The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the state and business to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, RIA Novosti reports. Cooperation of the state and business should become a significant addition to modern anti -terrorism efforts and lead to the creation of new anti -terrorism coalitions, Lavrov said at the Global Forum on Partnership of the State and Business in Combating Terrorism.

The Russian embassy in Japan does not comment on reports that the captain of the Russian trawler was detained in one of the ports of Hokkaido. “At the moment, the embassy does not give comments” regarding this information, curls by phone at the embassy on Wednesday, reports Gazeta.Ru with reference to Interfax. In turn, the Russian consulate in Sapporo reported that so far they have not had official information about the arrest of the Russian captain.

North Korea asked the United States to defrost her bank accounts abroad and called on other countries to lift the sanctions imposed on the country after nuclear tests. This was reported today by the South Korean news agency "Renhap" with reference to sources in Beijing, reports RBC . According to the agency, a representative of the DPRK at negotiations under the nuclear program Kim Ge Kwan to other negotiation participants addressed the corresponding request.

According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the presidential administration agreed on the plan for creating a new Air Union aviation holding, which was proposed by Boris Abramovich, not controlled by the state. Since 2004, “Krasnoyarsk Airlines” (“Krasaire”), “Domodedovo Airlines” (DAL), “Omskavia”, “Samara” and “Sibavianatrans” united into the Airunion alliance. In 2005, he transported about 3.5 million passengers (3rd place in Russia). Sibavianatrans does not disclose reporting.

Leonid Gozman said on the air of Radio “Freedom” that the version of poisoning should be treated with maximum seriousness. Of course, the deputy chairman of the ATP notes, it must be remembered that this is a version, not a fact.

The number of those who were poisoned by the surrogate in the Irkutsk region exceeded three thousand people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. According to the latest data, 3054 residents who have toxic hepatitis have died in the region, 97 died. Currently, there are 1123 people in hospitals, 508 are treated on an outpatient basis.

The Board of Directors of the RAO "UES of Russia" at the correspondence meeting approved the creation of an investment commission at the Council of Directors, approved its personal composition and the Regulation on it, reports in a press release of energy holding. The chairman of the commission was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rukom LLC Mikhail Abyzov. The creation of the commission is aimed at improving the efficiency of the investment policy of the RAO UES of Russia.

The Prime Minister Kosovo Agim Chek today went on a visit to Russia. According to the press secretary of the Chek administration, the purpose of the visit is to “tell them about our ambitions and the real situation in Kosovo,” Reuters reports. Earlier in the district of the arrival of Prime Minister Kosovo, there were conflicting rumors. The check is a member of the delegation of Prisetina in negotiations on the status of the Southern Serbian Province.

In the six main nominations, three laureates were announced, each of which received a gilded figurine in the form of a column, crowned with the letter designation of the Russian domain "RU", RIA Novosti reports. In total, 557 applications were submitted to the competition this year. The laureates in the nomination "State and Society" was the Federal Service for the Tariffs of the Russian Federation.

The Olympic champion and multiple record holder of the world in jumping with the sixth Russian Elena Isinbaeva plans to set at least two world records in the winter season.

The appeal of President Iran to the American people was transferred to the UN headquarters in New York. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the Iran newspaper, the content of the letter will be published at the UN. According to Mahmud Ahmadi-Nedzhad, "many Americans asked me to tell about Iran's policy."

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not visit the NATO summit, reports REGNUM. According to the first deputy of the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, it was assumed that he would take part in unofficial events with the participation of the presidents of France and Latvia.

The creators of the film "Island", recognized by the best Christian film of 2006 at the Orthodox Cinema Film and Teleframes "Radonezh", will award the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, RIA Novosti reports. Director Pavel Lungin, screenwriter Dmitry Sobolev and actors Petr Mamonov, Dmitry Dyuzhev and Viktor Sukhorukov will receive patriarchal letters from his hands. The jury of the festival, which took place in Moscow on November 22-25, was headed by writer Vladimir Krupin.

The United States advocate the development of interaction with Russia in the field of information on counter -terrorism activities, said Frank Urbanchik, first deputy coordinator of the US State Department, RIA Novosti. It is necessary to share information, as well as promote the implementation of effective measures to use this information, he said at the Global Forum on Partnership of the State and Business, which takes place in Moscow.

According to Vedomosti , the company "Mechel" has new large shareholders. These are the former owners of the Moskox plant bought by the “swords”, led by Yuri Timofeev. For 77% of the shares of Moskoks, they received $ 175 million and more than 4% of the shares of Mechel. In early October, Mechel announced the purchase of a plant of 77 % of Moskoks.