United Russia prepared amendments to the budget draft for 2006, which the Duma will consider today, writes " News Time ". The total cost of a package of amendments is 15 billion rubles. In fact, proposals relate to various areas of life-science, education, healthcare, pension provision, salaries of state employees, road construction. But a separate line of the United Russia is proposed to allocate 500 million rubles in the budget. To strengthen democracy in Russia and abroad.

According to the updated data, the force of the earthquake that occurred in Chilean has up to 6.9 points on the Richter scale. This was reported by representatives of the US Geological Service. In turn, the Chilean seismologists said that the force of the earthquake was 6.8 points on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the port city of Tokopilia. Superior shocks were also felt in the territory of neighboring Bolivia.

The United States accused the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez Demagogy and the intention to create new enemies abroad in order to strengthen support among the population at home, writes Gazeta.ru . "Chavez's strategy is based on confrontation and conflict, and in order to withstand this for a long time it is necessary to increase the number of new enemies," said Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Shannon.

The Washington Court ordered the anti-war traffic activist 48-year-old Sindy Sheehan to pay a fine of $ 50 for an unauthorized rally at the White House on September 26. The same decision was made in relation to another 26 detainees, RIA Novosti reports. Cindy Shihen attracted public attention after organizing several high -profile anti -war measures aimed at terminating hostilities in Iraq and an urgent withdrawal of American troops from this country.

Rector of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov was elected Viktor Sadovnichy for the fourth time. "The candidacy of Sadovich was supported by 98.53% of voters," the press service of the Moscow State University said in a statement. According to the accounting committee, as part of deans and directors of the institutes of Moscow State University, 1.09 thousand ballots voted in total, RIA Novosti reports.

Nine Russians are among the 50 richest Europeans. The rating of fifty richest people in Europe is published in the European Business Magazine magazine by the December issue of December, RIA Novosti . Only one Russian made his way into the first ten richest European businessmen - this is an entrepreneur, Governor of Chukotka and the owner of the Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich, who takes 6th place in the list.

In Chile, there was an earthquake with a force of 5.5 points on the Richter scale. This was reported by representatives of the country's authorities. The epicenter of the earthquake was east of the port city of Tokopilia. As a result of the underground shocks, a panic arose, RBC reports. According to preliminary data, there are no victims and victims.

Yesterday, Jane Birkin gave a concert in the B2 club. The new Jane Birkin program is the songs of Ginzbur, performed along with a group of Arab musicians. “This is very symbolic,” says Birkin, “because Serge was a Russian Jew and, at the same time, the personification of France, and now I - the Englishwoman - sing serge's songs in French with Arab musicians.

Deputy Nina Ostanina (Communist Party) raised at a meeting of the State Duma on Friday the question of whether the Council of the Duma was accepted about the direction of Boris Gryzlov to the Congress of Youth Unity on Wednesday, where there was a large show. Ostanina recalled how awkwardly the deputies felt in the hall on the day when the deputy prosecutor Vladimir Kolesnikov spoke, who noted low attendance by deputies of plenary sessions.

For the first time in the history of the development of the missile defense system (PRO), the Americans managed to intercept the educational warhead with a rocket launched from the ship during the tests. "The shot was made from the missile cruiser Lake Erie, and the warhead was shot down by a rocket of 160 kilometers above the surface of the Pacific Ocean," the Pentagon missile defense agency reports.

The response to the decision of the American Congress was called the deputy head of the Duma faction "United Russia" Valery Ryazan allocation in the Russian federal budget for 2006 500 million rubles to support democratic movements abroad, the Polit.ru correspondent reports. “This is to a certain extent a response to the step of the American Congress,” Ryazan told parliamentary journalists on Friday.

In Moscow, a fire occurred on the territory of the main headquarters of the Russian Navy on Friday evening, they reported in the fire service of the capital. "The signal of the fire in a separate building in Bolshoi Kozlovsky Lane arrived at 18.50 Moscow time. The fire occurred in the cinema booth, its area was five square meters. There were no victims," ​​the agency’s source said. According to him, the fire was quickly eliminated, RIA Novosti reports. The reasons for the fire are clarified.

A diamond necklace from the collection of the Russian Imperial Family at the auction of the Sotbis auction house in Geneva sold for 2.036 million Swiss francs ($ 1.535 million). According to experts, the necklace was made in the second half of the 18th century for Empress Catherine II the Great. Its cost was estimated at 1.5-2.5 million Swiss francs ($ 1.15- $ 1.95 million), RIA Novosti reports. For almost 80 years, the fate of the necklace remained unknown.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President V. Putin located in the South Korean Port City of Pusan - Before the APEC summit (Asian -Pacific Economic Cooperation), he met with US President J. Bush , at which a number of issues were discussed - the Iranian nuclear program, the situation around Syria, as well as Korean settlement.

The car, in which the head of the Chechen government, Sergei Abramov was located, collided with a truck near the village of Zhavoronka about 40 kilometers from Moscow. The accident occurred around 23.00 Moscow time on Thursday near the village of Zhavoronki (suburbs) reports RIA Novosti with reference to the traffic police. Other details are not reported. After the accident, Abramov was hospitalized in the Central Committee. His condition is evaluated as stably serious.