The head of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin asked the government to allocate a monopoly of a subsidy of 26 billion rubles, Interfax reports. He also asked to compensate for funds for the development projects of BAM and the Trans -Siberian Railway from the FNB or the budget. Yakunin believes that it is necessary to allow companies to increase tariffs for oil cargo despite the current restrictions.

The Executive Director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) Nikita Kamaev said that the players of the Russian national football team will soon have “steroid passports”, the Sport-Express newspaper writes on Thursday. After the implementation of passports, testing players for the presence of doping will take place without control of the football authorities.

At the auction in New York, for $ 105.4 million, Andy Warhol’s work “Silver Machine Car (Double Disaster) was sold, the Sotheby's Action House website reports . The work, created by the 1963 artist in silkography technique, was sold to an unnamed buyer. Its estimated value was not disclosed, but it was expected that the price may exceed $ 60 million. Prior to this, the work “Eight Elvis” was considered the most expensive work of the artist, according to rumors, bought in 2008 for $ 100 million.

The Turkish parliament canceled the ban on wearing trousers for women-enactors, reports Reuters . The Turkish parliament canceled the ban on wearing traditional shawls for civil servants. After the cancellation of the prohibition on a traditional Muslim scarf, four female deputies from the party of justice and development defiantly came to the Great National Assembly in these headdresses.

The parameters of 40 state programs adopted by the government from 2012 to 2013 do not comply with the draft budget for 2014-2016. And they will soon revise. This was in an interview with Rossiy Gazeta by the chairman of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova. According to her, these programs affect spheres from electric power and construction of aircraft to domestic tourism.

Typhoon "Khayan" On November 8, 2013, the powerful Khayan typhoon fell upon the Philippines. On November 11, reports on damage were massively published in the press. Although the Philippines, due to the geographical position, are regularly blocked by the elements in the form of earthquakes, storms and eruptions of volcanoes, the scale of this disaster surpassed previous cases. According to official figures, the number of those killed as a result of the storm exceeded 2,000 people.

The Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, arrested in Cambodia at the request of Russia, called for closing the fraud that was initiated against him, Interfax reports. “I urge you to close the case due to the lack of corpus delicti, because it simply is not there. Well, if it is impossible for any circumstances, then I ask you to consider me guilty of what happened and on the basis of this to stop the persecution of employees of my company, friends, relatives, partners, ”he said.

The Libyan authorities organized a special committee, which will bring all laws in line with Sharia, reports Al Arabiya . The committee will begin work in December and will consist of 16 people. The selection of candidates will be engaged in the Supreme Court of the country and mufti. All amendments made by the Committee will have to approve the Libya parliament.

In Krasnodar, unknowners robbed an office, which houses the reception of deputies of the regional Legislative Assembly from United Russia, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The robbery occurred on the night of November 14. The attackers stole laptops and a cell phone. According to the police, the robbers penetrated the office, knocking out glass in the office. Now measures are being held to establish persons involved in the crime.

The Ministry of Communications has developed a new development strategy for Russian Post. According to Kommersant , according to the document, by 2023 the company should reach capitalization of 210-230 billion rubles and enter the first five competitors in terms of profitability. The strategy project admits that the “Russian Post” is in critical condition. The main problems are worn infrastructure, ineffective processes, low levels of wages and qualifications of workers.

The mayor of Toronto Rob Ford at a meeting of the city council admitted that over the past two years he bought prohibited narcotic substances, reports Associated Press . Rob Ford said that he was aware of all the awkwardness of the situation because of his actions, but he once again refused to leave his post. Earlier, the City Council appealed to the mayor with a request to put up authority. 41 out of 43 members of the city council voted for appealing to Ford with a request to resign.

Russians will soon be able to visit South Korea without visas. The agreement on mutual cancellation of visa requirements for short -term trips has already been signed in Seoul during a visit to President Vladimir Putin. According to the document that comes into force on January 1, 2014, it will be in South Korea no more than 60 consecutive days and no more than 90 days within six months.

The rectors of four universities were fired for an unreasonable increase in fees for student dormitories. This was announced by the Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, Interfax reports. According to him, we are talking about the rector of two Moscow, one St. Petersburg and one Vladivostok university. Another 90 rectors lost their bonuses, as they did not post information about the hostel on the university’s website.

The operator of the Japanese NPP Fukushima, Terso, using the robot, determined the places where the radioactive water leak from the first reactor occurs. This was reported by the Japanese NHK . The robot recorded two holes in the protective shell of the reactor, through which infected water left. So far, it has not been possible to determine the volume of the leak. Now the company plans to explore the second and third reactors for damage.

The Ministry of Economic Development will leave the forecast for inflation for the next year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the deputy head of the department Andrei Klepach. The official said that the forecast for inflation for the next year is quite “acceptable”, and it should not exceed 5%. According to Cleepach, it is also possible that this mark will be lower.