The killer of Ingush oppositionist Evloev intends to seek his acquittal The Karabulak District Court of Ingushetia on Friday handed down a verdict in the scandalous case of the murder of the famous Ingush oppositionist, owner of the website “Ingushetia.ru” and member of the Moscow Bar Association Magomed Evloev. He was shot dead last year in a police car while being brought in for questioning.

Foreign military attaches were warned about Russia's military-political plans On December 17, the State Duma Defense Committee will hold a closed meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. Attempts by the Duma opposition to invite Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to a regular plenary session of the lower house of parliament were repulsed by United Russia.

In the scandal surrounding the plot of the television program “Man and the Law” on Channel One, which told about an alleged incendiary party of Russian football players with an apple hookah and girls on the eve of the first play-off match with the Slovenian national team, oddly enough, the fact of the party itself is not of decisive importance.

Winter has come to the European territory of Russia with all the attributes: snow and frost. The intense cold accumulated at high altitudes will also contribute. In the northwestern region on Monday there will be light snow in places and around -10°C. But already on Tuesday the frosts will intensify to -14°C. Frosts will also come to the center of Russia, during the day -15...-21оС, in the northeast they will intensify to -23оС.

Russia will improve the welfare of Belarusian citizens Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko received long-awaited support from Russia on the eve of the 2011 presidential elections. Moscow promised to maintain benefits for energy supplies to Belarus. This will support the Belarusian economy during the crisis and will help the government improve the welfare of citizens on the eve of the election campaign.

Vyacheslav Fetisov played in an official KHL match The main event of the week was the show that took place at the CSKA - SKA match. The former Minister of Sports, and now a member of the Federation Council, 51-year-old Vyacheslav Fetisov, was declared for the army club, where he is generally the president, and spent more than eight minutes on the ice. After this, Fetisov announced that he would no longer appear on the site. The story of Fetisov’s appearance in CSKA’s roster is quite strange.

The Bolshoi Theater, which resigned from the position of chief conductor after parting with Alexander Vedernikov, began actively collaborating with conductors from the short list of “main invitees” that was published back in the summer. Of the five maestros, only one Teodor Currentzis has already worked in a Bolshoi theater production.

German ambassador in Moscow removed for being “uncritical” Changes await the German diplomatic mission in Russia - recently the Hamburg weekly Der Spiegel reported on the impending replacement of Ambassador to Moscow Walter Jürgen Schmid. This news came less than a month after the first visit to the Russian capital by the new German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Ambassador Schmid, 63, has served in his current position since July 2005.

Turkmenistan launches a pipeline to China Today in Turkmenistan there will be a ceremonial launch of a gas pipeline to China - a pipeline that should qualitatively change the situation around Central Asian gas resources and the geopolitical situation in the region as a whole. The events on this occasion will be attended by the leaders of all four countries participating in the project.

Many of the capital's nightclubs will not work during the New Year holidays The tragedy in the Perm club "Lame Horse" provoked the capital's firefighters to carry out a series of unscheduled inspections of Moscow entertainment establishments. Unexpected audits on the eve of the hot New Year's time for entertainment venues can result in the general closure of clubs for quite a long time.

November 11 -- December 11, 2009 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

Russia intends to create a single economic space with Belarus and Kazakhstan The formation of the contractual framework of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, which will become an operating body from January 1, 2010, has been fully completed. Vladimir Putin announced this to journalists at a meeting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council, which took place on Friday in St. Petersburg, at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

The train once again connected Belgrade and Sarajevo The peoples of the former Yugoslavia, almost 15 years after the bloody collapse of the country, are looking for ways of rapprochement. Yesterday morning, a train departed from the Belgrade station, giving many nostalgia for the past and hopes for a better future. The final stop is Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Travel time is eight hours. The cost of a ticket is approximately $45.

Kyiv is looking for a lender of last resort With each passing day of the New Year, Kyiv’s ability to make the next payment for Russian gas supplies looks increasingly doubtful. Emissaries of Yulia Tymoshenko's government spent the entire past week in Washington negotiating with the leadership of the International Monetary Fund. Ukrainian officials had one single goal - to persuade the IMF to urgently pay the next tranche of the loan, at least $2.3 billion.

Vitali Klitschko defended his championship title, Oleg Maskaev lost by knockout On Saturday, 38-year-old Ukrainian heavyweight Vitali Klitschko defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) championship belt for the fourth time this year, defeating the previously undefeated 30-year-old American Kevin Johnson. This fight, which took place in the Swiss capital of Bern, lasted all 12 rounds, after which the judges recorded the champion's complete advantage - 120:108, 119:109, 120:108.