Gennady ZYUGANOV, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction in the State Duma, considers himself beyond competition, but does not believe in fair elections. — Quite recently, analysts predicted a short fate for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation due to the advanced age of the electorate. But lately we have seen more and more young people at Communist Party rallies.

The Duma is waiting for the president to approve energy reform Anatoly Chubais has not yet received a gift from the State Duma for Power Engineer’s Day and the 10th anniversary of RAO UES of Russia: the second reading of the package of bills on reforming the industry has once again been postponed. Now at least until Monday.

The main hero of the opening match of the Russian national team was 20-year-old Lokomotiv forward Alexander Suglobov, who has been defending the colors of Neftekhimik on loan for the last month. He turned on the red light twice behind Swedish goalkeeper Stefan Liv. Suglobov's success is unique in that in three months of the Russian Championship he was unable to earn a single point for performance.

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Rangers" -- "San Jose" -- 2:1 (OT), "Atlanta" -- "Toronto" -- 1:0 - - Kovalchuk "A" (0+1) , "Colorado" -- " Washington" -- 2:2 - - Gonchar "V" (0+1) , "Ottawa" -- "Montreal" -- 2:3 - - Petrov "M" (1+0). Pavel Bure's injury turned out to be not as serious as the hockey player himself feared. Arthroscopic surgery showed that the ligaments in both of Bure's knees were not torn, but only stretched, and the Rangers forward will return to the ice in mid-January.

IAEA is concerned about Russian military base and monkey nursery A joint Georgian-Abkhaz commission under the auspices of the IAEA is planned to be created by spring for radiation monitoring of facilities in Abkhazia.

Everyone is dissatisfied with the tariffs for auto insurance Tariffs for compulsory civil liability insurance for car owners, it seems, will still be adopted before the New Year. Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance lowered the base tariff, which, according to the President of the All-Russian Union of Auto Insurers (VSU) Alexander Koval, will be 1950 instead of the previous 2110 rubles.

French intelligence services prevented Christmas terrorist attack “The threat of terrorism has intensified throughout the world in recent months, including in France,” says the top French intelligence officer. “There are rumors about the danger of chemical and bacteriological terrorist attacks on the eve of Christmas, we take them very seriously...” As we know, coincidences do not happen, but this coincidence is truly amazing.

The most meticulous lie detector was invented in the northern capital St.

One year left before the elections to the State Duma The main heroes of next year's political season will undoubtedly be Russian parliamentarians, pre-packaged in packages under party names for the convenience of voters. Today there are 47 such batches. Of these, only 19 fully comply with the letter of the law on parties. The rest either did not recruit the required number of party members (there must be at least 10 thousand of them) or did not organize the required 45 regional representations.

In one of the supermarkets in Tokyo, a huge statue of Manchester United midfielder David Beckham, made of chocolate, was put on display for the public to see. The three-meter-high confectionery product is placed under glass to avoid attacks by loving fans. Beckham in chocolate added to the extensive list of monuments during the life of this football player, which, in particular, includes a statue in one of the temples of Thailand at the feet of Buddha himself.

Presidential adviser believes that the economy will be cured by the absence of a state Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Andrei Illarionov made a report yesterday “Formula for Success: How to Create a Russian Economic Miracle?” An analysis of Russian economic history over 115 years, as well as a comparison of almost all countries of the world according to various criteria, have successfully proven the triumph of the liberal idea - reducing the presence of the state in the economy clearly

Russia and Italy signed an agreement yesterday in Rome on the conversion of part of the former USSR's debt to Italy into investment. As Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told reporters, approximately half a billion dollars out of a total debt of more than $5 billion are covered by the document.

German silver from the Russian treasury Yesterday, the exhibition “Masterpieces of German Silver in the Kremlin” opened in the Assumption Belfry of the Moscow Kremlin Museums. The richest and completely unique collection from the royal treasury, well known in Germany, is being shown in Moscow for the first time. Displayed as an elegant Christmas gift. From early German Christmas to our late one.

The merger of two German energy concerns E.on and Ruhrgas will be blocked at least until the beginning of next year. The Supreme Regional Court in Düsseldorf informed both companies of this last night. At the same time, E.on management noted in its reaction that the final court decision will most likely be made in early February.

The first meeting of the Perm company Uralsvyazinform in its new capacity as an interregional operator of the Ural Federal District, held on Tuesday, appointed Vladimir Rybakin, who has headed this company since 1994, as general director. The number of members on the new board of directors increased from 7 to 11.