The Prosecutor General's Office on Friday brought further charges against YUKOS managers. After searches were carried out at the company's office, Svetlana Bakhmina, deputy head of the legal department of YUKOS-Moscow, was arrested. One of the YUKOS lawyers, Elena Agranovskaya, was given a written undertaking not to leave. In addition, Anton Zakharov, head of the YUKOS personnel policy department, was detained for two days on suspicion of laundering money obtained by criminal means.

On Saturday, the former dictator of Chile, 89-year-old Augusto Pinochet, found himself in a hospital bed. In the morning, at breakfast, he felt ill and fainted. His wife Lucia Hiriart immediately called the army commander, General Juan Emilio Cheira, and called an ambulance. At 9.55 Augusto Pinochet was admitted to a military hospital. A few minutes later, Commander-in-Chief Cheire, his wife, children and a dozen grandchildren of Pinochet arrived there.

The match between CSKA and UNICS gathered full stands CSKA basketball players once again proved their absolute superiority over their competitors in the fight for the “gold” of the national championship. In a match with the current holder of the FIBA ​​Euroleague title, the silver medalist of the national championship, Kazan UNICS, the army team won their 18th victory in a row in official meetings this season.

A serial migrant worker looked for victims near renovated apartments The Northern District Prosecutor's Office recently extended the investigation period in the case of Moldovan citizen Sergei Zastincheanu. A modest migrant worker is accused of a series of murders of elderly Muscovites.

The bill “On Countering Terrorism” prohibited the head of state from participating in this process On Friday, the State Duma in the first reading adopted one of the main documents developed after the tragedy in Beslan and dedicated to anti-terrorism activities - the bill “On Countering Terrorism”.

Victor BRAILOVSKY is a professor of mathematics at Tel Aviv University. In the former USSR, until 1987, he was “denied” permission to travel to Israel for 15 years. But for several years now Mr. Brailovsky has been involved in politics, not science. The 68-year-old scientist became a member of the Knesset on the list of the anti-clerical Shinui party.

Exhibition "Paul I. The World of Family" in the hall of the Federal Archives From a dynastic point of view, the main mine that Peter the Great laid under the Russian throne was the reprisal against Tsarevich Alexei. One can, of course, consider this a heavenly punishment for sonicide, but after Peter, whoever reigned. The crown traveled to some rather unexpected heads.

Minsk yearns for energy independence from Moscow In Belarus, under the personal control of Alexander Lukashenko, a program is being developed according to which by 2012, 25% of the current level of energy production in the country will be homegrown fuels. Minsk plans to more actively use mini-CHP, water, wind, and peat combustion.

Eud Yaari is one of the most influential Israeli political scientists. His style is far from academic, Yaari is a well-known journalist, and his main topic is the long-term Arab-Israeli conflict. He himself claims that he “dedicated his life” to Arafat. Yaari is a temperamental person and harsh in his assessments. Therefore, in Israel he has many both fans and enemies.

The Russian automobile market is developing largely at the expense of Western manufacturers, PricewaterhouseCoopers analysts came to this conclusion while trying to determine its prospects. Over the past two years, the volume of sales of domestic passenger cars on the domestic market has increased significantly. According to the PWC survey, total sales growth for 2003-2004 amounted to $7.2 billion - 67% compared to 2002. Moreover, more than 88% of this increase was provided by foreign brands.

The decision to organize the assembly of German cars in the Moscow region will be made within a month In January of the coming year, an agreement will be signed on the assembly of cars from the German concern Volkswagen in the town of Stupino near Moscow. Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Sharonov said this while talking to reporters last Friday. He said: “There are only three large companies left that are not present on the Russian market.

E.ON has not yet decided on investments in Russia The largest German energy concern E.ON at the end of last week announced investment plans for 2005-2007. The total amount of the company's investments, as announced at the meeting of the supervisory board, in the next three years will amount to about 18.7 billion euros, and the only source of financing will be the operating profit of the concern.

The Russian State Library will turn into an architectural complex The country's main book depository has begun an expansion program. Without waiting for the completion of the renovation of the famous creation of the architect Vasily Bazhenov - the Pashkov House, the Russian State Library announced the start of construction of a new building. The executive director of the Russian State Library, Vladimir Gnezdilov, told Interfax yesterday about this.

The New Year in Moscow will begin with an increase in transport prices With the choice of gifts for Muscovites for the New Year, the capital's authorities decided not to be original. According to the old tradition, January will greet citizens using public transport services with a slight but widespread increase in prices. The Regional Energy Commission approved plans to increase fares for both metro and surface transport from January 1, 2005.

American spammers face unprecedented fine A breakthrough has emerged in the fight against one of the scourges of the computer age - unauthorized distribution of advertising correspondence. Last Friday, Judge Charles Wall from the US state of Iowa issued an unprecedented verdict, according to which three companies that imposed information about themselves on unsuspecting Internet users will have to pay $1 billion 220 million.