Our athletes are starting to win at the World Cup stages Last weekend, several stages of the Winter Sports World Cup took place, in which the Russians also distinguished themselves. In Changchun, China, speed skater Dmitry Lobkov won the 500 m distance. This victory at the current stages of the World Cup was the first for a domestic sprinter after an almost three-year break.

Historians have called for the opening of all archives dating back to the era of the Great Terror Russians, including the country's leaders, are not sufficiently aware of the danger of rehabilitating Stalin and Stalinism.

This morning, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a farewell ceremony was held for Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II. Early in the morning, access to the temple was stopped for ordinary visitors, who for two days had come to see off the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on his last journey. The funeral service was led by Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who historically occupies first place among other primates of local Orthodox churches.

Killers of Olympic cycling champion found four years later Law enforcement agencies in St. Petersburg announced yesterday that they had solved the case of the murder of Olympic champion and world champion in cycling Dmitry Nelyubin. As part of the investigation, four young people were detained, the main suspect being Alim Akhzgoev, a native of the city of Chegem in Kabardino-Balkaria. Now they are all testifying.

Who is ready to throw away the peaceful solution in Karabakh? At a meeting of foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which ended on December 5 in Helsinki, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, the United States and France) called on the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to reaffirm their commitment to its peaceful resolution. It would seem, why repeat?

The government will reduce the quota for guest workers only on paper Statements by state leaders about the need to reduce quotas for attracting guest workers next year are mostly nods to trade unions and representatives of the left wing of United Russia.

"Hawks" pecked at "coyotes" Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Carolina" -- "Washington" -- 3:1 -- Samsonov "K" (0+1), Ovechkin "" (0+1), "Rangers" -- "Calgary" -- 0:3, "Anaheim" "-"Columbus" - 5:3, "Chicago" - "Phoenix" - 7:1, "Colorado" - "Vancouver" - 5:4 (bullet point). Washington goalkeeper Jose Theodore scored the assist.

The confrontation between the owners of Ingosstrakh continues Ingosstrakh yesterday published the results of an extraordinary meeting of shareholders, at which a new board of directors of the company was elected. This is the second meeting in the last two weeks, the third time the company's owners will meet tomorrow to discuss a new version of the board's charter.

The Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk will stop production for a month The financial crisis, which shocked all the world's automakers, also reached the Russian market - due to decreased demand, companies decided to suspend production. Following AvtoVAZ and the Moscow Renault Avtoframos plant, the Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk, where one of the most popular cars in Russia, the Ford Focus, is assembled, goes on vacation from December 24 to January 21.

Christmas Oratorio from the Russian National Orchestra The local public has already become accustomed to the fact that conductor Vladimir Yurovsky, in the rank of chief guest conductor of the Pletnevsky RNO, is always extraordinary in his repertoire, knowledgeable in unplayed music and in the music of the 20th century.

The court declared the appointment of 20 more notaries illegal Notary assistant Inna Ermoshkina was able to prove that every tenth notary in Moscow received his position illegally. At the end of last week, the Simonovsky court granted her next claim, in which Ms. Ermoshkina demanded that 20 notaries became such only because of their influential relatives or because they could pay substantial sums for the position.

UK residents are taught to raise rabbits and chickens Even among a generation that has seen no other stores other than boutiques and supermarkets, the current financial crisis can generate interest in the survival recipes of grandfathers and grandmothers.

The government is exploring the possibility of slowing down the rise in electricity prices The government decided to very carefully consider the request of oil companies, which asked to postpone the liberalization of the electricity market, thereby postponing a sharp increase in electricity tariffs.

Confessions heard in Guantanamo Bay prison Pre-trial hearings have begun at the American military base in Guantanamo in the case of one of the possible organizers of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Yesterday, the military commission heard Khalid Sheikh Muhammad.

Foreign military attaches in the Duma were privy to open secrets Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Colonel General Viktor Zavarzin, yesterday met with military attaches accredited in Moscow. The next meeting, which was started by the predecessor of the current chairman of the committee, Andrei Nikolaev, was attended by officers and generals from almost all 60 countries represented in the Russian capital.