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.

The Russian men's team won the World Team Chess Championship, defeating the Chinese team in the last round - 3.5:0.5. The world champions have 22 points, then the participants are ranked in the following order: China - 21.5, Armenia - 18.5, Ukraine - 17.5, USA - 16.5, Israel - 14.5, Georgia - - 13.5, Cuba - 13, China (women) - 7. To win the championship, they had to solve what seemed like an almost impossible task - to beat the leader with a crushing score.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Parties were given the right to choose governors for the president The State Duma on Friday approved in the first reading the presidential bill, according to which the party that wins the regional elections is given the right to nominate its candidate for the post of regional governor. United Russia greeted the document with great enthusiasm, feeling an increase in its own role on the ground and being inspired by its many years of dreams of a party government.

France officially begins deportation of pogromists French authorities began deporting foreigners who took part in the riots. Hooligans will be sent back to their original countries of residence - even if they had a residence permit in France. The corresponding order of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was supported by the French Council of State. He rejected the claim of the human rights organization SOS Racism, which accused the minister of violating the European Convention on Human Rights.

Moscow authorities are going to change the legislation on meetings, rallies and processions The capital’s authorities decided to use the scandalous “right march,” which shocked Moscow on November 4, in order not only to ban opposition rallies on the eve of the Moscow City Duma elections, but also to generally minimize other forms of manifestation of the will of citizens, except for going to the ballot boxes.