Rosneft President Eduard Khudainatov did not hear anything that one of the participants in the loud “spy scandal” in the United States Andrei Bezrukov, also known as Donald Howard Hitfield , will be the vice president of the company . Such rumors appeared in the press this week. “Throw it! Who told you about this? I haven’t heard anything about it. How is the president I say,” Khudainatov told reporters, answering the question, Interfax reports.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that “criminal manifestations” on Russian roads have “acquired a sinister character,” and therefore he does not rule out further toughening of punishment for violations of traffic rules. The Prime Minister made this recognition during a “direct line” with the citizens of the country.

In one of the prisons of the Chilean capital, riots broke out. As a result, dozens of people were injured, including up to twenty warders. About 80 prisoners and 18 guards were injured by light and medium severity during the riots that broke out on Wednesday in the Santiago prison, Latindex reports with reference to EFE.

Jonathan Alter, a journalist of the famous Newsweek publication, announced that each of the members of the Executive Committee of the International Football Federation (FIFA), who voted for Qatar when choosing a country of the World Cup - 2022, received a check in the amount of $ 10 million. The Qatari budget of the application for the World Cup 2022 surpassed all expectations: it amounted to about $ 80 billion.

Ratings in Russia for a week from November 29 to December 05 The comedy series of the channel "Russia 1" "Swati-4" on a review week strengthened leadership. A week earlier, the separation of the "matchmakers" from the competitors was not so noticeable - about one and a half percent. This time the rating of "matchmakers" amounted to 11.5%. In seven days, the increase is more than a percent. The share amounted to 31.0%, increasing by almost four percent.

The Muslims of Shiits around the world celebrate Ashur - the culmination day of sorrow in the third Shiite Imam Hussein , the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad . On this day, numerous pilgrims arrive at the Iraqi cities of Karbela and En-Sadzhaf sacred for the Shiites. For Shiites, Makam al -Hussein is a mosque built at the site of the death of Imam in the battle of Karbel in 680 - the main religious shrine after Mecca and Medina .

The upcoming ten -day New Year holidays only a little more than half of the Russians showed a survey by the Superjob.ru research center, which the results of which are made public on December 16. At the same time, the number of those who consider such weekends necessary is less every year, researchers say. This year, the government again considered that citizens need a 10 -day vacation - from January 1 to 10, 2011.

Police officers detained a woman suspect in the murder of a woman and attacking three more people in a private house in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban. “Magomed Magandaliev, who came to Slavyansk-on-Kuban from Dagestan, was detained that night,” Ivan Sengerov told Interfax, the assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Krasnodar Territory for Media Relations.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the "direct line" with citizens of the country once again expressed his irreconcilable position in the criminal process against the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky. “The thief must sit in prison,” he quoted Gleb Zhelov, whose role was played by Vladimir Vysotsky in the famous film “The meeting place cannot be changed”.

After the riots on December 15 , 12 people were in Moscow, while earlier 30 victims were reported. “Data on a large number of victims is not confirmed. Single cases of injuries were noted as a result of local street fights,” the source in the ambulance service in an interview “Interfax” commented on. The law enforcement agencies note that the number of victims could have been more if it were not for the timely preventive measures of the capital's police.

In different areas of Moscow, on the eve of, as expected , there were clashes on national grounds. The mass riots managed to avoid, there are no deadly sacrifices, but both the victims have the victims from the side of the nationalists and among the visitors from the North Caucasus. According to preliminary information, more than 30 people turned to medical assistance on Wednesday. According to official figures, the police detained more than 1300 people for offenses.

On the eve of the presidential elections, special equipment and army units are pulled to the capital of Belarus. In particular, the Echo of Moscow radio station, citing witnesses, reports five armored personnel carriers and about ten trucks with armed soldiers. There is also information that about 15 water -flows were delivered to Minsk, Gazeta.Ru reports. As reported, the authorities accuse the opposition of preparing armed shares based on the results of the vote.

In connection with the transition to duty -free oil supplies in 2011, the subsidies of Russia will amount to about $ 4 billion in connection with the transition to duty -free oil supplies, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Sergey Shatalov said, speaking at a tax conference, Interfax reports. "From January 2011, oil will be delivered to Belarus duty -free, in return Belarus will undertake to transfer export duties to oil products," he said.

In Solnechnogorsk near Moscow, nationalists on Thursday passed a march along the city streets, beating the “non -Russian” people who met on their way, and then a large group of radical youth gathered on the square at the city station and began to shout nationalist slogans, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. “A large group of young people walked along the streets of Solnechnogorsk and went to the station square.

19 colleges of colleges of the largest Pakistani city of Karachi set a record for the Ginnes record book, managing to fit in the Smart ultra -compact car, whose interior is designed for only two passengers. According to RIA Novosti , citing Pakistani newspapers, a new record was set on Wednesday in the presence of representatives of the Ginnes and Spectators in one of the Karachinsky sports clubs.