The crisis reduced by more than 40% Russian exports and significantly changed its structure, writes “Independent Gazeta” . Due to the fall in raw materials prices in 2009, the share of export of finished products increased. Such data are contained in the last report on foreign trade in the Ministry of Economic Development. Against the backdrop of a general drop in exports in Russia, very exotic “growth points” were also discovered, the newspaper notes.

Yesterday, Ingush investigators, on behalf of their colleagues from the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office, interrogated Amirkhan Khidriev, the defendant of the case of the undermining of the Nevsky Express, committed in 2007. As it became known to Kommersant , this interrogation was carried out as part of an investigation into a criminal case of undermining the Nevsky Express, perfect last Friday, November 27.

“Accepting the budget of 2010, we understand that most of the problems that the crisis brought, primarily touched the municipal level,” said Vyacheslav Volodin in his speech at the third congress of the All -Russian Council of Local Self -Government (VSMS). Volodin noted that for the party, interaction with the VSMS is especially important. “Judge for yourself, we do not have many organizations with which United Russia signed a strategic partnership agreement.

Most of the deputies of the National Assembly of Dagestan are ready to support any candidate for the post of head of the republic, which is proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev, a source in the highest legislative body of Dagestan told Interfax.

A criminal case has been instituted against the former head of the city administration of the Murmansk Region, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia reported. According to the investigation, the deputy head of the settlement in the period from 2000.

In the immediate vicinity of the place of undermining the "Nevsky Express" they found a jacket, which, perhaps, belonged to the person involved in the attack. In the jacket lay letters of the prisoner. Its owner is installed. This was announced by the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office, Vladimir Markin, reports Radio Mayak .

On Tuesday, in the Central Office of Interfax, a presentation of the project of the party "United Russia" on the topic "World experience of conservative modernization" took place. “The new sound of the term“ conservatism ”should be understandable to Russian society,” said Andrei Isaev, First Deputy Secretary of the Presidium of the Secretary Service Council of the party.

An increase in the pension is a serious political choice of United Russia, said, commenting on an increase in the basic part of the pension by 31.4%, one of the leaders of United Russia Andrei Isaev: “This is the fourth increase in the pension this year. In addition, the next year will be the valorization - pensions will be increased by everyone who has pre -reform experience.

The UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon expressed condolences to the families of the Nevsky Express by the crash of the train and wished the wounded soon recovery, the UN news center reports. “The General Secretary expressed his sincere condolences to the families of those who died as a result of a sabotage and a gathering from the rails of the Nevsky Express train, following the route Moscow-St. Petersburg on November 27,” the official statement of Pan Hi Muna said.

Natalia Demina On November 18, 2009, two laureates of the Svetter Prize in the field of popular science literature were announced at the solemn ceremony in the “Theater Center on the Holy”. As already reported by Polit.ru , who has been following the news of the project all year, the award for the best popular science book in the field of physical, mathematical and natural sciences was received by Leonid Ponomarev , the author of the book “Under the Cover” (Fizhmatelit, 2007).

The subsidiary of the German concern of Siemens in Russia - Limited Liability Company Siemens - for 4 years is removed from participation in tenders to receive orders. The decision of the World Bank was made due to the fact that the company was convicted of corruption during the implementation of the project "Development of transport infrastructure in Moscow" - a bribe, according to available data, in 2005 and 2006 was paid in the amount of about $ 3 million, DEUTSCHE WELLE writes.

The territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow reports the end of the influenza epidemic in the capital. In addition, the department notes that over the past week of November, the incidence of influenza and SARS in Moscow compared with the previous week decreased by 17.6%. The specific weight of the flu was 2.3%.

At the northern entrance to Makhachkala, unknown people fired at the traffic police, BBC reports. According to the law enforcement officer of Dagestan, the incident occurred when the police tried to check the documents from the driver of the car stopped. The source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs also said at the moment when the driver opened fire, he was killed. As a result of shelling, at least three policemen were injured.

In a message regarding World AIDS Day, UN General Side Pan Gi Moon drew attention to the success of the epidemic confrontation, emphasizing that the funds directed to combat the immunodeficiency virus give results and save people's lives, the UN information center reports. He urged to continue the fight against HIV, relying on the fundamental principles in the field of protecting human rights.

The veto of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko on the law "On the organization and procedure for the activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" has been overcome. For "384 of 442 people's deputies registered in the session hall voted. Before that, the deputies did not support Yushchenko’s proposal to reject this law. Only 33 of 442 deputies voted for this decision, with the necessary 226, UNIAN reports.