The widow of Mikhail Evdokimov stood up for the Toyota driver Railway worker Oleg Shcherbinsky, who was driving a Toyota Marino, which collided with the Mercedes of Altai Territory Governor Mikhail Evdokimov, has a new defender. Yesterday, all Altai media published an open letter from the widow of the governor, Galina Evdokimova, who, after a car accident on August 7, is still in one of the hospitals in Barnaul.

Forecast for the coming days For several days now, in the high layers of the atmosphere over the European territory of Russia, southwestern flows have prevailed, with which warm and humid air is carried out, maintaining the temperature regime. But over the next 24 hours, cooler air will begin to arrive.

Premiere showings of the opera “War and Peace” at the Bolshoi Theater have been cancelled. Yesterday, the Bolshoi Theater officially announced that the premiere performances of Prokofiev's opera War and Peace, which were scheduled for December 6, 7 and 8, have been canceled and tickets must be returned to the box office. Mstislav Rostropovich, who had not performed in Moscow for more than five years, was supposed to be behind the control panel these days.

Angela Merkel sent the “Schröder virus” to the USA Yesterday began the first official visit of the new German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier to the United States. His task is to return relations with the overseas partner to their former friendly course. In the long term, we are talking about strengthening transatlantic cooperation within NATO.

Yesterday the preliminary results of the by-elections to parliament in two electoral districts held in Kyrgyzstan on November 27 became known. They attracted increased interest, since well-known politicians competed for deputy mandates in each of these districts - the former acting. Foreign Minister Roza Otunbaeva and former Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov.

Carl Hiaasen. Skinny dipping. Translation from English A. Kilanova. -- M.: Eksmo, 2005. The Eksmo publishing house has launched a new project: the Tarantinki series will henceforth publish “eccentric detective stories”, “crime comedies”, “absurdist stories” - in a word, motley stories with a bright plot and an unobvious ending. As a seed, a novel by Carl Hiaasen was released, based on which a TV series is now being filmed in Hollywood.

The Ministry of Economic Development has decided on the first special zones Zelenograd, Dubna, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Yelabuga and Lipetsk region - this is the geography of the future “islands of freedom”. Applications from these regions were recognized as the best in the competition for the selection of projects to create special economic zones. As promised by Minister of Economic Development German Gref, there will be few zones.

The new Far Eastern plenipotentiary is horrified by the territories under his jurisdiction Over the past week, Kamil Iskhakov, the recently appointed presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, has been getting acquainted with the farm entrusted to him.

The Moscow traffic police will take external exams in only two divisions The capital's State Traffic Inspectorate was the first to report on the fulfillment of the wishes of the president, who recently announced the need to improve the level of driver training.

The trial of the initiators of the “uprising” in the Lgov colony has begun In the Lgovsky District Court of the Kursk Region yesterday, hearings began on the case of prisoners of local colony No. 5, which this summer became famous throughout the country after a massive demonstration of self-harm by its inhabitants.

The outcome of the trial in the case of Captain Ullman will be decided at the stage of forming the jury bench The North Caucasus Military District Court once again encountered difficulties in forming a jury to consider the high-profile case of the commander of the GRU special forces reconnaissance group, Captain Eduard Ulman, and his colleagues, accused of shooting six civilians in Chechnya. In Rostov, Ulman's case will be heard for the third time.

Most Russians would prefer the country to be prosperous rather than great Most Russians prefer to see their country economically developed, even if it is not a “great power.” Sociologists from the Yuri Levada Analytical Center came to this conclusion after conducting a survey among 1,600 Russians in 128 localities in 46 regions of the country in November.

The new product of the Russian Development Bank “Mobile Deposit” is a modern “two in one” financial instrument: settlement and savings. By receiving a debit card from the Russian Development Bank, the client acquires not only a convenient payment instrument, but also an effective savings instrument. At any time, he can use his money placed on the card: withdraw the required amount and use the card to pay for goods and services.

Last year's finalists are now separated by a gulf After a two-week pause due to the Grand Championship Cup for national teams being held in Japan, the championship of our Women's Super League has resumed. The Russian team did not play in the Land of the Rising Sun, since only continental champions received the right to participate in this competition, but the window on the calendar was planned in advance. After the fourth round of the Super League on Sunday, the championship table looks surreal.

The American concern is going to process Russian oil in Germany ConocoPhillips, the third largest oil concern in the United States, as well as the largest strategic partner of LUKOIL (owns about 15% of its shares), announced the start of a transaction to acquire an oil refinery in the North German city of Wilhelmshaven, owned by the British Louis Dreyfus Energy Holdings.