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.

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.

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.

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.

South Africa elected Miss World 2009 Representative of Gibraltar Kayana Aldorino outshone 111 contenders for the title of Miss World 2009 with her beauty. The second place went to the Mexican Perla Beltran, and the third place went to the representative of the host country of South Africa, Tatum Keshwar, Interfax reports with reference to AFP. The victory of the long-legged brunette Kayana Aldorino, in ordinary life an employee of the HR department, was not unexpected.

Former executives of the investment and construction company Asticom were sentenced The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow recently issued a verdict in yet another case of defrauding co-investors in housing construction against the former managers of Asticom CJSC. Valery Grushevsky and Sergei Sagdiev, who held the position of general director of the company at different times, were found guilty of fraud and sentenced to nine and eight years in prison, respectively.

Austrian parliamentarians toughen penalties for doping The Austrian parliament voted to tighten anti-doping laws. Violators now face up to three years in prison, and athletes and support staff will subsequently be deprived of government funding for life. In addition, according to the new law, offenders may be forced to pay back the funds spent on their preparation.

The government will allocate another tranche of financial assistance to AvtoVAZ Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as promised on Thursday at the government presidium, signed an order to provide AvtoVAZ with 12 billion rubles. This was reported by the government press service.

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.