The population of 138 thousand Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR), judging by preliminary results, approved the draft of the first constitution in the history of this unrecognized republic, which has existed since December 1991, when 99.9% of the population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region voted in a referendum for independence from Azerbaijan. It is noteworthy that yesterday polling stations worked not only in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.

The winner of the ULEB Cup is still far from the Euroleague champion The central match of the first round of the men's super league tournament with the participation of two capital clubs became a kind of meeting for the European Super Cup. After all, in this game the strongest team of the continent, the winner of the Euroleague CSKA and the owner of the ULEB Cup Dynamo, were sorting things out.

CONCERTS "Quartet Art". The Vilnius Quartet consists of: Audrone Vainiunaite (violin), Arturas Silale (violin), Girdutis Jakaitis (viola), Augustinas Vasiliauskas (cello), and soloist Stanislav Igolinski (piano). Works by Ciurlionis, Schulhof and Dvorak will be performed. Small Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00.

The Accounts Chamber seeks an audit of the Central Bank The National Banking Council may authorize the Accounts Chamber to audit the financial and economic activities of the Bank of Russia . This was stated on Friday by the Chairman of the NBS, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, speaking in the Federation Council. Thus, for the first time in its history, the Accounts Chamber may receive the right to conduct an audit of the regulator of the Russian banking system.

Evgeny Popov reached the heights of Alexander Zubkov The second stage of the Bobsleigh World Cup was marked by the first career victory at this level for the four-man crew pilot Evgeniy Popov, who in recent seasons has been in the shadow of the leader of our team, Alexander Zubkov. Some changes in the composition of the accelerators in both quartets, and Popov’s hard work during preparation for the season led to an unexpected castling.

Independent human rights activists are becoming closer to opposition politicians Domestic human rights organizations, who do not want to integrate into the vertical of civil society, seem to be ready for an alliance with parties opposed to the Kremlin.

"Turistas" by John Stockwell on Moscow screens There is an inaccuracy in the advertising slogan “Go home”, which appears on the film poster right on the girl’s forehead covered with panic sweat. In fact, not all local residents want young Europeans and Yankees traveling in Brazil to quickly go to their place of permanent residence. Some people really want other “touristas” to stay in Brazil forever. Well, or at least some parts of them.

The division of points between Arsenal and Chelsea plays into the hands of the Mancunians The meeting between Chelsea and Arsenal was destined to be central not only in the 17th round, but in the entire first round of the English Premier League. If Arsenal had won, Manchester United's lead over Chelsea would have become quite decent - nine points on points scored and six points taking into account the fact that the Blues played a match less.

“Falstaff” directed by Kirill Serebrennikov opened the “Golden Mask” The national theater festival “Golden Mask”, long before the main shows (they will be held in the capital at the end of March - beginning of April), opened with the project “Premieres of the Mariinsky Theater in Moscow”. To begin with, two nominated opera performances were shown on the stage of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater - Verdi's Falstaff and Britten's The Turn of the Screw.

The Atlantic continues to generously supply warm and humid air to the European territory of Russia. You can forget about the snow cover for now; instead, fresh grass is green on the lawns, and the temperature is more reminiscent of the middle of either October or April. The north-west of the European territory of Russia is the first to encounter Atlantic warmth. For several days in a row, temperature records in St. Petersburg have been broken one after another.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said yesterday that the Baker-Hamilton Commission's "unfair and biased report" contained "dangerous provisions that undermine Iraq's sovereignty and constitution." These include the Kurdish president's recommendations, published last Wednesday, by a bipartisan US Congress commission to reduce support for the Iraqi authorities if they do not begin to ensure the country's security, including by involving members of the Baath Party that ruled under Saddam in the

Vladimir Makanin completed his novel Vladimir Makanin published fragments of what eventually became the novel “Fright” (M., “Geleos”) in Novy Mir for five years (2001-2006). First, with references to the emerging cycle “High, High Moon”; in the autumn issues of this year, where the stories “Nymph”, “Old Men and the White House” and “Old Age, the Fifth Button” appeared - to a novel, the release of which practically coincided with the latest magazine publications.

Against the backdrop of the outright total glamorous propaganda sludge in cheap candy packaging, which has been all Russian national state television without exception for the last two or three years, a truly shameful show has appeared on Channel One. Since in today's Russia it is shameless to make programs only about sports and animals, the show turned out to be about sports - about figure skating.

Directors of RAO UES decided to get rid of retail subsidiaries The Board of Directors of RAO UES of Russia on Friday decided to sell at open auctions almost all regional sales companies owned by the energy holding. However, it is obvious that only existing large players in the energy market who are ready to work with the population will become buyers.

HOCKEY. December 14--17. Stage of the Eurotour Cup of Channel One. Moscow. This Moscow tournament, part of the Euro Hockey Tour calendar, was previously known as the Izvestia Prize, Baltika Cup and ROSNO Cup. For the first time, it will be held on the ice of the recently commissioned new Ice Sports Palace on Khodynka, where matches of the 2007 World Championship will take place. Schedule of games for the Channel One Cup: December 14. Finland - Czech Republic, Russia - Sweden. December 16.