Dmitry Kozak received the first Olympic venues On December 26, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who is responsible for preparing Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, opened two facilities that are directly related to the upcoming Games - the Gornaya Karusel sports and tourist complex in the vicinity of the village of Krasnaya Polyana and the railway freight yard in the Lower Imereti Lowland.

Alexander Voloshin was elected head of the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel A government representative came to Norilsk Nickel. The company's shareholders at an extraordinary meeting last Friday elected a new board of directors, expanding it from nine to 13 people.

What to do if you want to take your children to the theater Here again the moment has come when all the parents I know with children who are not yet of school age ask the question of which theater to go to with them. And for those with 15-year-old children, this problem is no less pressing than for those with four- or eight-year-olds, although for the little ones, the first days of the holidays will be spent in a series of inevitable Christmas trees.

The publication of books by Sergei Aleksashenko and Martin Gilman, dedicated to the events of 1998, by the Vremya publishing house turned out to be very timely. The former head of the IMF representative office in Russia, Martin Gilman, in his book “The Default That Could Not Happen,” completed this spring, traces the entire path of Russian reforms, emphasizing that August 1998 was the impetus for the entire society to mature.

The Vremya publishing house released the true story of New Year's wizards In that long, long time, when the future Grandfather Frost did not yet know that he was a powerful wizard (and did not know his magical nickname either), he, Sergei Ivanovich Morozov, was already somewhat different from his relatives and acquaintances. Firstly, he loved children and knew how to guess their innermost desires.

The unprecedented events of 2008 prevented our traditional selection of Deals of the Year. It hardly makes sense to celebrate any mergers and acquisitions (although there have been some) in an environment where experts are counting record volumes of canceled M&A deals. Losses, damages, write-offs, margin calls - these words defined the essence of what happened in 2008 and, apparently, will remain with us in the coming year.

Whether you are frightened by the global financial crisis or worried about the local one - middle-aged, whether winter will last at least a week or a thin layer of snow will soon melt, whether you received an annual bonus or are glad that you did not get laid off, the New Year is still approaching, and you need to celebrate it with dignity . You can think about problems later.

Gazprom management again celebrates the New Year in negotiations with Ukraine Russia and Ukraine are again on the brink of a gas war. If after three days the parties do not find an acceptable debt repayment scheme, it means that a new contract for the supply of gas to Ukraine will not be signed and Gazprom will reduce the pressure in the pipe.

The international festival of the Rolan Bykov Foundation is being held in Moscow for the 25th time Until January 7, at the Roland cinema and the Five Stars multiplex, you can see films participating in the XXV International Film Festival for Children and Youth. The competition program (11 films) is dominated by fairy tales, mostly Christmas ones.

Russia finds itself in a new economic reality In 2009, Russia will face a deficit budget for the first time in the last ten years, presidential economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich admitted yesterday. The state promises to fulfill the social obligations undertaken earlier; the Reserve Fund is expected to last for at least one year; if necessary, the authorities are ready to increase the public debt.

Monday, December 29 Channel One 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 Fashionable verdict 11 . 20 Test purchase 12 . 20 "DEATHING FORCE". Series 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Understand. Forgive 15 . 20 "FIRE OF LOVE". Series 16 . 10 Let's get married! 17 . 10 Federal Judge 18 . 20 Wait for me 19 . 10 "NEXT". Series 20 . 00 "MONTECRISTO". TV series (S) 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "SNOW ANGEL". Hood. film (S) 23 .

The state will enter the capital of Russian Railways To support one of the main natural monopolies - RAO Russian Railways, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went to St. Petersburg and paid a total of almost 300 billion rubles from the state pocket. The prime minister arrived in St. Petersburg by rail - to the Moscow station.

A new war has begun in the Gaza Strip It looks like the Middle East will greet the New Year amid an acute crisis that could escalate into a bloody conflict between Israelis and Palestinian militants. Israeli air strikes against Palestinian extremists in the Gaza Strip could escalate into a ground operation in the coming days.

The global economic crisis does not mean that promising projects are being abandoned. Next year a real European town will appear on the map of the Moscow region. Just 11 km from the capital along Ilinskoye Highway. In the new village of Ilyinka lanehouses there will be six options for houses: Viennese, Munich, Liverpool, Riga, Turin and Sofia.

Potanin and Deripaska were unable to maintain control over Norilsk Nickel Last year, a conflict developed in the metallurgical industry between two former partners - the head of Interros Vladimir Potanin and the head of Onexim Mikhail Prokhorov, who decided to divide their joint multi-billion dollar business, and this year a third participant appeared in their company - co-owner of RUSAL Oleg Deripaska . In the spring of this year, RUSAL bought 25% plus two shares of Norilsk Nickel from Mr.