Belarus is preparing a response to the statement of the State Duma of the Russian Federation , in which parliamentarians condemned the anti-Russian rhetoric of the Belarusian leadership, seeing the PR move in it as part of the election campaign .

Georgia will not support the entry of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization until the customs issue is resolved. This statement was made by Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri in an interview with Associated Press. The Georgian Prime Minister explained that Moscow does not allow Georgian customs officers to work in two disputed territories - Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia, in turn, insists on joint servicing border crossings in these territories.

Employees of the Office of the Main Security Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg detained the operative criminal investigation department of the 68th police department of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Moscow District of the city of 27-year-old lieutenant Ilya Balushkin, suspected of extortion, beating and torture of the detainee, the Investigative Department of the Russian Federation for the Northern capital reports on Thursday.

The first lady of the United States Michelle Obama headed the list of the most influential women in the world, which was published on Wednesday, Forbes magazine. Among the achievements of the 46-year-old wife of the American president, in particular, its active struggle for the health of the nation is noted. In addition, Michelle Obama is actively involved in the political life of the United States, the editors of the publication said.

The Moscow demolition program of five -story buildings "stalled". Not so long ago, its completion was postponed to 2014, but there is no confidence that this period is final. Investors are needed to implement the program, however, the demolition of five -story buildings in their eyes loses attractiveness, writes Bfm.ru As the publication recalls, the demolition of the five-story buildings of several of the most obsolete series began in Moscow back in the mid-1990s.

Preferences to domestic manufacturers during public procurement will be valid in 2011, the newspaper, Kommersant writes. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Economy Elvira Nabiullina, speaking at a government hour in the State Duma.

Specialists from Fenice Milano presented the Rolls-Royce Ghost limousine refinement program. The most luxurious version (White) of the tuning-Kita, called Diva, involves the installation of an elegant aerodynamic body kit on the car of an elevated discharge with an increased diameter with low-profile rubber, as well as a luxurious hood, lattice, thresholds and mirrors painted with pure gold. Navy Blue Diva equipment is slightly less uncompromising.

The Prime Minister of Japan Nato Kan, in the course of Debatov in the country's parliament on Thursday, commented on the intention of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in late September to visit the southern chicken in the near future.

In honor of the observer of Novaya Gazeta, Anna Politkovskaya was offered to name a forest street in Moscow, where she lived and was killed exactly four years ago. The proposal was voiced at a rally of her memory in pure ponds, the journalist of Novaya Oleg Khlebnikov. This was reported on Thursday "Kasparov.ru" , noting that the area of ​​Anna Politkovskaya was named the square in the territory of the Roman park Villa Doria-Pamfilia and the hall of the European Parliament.

In the period between 1990 and 2005, in Germany, for the reasons for the "unprofitability" - namely, due to a reduction in the donations of parishioners and cutting of the income of municipalities - 96 Protestant and 98 Catholic churches were sold. In most cases, new owners turn these church buildings into restaurants and cafes, reports Sedmitsa.Ru with reference to information that sounded in the program “Food in the Altar” Deutschlandradio Kultur.

The first serial AvtoVAZ cars with an automatic transmission will appear on the market in 2012, reports Amobil . Which model will receive the "automatic" first until it is specified. It is possible that this will be a new station wagon built on the basis of the Renault B0 platform, the prototype of which was presented at the Moscow Auto Show in August of this year. A year ago, the President of AvtoVAZ Igor Komarov said that the "machine guns" will appear at Lada already in 2010.

The drainage system of the Olympic Village of the British Commonwealth in New Delhi threatens collapse due to thousands of used condoms that athletes were lowered into the toilets during the first week of the competition. The organizers of the tournament clean the clogged drains around the clock, fearing outbreaks of Denge's fever, Reuters reports citing local media.

Lebanon is going to invite President Iran Mahmud Ahmadi Nezhad to visit the Israeli border, writes the British newspaper The Guardian . According to some reports, Ahmadi Nezhad intends to throw stones into Israel as a symbolic gesture - through the barrier passing along the line.

The next, 13th in a row, the testing launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile of the sea base R30 3M30 (RSM-56) Bulava turned out to be successful, ITAR-TASS reports. Combat blocks of the missiles at Thursday at the established time arrived at the Kura Kura training ground.

The United States apologized for the death of two Pakistani troops who were killed on September 30 during an American air strike on the Pakistan army in the Kurram district border with Afghanistan. “We are apologizing to Pakistan and the families of the dead and wounded border guards,” said Ann Patterson, an American ambassador to Islamabad.