Augusto Pinochet, who suffered a heart attack yesterday, underwent surgery, and a priest came to see him. Now the life of the former military dictator of Chile, according to his son, “is in the hands of God and doctors.” On November 25, when Pinochet turned 91, he acknowledged political responsibility for everything that happened in Chile during his rule in 1973-1990, but justified his actions as political and economic necessity.

Japanese newspapers Tokyo Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday, citing unnamed “Russian officials,” that North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium reserves. Secret negotiations on this matter have allegedly been ongoing since 2002, and Russia needs North Korean uranium to enrich it and sell it to China and Vietnam in the form of nuclear fuel.

The board of directors of the European aircraft manufacturer EADS last Friday authorized its civil division Airbus to begin a production program for the new family of long-range A350 XWB aircraft. The fate of the project came into question in May this year when Airbus management admitted that the previous basic version of the airliner (simply called the A350) did not meet market requirements.

CONCERTS Jivan Gasparyan , a legend of world ethnic music, one of the most famous Armenian musicians, will play his duduk for the first time to the accompaniment of the Russian National Orchestra (conductor Konstantin Orbelyan ). New musical works were written especially for this project and popular melodies were arranged, for example, Deep Purple songs, and fragments of soundtracks for the films “Night Watch”, “Gladiator”, “The Last Temptation of Christ”, etc. Kremlin Palace , 19.00.

Russia insists on reforming the OSCE Today the 14th Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE Foreign Ministers) opens in Brussels. Russia is represented at the two-day forum by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Davos Forum will simulate a global political and economic catastrophe Until the end of the week, political and business stars from various countries will stay in a small Swiss resort, which has become famous throughout the world thanks to the annual World Economic Forum. The Davos Forum, despite the fact that, as a rule, no decisions are made at it, is so famous that all more or less large congresses necessarily call themselves “women’s Davos” or, for example, “Arab”.

The Irkutsk region and the Ust-Ordynsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug are preparing to unite under new rules In the Angara region, 11 so-called “other” groups of participants in the referendum on the unification of the Irkutsk region and the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (UBAO) were created. Eight groups have been formed on the territory of the autonomy. All of them will agitate residents of both regions to vote for consolidation.

Transfer plans of Russian clubs It is believed that the total budget of Russian Football Premier League clubs in the coming season will exceed $400 million. Approximately half of this amount will be spent on transfers. Thus, 16 elite clubs will spend at least $200 million on the purchase of new players. It looks like Zenit will be the most wasteful this winter.

The winners of Junior Eurovision are twins from Kursk On Saturday, 9-year-old twin sisters from Kursk Masha and Nastya Tolmacheva became winners of the international competition for children's song performers Eurovision 2006 in Bucharest. The fans were somewhat nervous when, according to the results of the draw, it turned out that the girls would have to compete last, number 16, but the excitement did not affect the twins in any way: their duet was inimitable.

The task of doubling GDP by 2010 has divided officials and economists into two camps. Some believe that doubling is still possible if certain conditions are met and circumstances are successful, others do not believe in a successful outcome of this venture. According to Olga IZRYADNOVA, head of the laboratory of structural problems of the economy at the Institute of Economics in Transition, it is good that the traditions of long-term planning and forecasting are being revived in our country.

Before his visit overseas, Viktor Yanukovych fired the Atlantic Minister Yesterday began the first working visit to the United States of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. President George W. Bush will not meet with the head of the Ukrainian government because the guest “lacks status,” said US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor.

Workers of village libraries, clubs and museums became victims of local government reform In the new year, a “cultural” crisis occurred in the villages of the Khabarovsk Territory. Hundreds of workers in village libraries, clubs and museums actually lost their jobs.

At the disastrous World Cup, Verbov and Kuleshov received prizes for the best in role The final of the World Championship among men's teams that ended in Japan turned out to be not at all as intriguing as four years ago, when Brazil defeated the Russian team led by Gennady Shipulin only in the fifth game. Yesterday the South Americans easily dealt with the Poles - 3:0 (25:12, 25:22, 25:17). Two decades later, the Bulgarians received bronze, repeating the achievement of the 1986 national team.

On Friday, Alexander Lukashenko for the first time officially announced his intention to build a nuclear power plant in Belarus. “The issue of creating our own nuclear energy is becoming practically no alternative to guaranteeing national security,” he said. “We may face the fact that Russia will not be able to supply us with hydrocarbon raw materials due to its own shortage,” the president added. The first power unit is expected to be commissioned in 2013.

December 10. Fight for the WBC world heavyweight title. Oleg Maskaev (Russia) - Peter Ohello (Uganda). Moscow. Oleg Maskaev will defend the title won on August 12 this year in a fight with Hasim Rahman. Our boxer then knocked out his opponent in the final, 12th round of the fight. Ohello last fought in April and beat little-known Australian Bob “Big Bear” Mirovich on points. FOOTBALL. December 5-6. Champions League. 6th and final round of the group stage. December 10. Club World Cup.