Russia and Latvia finally settled the problem in connection with poor -quality Latvian sprats. “The issue of Latvian sprot is resolved,” Andris Takemanis, ambassador of Latvia to Moscow said today. He noted that last week in Moscow there was a delegation from Latvia, which met with representatives of Rospotrebnadzor. “In essence, there were no questions. There were difficulties with the products of two Latvian firms, which we ourselves informed Russian colleagues, ”the ambassador emphasized.

The FBI is obliged to provide information on evacuation from the United States in September 2001 by family members of Osama Ben Laden and the family of King Saudi Arabia. According to RIA Novosti, such a decision was made by the Washington County Court, satisfying the lawsuit by the non -governmental organization Judicial Watch.

On November 21, 1991, a decree of B.N. Yeltsin on the organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to this decree, all members of the USSR Academy of Sciences automatically became members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At the time when the collapse of the Soviet Union took place, it was believed that the Russian Federation was in an unequal position in relation to other republics. All republics had their own academies, but Russia did not.

Alexander Kolbovsky November is the most historical of all months of the year. If you declare a month of history in our country, then this should definitely be done in November and never again. It is on these gloomy depressive days, on these long gloomy evenings, an inquisitive interest in the past invariably wakes up in us. Yes, not just to the past - to global cataclysms that took place in different eras.

World greeting day is celebrated on November 21. In 1973, in the midst of the Cold War, the two-American brothers Michael and Brian McComak were proposed in protest against the strengthening of international tension to celebrate this day as a day of greetings and friendliness. From November 21, it is considered a day of positive emotions and good mood.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today in Geneva will meet with representatives of a number of international organizations. As RIA Novosti reports, the topics of the discussion will be the issues of cooperation and reform of the UN.

OJSC "OGK-6" begins the preparation of proposals for the construction of the second stage of the Cherepovets GRES, as well as power unit No. 9 at the Novocherkasskaya GRES. It is planned that up to 3 new power units with a capacity of 300-350 MW can be built at the Cherepovets station using a highly effective fuel burning technology in boilers with a circulating boiling layer. This method can significantly increase the efficiency even when burning low -calorie coal.

In St. Petersburg on November 28, on the day of the centenary of Academician Dmitry Likhachev will open a monument to the famous scientist, RIA Novosti reports. Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (1906-1999) is an outstanding philologist, author of more than 500 scientific papers and many journalistic works, one of the creators of the St. Petersburg textological school of studying ancient Russian literature. Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg. The press service of the St.

On the eve of the working visit of the Russian delegation, led by the head of the trade and industrial Russian Federation Evgeny Primakov in Saudi Arabia. The President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin took part in the negotiations held as part of a visit.

The Standard & Poor's International rating agency has changed the forecast for Evraz Group SA. Her and her key subsidiary MasterCroft Ltd. The ratings with the "stable" have changed to "negative". Shortly before that, Evraz’s intention was reported to acquire Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., worth $ 2.3 billion, RBC reports.

Russia and Latvia finally settled the problem in connection with poor -quality Latvian sprats. “The issue of Latvian sprot is resolved,” Andris Takemanis, the ambassador of Latvia in Moscow, said today, RIA Novosti reports. He noted that last week in Moscow there was a delegation from Latvia, which met with representatives of Rospotrebnadzor. “In essence, there were no questions.

The Supreme Court of Russia recognized as legal as a life imprisonment of the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Yuri Shutov, convicted of creating a gang group and organizing custom murders, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, the court refused to satisfy the cassation complaints of lawyers who insisted on the cancellation of the sentence. "The verdict of the St.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice published on his website a new procedure for obtaining the right to use the words “Russia” and “Russian Federation” by organizations in his names. Now it will be decided how much the organization is to bear the name of Russia in its name, there will be an interdepartmental commission under the Ministry of Justice, which will include representatives of all government ministries.

The archive of the Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin, who was stored for more than 40 years at the University of Michigan, returned to his homeland. 37 boxes with manuscripts, typewritten drafts, books and photographs were transferred to the Lomonosov Moscow State University of Moscow State University, RIA Novosti reports. The archive weighing half a ton was brought to Russia in May this year after it was bought by the Viktor Vekselberg fund. All this time it was stored in the Russian Culture Fund.

The Central Intelligence Directorate of the United States has not discovered irrefutable evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, BBC reports. A veteran of the genre of journalistic investigations, an employee of the New Yorker magazine Seymour Hersh in the published material refers to the secret report of the CIA, based on intelligence, such as satellite photographs.