Gold rush. Prices for precious metals took off to record heights. By the end of 2010, investors finally lost confidence in paper money and government bonds. And the largest player in the gold market was the National Bank of China. What it turns out for the global economy - wondered the New Times Golden figurine of Mao Zedong in the window of the Caibai jewelry store in Beijing On December 7, they gave as much for gold as it has not been worth it since 1983: $ 1432.5 for a trooric ounce.

Why is Sweden not Russia Jens Lapidus. Easy money. SPb, 2010 Stockholm Noir. Jens Lapidus, the star of the Swedish detective, presented in Moscow his novel “Slaged Money”.

Deceived housing co -investors require help from the state Moscow, November 28, 2010. A rally of deceived equity holders on Pushkinskaya Square Speesors in law. At the end of November, thousands of people who became victims of fraud during the construction of housing went to rallies throughout the country, demanding the protection of their rights. In response, the Ministry of Regional Development proposed to generally cancel the law on shared construction.

More than seven hundred people, as of 18:30, were detained in Moscow in connection with mass protests by radical youth, writes Newsru.com . Interfax reports this with reference to the official representative of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate Viktor Biryukov. Some of them had traumatic and bladed weapons confiscated. According to Biryukov, 420 people were detained near the Kievsky railway station, where a “showdown” between nationalist-minded youth and Caucasians was planned.

Events at the Kievsky railway station in Moscow

As the correspondent of The New Times reports, about sixty young people similar to football fans went through the Tverskoy Boulevard to Pushkinskaya Square, shouting nationalist slogans. According to the participants in the action, earlier they gathered on Smolenskaya Square, but from there they were "driven away" by riot police. Now some of the participants in the spontaneous action are sent to the Mayakovskaya metro station.

Not news - it was announced in advance: the Russian ambassador will not attend the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The ambassador is away - there were more important things to do and it was impossible to reschedule. Although what business can the ambassador in Norway have on December 10, other than attending the ceremony?

The announcement of the verdict in the second criminal case against the former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the MFO MENATEM Platon Lebedev, which was supposed to begin on Wednesday in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, is postponed until the end of December, writes Newsru.com . An announcement appeared on the courthouse that the verdict would be announced on December 27.

Natalia Pelevina’s participant in New York tells: Two days ago, despite the pouring rain, we gathered at the Russian mission at the UN in New York for a rally of support to the two most famous Russians. I watered cold December rain, and I was sure that there would be no one, and people came.

Russian film critics are going to distribute "elephants" Anna Starshenbaum. "Children up to 16 ..." National Kinogetto. The nominees of the first of the three national film awards were determined to summarize the outgoing year: the Kinocritics Prizes and the White Elephant Cinema.

Events at the Kievsky railway station in Moscow

Natalia Pelevina’s participant in New York tells: Two days ago, despite the pouring rain, we gathered at the Russian mission at the UN in New York for a rally of support to the two most famous Russians. I watered cold December rain, and I was sure that there would be no one, and people came.

Published by the investigative documents of Osip Mandelstam Pavel Nerler. The word and "business" Osip Mandelstam. Moscow, 2010 Blooded fate. Mandelstam Society (Moscow) has published a book on the persecution and death of the poet. The New Times read the published documents Once upon a time, the poet Wilhelm Kuchelbeker wrote: “Gorky is the fate of the poets of all tribes; Fate executes Russia heavier.

Dmitry Hvorostovsky - The New Times "I am more free than many others." Dmitry Hvorostovsky begins his New Year's December tour in Russia. Concerts called Dmitry and Friends will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen and Yekaterinburg.

There are not enough places in women's colonies Sewing factory. Convicts work 40 hours a week not to get here. There are not enough places in the female colonies - they say in the Federal Service for the Penitentiary. For which the weaker sex sits and how the punishment is serving - The New Times recognized in the most famous Russian zone for women - the Mozhaisk colony “Unas Praise.