October 22-November 18, 2009, the analytical center of Yuri Levada (Levada-Center) conducted a survey on a representative sample of 1000 residents of Moscow. The answers to one of the research questions are given as a percentage along with the data of previous polls*. The statistical error does not exceed 4.3%. Which of the above currently complicates the life of your family?

Lithuania President Dalya Grybauskaite called on to withdraw from Georgia the Lithuanian ambassador Machis Laurinkas, reports DELFI.LT . She explained her demand for the loss of confidence in the diplomat. The issue of Laurinkus’s resignation will be resolved at a government meeting on December 16.

Summary The fall of 2009 became a period of revival and active party building of veterans of the national-patriotic movement: during this period, the Russian National Unity (RNE), the People's National Party (PNP), the Union of Officers, the Freedom Party and others made their presence felt. But still, the main ultra-right coalitions that have formed over the past year are much more visible than the veterans.

The British government intends to urgently make changes in the order of arrest orders. Representatives of Israel expressed sharp dissatisfaction with the actions of the British court after the scandal with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, and now the head of the Israeli opposition party, Cadim, Tsipi Livni, reports Vesti . Recall that the other day, the London district court wrote out an arrest warrant, but a few hours later the document was withdrawn.

The “zero” cycle of building a complex of administrative buildings for the Moscow City Hall in Moscow City, that is, the creation of infrastructure for construction, will be completed in March 2010, then the city authorities will look for investors to continue construction. This was announced today by the First Deputy Capital Mayor Yuri Roslyak, Prime-Tass reports. According to him, the city hall and the Moscow City Council are hoping to move to new premises in 2.5 years.

It is difficult to argue with the iron-eaters of Guriev, Livanova and Severinov about the ineffectiveness of sciences and the low labor productivity of Russian scientists. But this is if you look at Russian science in isolation from the surrounding reality. And if you look around, it turns out that in the country not everything is in order with education, healthcare, banking system, police, army, industry, energy and agriculture. Yes, and with public administration, sorry, God.

The number of crimes committed by police officers this year increased by 20%. Such data was voiced by the head of the Department of Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuri Draguntsov, Echo Moscow reports. According to him, this is due to a decrease in the latency of illegal actions of police officers. The number of citizens' appeals to the department has recently increased. “By the way, you can also through the Internet (complain),” Draguntsov recalled.

The Ministry of the Interior has abandoned the so -called "stick reporting system" since 2005, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev on the "police wave" . However, he specified, in some territorial divisions, “work for the indicator” is still practiced. “Some leaders still work“ in the old fashioned way ”, sometimes they do not realize that quality, not quantity is important for the state, for society and for every citizen,” Nugralyev complained.

Gokhran was allowed to sell 30 tons of gold to the Central Bank as an anti -crisis measure. This statement was made today by the Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kurin, BBC reports. The Minister of Finance also emphasized that the corresponding order will be signed in the near future. According to Kudrin, such a measure is anti -crisis in nature and is aimed at maintaining the gold mining industry.

The co -chair of the party’s “right -hand” Leonid Gozman party said that the death of Yegor Gaidar was his “absolute surprise”. “We parted with Yegor Timurovich yesterday - at the eleventh hour of the evening there was a meeting,” Gosman said on the air of the Russian News Service . “Yegor Gaidar was not going to pass away, he was going to live for a long time. He was in an absolutely normal state, ”said the co -chair of the“ right -handed ”.

Messages about the "year of prison" for the Russian biathletes Olga Medvedtseva are not true, said the prosecutor Rafaele Guarinello, who is credited with the authorship of the sentence. Recall, the other day, “Soviet Sport” wrote that the City of the city of Turin recognized the fact of the use of the forbidden drug Carphedon to improve sports results and sentenced Olga Medvedtsev to a year of imprisonment conditionally.

In Poland, on the eve of more than 200 refugees from Georgia and Russia (residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia), without a ticket, they tried to get to Strasbourg by train to complain to the European Court of Human Rights on poor conditions in refugee centers, the Caucasian Knot reports.

At the Sofrino railway station, 2 cars with counterfeit Chinese pyrotechnics were found at the Moscow Region, news agencies report. “We tracked and waited a long time. We arrived a train from Transbaikalsk to Sofrino for a long time. Terts were listed in two wagons. Together with representatives of the consignees, we waited for the morning, because it is pointless to open the wagons at night.

The Federation Council has approved today a law extending the validity of biometric passports - from 5 to 10 years. In a new passport containing a special electronic chip with the owner data, the number of pages will increase. The amount of the monetary state duty in its design will also increase by 2 times - from 1 thousand to 2 thousand rubles, and for children under 14 years old - from 500 to 1 thousand 200 rubles. It will be possible to receive 10-year passports since March 2010.

"Classics and contemporaries." Poetic readings near the monument to Mayakovsky Poems of Russian classics in national languages ​​are read by participants in the VI Biennale poets, 2009, November 24. P.I. Filimonov (Russia), Andrey Lyubka (Ukraine), Jurgen Roost (Estonia), Arkady Shtypel (Russia), Andrey Khadanovich (Belarus), Leo Butemarov (Moldova), George Efremov (Lithuania), Karl Martin Siniarv (Estonia), Shota Iatashvili (Georgia), Svet Litvak (Russia).