$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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In yesterday’s issue of Vremya Novostey, in the article “Going to the East” (No. 216, November 21, 2005, p.

General Motors cuts production to save money The rapid rise in gasoline prices and fierce competition in the auto industry can undermine the financial condition of even the leading representatives of the industry. The largest automobile manufacturing concern, General Motors Corp., became the victim. On Monday, its management decided to seriously reduce production. To stay afloat, the American giant is ready to close several factories and lay off about 30 thousand people.

"Any ruler can be called to account" 60 years ago, perhaps the most famous trial of the 20th century began - the trial of the Nazis in Nuremberg.

Zimbabwe is ready to follow the example of Iran and North Korea Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe announced uranium deposits discovered on the territory of this African country and his readiness to “produce electricity by processing uranium.” “Uranium is also used to make atomic bombs like those used in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki massacres. It was very sad. But we will not use uranium for bombs, but only to produce electricity,” local media quoted the president as saying.

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.

Sergei Elevich's Khimki ahead of the capital's giants Eight matches of the men's super league championship that took place last week brought noticeable clarity to the standings of the top division of the country's championship. Having defeated the capital's Dynamo, for the first time in seven seasons of their stay in the elite, they were led by Khimki near Moscow, led by the former coach of the Russian national team Sergei Elevich.

Contemporary Russian art wants to seduce and seduce The most visited exhibition of the fall was the one called “Russian Pop Art” and was held at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. Shortly before closing, I decided to hold a poll in the pop art halls. I specifically asked visitors: what did you like about the exhibition? Most citizens admired the quality of performance, the entertainment - something that modern art, contemporary art, for the time being, despised.