Politicians, representatives of culture and science express condolences in connection with the death of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church died on Friday morning at the 80th year of his life in his residence in Peredelkino. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the death of Patriarch Alexy "huge grief" for the country and noted his merits as the spiritual leader of Russia, ITAR-TASS reports.

Happiness spreads among people as a benevolent virus. According to a study conducted by scientists from Harvard and the University of California in San Diego, happiness is a collective business, and the feeling of happiness largely depends on the happiness of friends and even the happiness of friends of friends.

The average price of supply in the secondary housing market in Moscow decreased in November by 2.7% to 7.91 thousand dollars per square meter. meter. In November, the average ruble prices, taking into account the fluctuations in the course and inflation, increased by 0.9% to 216.3 thousand rubles per square meter. meter. This is evidenced by the data monitoring of the residential real estate market of the analytical center of the Incom corporation, which is quoted by the Prime-Tass agency.

The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation in the Berezovsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory opened a criminal case on the disappearance of 11-year-old Alesi Strekalovskaya. The case was opened under the article "Murder", ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the regional police department.

Boeing 767 of the Siberia Airlines (S7 Airlines brand) made a forced landing in Yekaterinburg on Friday morning, none of the passengers was injured, RIA Novosti reports. "This morning at the Koltsovo Airport (Yekaterinburg), at 09.48 local time, the Boeing 767 Airlines Airliner made a forced landing. The aircraft made the Krasnoyarsk -Moscow route, there were 92 passengers on board.

US President George Bush and his wife Laura Bush bought a new house in Dallas (Texas), said the press secretary of the first Lady of the United States Sally Makdono. "President and Madame Bush bought a house in the Preston Hollow area in Dallas, Texas, where they will live after the president leaves his position in January 2009," the McDono statement, widespread by the White House press service. Bush’s presidential powers expire exactly at noon on January 20, reminds IA Trend .

The official reason for the search in the human rights and information center "Memorial" in St. Petersburg on Thursday was the investigation of the criminal case of initiating hatred or hostility and humiliation of human dignity in the fact of publication in the newspaper "New Petersburg". However, human rights activists are confident that the true reason for the persecution was the demonstration of the film “riot.

Experts appreciated the "direct line" of Vladimir Putin, during which he traditionally talked with the people. As noted, the festive event turned into a heavy "burdock" work, the crisis almost removed the patho and the legendary Putin's humor. The "direct line" of the prime minister started on the eve of noon in the Gostiny Dvor, where a Call center was organized for collecting calls and SMS messages.

The GDP growth in Russia according to the results of this year “will be positive - clearly more than 6 percent, ” said Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, commenting on the speech of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

Due to the difficult economic situation in Russia, two-thirds of Russian enterprises and organizations in the near future do not plan to increase or index wages. Such results were shown by a survey conducted by the Superjob.ru portal among 700 representatives of enterprises and organizations responsible for working with personnel.

The head coach of the Samara "wings of the Soviets" Leonid Slutsky on Friday once again denied rumors about his transition to CSKA. "Now I am the head coach of the Wings of the Soviets and did not negotiate with the leaders of other football clubs," Slutsky said in an interview with RIA Novosti , responding to the request to comment on the information that he should lead CSKA.

The Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera has published an article today (the full text on the website inopressa.ru ), dedicated to a polemic unfolding in Italy on the activity of mosques in the country. Italian Catholic priests advocated that Muslims were guaranteed the opportunity to pray in mosques.

In 2005, Oleg Liskin became the first Russian to receive political asylum in Germany . However, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation did not leave him alone. Three years later, Berlin seems to be ready to give in to the requirements of Moscow, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel . In 2000, Oleg Liskin nominated his candidate in the mayor’s elections in his native Lipetsk, but the Prooputinsky candidate won.

The Swedish government is preparing a bill that will allow sound recordings and film companies to pursue in court of Internet users, illegally exchanging music and films. According to this bill, lawyers will have the right to seek a court order on the establishment of personalities of file exchange participants suspected of violating the copy.

Oil on the New York commodity exchange on Friday fell again. At the end of the trading, futures contracts for the supply of black gold in January concluded at a price of $ 40.81 per barrel. This is 2.86 dollars or 6.55% less than the same indicator of last Thursday and already 106.46 dollars below the absolute maximum of the cost of a barrel of oil recorded on the exchange in New York on July 11 of this year, ITAR-TASS reports.