Gazprombank bought shares of the Astrakhan Oil and Gas Company from VTB Group Deputy Head of Gazprom's Production Department, Alexander Kalinkin, lifted the curtain around the scandalous story with the Astrakhan Oil and Gas Company (ANGK), which holds a license for the right bank part of the Astrakhan oil, gas and condensate field.

The party in power will improve the methods of introducing its candidates to the Federation Council After President Dmitry Medvedev proposed changes in the procedure for forming the Federation Council in his message , this issue literally haunts interested parties. Previously, the speaker of the upper house , Sergei Mironov, advocated the return of the election of senators , which the president’s proposal actually cancels.

Alarm Will Sound in Moscow and St. Petersburg The American contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound played at the Moscow House of Music at the Art-November festival (in its varied program were Hvorostovsky, Knyazev, and countertenor Terry Barber with Tatyana Grindenko - November 27 at the School of Dramatic Art) and the next day played in St. Petersburg at the final stage of the Pro Arte Institute festival “American Season”. Tomorrow is another St.

IAEA to discuss Iran and Syria next week The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at its meeting on November 27 in Vienna, will analyze the situation related to nuclear work in Iran and, possibly, Syria. Representatives of the 35 member countries of this body will discuss reports on nuclear safety dedicated to each of these states. The documents have already been prepared by IAEA Director General Muhammad ElBaradei.

Russians began to feel the crisis Russians noticed the presence of a crisis in their country, and not just in the world. According to recent sociological surveys, 66% of respondents are pessimistic about what is happening or do not expect improvement. Moreover, citizens justify their assessments and expectations with specific examples. Meanwhile, Rosstat has recorded an increase in wage arrears for the third month in a row; it was the highest in October - plus 33.4%.

Savard got involved in the scorers' dispute Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Boston” – “Buffalo” – 7:4, “Rangers” – “Vancouver” – 3:6 – Kalinin “R” (0+1) , “Anaheim” – “Washington” – 4 :6 -- Ovechkin “B” (1+3), Vic. Kozlov “B” (0+1). Alexander Ovechkin, having scored four points and ensured his Washington's victory over Anaheim, was recognized as the best player of the day, but Boston forward Marc Savard showed off the same performance.

"Twilight" on Moscow and world screens Isabella Swan (Kristin Stewart), a somewhat out-of-this-world seventeen-year-old girl, moves from Arizona to live with her police officer father (Billy Burke) in the small town of Forks, Washington.

The Russian fleet has gained a foothold off the coast of Somalia Russian warships will be present off the coast of Somalia on a regular basis. This was stated yesterday by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. It seems that the Russian authorities have decided to use the difficult situation with maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden to strengthen their positions in the World Ocean.

Barack Obama announced new appointments Elected on November 4 and taking office on January 20, 2009, US President Barack Obama has kept his promise to announce the first appointments in his administration by the end of this week. Yesterday, 60-year-old Tom Daschle, Senate Democratic leader from 1994 to 2004, accepted Obama's offer to become health secretary. Daschle is known for developing a program to connect 47 million Americans to health insurance.

“Two” in the gallery “Our Artists” The exhibition, which opened in the very respectable and stylish gallery “Our Artists” on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Shosse (village of Borki, 36), echoes the large-scale exhibition “Two”, which unfolded in the Benois building of the Russian Museum in early 2003 (see “Vremya Novostey” "dated January 9, 2003) . There was nothing good to say about that exposition.

Instead of “Strategy 2020”, a strategy to combat the crisis was discussed at the United Russia congress The 10th Congress of the United Russia party did not bring any political sensations. Its leader, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, did not join the party, did not announce his resignation as prime minister or his desire to become president again.

Dmitry Medvedev instructed Alexey Miller to collect gas debt from Ukraine With the first snow in Moscow, they remembered that Ukrainian partners still owe gas payments. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met yesterday in the Kremlin with the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, named the amount of the debt in the amount of $2.4 billion and ordered “to collect it either voluntarily or forcibly.” Obviously, this was a consequence of Mr.

Ten years ago, Galina Starovoitova was killed St. Petersburg yesterday marked a tragic date - ten years ago, on November 20, 1998, the famous politician of the first post-Soviet “democratic wave” Galina Starovoitova was killed .

Oil price fell below $50 Yesterday, after some calm in the oil market, when quotes fluctuated at the level of 50-55 dollars per barrel during the week, the price broke through the most important psychological mark. During the trading session on the New York Stock Exchange, the cost of a barrel of WTI oil fell below the 50-dollar mark for the first time since January 2007, and at trading in London, Brent oil fell below this level for the first time since May 2005.

Young fascists “not particularly” repented of massacres The Moscow City Court is completing the judicial investigation into the case of a gang of skinheads led by Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky (see Vremya Novostei, May 28, 2007 and July 21 , 2008) . There are nine people in the dock. Most of them have not yet reached adulthood, but already at such a tender age they were charged with 19 murders and 13 attempts committed on the grounds of national hatred and enmity.