retail deposits should not be lower than the inflation level, which is now 12%, the Minister of Finance is sure. Bankers are not against further increase in deposits, however, according to analysts, this will lead to an increase in the cost of loans and stopping economic growth, Kommersant writes on Thursday.

The devaluation of the ruble can return to life the so -called "conditional units." In stores of household appliances and auto markets, price tags with two letters will again appear, the salary of Russians will also be calculated in W.E. And at the same time, each company is free to set its own condition of the conditional currency. How relevant and, most importantly, legal, - asks the portal Bfm.ru on Thursday now.

The capital's authorities approved the terms of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will be held from May 1 to 16. At the same time, the semi -finals will take place on May 12 and 14, and the final on May 16 in the Olympic sports complex. The corresponding order was signed by Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, Vesti TV channel reports.

In Russia, the number of defaults by bonds will significantly grow in early 2009. About 20 defaults are expected in the first quarter alone, another 24 companies may not receive an offer to conclude new contracts in the amount of 38 billion rubles. Such a forecast is given by analysts of IR Veles Capital. According to experts, it is most likely that a number of average regional trading retailers will not be able to return money to creditors.

In the Chelyabinsk region, adolescents are judged who brutally killed the drinking companion for praise. After that, they gutted the corpse to see what was inside him. Two girls participated in the abuse. The egregious case of murder, followed by a mockery of the corpse, is examined by the Satkin city court of the Chelyabinsk region, writes the GZT newspaper with reference to the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Oksana Kalinin.

The Moscow police are investigating the case of the attack of shavat-headed nationalists on the famous Jewish musician Mikhail Altshuller, the press service of the Russian Jewish Congress said. "On November 22, in Moscow, three skinheads attacked the famous bard, head and soloist of the Jewish music ensemble, the winner of the international competition Mikhail Altshuller, as a result of which he received bruises of the ribs and a concussion," the Congress press service told Interfax .

The Scandinavian spies caught a new generation of the Saab 9-3X car without camouflage during test road tests. This crossover, according to the Swedish company, will compete in the world market with such SUVs as the Audi Allroad and Volvo XC70. Judging by the pictures, the car is not far from serial production, WorldCarfans reports. It is known that the SAAB 9-3X, unlike the version in the back of the sedan, will have a more powerful line of engines and an increased road clearance of 30 mm.

A powerful explosion thundered in the morning in the center of Kabula. The terrorist of the suicide bomber, on an explosive car, attacked a column of NATO troops. As a result of the attack, 4 people were killed and 18 were injured, ITAR-TASS reports. The incident occurred about 200 meters from the entrance to the US Embassy in Kabul. Therefore, in the first messages it was assumed that the attack was directed against the American diplomatic mission.