Viktor Yushchenko finally became president Yesterday Kyiv slept off, having finally received its president. The overwhelming number of residents of the Ukrainian capital on December 26, as well as in the first and second rounds of the presidential elections, voted for Viktor Yushchenko.

The government agreed to increase the capacity of the pipeline in the northwest The government has decided to increase the capacity of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) from the current 50 million tons of oil per year to 60 million. According to Transneft's calculations, the project will be implemented by the end of 2006.

The President has determined how he will appoint governors Yesterday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the procedure for considering candidates for the position of senior official (head of the highest executive body of state power) of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.” This decree will become instructions for the application of the law that came into force on December 15, 2004, according to which the heads of Russian regions are approved by local legislative assemblies on the

An artist, especially a modern artist, is an independent being and sometimes even opposed to society. But artists also tend to flock together, organizing groups, partnerships, societies, unions, communes, etc. - sometimes for aesthetic, sometimes for ethical, or even simply for everyday reasons. Living together still leaves its mark on the art of those living together.

Map of photo radar locations to record speed will be published in the UK The motorists of Foggy Albion managed to achieve a very tangible victory over the traffic police - at least within the framework of a single European state. At the beginning of 2005, an official map of the location of all 5,000 hidden speed photo radars in the UK will be published for the first time.

The Duma formulates Russia's Caucasus policy The Chairman of the Duma Commission on the Problems of the North Caucasus, Vladimir Katrenko, told reporters about the results of the work of this commission, created after the Beslan tragedy. Wishing peace to those gathered, the parliamentarian said that a full-scale war was going on in the North Caucasus. This was a quote from President Putin's speech. Which, as Mr.

Premiere at the Pushkin Theater “A Wild Night’s Dream” (the title of Shakespeare’s play, usually called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, was translated by Hosea Soroka) at the Pushkin Theater is the second premiere released by Nina Chusova this season. Not long ago they played “Tartuffe” at the Moscow Art Theater - there, during a decisive explanation, Elmira (Marina Zudina) swam breaststroke, and Tartuffe (Oleg Tabakov) rowed like a dog in the sea that came from nowhere in Paris.

The Yukos tax clause is suitable for buyers of Yuganskneftegaz The auction for the sale of a block of shares in Yuganskneftegaz intrigued not only the origin of the buyer - the company Baikalfinansgrupp LLC, which was eventually sold to Rosneft. Another intrigue of the action that took place on December 19 was the cheapness of the package.

The head of the Keystone company was not allowed to finish reading his case The Moscow prosecutor's office recently approved and transferred to the Gagarinsky District Court a scandalous criminal case about the theft of money during the construction of the Tsarev Garden business complex on the Sofia embankment of the capital.

The meeting of Sibneft shareholders held yesterday did not bring any surprises. Although his agenda included the issue of re-electing incumbent President Evgeniy Shvidler, for whose position Stephen Theede, Chairman of the Board of YUKOS, was vying, this did not happen. As a source familiar with the situation told Vremya Novostei, representatives of Yukos, which currently owns 35% of Sibneft, did not attend the meeting and did not vote in absentia.

Tsunami killed from Thailand to Somalia The countries of South and Southeast Asia yesterday were engaged in the sad task of counting those killed by the tsunami. By yesterday evening, the officially announced number of deaths had doubled - to 23.5 thousand people. Moreover, this is far from final data. Moreover, the tragedy also reached Africa: Somali authorities reported that at least 37 people were killed, and hundreds of residents of the coastal regions are considered missing.

The police responded to the beating of three colleagues with the “planned” detention of 500 people A scandal that flared up in the small Bashkir city of Blagoveshchensk two weeks ago reached Moscow yesterday.

Iraq begins pre-sale preparation of oil fields Post-war Iraq signed the first contract to develop the country's oil fields. The contractor for the $136 million project to prepare for production of the Khurmala field in the north of the country near Kirkuk was the Turkish group of companies Avrasya Technology Engineering & Construction Inc. (ATEC). This was reported by The Financial Times with reference to Assistant Minister of Oil of Iraq Ahmad al-Shamaa.

Although it is believed that the December issues of magazines are intended to serve as a dumping ground for illiquid items (it’s too late to refuse, and there’s no point in dragging it out into the new year), this cannot be said from the four Moscow literary monthlies.

An art object created in the genre of public art (or land art, or open air - all tricky English terms denoting art in nature) has a clear quality criterion. The better this art, the more sociable it is. The bespectacled professor, the hairy hippie, the grandmother and grandchildren all find a common language with him in their own way.