Ukraine in 2010 became an even more authoritarian and corrupt state. Such a conclusion was made by the Ukrainian Foundation "Democratic Initiatives" named after Ilko Kucheriv, interviewing 45 experts from December 15 to 23.

In the north-east of Moscow, a large fire was localized on Tuesday, which occurred in the warehouse of building materials and paintwork in the Chermyansky passage. During the extinguishing of the fire, no one was injured, 10 people were saved. Several regions of the capital in the northeast were covered with smoke and burning.

AOF Group LLC submitted to the Moscow Arbitration Court a bankruptcy statement of Miraks City CJSC (part of the Mirax Group), the customer of the construction of the Tower of the Federation, a representative of the court said to the Russian agency of legal and judicial information ( RAPSI ). On December 22, the court left without consideration the statement of Profstroy LLC on bankruptcy of Miraks City CJSC.

Audi automotive company - a subsidiary of the German concern Volkswagen - has developed a large -scale investment program and creating new jobs. According to DW-World , from 2011 to 2015, investments for a total of 11.6 billion euros will be aimed at expanding production. The previous plans provided for investments in the production of new products in the amount of about 2 billion euros per year.

The famous Hollywood film actress Gwyneth Paltrow will play the Blue Angel in the new year - the legendary German actress and singer Marlene Dietrich in the biographical two -part television, which is produced by the Europacorp company, founded by Lucian Besson, reports Collider . The picture will be called "Marlene" and is based on memoirs, the author of which is the daughter of Dietrich, actress Maria Riva.

On Monday, the Bank of America (BOA) large American bank was exposed to cyberataka, which led to periodic interruptions in the accessibility of the resource, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the RAWSTORY website. The attack of hackers is believed to be a revenge for the bank’s refusal to work with the Wikileaks website. In October, the founder of the revealing resource Julian Assange said that he had 5 GB of confidential information belonging to Bank of America at his disposal.

By several hours of imprisonment, a former employee of the UN purchase service Alexander Yakovlev was sentenced. At his testimony, the case was completely fabricated against the Russian diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov, who at one time convicted by the US authorities on charges of laundering money. Yakovlev has already left this watch in prisons.

Criminal investigators detained three participants in the attack on the ecologist Konstantin Fetisov, as well as the alleged organizer of the crime - an employee of the administration of the city of Khimki Yuri Mochernyuk. This was announced on Tuesday by a source in law enforcement agencies of the region. "Three performers and the alleged organizer were detained - the head of the municipal property department," the source said. According to him, the suspects were detained on Tuesday night.

The first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov intends to turn the housing and communal services system: to sell all state-owned enterprises, deprive them of the State Council and create a long-term sector regulation system, writes the Vedomosti newspaper, which managed to get acquainted with the theses of Shuvalov’s strategy for improving the housing and communal services.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill held on the eve of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to a meeting with the General Directors and editors of a number of Russian media, the Blagovers-Info reports with reference to the press service of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The meeting was attended by the heads of several federal television channels and print media, the chairman of the Synodal Information Department Vladimir Legoyd and others.

The editors of the Besttode.ru website interviewed the participant of the war group Leonid Nikolaev, known under the nickname Lenya Yo *** Ty, who is now in the St. Petersburg prison, on charges of hooliganism for the Palace Revolution of the Palace Revolution, during which, in September, “War activists” turned several police cars in the center of the northern capital.

International human rights defenders are concerned about the complaints of the peaceful supporters of the radical Palestinian movement "Hamas" for torture from the special services, which was officially recognized by the government "Fatha" led by Mahmoud Abbas. Western diplomats indicate that the use of torture in prisons, the ban on which the Palestinian authorities proclaimed in October 2000, cause long -term damage to the trust and legitimacy of the government.

The Federation of Jewish communities of Russia (Feor) sent water and food to help the children of passengers whose flights were detained at the Domodedovo airport, Blagovet-info reports with reference to the press service of Feor. “We are aware: our today's assistance to people at the Domodedovo airport is only a small part of what they are now in need, however, we hope that even such participation will support people,” said President Feor Alexander Boroda.

In the United States, orders have begun for the new Nintendo 3DS handheld game console, the world's first console capable of displaying three-dimensional video without the need for special stereo glasses. Currently, orders can be made in GameStop stores; according to sources familiar with the situation, Amazon and BestBuy will soon open pre-orders, CyberSecurity.ru reports.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili held on the eve of a meeting with Georgian and foreign businessmen. He visited a charity dinner at which he made a speech and shared with them his view of the changes taking place in the country's economy. Saakashvili said that 2010 was the first for the last seven -year -old, during which it was possible to achieve a real reduction in unemployment.