According to preliminary results, in the parliamentary elections held in the Netherlands on Wednesday, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) retained its leading position - it has 41 mandates.

Today there is no one to protect and strengthen the Russian economy Published in the latest issue of Expert magazine, an article by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov , in which he tries to clarify and develop the concept of “sovereign democracy,” aroused, as they say, keen interest in scientific and expert circles. And it doesn’t matter that everyone still understands Mr. Surkov’s terminology in their own way, and some still don’t understand it at all.

VTB-24 will satisfy the needs of small businesses The volume of loans to small businesses issued by VTB-24 Bank will amount to about $700 million, Nadezhda Karsalova, vice-president of Vneshtorgbank, said yesterday. Market participants note the rapid growth of lending to small businesses, pointing out that financial institutions so far satisfy demand only by 15-20%.

The British Ministry of Defense saved on ammunition for its paratroopers fighting off Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, putting the lives of the military at risk. The servicemen even refused to go on combat missions because the ammunition they received got stuck when fired from Browning heavy machine guns. As a result, the British borrowed cartridges from their Canadian and American colleagues.

Spartak got a chance to stay in the UEFA Cup Moscow Spartak, which has not yet won a single match in the group stage, nevertheless has not lost its chance to compete for a place in the UEFA Cup. To do this, you need to do very little - beat Sporting in Lisbon. And then the doors of the second most important tournament will open for the “red-whites”. For the second Russian delegate, CSKA, they are already open. Another thing is that the army team wants to remain in the highest football society.

"Big Book" awards presented Since the “Big Book” is famous primarily for its very large reward amounts, we’ll start with them.

CLUBS Zhanna Aguzarova. One of the rare concerts today by the best soloist of the Bravo group, the queen of domestic rock and roll of the second half of the 80s, Zhanna Aguzarova. In 1990, she left for the USA, and six years later she returned to Russia and again began to appear on Moscow, mainly club, venues, convincingly showing everyone that crazy and carefree times, at least for her, were in full swing. November 24 at the “Club on Brestskaya”, 22.00. Alexey Aigi and the ensemble “4'33”.

During the visit of Indonesian President Susilo Bamabanga Yudhoyono to Russia on November 29 - December 1, the purchase of three Su-27 and three Su-30 multirole fighters for the Indonesian Air Force, a Kilo-class submarine for the Navy, BMP-3F for the Marine Corps, as well as Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters for ground forces.

The new film "Savages" involuntarily evokes comparisons with the old one Oh, this shine, splash... and what else was there about the waves? Summer, south, sea, heat, port wine, barbecue, acquaintances... Everyone had all this, everyone was familiar with it and it was always pleasant to remember. Capturing your own summer experiences on film to watch and enjoy in the winter is certainly a great idea for a light, entertaining film. The “Savages” project is the work of Gosha Kutsenko.

Monday, November 27 First 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, 0.40 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 00 "NATIONAL SECURITY AGENT". Series 11 . 00, 18.20 "FIVE MINUTES TO THE METRO." Series 12 . 20 Without complexes 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Test purchase 15 . 20 Outlaw 16 . 00 "LOVE IS LIKE LOVE." TV series (S) 17 . 00 Federal Judge 19 . 10 Wait for me 20 . 00 "BLOOD SISTERS". TV series (S) 21 . 30 "THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING." Series 23 . 30 “Servant.

The President of Belarus proposed an energy alliance against Russia to Ukraine Minsk invited Kiev to jointly set conditions for Russia in negotiations on gas supplies and transit . Alexander Lukashenko made the corresponding statements yesterday at a press conference for Ukrainian journalists in Minsk.

The Grand Prix of Figure Skating finals are taking place in Moscow. Today, at the Small Sports Arena of the capital's Luzhniki, the Grand Prix stage of figure skating starts, which this season is called the “Russian Cup - Bosco Sport”. This tournament aroused great interest among media representatives, despite the fact that all the leaders of the Russian team, without exception, are not competing this season.

The most high-profile "football" case in the country may be closed The Prosecutor General's Office canceled the decision to remove Konstantin Urtaev from the post of Minister of Finance of North Ossetia. The corresponding order was signed by the investigator for particularly important cases, Alexander Khalapov. Mr. Urtaev was suspended a year ago, when the case of financial irregularities in the Alania football club, to which the minister was involved, was gaining momentum.

Astronauts opened the golf season in zero gravity Yesterday there was one more artificial satellite in low-Earth orbit. This turned into a golf ball stuffed with a radio transmitter, launched during a spacewalk by International Space Station flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin. The recording of the first swing of a golf club in a state of complete weightlessness, recorded by Mr. Tyurin's colleague and crew commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, was broadcast live on Earth by several sports news channels.

The theoretical platform of the II Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art was the scientific conference “Creating Thinking Worlds” organized by its commissioner Joseph Backstein together with co-curator Daniel Birnbaum and the Interros publishing program. The conference became a kind of brainstorming of a very complex and poorly structured topic in the minds of the art community for the biennale: “Notes. Geopolitics. Markets. Amnesia".