Alexander Lukashenko wants to compensate for rising gas prices at Moscow's expense President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko seems to have found a tactic for negotiating the price of Russian gas supplied to his republic.

On November 14, Vremya Novostey published an interview with Movladi Baysarov. As it now turns out, his last interview. Therefore, it seems reasonable to the editors to recall the things that the now deceased Baysarov spoke about. — What is your own status now? The Chechen authorities have announced that you are wanted. - I'm not hiding from anyone.

National team veterans Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov started the season with a victory Russian figure skaters won three medals at the fourth stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series in Paris. Maria Petrova and Alexey Tikhonov won the sports pairs competition. Julia Obertas - Sergei Slavnov became bronze medalists in the same event. Sergei Dobrin completed the top three in the singles tournament.

Russia cannot overcome the increase in the number of officials in the process of reducing them The topic of the bloated state apparatus, the negligence and corruption of the Russian bureaucracy has long become almost routine in Russia. Moreover, the closer to the elections, the more often their potential participants promise that they will find justice for the bureaucrats and launch administrative reform, which, admittedly, is not just stalled, but is going backwards.

Russia will join the WTO if Georgia does not stop For Russia, the most important result of the Hanoi APEC summit was, without a doubt, the signing of a protocol with the United States on the end of negotiations on the World Trade Organization. Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref even took as a souvenir a silver pen with the inscription “American-Russian WTO Agreement” with which he signed the protocol. And the presidents of the two countries exchanged the kindest words.

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Los Angeles" -- "Phoenix" -- 5:3 - - Frolov "LA" (2+1), Saprykin "F" (1+0), "Carolina" -- "Dallas" -- 5:4 -- Babchuk "K" (0+1), "Toronto" -- "New Jersey" -- 1:2, "Ottawa" -- "Buffalo" -- 4:1, "Florida" -- "Islanders" -- 1:4 - - Yashin "A" (1+1), "Boston" -- "Washington" -- 3:2 (OT) - - Ovechkin "B" (1+0), "Minnesota" -- “Colorado” – 1:2 (bul.), “Montreal” – “Atlanta” – 3:1 – A.

Former Georgian Defense Minister launched presidential campaign A new stage of political life has begun in Georgia. 33-year-old Irakli Okruashvili , transferred by President Mikheil Saakashvili from the post of Minister of Defense to the post of Minister of Economic Development on November 10, resigned exactly a week later. Now he can compete with Mikheil Saakashvili in the presidential elections in 2009 or, if they are combined with parliamentary ones, in 2008.

“Faust” by Eimuntas Nyakrosius in Moscow The first performance took place on Thursday. It in no way justified the enthusiastic clicks that rang out in October after the “sketch of the play” was shown in St. Petersburg at the Baltic House. “...This “Faust” is destined to go down in the history of world theater” (Gleb Sitkovsky). “...A grandiose theatrical work, absolutely adequate to Goethe’s community” (Marina Zayonts). “...He is a great modern Lithuanian actor.

At the end of the Tal Memorial, one of its three winners, Hungarian grandmaster Peter LEKO, answered questions from Vremya Novostey correspondent Oleg STETSKO. — Peter, have you ever met Mikhail Tal? At least not at the chessboard, but simply in life. - Once. In 1987, when he performed at a tournament in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Before the game, the great master signed autographs. I was little then, I couldn’t get through to him and almost cried out of despair.

Hairsprays and nail polish removers will finally get rid of the status of alcoholic products The perfume and chemical industries may soon begin to celebrate their final victory over the Unified State Automated Information System and the “alcoholic products” label attached to perfumes.

General Gamov was recognized as an accidental victim of an intimidation campaign Last Friday, the jury of the Sakhalin Regional Court announced its verdict in the case of the murder of the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk territorial department and the deputy head of the Pacific Regional Directorate (TORU) of the Federal Border Service of Russia, Major General Vitaly Gamov.

Law and justice in Russia remain an instrument of applied political struggle. Selectiveness of law enforcement makes it possible for almost anyone directly or indirectly affected to declare themselves a victim of arbitrariness, and the activities of law enforcement agencies are an ordered political attack. Because the law in Russia is “law within law,” one of the forms of showdowns.

CLUBS "Onegin@tochka.ru" . Directed by Mikhail Krylov. Starring Mikhail Krylov, Galina Kashkovskaya, Pavel Sborshchikov. A new version of the sensational play “Pushkin@Onegin.ru” a couple of years ago, the directors of which (graduates of Pyotr Fomenko’s Workshop) tried to present Pushkin’s novel as topical as it was for the poet’s contemporaries. Ikra , 20.00. CONCERTS "Co-Creation of the World" .

Finns solve Poland's problems On the eve of the meeting of the leaders of Russia and the European Union on November 24 in Helsinki, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is trying to resolve the conflict between Poland and Russia. Finland holds the presidency of the European Union until the end of the year, of which Poland is also a member.

French Socialist leader Francois Hollande said yesterday that he sees his task as “unifying the Socialist Party” and giving his common-law wife Ségolène Royal “complete freedom to conduct an election campaign.” Royal, 53, head of the Poitou-Charentes region, was named on Friday as the Socialist candidate in the April 22, 2007 presidential elections.