Thirty years ago, terrorists captured OPEC ministers Today, the “terrorist international” could well celebrate the anniversary of one of its most daring actions. Exactly 30 years ago, on December 21, 1975, militants from the Red Army Faction group carried out an armed attack on the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna.

A one-and-a-half party system of United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is emerging in the country. Lately, we have seen an almost unchanged picture: in elections to regional parliaments, United Russia consistently takes first place, and second place goes to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. This situation occurred in the Novosibirsk, Tver, Kostroma, and Ivanovo regions, as well as in the Moscow City Duma elections held on December 4.

President Signed the decree “On introducing changes to the composition of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the implementation of priority national projects, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 21, 2005 1226.” In accordance with the document, the council includes the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation - the head of the State Legal Department of the Kremlin Larisa Brycheva, presidential envoys in the Far Eastern

The opera jury of the “Golden Mask” (more precisely, the jury of the “musical theater”) will have plenty to choose from this spring. And most importantly, he will have to say his word about the opera by Leonid Desyatnikov, based on a libretto by Vladimir Sorokin, “Children of Rosenthal”, which caused an incredible public scandal, staged last season at the Bolshoi Theater and which became (not at all because of the scandal) the most important and fundamental event of the opera year .

FBI agents, using the expanded powers received after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, not only fight terrorism, but also monitor activists of American public organizations - societies for the protection of animals, environmental protection, and the fight against poverty. The American newspaper The New York Times reported this, citing documents that came into its possession. Last week, the same newspaper published a publication that George W.

E.ON unveils three-year investment program The world's largest private energy concern E.ON from Düsseldorf has unveiled its investment plans. The total amount of investments from 2006 to 2008 will reach 18.6 billion euros. About 90% of this amount will go to existing energy facilities.

For 13 years now Russia has been unable to fulfill the program of resettlement of Laks in favor of Chechens The Duma Commission on Problems of the North Caucasus unexpectedly addressed the problems of Dagestan yesterday and held a special meeting dedicated to the resettlement of the Lak people.

Experts believe Chechen children may have been gassed Yesterday, a mobile toxicology laboratory arrived in Grozny on a Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane from Moscow to investigate the causes of the mysterious mass poisoning of students from several Chechen schools. Today, specialists intend to take samples in four settlements of the Shelkovsky district of the republic, from where 45 people have been hospitalized with signs of poisoning since December 16.

One of the 16 militants from the international terrorist group Al-Qaeda detained in Spain is a native of Belarus. This is 30-year-old Andrei K., also known as Sergei Malyshev and Amin al-Ansari. The head of the Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jose Antonio Alonso, announced this yesterday. According to news agencies, a native of Minsk, Sergei Malyshev, detained in the city of Palma on the island of Mallorca, is a chemical weapons specialist.

The Ministry of Regional Development advocates the creation of regions comparable in power to the Russian capital On Tuesday, the Ministry of Regional Development hosted a conference “Regional Policy: Content and Implementation.” Not a single one of the announced high-ranking officials came to it - neither the adviser to the Russian President Andrei Illarionov, nor the Deputy Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, nor even the relevant minister Vladimir Yakovlev.

Watch from December 22 on Moscow screens “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (USA-UK, 2005, Mike Newell). The fourth and, to date, perhaps the best series of Potter films, directed by the British Newell (“Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Donnie Brasco,” “Mona Lisa Smile”). The matured Harry takes part in a dangerous magical competition for the Goblet of Fire and for the first time comes face to face with Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes - “Schindler’s List”, “The End of the Affair”, “Spider”).

The government may abandon the tough fight against inflation for the sake of economic growth The government led by Mikhail Fradkov is not yet ready to give up the heights set by the president. Namely, from doubling GDP, financial stabilization and improving the lives of certain categories of citizens. All for the sake of solving the problem of 2008. As a result, the already weakened macroeconomic policy may give way to unbridled inflationary stimulation of growth.

Ronaldinho again named best player in the world Midfielder of the Brazilian national team and Spanish Barcelona Ronaldinho continues to collect a collection of prizes. Not long ago, the Brazilian was awarded the Ballon d'Or as the best player of the year playing in Europe. And soon Ronaldinho was awarded the title of best player in the world. Second time in a row. Almost no one doubted that Ronaldinho would receive another personal trophy. Maybe even in FIFA.

On Monday, one of the godfathers of the New York mafia, Vincent Gigante, nicknamed Chin, died in a federal prison in the American city of Springfield at the age of 77. In 1997, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of racketeering, extortion and preparation of murder. The New York Times Magazine awarded Chin the title of "the last great mobster of the century." Relatives of the deceased claimed that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, paranoid schizophrenia and dementia.

Constant accusations of bias, dependence on authorities or oligarchs, and corruption have become almost an integral part of the functioning of the Russian judicial system in recent years. And most of these arrows fly towards the Moscow City Court. Which is quite natural - it is in the capital, city and district courts that almost all the most high-profile criminal and civil cases are heard. “Mosgorshtamp” is exactly what spiteful critics have called the Moscow City Court for quite some time.