The elderly Japanese are increasingly applying for the coffin testing service, the researchers found out. The country's population is rapidly aging, and ritual services occupy an increasing share in the economy. The Americans and British on the eve of Christmas holidays during the sales period go to shops for clothes and equipment, and the Japanese - in search of a comfortable coffin. This is called Shukatsu Tour.

For nine months of this year, the average monthly wage of officials of federal authorities increased by 18.3% compared to the same period last year, follows from a certificate published on the Rosstat website . As a result, the salary of this category of citizens amounted to 96.5 thousand rubles. According to Rosstat, the number of federal officials reached 39.3 thousand people (79.9% of the total number of employees of these bodies).

On the eve of the OPEC meeting, the Western press analyzes statements that may shed light on the position of oil producing states. "Russia will not reduce oil production to keep prices," writes The Wall Street Journal , quoting the statement of the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin. “It increases the rates on the eve of the key OPEC summit,” the author writes. The newspaper comments: Contrary to Sechin’s statements, the OPEC meeting will probably be one of the most fateful for the Kremlin.

The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, completing the plenary meeting of the upper house on November 26, said that the joint meeting of the chambers to hear the message of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will be held on December 4. “Colleagues, I want to inform you that on December 4 at 12:00 p.m.

Actor Sergei Bezrukov sued 220 thousand rubles from the News Media holding in a lawsuit about the protection of honor and dignity, as well as the protection of the right to private life. The reason for the trial was articles in the newspapers "Your Day" and "Life" , which, according to the actor, contains negative information about his family. In addition, the holding employees used personal photos without his knowledge.

A representative survey of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion ( VTsIOM ) showed that Muscovites would prefer to pay for parking if this measure helps to reduce the number of traffic jams in the capital. According to the results of a study conducted on October 6-12 with the participation of 1,200 Muscovites, to solve the problem of traffic jams, they are ready to support the expansion of the area of ​​paid parking (26% completely, 37% under certain conditions).

Rosselkhoznadzor from Wednesday, November 26 introduces a ban on the sale of eight Belarusian enterprises in Russia. For days earlier, a similar ban has begun to operate against 11 companies, RIA Novosti reports.

The senator from the Chelyabinsk region Konstantin Tsybko, suspected of receiving a multimillion -dollar bribe and deprived of inviolability in connection with criminal prosecution, refutes the information that appeared on the Web about his flight abroad. He assures that he did not run away anywhere, but simply rests and will soon go to work.

American movie star Angelina Jolie can abandon the idea of ​​buying a house in the UK. The reason is the plans of the British government to introduce the so -called "mansion tax", which will apply to houses worth more than two million pounds, writes The Telegraph . Jolie expressed her fears Channel 4 News . During an interview given during her trip to the UK, the film "Unprofitable" (Unbroken), the film star confirmed that she would like to purchase real estate in England.

The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced that the GAZ group will resume the assembly of cars in the peninsula. The leadership of the republic has already held a meeting with representatives of the car manufacturer, on which an agreement was reached on the creation of a gas assembly workshop in Crimea. Coordination of the necessary documents can be expected in December this year.

The Rivne Court of Appeal recognized the ownership of Ukraine to Transnefteprodukt pipelines passing through its territory, which is a subsidiary of the Russian Transneft. According to the press service of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, we are talking about the sections of the Samara -Western Direction and Terrible - Armavir - Labor Oil Products. A total length of 1.4 thousand kilometers. Transneft intends to challenge the decision of the Rivne Court of Appeal.

The leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, suggested abandoning the construction of a parliamentary center in the lower imaginates by 2019.

The Control and Disciplinary Committee (KDK) of the Russian Football Union (RFU) punished Torpedo by holding three home matches with closed fan sectors. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the RFU. In addition, the Moscow club was fined more than 100 thousand rubles. Torpedo was punished for racist behavior of fans during the match of the 14th round of the Russian Championship with Rostov (2: 1), which took place on November 22 in Moscow at the Eduard Streltsov stadium.

Investigators of the Republic of Bashkiria opened a criminal case on the fact of rape of two years ago, committed against a young student. Over the girl, the owner of a mobile planetarium abused, who toured schools with a cognitive astronomical program. Teachers knew about the crime, but were silent by order of the director.

The annual festival of Russian cinema has opened today in the French city of Onfler on the Atlantic coast of Normandy. This year, the traditional film is held for the 22nd time. In his competitive program - eight full -length art ribbons shot by Russian directors this year. Among the applicants of the main prize of the festival, this time were several directors at once who presented their debut paintings.