Chronicle of sporting events Yesterday, Italian specialist Fabio Capello was appointed as the new head coach of the England football team. The contract was signed until 2010 with the possibility of extension. Capello will receive 4 million euros per year in his new position.

Vladimir Putin has no right to campaign for his successor A circle of daredevils is beginning to emerge who are going to challenge the presidential position from First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev , whose candidacy received the support of current President Vladimir Putin. As Maya Grishina, a member of the Central Election Commission, reported yesterday, 25 citizens immediately notified the Central Election Commission of their intention to compete for the highest government position.

In the match with Prokom, the army coach let the reservists play CSKA basketball players began the second round of the first group stage of the ULEB Euroleague with a confident home victory over the outsider of the eight "A" Polish "Prokom", representing the city of Sopot - 99:67. “It is completely unrealistic to defeat CSKA in its current state,” said Prokom head coach Tomas Pacesas, known to Russian fans for his performances with the Perm Ural-Great team.

Human rights officials visited the Supreme Court The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Vladimir Lukin, yesterday brought his colleagues, regional commissioners, to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation - the main building of Russian justice - to see, show themselves and ask questions to the country's chief judge, Vyacheslav Lebedev. At the same time, as Mr.

Lisbon brought Europe out of the deadlock The long-awaited reform agreement was signed yesterday in the capital of Portugal - a new basic document defining the principles of functioning of the European Union . It has already received the name of the Lisbon Treaty.

CSKA finished a disastrous season The army team, having lost to Fenerbahçe 1:3, ended their most disastrous season in recent years. Two and a half years after the triumph in the UEFA Cup, CSKA failed in the domestic championship, and then became perhaps the worst club in the Champions League, without leaving even a hint of what the team would be like next season. Any team goes through periods of birth, maturity, heyday and decline. The army team experienced this cycle almost in an instant.

Vladimir Putin in the Fifth Duma will be called Sergei Kapkov Today the personal composition of the State Duma of the fifth convocation will be finally determined. And yesterday it became known that its first meeting will take place on December 24, 2007 - the corresponding decree was signed by the President of Russia, number one on the United Russia list in the parliamentary elections, Vladimir Putin.

Iran offers gas cooperation While the West is trying, through the UN Security Council, to tighten sanctions against Iran because of its “nuclear dossier,” Russia is solving the problem within the framework of a bilateral partnership . This was confirmed by yesterday's visit to Moscow by the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Manouchehr Mottaki.

CLUBS Festival "Legends of Retro FM" . Army of Lovers, Ace of Base, Sofia Rotaru, Andrey Derzhavin, Marylya Rodovich, Oleg Gazmanov, Rodion Gazmanov, Olga Zarubina and others. Sports Complex "Olympic" , December 15, 19.00. “Lyapis Trubetskoy” presents the new album of the group “Capital”, in which there is not an ounce of the previous ironic lyrics, only an alternative and complete “healthy cynicism”. Friday, December 14, “B2” , 23.00.

The outstanding Soviet and Russian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov died on December 12. He turned 78 in October. “One of the brightest representatives of domestic and world diplomacy has passed away,” said the official obituary of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Correspondents of the newspaper “Vremya Novostey” also subscribe to these words, on whose pages Yuliy Mikhailovich has more than once given vivid interviews and sensible comments.

Yulia Tymoshenko continues her movement to power Today, a new attempt to elect Yulia Tymoshenko as Prime Minister may take place in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Representatives of the "orange" coalition, which includes the presidential "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" and the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc", are threatening to vote for her without using the electronic system by show of hands.

A memorandum on Georgia’s inclusion in the NATO airspace data exchange system will be signed before the Christmas holidays, said First Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia. Georgia will be the first of the countries at the stage of individual partnership with the North Atlantic Alliance to join the radar data exchange system.

A correction has begun in the stock market Yesterday, for the first time in the last few days, the Russian stock market declined. The main reason is the decline on Western trading floors . Judging by the financial indicators, large foreign banks are far from successful, and this leads investors to believe that the measures taken by the US Federal Reserve are insufficient. Russian stock indices lost 1.75--2%.

The Ukrainian group will receive almost 10% of the Russian company Evraz Group yesterday announced details of the transaction with the Privat group, owned by the main shareholders of the largest Privatbank in Ukraine, Gennady Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky. $1 billion will be paid for six Ukrainian enterprises. In return, as stated in the documents of the participants in the transaction, Privat will receive almost 10% of the share capital of Evraz Group.

The opposition in Russia can only be new and leftist The recent elections to the State Duma demonstrated that at least half of the Russian population is in opposition to President Putin and his course. Less than 50% of the total number of voters voted for both pro-presidential parties “United Russia” and “A Just Russia”. More than 50% of voters did not vote at all or voted for parties positioning themselves as opposition.