Anna Sakoyan Hatred of "Piracy" The fight against piracy is going on around the world. In particular, in different countries, legislative amendments are proposed and entered into force regarding the suppression of piracy on the Internet. In 2007, the law on the protection of copyright in Germany was adopted: it examined in detail cases of a copy of the copy associated with the emergence of new technologies for copying and distribution of materials.

On December 25, the Russianship “Russia” completed the wiring of the Swedish icebreaker “Tor Viking” along the Northern Sea Route from the Bering Strait to the Kroma ice in the Barents Sea, the Rosatoflot press service reports. The joint swimming of this caravan of ships took about nine days. For December with his polar night, snowstorms, frosts and winter annual ice on the highway, this is a record. “They could have passed faster if not for two sections of the thorough ice,” the message says.

Dmitry Medvedev signed the law “On ratification of the memorandum on mutual understanding in the coordinated development of the ring highway around the Black Sea,” writes “ Independent Gazeta ”. According to the Kremlin press service yesterday, the Law is ratified by the memorandum, which was signed by the governments of the states-members of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization on April 19, 2007 in Belgrade.

The deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nikolai Tomenko commented on the detention of the former Minister of the Interior Yuri Lutsenko at the press conference, the correspondent of Polit.ua reports. According to Tomenko’s forecasts, this is not the last arrest for the holidays. “Before Christmas and Baptism, new arrests should be expected ... But as for the arrest of Yuri Lutsenko, this detention can be called unreasonable and inadequate.

The 2011 parliamentary elections and the 2012 presidential election will cost a budget of 19 billion 218 million rubles. About this, reports ITAR-TASS , said the deputy chairman of the CEC of Russia Stanislav Vavilov. At the same time, the Duma elections scheduled for December 4, 2011 will take seven billion bills, and the March elections in 2012 will absorb the rest of the amount.

The President of Belarus has appointed Mikhail Myasnikovich Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, who previously led the National Academy of Sciences. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Earlier, Sergei Sidorsky was the Prime Minister of Belarus. Mikhail Myasnikovich 60 years old, economist, state and public figure. Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009), Doctor of Economics (1998), Professor (2003).

Two Spanish ambassadors were sent from Russia, the newspaper El Pais reports. This step was a response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Madrid seven weeks ago. According to the newspaper, the Russians were sent with a typical spying with the wording "for activities incompatible with status." The decision on the expulsion was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Trinidad Himenes, having received convincing evidence of the misconduct of diplomats.

The Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat from today has become the acting of the president of the republic, RBC reports. As stated in the Moldavian parliament, since at their meeting today they could not elect the new chairman of the parliament, who temporarily fulfills his duties before the election of the new president, then the powers of the acting The heads of state, according to the Constitution of the country, automatically moved to the Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat.

Almost 5 hours in the investigative isolator of the KGB interrogated the former presidential candidate of Belarus, poet Vladimir Neklyaev, accused under the article “Massage riots” (maximum punishment - 15 years in prison). In the presence of lawyers Tamara Sidorenko and Vladimir Bukhtynov, who were previously not allowed to Neklyaev, were interrogated.

In the verdict, the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and ex-head of Menatep, Platon Lebedev emphasizes that their guilt is confirmed by the testimony of former employees of the oil company, ITAR-TASS reports. The announcement of the verdict, Judge Viktor Danilkin moved to the protocols of interrogation of witnesses.

Today in the Moscow City Court, the ex-Senator from Bashkiria Izmestiev, accused of terrorism, organizing custom-made murders and other serious crimes, was sentenced to the Mosgorsud. The court agreed with the state prosecution and sentenced him to a life imprisonment, ITAR-TASS reports. The remaining participants in the so -called “Kingisepp” criminal group (acting by the Izmestiev), received from 4 years conditionally to 23 years in prison.

Today, December 28, two people were executed in Iran, one of whom was accused of espionage in favor of Israeli intelligence Mossad, Voice of America reports with reference to the Iranian media. It is reported that Ali Akbar Siadat was hanged for “establishing a connection” with Mossad in 2005. According to some reports, he received almost 60 thousand dollars for the transfer of secret information about Iran in Tel Aviv.

Neither the airline nor the airports were ready for the consequences of ice rain in Moscow, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. The last news on the Sheremetyevo website reads the transfer of the New Year's Festival "Passenger Day" to a later date. But even without any festival, passengers who were at this day at the airport will not forget this for a long time.

According to a survey of the analytical center of Yuri Levada, 80% of the country's population replied that in Russia there are no gangs similar to the Kushchevskaya Krasnodar Territory acting in the village. 20% - we are sure that such gangs are operating next to them. 80 percent in such gangs do not believe. Judging by the answers, such gangs act mainly in large cities of Russia. In Moscow, every third (36%) thinks so, in other large cities, 30% of respondents think so.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia accused the United States and the European Union of trying to influence the verdict in the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev. The Foreign Ministry’s statement emphasizes that this issue “refers to the competence of the judicial system of the Russian Federation” and “attempts to put pressure on the court are unacceptable”.