During the implementation of national projects, the first criminal cases appeared The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the disclosure of the first cases related to the theft of budget funds allocated for the implementation of national projects. As sources in the ministry told Vremya Novostei, more than 1.6 million rubles were stolen. the chairman of the collective farm “Krasny Putilovets” (Kashinsky district of the Tver region) Ivan Paplevchenkov is suspected.

Cultural porcelain of China in the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia The Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia presented an unexpected bonus to the Year of China in Russia, which recently ended successfully with a concert in the Moscow Kremlin and the opening of two exhibitions in the Historical Museum and the Hermitage. The most curious exhibition of the year of eternal friendship - “China. Porcelain. "Cultural Revolution".

Sberbank shareholders will elect a new president and chairman of the board today at an extraordinary meeting. The elections are uncontested: the only candidate is ex-Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref , whose candidacy was approved by the Sberbank Supervisory Board on October 16. Mr. Gref appeared in public yesterday for the first time in a long time.

Yuri Luzhkov explained the harmfulness of addiction to migrants Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, dissatisfied with the criticism of his migration initiatives from Business Russia, seems to have decided to enlist the support of the capital’s trade unions in the fight against “extra” guest workers.

Today, for the first time in the history of post-war Japanese-Chinese relations, a Chinese warship will visit the port of the Land of the Rising Sun. The destroyer Shenzhen will stay in Japan until Sunday. Yesterday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang expressed hope that the visit “will be successful and will help improve mutual understanding between the defense departments of the two countries.” The Chinese ship was supposed to visit Japan back in 2002.

Watch from November 29 on Moscow screens “Hitman” (France-USA, 2007, Xavier Gens). A polished action movie based on the popular series of computer games-shooters. An assassin known as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) becomes embroiled in an international conspiracy, targeted by both Interpol and the Russian GRU, and begins a high-speed, high-speed race across Eastern Europe. Also starring Dougray Scott, Olga Kirilenko, Robert Knepper and Ulrich Thompson.

"The Trial" at the Oleg Tabakov Theater-Studio “The Trial” in “Tabakerka” was directed by Konstantin Bogomolov, a director who last season made two excellent performances in two different theaters in Moscow. At the Gogol Theater - "Theatrical Romance", on Malaya Bronnaya - "Much Ado About Nothing", and at each of them the audience laughed unusually well - not in a sold-out manner and not in a Kaveen style, it was clear that the impulse of laughter comes from the head, and not from anywhere else.

Not all parliamentary candidates “survived” to see the end of the election campaign The current Duma election campaign has not been without a massive exodus of candidates from party lists. True, the scale of candidates’ voluntary refusal to stand does not threaten the legitimacy of party lists or the removal of the parties themselves from elections.

Trade unions intend to prevent the administration from launching the plant Eight days after the Russian Ford assembly line was stopped due to a workers' strike, no fundamental agreements have been reached between the strikers and the plant administration. However, despite this, today Russian Ford intends to resume work in one shift using workers who are not participating in the strike.

Cheap lots did not interest pharmaceutical distributors A new system for delivering the most expensive medications to beneficiaries helped the state save 100 million rubles. This became clear yesterday, when the first auction in the history of domestic healthcare ended, in which pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors who wanted to cooperate with the state in this project took part.

Iranian missile will help Americans Yesterday, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar presented a new argument to supporters of the deployment of American missile defense (BMD) in Europe. He announced the development of a new ballistic missile, the Ashura, with a range of up to 2 thousand kilometers. The new product covers the entire territory of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and is able to reach Egypt and Bulgaria, not to mention the main regional ally of the United States - Israel.

UAE authorities believe in Citigroup The largest financial company Citigroup, seriously affected by the mortgage crisis , found support in the person of the state corporation from the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Citi has agreed to sell $7.5 billion of its shares, representing a 4.9% stake in the entire company and making the UAE capital one of the bank's largest shareholders.

The investigation into the murder of the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Mikhail Manevich has been extended Yesterday it became known that the Investigation Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation extended for another six months the investigation into the murder of the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Mikhail Manevich, which was committed ten years ago, in 1997.

The highest paid spouse can receive a property deduction Disputes about the ownership of property acquired jointly during marriage occur not only in divorces. Tax officials sometimes delve into the intricacies of family law. In the interpretation of the Federal Tax Service, the property of spouses is called jointly acquired only if it was acquired before a certain date.

Yuri Shafranik held talks with ministers and the President of Iraq Russian oil workers are rushing to gain a foothold in Iraq . Yesterday it became known that the head of Soyuzneftegaz, Yuri Shafranik (Minister of Fuel and Energy in the 1990s), was the first of the leaders of large companies to visit Baghdad. His visit took place on November 24-25, during which he met with all key ministers of the Iraqi government, as well as with the country's President Jalal Talabani.