Another anti-doping service is being created in Russia In the near future, a new organization will appear in Russia that will oversee the entire range of issues related to doping in sports. This was stated yesterday by the head of Rossport, Vyacheslav Fetisov, and the head of the Russian Anti-Doping Service, Alexander Derevoyedov, who recently returned from Madrid, where they took part in the Third World Anti-Doping Conference.

Dmitry Medvedev: Gazprom is not negotiating the purchase of a stake in TNK-BP Forty days before the end of the moratorium on the sale of TNK-BP shares, which the Russian and British owners of the company agreed upon four years ago, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Dmitry Medvedev again denied information about the gas monopolist’s interest in this asset.

The British did not believe the Russian’s confession of killing a diver In Great Britain, they reacted with caution and surprise to the unexpected confession of a former Soviet diver, a veteran of underwater sabotage wars (it was aired the other day on one of the Russian television channels) that half a century ago he killed a British naval officer who was considered missing in action.

Yesterday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili expressed confidence in victory in the early presidential elections on January 5, 2008.

The Constitutional Court protected the defendants from psychiatrists The Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation yesterday recognized that the norms of the Russian Criminal Procedure Code violate the rights of citizens recognized as mentally ill. Until now, they could not represent their own interests in the courts, effectively depriving them of the right to defense, and they could not even appeal the decision made to declare them insane.

By the end of the week, Russia will begin spending money on preparations for the 2014 Olympics The city of Sochi won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, but has not yet won. Whether he wins or not will become clear in 2012. It is two years before the start of the Games that the Sochi Olympic infrastructure should be tested in action .

CLUBS Alice Cooper (USA). The greatest specialist in the field of horror shows in history, as well as the founder, ideologist and vocalist of the musical group of the same name, will again show Muscovites his incredible horror tale. "B1 Maximum" , 20.00. John Anderson (Great Britain). The leader of the legendary group YES is part of the team of the best musicians and artists not only in England, but throughout the whole world.

The general director of the Tretyakov Gallery filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Culture Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Alexander Sokolov may become a record holder for the number of threats of prosecution collected from the heads of services and institutions under his jurisdiction. Yesterday, the general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, Valentin Rodionov, announced his readiness to sue the minister.

The Ministry of Finance is perplexed about the arrest of Sergei Storchak Representatives of the Ministry of Finance yesterday announced their version of the events that led to the arrest of the deputy head of this department, Sergei Storchak, who was detained last week on suspicion of fraud. According to them, we are talking about settling Algeria’s debt to Russia, which, due to his duties, among other things, Mr. Storchak was involved in.

Losers of the qualifying round hope for outside help On Wednesday, several teams will have their last chance to qualify for the 2008 European Championship. Nine teams are vying for the four remaining spots. And although most of them, including the Russian team, have purely theoretical chances, no one is in a hurry to part with faith in a miracle. Russia can only believe in the Croats. In order for Guus Hiddink's team to qualify for Euro 2008, they must beat the English at Wembley.

For the sake of Russia, the European Union is ready to tighten its food quality standards Poland has drawn conclusions from the shortcomings pointed out by Russia in connection with the quality of Polish meat supplied to Russia . This was stated yesterday at a conference in Warsaw on problems of monitoring the safety of livestock products in international trade, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland Krzysztof Ardanovsky.

Pharmacy warehouses promise to fill with discounted medicines until December 25 Yesterday, all the most important domestic medical officials gathered to announce the dates for government auctions for the purchase of expensive drugs.

A new regime for visiting Poland and Lithuania may be introduced for residents of border areas of the Kaliningrad region Visas to Poland and Lithuania for residents of border areas of the Kaliningrad region can replace special passes. This idea was first voiced by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry this spring. Official Vilnius announced in May that special passes can be issued instead of visas to residents of border areas on both sides of the state border.

The other day, a Forum of literature teachers was held in Moscow, where they discussed what the final exam in literature should be like. Since 2009, all school exams must be held in the format of the Unified State Exam (USE). Literature is still a compulsory exam, but in a year and a half it will either follow the Unified State Exam format or become a subject without a final exam. Guess how many schoolchildren will read “Mumu” ​​in this case?

Human rights activists note the “growing up” of xenophobia in Russia Xenophobia in Russia has moved from the “broad masses of the people” to the government offices and is now being consolidated there, disguised as patriotic slogans. This conclusion is made by experts from independent human rights organizations monitoring nationalist activity in our country.