Yesterday in Moscow there was a presentation of the book “About Heydar Aliyev in telegraphic text.” The event was timed to coincide with the Day of Remembrance of ex-President Heydar Aliyev celebrated in Azerbaijan. The book contains information messages, statements and interviews of Heydar Aliyev, published on the Interfax news agency from the early 1990s, when he first headed the Nakhichevan autonomy, until the death of the politician in 2003.

Kazan defeated Friedrichshafen in a tiebreaker In the match of the third round of the men's Champions League in Group C on the banks of the Volga, two teams met that did not need additional introductions - the best team in Russia according to the results of the 2006/07 Super League championship, Kazan "Dynamo-TTG" and the current holder of the title of the strongest team Old World German "Friedrichshafen".

The Russian national team in Moscow is doomed to play for victory The Channel One Hockey Cup, which starts today in Moscow, is just one of the stages of the Eurotour. The Swedes, Czechs and Finns at this tournament, which is in its last days, have the main goal of testing young people at the international level and looking at the players playing in the domestic championship. And only the Russian team sets itself the task of definitely winning.

Turkmen leader accepted NATO invitation A series of holidays has begun in Turkmenistan. Yesterday the country celebrated Neutrality Day - 12 years ago, the UN General Assembly approved Turkmenistan's adoption of the status of a neutral state. On December 10, the grand opening of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia took place in Ashgabat.

The Dutch are starting to drain the North Sea again The Netherlands is planning to create a giant "geographical monument" to its national flower. The country is actively discussing a proposal to wash an artificial tulip-shaped island in the North Sea near the Dutch coast. This 10,000-hectare island could be used for a variety of purposes, but most likely residential buildings will be built on it.

Tver region declared war on raiders A special council for economic security and protection against raiding will be created under the administration of the Tver region. The corresponding order was signed by Governor Dmitry Zelenin. At the same time, the region’s leadership calls “countering raiding” one of its most important tasks. The administration says that they are making every effort to create the most comfortable conditions for business in the Upper Volga region.

The Bank of Russia is ready to create a separate structure to control the largest state banks At the beginning of the year, the Bank of Russia, under its chairman Sergei Ignatiev, may create an advisory council . The executive vice-president of the union, Alexander Murychev, told reporters about this yesterday after a meeting between the leadership of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) and the head of the Central Bank.

The Biennial of Young Art will be held in Moscow Members of the organizing committee shared this news with the press yesterday: Alexander Golutva, Sergei Khudyakov, Vasily Tsereteli, Leonid Bazhanov, Daria Pyrkina, Vera Dazhina. The Biennale is organized by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (executive director Vasily Tsereteli) together with the State Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography and the Moscow Department of Culture.

The European territory of Russia is becoming cooler. In the northwestern regions on Thursday, on the outskirts of the Atlantic cyclone, there will be light snow in places, the temperature at night will drop to -10°C in some places, but the prevailing temperature will be -1...-6°C at night and during the day. On Friday, pressure over the Baltic is growing, and no more precipitation is expected.

There will be even more United Russia members in regional parliaments than in the Duma In addition to the federal parliamentary elections in Russia, as is known, regional ones were also held on December 2, 2007. Nine federal subjects have updated the composition of their legislative bodies. The newly elected local legislative assemblies turned out to be almost complete clones of the State Duma of the fifth convocation.

The state and the Church agree on joint assistance to culture At a conference convened by the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography Mikhail Shvydkoy together with the chairman of the Public Chamber commission on the preservation of cultural and spiritual heritage, the head of the affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk Kliment, the sad news was announced: on December 10, the head of the FAKiK, Mr.

A ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky will be shown in Moscow Andris Liepa inherited his passion for the performances of Diaghilev's seasons from his father - it was Maris Liepa who “brought” the screening of “The Vision of a Rose” at the Grigorovich Bolshoi Theater (and he himself danced the part that Nijinsky had once danced). Andris began developing the theme carefully and seriously - and for many years now he has been presenting one premiere after another.

The publishing house “Phantom Press” published the debut novel of the Polish writer Marek Sobol “Moira” (translation by E. Poletskaya), which became a bestseller in the author’s homeland. The plot centers on the intricately intertwined stories of three women, on whose behalf the story is told. Each of the heroines is endowed with the name of one of the three ancient Greek goddesses of fate - Lachesis, Atropos and Clotho, and a separate short story is associated with each of them.

Viktor Zubkov is ready to give way to Vladimir Putin Yesterday, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov made perhaps the most anticipated statement in his entire short premiership. While in Khabarovsk, Mr. Zubkov announced what the whole country already knew - about his readiness to cede the prime minister's chair to Vladimir Putin. It simply couldn't be any other way. The Kremlin is playing its game, the goal of which is to maintain the continuity of power, like clockwork. No one has faked it yet.

Russia agreed to lift the embargo on Polish meat supplies Polish meat may return to Russia before 2008. Yesterday, the Ministers of Agriculture of Russia and Poland Alexei Gordeev and Marek Savitsky agreed to resume supplies of Polish meat to the Russian market. In turn, for Russia, this decision opens the way to resuming negotiations on a new global partnership agreement with the European Union. Until now, Poland has blocked these negotiations, precisely seeking to lift the meat embargo.