In 2008, Russia will consider the possibility of providing Belarus for another loan of $ 2 billion. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin, RBC reports. “There is an instruction of our presidents to additionally consider and study the possibilities of providing a new loan,” he told reporters after signing an agreement on the provision of the Russian Federation of Belarus Goskredit by $ 1.5 billion.

The Irkutsk Regional Arbitration Court invited Rosprirodnadzor until January 15 to justify the claim for the recovery of damage from the Baikal Pulp and Drumage Plant for damage to the environment. Recall that the deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitnol sent a claim to the Arbitration Court of the Irkutsk Region to stop the suspension of the workshop and compensation for damage for violation of environmental legislation.

According to CNews , a group of scientists from Stanford University (USA) under the leadership of prof. Ji Cui found a new way to make anodes for lithium-ion batteries that radically improve their capacity. Researchers proposed to use instead of anod from carbon anode made of silicon conductors made using nanotechnologies, since a simple replacement of carbon on silicon does not give a noticeable winning in a container. Anode developed by prof.

The question of changing the current coat of arms of the country will soon be discussed to discuss the Moldavian parliament, Gazeta.Ru reports. This was stated by Moldova President Vladimir Voronin. He did not exclude the possibility of making a decision on the revision of the coat of arms of the state, adopted in 1990, "fraudulently." The President of the Republic said that “state symbols should reflect the independence and sovereignty of the country.

Conservative Lee Men Buck, who won the presidential election in South Korea, said that he would seek the transformation of the Korean peninsula into a nuclear zone. Men Buck noted that full -scale economic cooperation with Pyongyang will begin only after the DPRK refuses the nuclear program, BBC reports. As reported by Polit.ru, 65-year-old Lee, the former top manager of the Hyundai Corporation gained 48.7% of the vote.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** Russia-Kazakhstan-President The presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan will hold negotiations in the Kremlin. "The meeting will be a continuation of an intensive political dialogue, which is a distinctive feature of Russian-Kazakh relations," ITAR-TASS representative of the Presidential Administration said.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** Russian President V. Putin held negotiations by the President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev. This is their tenth meeting since the beginning of the year, the Kremlin reported. During the negotiations, V. Putin and N. Nazarbaev called the President of Turkmenistan G. Berdymukhamedov, and discussed the construction of the Caspian gas pipeline with him. * * * According to the results of negotiations, N.

According to the Computer , the Japanese company Evergreen has released an MP3 player in a wooden case resembling a large accelerator. The device with a diameter of 28 mm and a height of 35 mm has a speaking name Acorn (English "accelerated"). On his "hat" instead of the petiole there is a control lever, and from below there is a headphone jack. The player contains a gigabyte of music in MP3, WMA and OGG formats. The mp3 yellow has no display.

The first step to improve Russian-Georgian relations should be taken by the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevarnadze said. He also said that the improvement of relations between Georgia and Russia directly depends on the first persons of the two countries, reports News-Georgia. “Oncoming steps are needed, and the first should be made by the Georgian president.

The US administration hopes that the new Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko will be able to work effectively with the Russian government, " Prime-Tass reports. This was stated on Wednesday in Ridio Interview with the deputy assistant to the US Secretary of State for European and Eurasia David Kreimer. "We hope that Russia and Ukraine will be able to settle a number of issues, the main of which, of course, is energy," he said.

The Minister of Natural Resources, Yuri Trutnev, demanded that the leadership of the Baikal Central Bank of OJSC immediately terminate the discharge of unpeeled drains into Lake Baikal and the transition to a closed water supply system. Trutnev stated this at a workshop dedicated to compliance with the requirements of the environmental legislation of the BCC.

The State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Activities (Vnesheconombank) and the Federal Hydrogenerating Company (Hydogk OJSC) concluded a memorandum of interaction on the implementation of investment projects. From the side of Vnesheconombank, the document was signed by the chairman Vladimir Dmitriev, from the side of OJSC "Hydogk" - Chairman of the Board Vyacheslav Sinyugin.

The court of the city of Kondopoga sentenced a policeman accused of negligence in connection with the riots in this Karelian city in the summer of last year, by four years conditionally, Vesti.Ru reports The former operational duty officer of the Kondopogi GOVD Alexei Kostin was accused of not taking measures to suppress the fight of the inhabitants of the Kondopoga with Caucasians, which later provoked mass riots.

Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Caspian gas pipeline, Prime-Tass reports. According to it, Turkmen gas will go around the Caspian Sea along its eastern coast along the new pipes and will flush into the gas transportation system of Russia.

Vera Zubova The other day, famous Russian economists who represent different expert institutions gathered in the Rio Center. They gathered in order to talk about why they needed - to create a network expert association - Sigma on top of their organizations. Igor Jurgens (photo by N. Chetverikova) Andrey Shastitko (photo by N.