The new year 2007 in Russia will begin with radical market transformations .

The head of the Gazprom security service, Sergei Ushakov, returns to the FSO As Vremya Novostei learned, in recent days Sergei Ushakov, deputy chairman of the board and general director of the concern’s security service, has been working at Gazprom. In the new year, he will return to the position of first deputy head of the Federal Security Service.

The Moscow City Duma approved additional guarantees for residents of the center It seems that the capital’s authorities hope to put an end to the long-term war between residents of the center of Moscow, who do not want to change their elite place of “registration” to the suburbs of Moscow, with officials and developers.

The best foreign films of domestic film distribution 2006 Perhaps the current top ten films of domestic film distribution are the most subjective and controversial in many years. As usual, it is compiled based on the results of theatrical release from January to December - one-time festival screenings and video distribution do not count.

Parliament adopts a new constitution every month Tomorrow, consideration of a new draft constitution may be initiated in the Kyrgyz parliament, said deputy Kamchybek Tashiev. According to him, a group of 41 parliamentarians is ready to propose this project to replace the one that did not receive a constitutional majority of two-thirds of the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament) on December 25.

Chelsea unpleasantly surprised their fans The day after Christmas is the same day off in Great Britain as the great holiday itself. Moreover, there are traditionally plenty of events related to it here. At first glance, it is called unusually - Boxing Day (literally - Box Day), and, notably, the reason for the origin of this name is not known for certain.

Israelis are building a new settlement contrary to the opinions of Russia and the United States Israel is not only not ready to withdraw Jewish settlements from the West Bank, but, on the contrary, is starting to build new ones. Yesterday, the Israeli Ministry of Defense approved the construction of a new settlement for the first time in ten years.

Electric power enterprises in Moscow and St. Petersburg are preparing to come under the control of Gazprom In the last days of the outgoing year in Moscow and St. Petersburg, people most often talk about the electric power industry. Mosenergo General Director Anatoly Kopsov yesterday told reporters how he sees the future of his company.

Summing up the results of the year in the field of science and technology is not as easy as, for example, in sports or politics. The fact is that the true significance of an event or scientific result is sometimes not immediately apparent. There are discoveries of Copernican scale that go unnoticed; other facts, on the contrary, are actively discussed by contemporaries, but then fade into oblivion.

Hundreds of people, a mosque and a church burned in Nigeria A terrible tragedy occurred in Nigeria yesterday, which, unfortunately, was not the first for this country of 120 million people, which produces up to 125 million tons of oil per year. An oil pipeline explosion in the economic capital Lagos killed hundreds of people. The Nigerian Red Cross does not know whether "there are 300, 400 or 500 people" although the organization said last night that "at least 260 people" had been burned.

The presidential administration assessed the consequences of the state’s “judicial failure” “We should all be ashamed,” said Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District Georgy Poltavchenko yesterday at the first coordination meeting dedicated to the problem that unexpectedly confronted the Russian leadership - the failure of the state itself to comply with court decisions in the area of ​​arrears in social payments.

Along the western edge of a deep and powerful North Atlantic cyclone from the northwest into the middle zone of the European territory of Russia, an active cyclonic atmospheric wave will rush, which along the route will shape the weather conditions: strong gusty winds, sometimes snowstorms with snow, icy conditions, drifts on the roads and weakening frost. In the northwestern region, there will be occasional snow, sleet, and occasional rain at temperatures close to zero.

Cuban leader 80-year-old Fidel Castro requires physical rehabilitation and a strict diet to recover. “He does not have cancer, he has a problem with the digestive system,” leading Spanish specialist on intestinal cancer, José Luis García Sabrido, said yesterday in Madrid after returning from Havana. At the request of Cuban authorities, he examined Castro, flying to Cuba on December 21 on a plane chartered by the Cuban government. At a press conference in Madrid, Dr.

Karachay-Cherkessia fears new attacks by militants In the center of the city of Cherkessk, in house No. 58 on Lenin Street, where the special services of Karachay-Cherkessia carried out a special operation against militants on Monday , the removal of rubble and the search for evidence that would reveal the plans of the separatists continued all day yesterday.

Next year, zinc and uranium will reach a price peak in the commodity markets - this is the forecast given by Patricia Mohr, vice-president of the Canadian Scotiabank, specializing in investments in the raw materials sector. As stated in the South African publication Mineweb, which publishes her research, uranium has shown very positive dynamics already this year - according to Ms. More, it was the third most expensive metal among the metals (after copper and nickel).