Mikhail Khodorkovsky from places not so remote (although in fact “so much”), from his Chita colony, wrote an article with a program for the modernization of Russia until 2020. Anyone can read the article in the Kommersant newspaper on November 11. But the point is not in the content or quality of the program that the most famous Russian prisoner offers for the country. And the question is why it makes no sense for Russia to offer any program at all.

German Gref has a new deputy On Friday, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref finally found the long-awaited third deputy. As expected, he became the head of the department of state regulation of tariffs and infrastructure reforms, Kirill Androsov. Andrei Sharonov received the prefix of State Secretary to the post of deputy. Now he will have to devote more time to working with the State Duma and presenting bills.

LUKOIL no longer hopes to buy Mazeikiu Nafta LUKOIL no longer expects to purchase shares of the Lithuanian oil refining concern Mazeikiu Nafta. According to the vice-president of the Russian company, Leonid Fedun, the deal will not materialize, since the Lithuanian authorities do not want to see LUKOIL in the republic for political reasons.

Today begins the working part of Serbian President Boris Tadic's three-day visit to Russia. In Moscow, the Serbian leader will resume dialogue with the Russian side about the future of the region of Kosovo, whose Albanian majority insists on independence from Serbia. Another topic for conversation is the international prospects of Serbia in the event that the union Montenegro leaves the state community of Serbia and Montenegro (S&M) following a referendum in the spring of 2006. A week ago, Mr.

CLUBS Barbara Mendez (vocals), Brazil All Stars (USA). Jazz, fusion Special guest Andrey Kondakov (piano). November 14-18 at Le Club , 20.30. Igor Ivanushkin (double bass). Jazz. Cool Train , 21.00. The Global Battle of The Bands. The last qualifying round of the national part of the international competition of “real”, non-pop groups. After this, the Russian final will take place, and the winner will go to London for the world competition for the title of the most “real” group on the planet.

VII NET Festival opens tomorrow "No! No! No! No! /We don’t know anything, /We haven’t heard, we haven’t seen, /And we don’t know anything!” The joyful cry of the children who came running to listen to Kharms's Liar - the one who claimed that empty dogs had learned to fly, and that there would soon be a wheel in the sky instead of the sun - is an excellent epigraph to the poster of the New European Theater festival. Imported performances this year (nine out of ten) are a complete mystery.

The Accounts Chamber recorded a sharp increase in federal tax debts Tax debt is growing: compared to last year, federal tax debt is already 67% higher this year. These data, based on the results of an audit conducted in September-October, were published by the Accounts Chamber at the end of last week. According to the chamber's auditors, the problem is that in Russia there is no one to properly bankrupt debtors.

The American-German concern sold its last stake in the Japanese automaker DaimlerChrysler AG has finally gotten rid of its unwanted relationship with the notorious Japanese company Mitsubishi Motors Corp. After many years of unproductive partnership, DaimlerChrysler has found a buyer for its latest 12.42% stake in Mitsubishi - it turned out to be the American investment company Goldman Sachs International.

Ivkovic's team snatched victory in the Dynamo derby Khimki near Moscow, which has never taken a prize in the Russian championship, and the bronze medalist of the previous tournament, Kazan UNICS, continue to be teams that have not yet suffered a single defeat in the super league. Basketball players from the capital of Tatarstan were free from playing last weekend, and Khimki beat St. Petersburg's Spartak away - 101:88.

October 11 -- November 11 The ratings were calculated using the Medialogy information and analytical system based on materials from 1,500 Russian media. The system processes all categories of central and regional media in Russia - TV, radio, press, news agencies, online publications. The mention rating reflects the total number of posts in which a given person appears.

The head of the Institute for Peace Policy in Weilheim, Mr. Erich SCHMIDT-ENBOOM, answered the questions of the Berlin correspondent of Vremya Novostei Yuri ShPAKOV. -- Numerous critical statements against the intelligence services earned you the nickname “observer of observers.” How permissible is such behavior from a legal point of view? Can anyone really spy on the intelligence services if it occurs to them? - Of course, it's legal. Especially if journalists get down to business.

Led by Vladimir Spivakov, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia is the country's youngest symphony orchestra. This season is the third for the NPR, however, it has already declared itself as a fully established organism and an orchestra with excellent management.

The very fact of the official appointment of Yuri Semin as the head coach of the Dynamo football club (Moscow) is not surprising. The man, firstly, played for Dynamo for many years. Secondly, he is one of the two best (along with another ex-Dynamo player Valery Gazzaev) practicing coaches in the country. Thirdly, he did not lose a single match with the national team, which he accepted at a difficult moment and boldly rejuvenated.

Forecast for the coming days It’s already mid-November on the calendar, and the weather is still not within its climatic limits. But the weather pattern will begin to change in the next 24 hours. A high Atlantic cyclone centered over the western coast of Norway will determine the weather in most of European Russia, and the anticyclone will not withstand its onslaught. There will be precipitation almost everywhere, but for now it will be warm.

Today, November 14, the highest governing body of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - the council - concludes its work in Moscow. All the top officials of this organization came to the capital, including President Lamine Diack.