The Prime Minister headed the commission for the development of the North Caucasus Federal District Yesterday, at a meeting of the government presidium, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, hot on the heels, gave instructions to prepare documents for the implementation of Dmitry Medvedev's message to the Federal Assembly , and also headed a new commission on the socio-economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District.

Why didn't the president talk about political reform in his address? In his annual address to the Federal Assembly, the president said virtually nothing about political reform, although he had previously criticized the country's political system. Vremya Novostei correspondent Natalya ROZHKOVA asked political scientists why the president avoided this topic and whether it is possible to judge from the content of the message about the balance of power in tandem on the eve of the election year.

Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Larry King Today at five o'clock in the morning Moscow time, CNN aired an interview with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Fragments of the conversation were published before the broadcast on the television company's website. CNN published Vladimir Putin's answers to questions about the START Treaty, a comparison of Russian and American democracy, and his opinion on the latest WikiLeaks revelations.

Three points by Datsyuk and a double by Kulemin Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Toronto" -- "Tampa Bay" -- 3:4 OT -- Kulemin "Thor" (2+0), "Chicago" -- "St. Louis" -- 7:5, "San Jose" - - Detroit - 3:5, Nashville - Phoenix - 3:0, Colorado - Atlanta - 2:3 OT. Detroit's Russian striker Pavel Datsyuk took a direct part in three of his team's goals. He assisted Henrik Zetterberg twice, and he himself scored in the ninth minute of the match, making the score 2:0.

Foreign automakers must assemble at least 300 thousand cars per year in Russia The Ministry of Economic Development has obtained approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of new rules for the industrial assembly of cars in Russia. As the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, told reporters yesterday following a meeting of the government presidium, the new rules establish minimum requirements for the production of cars of at least 300 thousand units per year.

Investigators counted the cases of former leaders of the Federal Transplant Center As Vremya Novostei learned, capital investigators have opened a third criminal case against the former leaders of the Federal Scientific Center for Transplantology and Artificial Organs (FSCTIO) named after. Academician Shumakov. This time they are suspected of fraud, abuse and abuse of power.

“December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter” is entering his fourth decade Today at the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin opens the program of the festival “December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter”. This year, contrary to tradition, the musical content of the festival for the first time is not conceptually connected in any way with the simultaneous exhibition.

US Secretary of State will visit Kyrgyzstan US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could hardly have chosen a worse moment for her four-day tour of four Asian countries, three of which are former Soviet republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

A documentary film festival opens in Moscow “Artdocfest” begins in the capital on Saturday. It will end, as usual, not only with a summing up of the results of the competition, but also with a ceremony for presenting prizes for the main award for documentary films, the Laurel Branch.

Central Bank interventions will not interfere with the market The Bank of Russia promised to continue liberalizing the exchange rate and announced high growth in retail lending and deposits. Loan portfolios are expected to increase by more than 10% this year, rates will fall, and retail deposits will soon account for a third of the banking sector's funds raised.

Exhibition of a classic of unofficial art in the “New Museum” of St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, at the New Museum, for the first time since its opening in May of this year, the exhibition has completely changed. Both floors of the museum are devoted to the works of the legendary master Evgeny Mikhnov-Voitenko (1932-1988), his monographic exhibition “Wandering Sets”. Mikhnov-Voitenko is a unique Russian artist, a pioneer of post-war abstraction in the USSR.

According to the latest data from the Moldovan Central Election Commission, the opposition Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) received 42 deputy mandates in the 101-seat parliament in the elections held last Sunday. At the same time, the three formations of the ruling alliance “For European Integration” - the Liberal Democratic, Democratic and Liberal parties - had 32, 15 and 12 mandates, respectively.

The OSCE summit passed without pressing issues When yesterday, in the middle of the first day of the OSCE summit in Astana, the organization's Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut told reporters that they should not consider the disagreements that will be expressed here as sensations, it became clear: at the summit, as the Vremya Novostei newspaper expected yesterday, problems emerged. Mr.

E.ON got rid of Gazprom shares Gazprom's largest client in Europe, E.ON Ruhrgas, is finally leaving the shareholders of the Russian gas monopolist. Yesterday, E.ON (the parent concern of the Essen company) announced that it had reached an agreement with Vnesheconombank on the sale of 2.7% of Gazprom shares, another 0.8% has already been sold on the stock market.

A year and a half ago, Olympic champion Viktor Petrenko began coaching figure skater Ksenia Makarova, who sensationally became the leader of the Russian team last season and qualified for the Olympic Games. Famous figure skater and coach Viktor PETRENKO told Vremya Novostey correspondent Olga ERMOLINA about how easy it is to work with a student, why you can’t train your children, and where world women’s figure skating is heading. — Victor, what captivates you about working with Ksenia Makarova?