The well -known Israeli writer, translator and artist for a certain Zinger has been translating into Russian the famous series of David Shahara’s novels “The Hall of Broken Vessels”. This series of readers who have not been to Jerusalem resembles the books of Proust, and those who have visited it - amazes the accuracy of the display of emotions that this eternal city causes. Shahara’s novels fascinated their Russian -speaking interpreter so much that he decided to write a sequel.

The Russian government is working on the issue of transmitting functions to investigate incidents from the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAC) to an independent body, a source in the Cabinet of Ministers said. “Currently, the Mac combines the functions of both the investigator of incidents and the body certifying the safety of objects,” the source noted, concluding that there is a conflict of interests that must be eliminated, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax.

At the airport of the city of Rostov-on-Don, due to the failure of the engine, the passenger Tu-154 made a forced landing. According to the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, the plane, which executed the flight 411 Rostov-on-Don-Tambov, took off at 8.02 Moscow time. He was refused by one of the engines, so it was decided to develop all the fuel and sit down. At 9.30, the plane landed safely. On board the aircraft were 54 passengers and eight crew members.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: A meeting of the Federation Council will be held. Senators plan to consider the draft Forest Code of the Russian Federation. It is also planned to consider amendments to the laws "On the federal budget for 2006", to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

At the Russia-ES summit, it was not possible to reach the consent of the start of negotiations on the new basic agreement, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen. He indicated that the “Finnish chairmanship will continue efforts in this direction” (to conclude an agreement on partnership and cooperation of Russia-Es). The validity of the current agreement expires at the end of 2007.

The well -known Israeli writer, translator and artist for a certain Zinger has been translating into Russian the famous series of David Shahara’s novels “The Hall of Broken Vessels”.

Japan suspended the import of chicken from South Korea in connection with the flash in the southwest of this country of "bird flu". It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . As a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan said in Tokyo at a press conference, last year, Japan brought 1500 thousand tons of fresh chicken and duck meat from South Korea.

The State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Pavel Borodin, believes that the two countries will be able to agree on all issues, including the issue of gas price for Belarus. Borodin announced this at today's round table “Trade and Economic Cooperation of Belarus and Russia”, which was attended by his own correspondent of Polit.ru.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President of the Russian Federation V. Putin in Helsinki - He held bilateral negotiations with the Prime Minister of Norway , E. Stoltenberg , dedicated to a number of economic issues, including in the field of energy. - At the Summit, Russia-E, again confirmed that the energy charter in its current form will not be ratified by Moscow. At a press conference following the summit, V. Putin noted that ...

In Paris, one of the best actors of his generation, the famous Philip Nuare, died . He was 76 years old, he had cancer. Nuare began as a theater actor, but it was cinema that brought him real fame. In more than half a century of career, he starred in 150 films, including the famous Franco-Italian film "New Cinema Paradise" of 1988. This film received a special prize of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar and other prizes.

The French Foreign Ministry confirmed tonight that Rwanda decided to break the diplomatic relations with Paris, RIA Novosti reports. "We regret this decision," said the representative of the French Foreign Ministry. He added that the ministry "will take all the necessary steps" arising from the decision of the Rwanda authorities.

The United Company “Russian aluminum”, created on the basis of Rusal, Suala and clay assets of the Glencore trader, can conduct a public placement of shares already in 2007 amid high prices for the main raw materials. Reuters said this on Friday, the main shareholder Sual Viktor Vekselberg said on Friday. "We did not change plans, but now we would like to lead ourselves a little more aggressively to (conduct an IPO) before the end of next year," said Vekselberg.

In Spain, nine members of Russian and Georgian criminal groups were arrested, RBC reports. According to representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Spain, the arrested are suspected of "laundering money" from illegal Russian casinos. The arrests were the result of the operations of the Spanish police in the cities of Toledo and Malaga, during which about $ 1 million and 50 credit cards were also seized.

Former FSB Political Submigrant Alexander Litvinenko died in the London hospital three weeks after poisoning. Death occurred at 21.21 according to Greenwich (0.21 Moscow time). According to the representative of the hospital, the doctors did everything that was possible to save the life of 43-year-old Litvinenko, but poisoning was fatal.

The prosecutor's office of Krasnoyarsk opened a criminal case against a 23-year-old police officer accused of excess of official powers, RIA Novosti reports. According to the prosecutor's office of the Kirovsky district of the city, the policeman came to one of the living rooms of the dormitory of cadets of the River School, having an official permission to conduct the premises for the detection of drugs.