The Central Bank of Russia announced official courses on December 26. During the day, the euro rose in price by 22.94 kopecks to 40.1859 rubles. The dollar in Russia also rose - by 6.16 kopecks to 28.6735 rubles. Meanwhile, the euro at the MICEX has already crossed a mark of 40 rubles several times, but this indicator has never become an official course of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The UK parliament decided to release its own brand of mineral water. As it became known today in London, the leadership of the highest legislative body of the kingdom issued an order to start drilling under the building of an artesian well, ITAR-TASS reports. As the experts established, under the parliament, which is located on the territory of the former Royal Westminster Palace, underground waters pass.

The first call about the murder of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya entered the police exactly at the same time that investigators consider the moment of committing a crime, the witness said during the interrogation in this case on Thursday in the Moscow District Military Court. The officer of the criminal investigation department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Tver District of Moscow, Senior Lieutenant Vadim Arsanov, made a report on the detection of the Politkovskaya body.

At the end of the year, society sums up its results, recalling the most significant events or those that were deeply imprinted in memory. RIA Novosti is represented by the dozens of the most important events of 2008 in Russia. 1. Rocking 2008: Medvedev - President, Putin - Prime Minister For the first time in the history of modern Russia, the highest power in the country at one moment passed from one president to another after the inauguration ceremony , held at noon on May 7 in the Kremlin.

Russian international reserves from December 12 to 19, 2008 increased by $ 15.4 billion, or approximately 3.5%, from 435.4 to 450.8 billion dollars, ITAR -TASS reports with reference to the information of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation . Compared to January 1, 2008, when the volume of international reserves of Russia amounted to $ 478.8 billion, SVR became less than 5.8%. Record value - $ 598.1 billion - international reserves reached on August 8 this year.

At least 5 people died as a result of an explosion of grenades with tear gas at a disco in the city of Huliac in the southeast of Peru. The unknown threw an explosive device into a crowd of people who celebrated Christmas in the Boom night club. Five people suffocated from gas. After the explosion, people began to leave the disco building in a panic. In a random crowd, several more people were injured, ITAR-TASS reports.

About a thousand ordinary Santa Clauses and their granddaughters of the Snow Maiden, as well as snowmen, cheerful clowns, magic fairies, and fabulous gnomes proceeded under the funny marches following the tractor. Rejoice at a colorful procession, despite the cold and piercing the wind, thousands of citizens and guests of Minsk came, ITAR-TASS reports.

The leader of the Leningrad group Sergey Shnurov dismissed his team and will work in the new ruble project, the website of the St. Petersburg Club of the GlavClub reports, where in February concerts of Leningrad were supposed to take place. "The concerts of the Leningrad group announced on February 13 and 14 were canceled. The reason is the dissolution of the Leningrad group by its main ideologist. The new ideology is the ruble group, the report said.

In the Republic of Bashkiria, a man robbed a married couple while they quarreled. The couple was about to get divorced, but the general misfortune made the spouses return to the previous relationship. The timely detention in the Bashkir Sterlitamak of the thief, who abducted valuable things from the apartment, made the gathered spouses to divorce, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic.

In St. Petersburg, police detained five neo-Nazis, who are suspected of attempting to kill a native of Africa. The Congo citizen received multiple stab wounds in November 2007. The Center for Combating Extremism of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region detained five young people suspected of attacking a Congo citizen in the fall of 2007, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the city law enforcement agencies.

About three hundred and fifty inhabitants of Yevpatoria gathered on Thursday evening on one of the city squares to honor the memory of fellow countrymen who died in a residential building from the explosion , which thundered the night before. According to the latest data, twenty -four people died as a result of the tragedy. The gathered near the place of the tragedy stood silently, lit candles in their hands. Basically, young people came to a mourning event, says RIA Novosti .

The St. Petersburg Club of Genis named after Igor Seversin honored Daniil Granin the title of "Writer of All Rus'". The solemn ceremony on this subject took place on board on board the Sailor "Mir" near the embankment of Lieutenant Schmidt, ITAR-TASS reports. The Executive Director of the club Vladimir Zhukovsky said that this event was held in connection with the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays and the upcoming birthday of the writer himself.

The first round of defining the Oscar Prize laureates began after voting ballots were sent to members of the American Film Academy. To determine the names of the actors and the name of the tape of the short-list, which will be published on January 22, will be 5810 academicians, BBC reports.

The star of the series "Inheritance" Alexander Domogarov became another victim of the economic crisis. The legendary actor, due to a sharply grown dollar exchange rate, cannot sell his three-room apartment on the Georgian shaft. According to Life.ru , the actor put his apartment for auction through one of the most popular real estate companies in Moscow. Domogarov, having consulted with real estate agents, estimated his apartments at $ 2 million.

British social services were faced with a powerful wave of judicial lawsuits from the grown victims of family violence. Having matured, the children beaten by parents began to demand compensation from the state for violation of their rights. In the near future, officials will have to answer the treasures of the Treasures, according to which the total amount of compensation is calculated by millions of dollars, writes The Times .