A week of auctions of Russian art in London ended triumphantly. The total result of Russian trading in London amounted to £ 50 million, the newspaper Kommersant writes. Russian art is still rapidly getting more expensive. In the fall of 2002, Sotheby`s and Christie`s earned £ 4 million in Russian art. Three years later, four auction houses have been helped out of the aggregate of £ 50 million. "By the total amount this year, Sotheby`s leads.

In Damascus, two major Russian-Syrian agreements in the gas industry totaling $ 370 million were signed. The Russian side at the ceremony was represented by President of OJSC Stroytransgaz Viktor Lorenz, Syrian - Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources of Syria Ibrahim Khaddad. According to the first contract, Stroytransgaz (the largest contractor of Gazprom) will take part in the implementation of the project of the Panarabsky gas pipeline in Syrian territory.

The C-130 military transport aircraft fell into a ten-story residential building in Tehran. There were 94 people on board the aircraft - 84 passengers and 10 crew members. Three fire combustions, 20 ambulances and three rescue helicopters went to the sunbathing building, AP reports with reference to the Iranian media. The plane tried to make an emergency landing at the Mekhrabad Tegeran airport. Nothing is known about the causes of the crash and the number of victims.

The bill on non -governmental organizations will be considered in the second reading on December 16, the speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov told reporters on Tuesday. According to him, such a decision was made at a meeting of the Council of the Duma, RIA Novosti reports. "We have another 10 days in order to consider incoming amendments in order to additionally discuss this issue with members of the Public Chamber," Gryzlov said.

Ford shot all of its two brands Jaguar and Land Rover from publications for sexual minorities, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Reuters. This happened after the conservative religious group "American Family Association" called for a boycott of corporation products, due to a too friendly attitude to homosexuals.

Khabarovskenergo OJSC does everything possible to prepare power plants and thermal networks of the energy system for work in emergency conditions of emergency reset of Chinese pesticides in the Sungari to ensure reliable heat supply to Khabarovsk, the press service of the energy company said. All divisions of Khabarovskenergo OJSC are brought into a state of increased readiness. On thermal power centers and in heating networks, a set of measures is carried out in case of emergency.

In response to Jemal's demand to remove the Orthodox symbols from the coat of arms of Russia, the chairman of the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the State Herald Master Georgy Vilinbakhov said that the crosses on the state emblem of Russia are not exclusively Orthodox symbols. This issue has already been discussed in the State Duma, reports Echo of Moscow.

The administration of George Bush expresses serious concern in connection with the sale of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems Tor-M1. As the official representative of the State Department of Edam Erley told reporters in Washington, the US authorities intend to discuss this deal with Moscow. “Iran is a sponsor of terror, they (Iranians) were engaged in shares that we consider hostile and harmful, and we consider this proposed sale in this context,” he said.

In China, a bus and a truck with chemicals collided near Beijing, 24 people were killed. According to the AP agency, an accident occurred due to a faulty brake system of a truck that transported calcium chloride. After the collision, the car flew off the road into a 20 meter ditch. Nine people were injured, RIA Novosti reports. There are more accidents in China than in any other country.

The Khabarovsk Territory had an accident by the Mi-8 helicopter, which was operating a medical flight, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to preliminary data, there were three crew members on board. The helicopter was sent to one of the settlements of the region for patients. The Mi-8 helicopter flew out of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur at 7.55 Moscow time and, according to preliminary data, suffered an accident after 5 minutes at the mouth of the Amur River.

In November, the main indicators of the index of the arbitrariness of law enforcement agencies - a monthly sociological study of the Public Verdict Foundation, which is carried out by the analytical center of Yuri Levada - remained at a very high level. 70% of Russians do not trust the police, the court and the prosecutor's office, and about 80% of citizens consider the problem of arbitrariness of law enforcement agencies relevant for modern Russia.

Cooperation between the United States and Russia in the field of science and education is developing successfully. This was announced at a meeting with reporters in Washington by the Minister of Education and Science of Russia Andrei Fursenko. "The cooperation between Russia and the USA in the field of science and education is developing quite successfully. The main problem is to bring to signing the continuation of the Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation.

Gennady Gudkov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security, also said that at present in the lower house of parliament, a bill was prepared on the restoration of the status of the “Veteran of Military Service” in Russian legislation, which was abolished during the adoption of the federal law ... 122 on the so-called monetization of benefits, the press service of the People’s Party reports. "This bill was prepared by our committee together with other State Duma committees.

The Governor of the Primorsky Territory Sergey Darkin met with France Ambassador to Russia Jean Kade. The parties discussed the prospects for the development of trade, economic and cultural cooperation. Kade thanked the governor for the active support of joint projects. The ambassador noted that only in July this year did the parties discuss the possibility of holding a French cinema festival in the Primorye. And today the opening ceremony of this festival will take place today.

The Kiev Court of Appeal on Tuesday abolished the decision of the Shevchenkovsky district court of the city of Kiev on the restoration of Svyatoslav Piskun in the post of general prosecutor, reports Gazeta.ru. The court made such a decision at the request of the Minister of Justice Sergey Golovaty, who represented the interests of the president at a meeting of the Shevchenkovsky court.