The new top management of RusHydro is preparing a large-scale consolidation of energy assets As expected by the Vremya Novostei newspaper , talk about the imminent resignation of Vasily Zubakin (pictured) from the post of head of RusHydro, which continued since the disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station on August 17, ended with the election of Evgeniy Dod, who previously headed " Inter RAO UES. However, the former head of the hydro generator still remains in the company.

Tottenham and Defoe scored The English Premier League players spent the past weekend fighting for results. Tottenham were especially successful in this, defeating Wigan 9:1. Five of these goals were scored by Jermain Defoe. Russian Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko did not participate in one of the most productive matches of the championship. The last time a team conceded nine goals in a match in the Premier League was 1995. Then Ispwich made history, being defeated by Manchester United 0:9.

According to official estimates, state television pays the least attention to United Russia United Russia has been denied access to the media for the second month in a row. This is evidenced by the October monitoring data, the results of which were summed up at the last meeting of the Central Election Commission.

The Kaliningrad Monitoring Group (KMG), specializing in regional sociological research, presented at the end of October the results of its latest measurement of the sentiments of residents of the westernmost Russian region.

This year, four times fewer gigawatts will be launched than planned. The total capacity of energy facilities that will be launched this year is only 1 GW. This was announced yesterday by Dmitry Kozlov, Deputy Director of the Electric Power Industry Development Department of the Ministry of Energy. He also recalled that the previous forecast for the commissioning of new capacities for 2009 was 4.3 GW. However, according to the official, next year will be fruitful.

The causes and consequences of the conflict in South Ossetia were discussed in Moscow On the 20th anniversary of the Georgian-Ossetian confrontation on November 23, 1989, these events, which became one of the starting points of the long-term conflict in South Ossetia, were remembered in Tskhinvali and Moscow. An official rally took place in Tskhinvali, as expected.

The rules do not change in the Pelevin project In the drawing adorning the dust jacket of Pelevin’s opus, which hit the shelves, you can hardly immediately recognize its minimalist title. It, of course, will not hide from the reader - the output data is there. And also an abstract that perfectly matches the “face” of the book. It says: “T” is a new novel by a writer in whose era Brezhnev, Gorbachev, and Putin served the people.” And that's right.

Elimination of the consequences of a fire at the Ulyanovsk arsenal led to a new tragedy Eight people were killed in another unauthorized explosion of ammunition that occurred yesterday afternoon on the territory of the 31st Navy Arsenal in Ulyanovsk. This tragedy became a kind of second series of emergency situations that occurred there on November 13.

Japan artificially intensifies territorial claims The other day, the Japanese news agency Kyodo Tsushin reported that the Japanese government officially believes that the islands of the southern part of the Kuril chain were “illegally occupied by the Soviet army shortly before the end of the war.” After the publication of this scandalous message, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced that it was withdrawing the document that contained these allegations.

A monument to a Soviet soldier was demolished in Tashkent For the first time, Moscow, albeit only at a semi-official level, decided to respond to the events in Tashkent, where last weekend a monument to a Soviet soldier who participated in the Great Patriotic War was dismantled.

Moscow authorities want to adjust the work of the Fund for Assistance to Housing and Communal Services Reform The city authorities, apparently, have not given up hope of participating in the multibillion-dollar programs of the state corporation “Fund for Assistance to Housing and Utilities Reform” on their own terms.

CONCERTS Ensemble of Oleg Kireev (saxophone) and Evgeny Grechishchev . "Union of Composers" , 20.30. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by group leader Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. CLASSIC As part of the International Festival named after S. Mikhoels. Jewish liturgical and folk music. Choir "Hasidic Chapel". Choir of the Moscow Choral Synagogue. Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Soloists J. Malovani (tenor, USA), L.

Farewell concert of a-ha at the Olimpiyskiy: good, but not enough To be honest, I would like to hope that this concert was not a farewell concert. That the powerful world tour of this and next year will make a squiggle and come back to us once again. Some explanation will come up: well, a continuation of the tour, at the request of the workers. We already agree to everything in advance.

Mukhortova and Trankov became second at the last stage of the Grand Prix The last, sixth stage of the championship series of the Grand Prix in Figure Skating this season has ended in Kitchener, Canada. Russian athletes, represented in only two disciplines - pair skating and ice dancing, won one silver. In the competition of sports duets, Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov lost to multiple world champions Alena Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany.

The government intends to approve a record privatization plan for 2010 Today, the government, having met in full, at its meeting must adopt an updated version of the privatization plan for 2010. Expected revenues - 77 billion rubles. Compared to the original version, they are increased 11 times. The final formation of the list of privatized enterprises will require the approval of the president.