The Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union, which serves the interests of the diaspora in New York and the eastern states of the United States, announced the beginning of the release of the credit card Visa Holodomor ("Holodomor"), the " Center for Research of the Liberation Movement" reports. Visa Holodomor will allow its owners to support the memory of the victims of the Holodomor victims of 1932-1933.

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov criticized the appearance of houses in Vladivostok, which were repaired as part of the preparation of the regional center for the 2012 APEC summit, Vostok-Media reports. Shuvalov’s special dissatisfaction, which oversees the training of the city for the international forum, caused the five-story building painted in the hoarse color of the 100th anniversary of Vladivostok.

From January 1, 2012, Russian gas can become more expensive for Belarus, and since 2013, its price will be tied to the domestic Russian, they write Vedomosti in the article “untied from Europe” (No. 220), ascertaining the end of the gas wars of Russia with Belarusia. According to the newspaper, this is planned for signing at the level of intergovernmental agreements and contracts with Gazprom. The price discussed for 2012 is a little more than $ 150 per 1000 cubic meters.

After the mass protests that lasted the last three days in Cairo and other cities of the country, the Egyptian government was forced to resign. The resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Isama Sharaf, should still be approved by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of the country, which, in particular, managed to convince the majority of government members to continue to work and, if necessary, return to this issue after the elections.

The ex-deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Health Alexander Chuhrav, who claims to be the head of the MNTK “Microsurgery of the Eye” named after Fedorov, came to work at the Center, accompanied by Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Alexander Safronov, reports the RIA Novosti website.

Presidential Assistant Arkady Dvorkovich said yesterday that large -scale redistribution of resources is possible only with the appearance of a “tax that is associated with the local level” is a sales tax that should replace VAT. According to the Vedomosti newspaper in the article “Give Trillion” (No. 220, dated November 22), this castling (about VAT flows and sales tax) may become the basis of decentralization, which President Dmitry Medvedev promised to conduct.

Return to the world Let released Vladimir Sadovnichy with his son. Shot: Channel One The pilots convicted in Tajikistan were nevertheless released. However, only after the unprecedented pressure of Russia to Tajikistan. It seems that in other cases, when they offend Russian citizens, such success should not be expected. There is not enough mechanisms, no political will, no international authority.

Deputy Minister of Defense Mikhail Mokratsov did not get together with the Minister for the distribution of financial resources allocated for state defense order. According to Kommersant today, citing a source in the central apparatus of the Ministry of Defense, the proposal to liberate Mokratsov from his position was signed by the Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov on November 15 and then sent to the presidential administration for the final signing.

On Tuesday in Moscow, the body of a citizen of Nigeria was found, which was inflicted on numerous stab wounds. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the corpse was discovered in the Nagorno passage next to the embankment of the Paveletsky rejection of the Moscow Railway. On the body, the man counted 22 stab wounds, in addition, his ear was cut off. The police identified the murdered person.

The announced increase in excise taxes by 30 percent of the next year in Russia will lead, among other things, to the production of “Palendy” alcohol -containing liquids and moonshine, RBC Daily reports with reference to the study of the Renaissance Capital investment company.

The fare in the Moscow Metro will not increase for the first time in many years from January 1, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the Moscow Metropolitan State Unitary Enterprise Ivan Besedin. “In 2012, tariffs will not increase, despite the average increase in prices by 8.7%. In other words, 2012 will be held at the same tariffs as 2011, but this difference should be compensated by reducing our own costs, ”Ivan Besedin told reporters.

The former chief conductor and artistic director of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra (GASO) named after Svetlanov Mark Gorenshtein, dismissed in late September after a long conflict with his musicians, filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Culture, RAPSI reports. Preliminary hearings in a civil case were scheduled for December 20.

The United States, Great Britain and Canada announced the introduction of additional sanctions against Iran after the publication of the next report of the Magate on the state of nuclear energy in Iran, which was published in early November and testified that the Islamic Republic continues to develop its nuclear program, BBC reports. The US authorities, in particular, announced the beginning of sanctions in the field of the Iranian petrochemical and energy sector.

The designer of small arms Mikhail Kalashnikov complained to the prosecutor's office of the Samara region on the election campaign of the Communist Party. It is reported by RBC Daily . According to Kalashnikov, the Communists illegally used his photo on one of the advertising posters posted in the city. The poster agitates to vote for the namesake of the inventor, candidate for State Duma deputies from the Communists Leonid Kalashnikov.

Ex-head of the MNTK "Microsurgery of the Eye" named after Fedorov, Professor Christ Tahchidi, sued the Ministry of Health, with a demand to recognize the order to dismiss illegal. Takhchidi told the Moscow Komsomol member that lawyers of the highest level undertook to help him: "This conflict has already reached the level of confrontation between good and evil, and the public stands on my side.