The President of Armenia checked how Armenians live in the Kaliningrad region The visit of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Kaliningrad was announced in advance, and at the very top of the Russian political Olympus. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke twice with the Armenian leader about the upcoming trip. Speaking with Mr. Sargsyan in April , he noted: “There is another area that is developing well - interregional contacts.

American congressman will serve a record term This week, a Virginia court will hear an appeal against the conviction of former Democratic congressman William Jefferson, 62. The former Louisiana lawmaker was sentenced Nov. 13 to 13 years in prison for corruption. This is the longest sentence that a member of the US Congress has ever received for similar sins.

Ramzan Kadyrov announced the liquidation of militant leader Doku Umarov On Friday, Chechen security forces carried out one of the largest special operations in recent memory, killing about 20 militants. According to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, among the killed separatists there may be the leader of illegal armed groups, the so-called “Emir of the Caucasus Emirate” Doku Umarov.

On November 16, 1941, the German occupation authorities officially created the Lokot volost, which less than a year later was transformed into the so-called Lokot district self-government. Initially, his power extended only to the Lokot volost, which was later reorganized into a district, then a district, with the annexation of the territories of the Navlinsky and Komarichsky districts of the Oryol region and the Dmitrovsky district of the Kursk region.

Medvedev outlined the deadlines for the implementation of the provisions of his message Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave instructions to implement the provisions of his message to the Federal Assembly , which he announced on November 12. The Kremlin press service reported this.

The State Duma increased the base rates of transport tax due to the scandal The parliamentary opposition, which at the end of October “voted with its feet” against violations during the regional elections, continues to attack government initiatives supported by United Russia with a united front.

Unseasonably warm weather has settled across most of European Russia, and the warmth will continue for the next 24 hours. In the northwestern region, the temperature will remain -2...+3оС, and light precipitation in the form of sleet and drizzle is likely. In the center of Russia, extremely monotonous weather will continue with light precipitation, mainly in the form of rain, during the day -1...+5оС, in the Bryansk and Oryol regions up to +7оС.

The NET festival opened with Hamlet by Oskars Korsunovas The most impatient Moscow theatergoers, who went to the Baltic House festival a month ago, have already seen the premieres of two main Lithuanian directors - “The Idiot” by Nekrosius and “Hamlet” by Korsunovas. Those who waited in Moscow had a difficult time: two festivals taking place simultaneously in the capital brought the Lithuanians at the same time and staged their show on the same day.

The prime ministers of Russia and Slovenia agreed on South Stream On Saturday, Russia took another step towards the final part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the last one - towards the start of construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. In both cases, we need to thank Slovenia, which lost to our team 1:2 in the first play-off match for the right to go to the world championship and was the last of the key countries to join the gas project.

The mass exodus of officials from the posts of heads of federations, initiated by the President of Russia, essentially means an admission that the state, even temporarily, does not have the ability to generously pay for the personal sports passions of high-ranking officials. However, if the state learns to finance different types and attract private money without the political influence of patronizing officials, the sport will only get better.

A play about a transvestite spy was shown in Berlin The dance festival Spielzeit Europa, which will last until December and present to the residents of the German capital the works of Sasha Waltz, Michael Clarke and the debut as a choreographer of the Berlin Ballet prima Nadya Saidakova, opened with the performance “Eonnagata”. This is a joint project of director Robert Lepage, choreographer Russell Malifan and ballerina Sylvie Guillem: they all composed together and are side by side on stage.

Today marks the 90th anniversary of Anatoly Fedorovich Dobrynin (pictured) - Honored Worker of the Russian Diplomatic Service, Honorary Doctor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was born into a working-class family in the village of Krasnaya Gorka, Uvarovsky district, Moscow region. And in the post-war period it occupied a unique place in domestic and international diplomacy.

NOVATEK again demonstrated production growth NOVATEK's consolidated report under international financial reporting standards for the third quarter of the year, unlike the three months preceding it, was not rich in high-profile transactions.

The APEC summit allowed Russia and the United States to bring closer positions on the reduction of offensive weapons The world economy will no longer be able to remain the same after the crisis. But so far, apparently, there is no final clarity on the question of what it will be and what kind of assistance from states will benefit it.

Serbian Djokovic won the last Masters of the year The victory of Serbian Novak Djokovic in Paris ended the last ATP Masters tournament of the current season. In the decisive match, which lasted almost three hours at the Bercy stadium, the third racket of the world beat the Frenchman Gael Monfils - 6:2, 5:7, 7:6 (7:3), earning 450 thousand euros in prize money plus a thousand rating points to boot. The Paris title was the Serb's 16th in his career.