In the Arkhangelsk region, due to an increase in the number of diseases by influenza and SARS, classes were suspended among adults and children in 65 educational institutions. According to the local branch of Rospotrebnadzor, only over the past Monday in the region 2312 cases of SARS and influenza were registered. In November 23, 29 people were hospitalized, of which 16 children were.

The proposal for the remote transfer of the funded part of the PFR pension to the NPF appeared on the website Pensiya-online.ru. It is proposed to conclude a contract with large NPFs - "Welfare", "Norilsk Nickel" and "Region fund", the newspaper Kommersant writes.

The community of the Moscow temple of the Apostle Foma, whose rector, priest Daniil Sysoev, was killed by an unknown at the end of last week, was concerned about threats of arson of this church and asks the authorities to protect the parish.

The famous Canadian Cirque du Soleil, who first visited Russia with the Varekai show, announced three additional day shows, which will be held on November 27, as well as December 4 and 11, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that the Moscow Circus of the Sun Moscow, which began on October 23, has already been extended until December 13.

The Central Bank is preparing to invest in the international reserves of the Russian Federation in tools nominated in Canadian dollars, RIA Novosti reports citing a statement by the director of the Department of Operations in the Bank of Russia financial markets Sergei Shvetsov. "Now there is a technical preparation for operations with the Canadian dollar, then there may be another or two currency, and that's all," Shvetsov said at a meeting of the Council on Monetary Policy in the State Duma.

Anatoly Chubaisa, the head of the head of the Rusnano State Corporation, got into an accident on Tuesday evening. As the state corporation’s message says, Chubais was not injured as a result of the incident. It is reported that Chubais approached at 18:30 at the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Rusnano from the office building of the corporation on Nummetkin Street in Moscow.

The Russian pilot saved the life of Sudan Vice President Salve Kir, whose plane almost suffered a disaster on Wednesday during a visit to Uganda, ITAR-TASS reports citing the South African media. Kiir uses Antonov type aircraft, which is controlled by the Russian crew. When taking off from the airport in the north of Uganda, one of the chassis tires exploded at the plane. However, the pilot managed to align the car and prevent the tragedy.

Despite the relative social well -being, modern Europeans are becoming more and more prone to depression. According to official figures, more than 4 million people suffer in a mental illness in Germany alone, more than 9 thousand of them are imposed on themselves annually. The topic of depression became one of the most discussed in Germany after the recent Radio "Freedom" .

On Wednesday morning, the Turkish ship "Santa Victoria" and the Georgian "Beryl" collided on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 8:00 Moscow time. As a result, the Georgian dry cargo sank. 12 sailors of the Beryl crew were saved and are on board the Turkish Santa Victoria, a representative of the Azov-Black Sea Shipping Company told Interfax . According to other sources, the sunken dry cargo went under the flag of the African state of Sierra Leone, and not under the flag of Georgia.

The Kremlin is preparing an attack on the state corporations, whose leaders are close associates of Vladimir Putin, appointed by him and obligated to conduct business in accordance with the interests of the authorities, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to the publication in Le Figaro . “I consider this form in modern conditions as a whole hopeless,” Dmitry Medvedev said in his message to the Federal Assembly.

October 2009 and the beginning of November turned out to be the most active period on the land market of the Moscow Region, writes the Vedomosti website with reference to the report of the Gemyr Communication Group. At this time, calls with requests for the purchase of large land plots were significantly frequent, and the demand for plots without a contract has sharply increased.

In Lyubertsy near Moscow, four unknown animals animatedly beat the wife of the head of the Research Institute (Research Institute) named after Afanasyeva. Most likely, the crime is custom -made: the head of the institute demanded a return to its balance of 350 hectares of the stolen land. 45-year-old Natalia Kharlamov criminals pissed off in the entrance of their own house, reports Life News . The bloodied woman was discovered by neighbors on the stairwell.

The influential American newspaper The Washington Post closes its last news bureaus located outside the Washington district. Thus, the newspaper will try to reduce expenses during the financial crisis, according to the website of the publication itself. Over the past 10 years, The Washington Post has closed the Bureau in Miami, Austin and Denver. It is reported that this time the corps in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are eliminated.

The Pentagon is working on plans to send an additional 34 thousand troops to Afghanistan, expecting that US President Barack Obama will approve just such a figure, RIA Novosti reports with reference to CNN.

Mosgorstat sharply dispersed with participants in the housing market of the capital of the Russian Federation in assessing the level of falling prices for residential real estate prices of the city for the first three quarters of this year - apartments in Moscow, according to its estimates, fell in place in September 2009, compared to December 2008, only 5%, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the report of the Moscow State Statistics Committee.