$20 billion worth of trade was made in Dubai The volume of contracts signed in just the first two days of the Dubai air show 2005 international air show in the UAE exceeded $20 billion. The largest orders, as one would expect, were made by companies from the Persian Gulf states. However, both Indians and Europeans appear among the buyers. It is noteworthy that although the Middle East is considered a paradise for arms dealers, all the deals concluded in Dubai involve civilian aircraft.

Russia has almost no chance of joining the WTO before the end of the year Russian officials admitted that the country will not be able to join the World Trade Organization before the end of this year. Last weekend, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref puzzled everyone by declaring that the most optimistic forecast for Russia's accession to the WTO was mid-2006. But the real one is the end of 2006 or even 2007.

The Brazilian defeats Real Madrid and awaits the Ballon d'Or The main event of the last European football weekend was the Spanish “classico” - “Real” against “Barcelona”. The Catalan club won a confident and sensational victory at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, scoring three unanswered goals against the “royal” club. There were no such high-profile matches in Italy, but a local surprise still occurred: Milan lost to Fiorentina, interrupting its eight-game winning streak.

The Iranian nuclear dossier may be transferred to the UN Security Council if there is a real threat of WMD proliferation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.

Mikhail Fradkov fits into the implementation of national projects The President did not formally relieve the Prime Minister of responsibility for the implementation of national projects, although he did not directly involve him in any organizational structures until yesterday. They say that the head of government, called upon to implement economic policy, will be responsible for everything. Mikhail Fradkov himself found a niche for himself to directly participate in the presidential idea.

CLUBS Film festival “No Selection”. The organizers of the annual festival of the “parallel cinema” club “Cinephantom” try to show all the films sent to the festival. Over eight days, 147 films by 87 authors from 52 Russian cities will be presented. In this way, the organizers will try to present the most complete picture of non-format and unprofessional Russian cinema. November 22-27 at the Fitil cinema, 18.00. "Nine". “OGI Project” , 22.00. Kirkincho Sp .

The scandal surrounding the use of incendiary munitions containing white phosphorus by the American contingent in Iraq is gaining momentum. The Pentagon has already confirmed that MK-77 shells containing white phosphorus were used during the battle for Fallujah in November 2004.

The festival in honor of Maya Plisetskaya ended with a gala concert The gala was called "Don Quixote" - the directors, Alexei Ratmansky and Dmitry Chernyakov, took an old performance and sprinkled a considerable number of surprises and jokes into it.

Iraqi Foreign Minister answers questions from Vremya Novostei Amid daily bombings and killings, Iraqi authorities are preparing to hold parliamentary elections on December 15 that will create the first constitutional government of the new Iraq. At the same time, Iraqis are calling on foreign specialists, including Russians, to help restore the destroyed economy. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar ZIBARI, who visited Moscow yesterday, told Vremya Novostey columnist Elena SUPONINA about this.

Yesterday, the head of the political council and one of the main organizers of the presidential election campaign of the presidential People's Union Our Ukraine (NSNU) for the elections to the Rada in March 2006, Roman Bezsmertny, resigned from the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Policy. Thus, he fulfilled the decision made on November 18 by the political council of the NSNU.

The Central Election Commission is preparing for the two most important regional campaigns of the year - in Moscow and Chechnya Everything is ready for the parliamentary elections in the Chechen Republic, which will take place on November 27. At least this is what representatives of the Central Election Commission, the Chechen Election Commission and representatives of political parties participating in the election campaign believe.

George Bush reached Ulaanbaatar George W. Bush yesterday became the first sitting US president to pay an official visit to Mongolia. He devoted only four hours to this country on his week-long trip to Asia, but awarded the country of the steppes the proud title of “a bastion of democracy in North Asia.” The Americans helped in the development of the Mongolian constitution of 1992, and they also finance projects to educate the local electorate.

The Eastern Oil Pipeline forced Mikhail Fradkov to decide on dividends for the transport company Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a directive according to which 500 million rubles will be allocated for preferred shares of Transneft. dividends for last year, and for ordinary dividends (100% owned by the state) - 250 million rubles. It was this amount of payments that Transneft itself asked for, which was supported by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Although the Nuremberg war crimes trials took place in 1945-1946, the fundamental decision that the leadership of Nazi Germany would have to answer for the atrocities committed during the Second World War was made by the Allies back in 1943. However, the judicial procedure itself was formulated only after the surrender of the Third Reich.

The presidential envoy refused to attend the confirmation procedure for the Sverdlovsk governor Deputies of the Sverdlovsk Legislative Assembly spent a hundred minutes yesterday approving the current governor Eduard Rossel as head of the region. The fact that this procedure would have to take place before the end of the year was talked about in the Middle Urals back in the summer. “Somewhere in November, the president will ask us to approve Eduard Rossel.