Russian tourists continue to die in the Middle East Another car accident that occurred on Monday evening in the Sinai Peninsula, nine days after the tragedy in Israel, when 24 Russian tourists were killed, claimed the lives of seven more Russians. 17 Russian citizens were injured.

By the end of the year, the government will agree on the rules for mortgage restructuring The Housing Mortgage Lending Agency (AHML) has sent the rules according to which it plans to restructure problem loans to the government for approval. The head of the agency, Alexander Semenyaka, told reporters yesterday exactly what schemes would be used to support borrowers who find themselves in difficult financial situations.

Polish classic Krystian Lupa showed “Zarathustra” The classic and avant-garde artist of the Polish theater, Krystian Lupa, was invited to the third Meyerhold readings, representing “world-famous directors at the peak of their creative life.” At the Center. Meyerhold's four-hour play Zarathustra was shown twice. As in “The Seagull,” staged last season at the Alexandrinka Theater, Lupa here communicates almost directly with the cosmos.

The UPC has collected evidence against the Georgian aggressors Yesterday in Moscow, RIA Novosti hosted a presentation of a new publication about the August war in South Ossetia. The book “Ossetian tragedy. White Book of Crimes against South Ossetia.

Gazprom directors completed 2008 The Board of Directors of Gazprom, in the almost complete absence of government representatives, approved yesterday the basic principles of the financial strategy, approved the budget for next year, a new procedure for placing orders, and took into account a number of other issues.

For the first time, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to involve civilian scientists and students in the development of weapons The Ministry of Defense has opened another facet of the ongoing reform of the armed forces - for the first time in its history, it has established five annually allocated grants of 2 million rubles each.

Khromov led the Russian boxing team The famous Russian mentor Nikolai Khromov, whose coaching career spans 35 years, once again led the country's men's boxing team. In this field, he replaced Olympic champion Alexander Lebzyak. The reason for the castling was the results of the Beijing Olympics, where the Russian team was able to win two gold and a bronze medal, and this result did not suit the leadership of the Russian Boxing Federation.

The Grand Prix series no longer looks attractive After the Olympiad in Dresden, the chess world is still not at peace. The FIDE General Assembly approved Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's proposal for another transformation of the world championship system by introducing a new selection stage - the candidates' "tournament of eight".

The southern and central regions of the European territory of Russia will be affected by the cyclone, the center of which is located over the Black Sea. In the west, where the breath of the cyclone will already be felt, light snow and weakening frost are possible. In the northwestern region there is light snow, temperature 0...-5°C, in the east - -3...-8°C. There is light snow in the central region.

The fight against computer pirates has become a routine for the police In 2008, at least 5 thousand crimes were detected under the article “Violation of copyright and related rights.” According to the Department "K" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, among the worst copyright infringers, retailers are in the lead - 44% of criminal cases. The "black infiltrators" are one corpus behind them - 22%. Internet piracy is currently only 9%.

New metro stations opened in St. Petersburg for the first time in 11 years The authorities of St. Petersburg never fulfilled their promise to the residents of the city. They were unable to open the new Frunzensky radius of the metro, which in turn was supposed to radically change the train traffic pattern. So far, the trains have been launched along the appendix, running from two new stations - "Zvenigorodskaya" and "Volkovskaya", which grew from the old metro station "Pushkinskaya".

80% of Moscow fell into the “reorganization zone” The capital authorities intend to take into account the experience of St. Petersburg and, in order to prevent the expansion of the existing protest movement at the expense of fighters for preserving the historical appearance of Moscow, they are going to submit an updated draft of the city’s general plan until 2025 to public hearings.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and pharmacy chains are surprised by the activity of the FAS The steady trend towards a reduction in the number of state and municipal pharmacies that has emerged in recent years has noticeably worsened the situation of Russian beneficiaries, especially those who live in remote cities and villages with a population of no more than 100 thousand people.

VTB-24 will not restructure private loans The head of VTB-24 bank, Mikhail Zadornov, invites borrowers to reduce their currency risks and convert dollar loans into ruble ones. In fact, this is the only measure of VTB-24 aimed at supporting private clients whose financial situation has worsened due to the crisis. Mr. Zadornov told reporters yesterday that VTB-24 does not yet plan to restructure problem loans or introduce deferments and installment plans for borrowers, as Sberbank intends to do.

Gas exporting countries have officially created their own organization Representatives of 11 gas-producing powers yesterday in Moscow signed an agreement on the creation of a permanent international organization under the brand name Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Equatorial Guinea, which previously had observer status, joined Russia, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nigeria.