Georgia sent promises of peace to the West For the next, 14th round of Geneva discussions on security in the Caucasus, which will take place in a week, on December 16, Tbilisi, Sukhumi and Tskhinvali are approaching for the first time with statements that they do not intend to fight with each other.

The government allowed members of territorial election commissions to live and work outside of Russia Russians who have residence permits on the territory of foreign states may soon receive the right to be members of territorial election commissions, which was taken away from them in 2006. On December 7, the government considered relevant amendments to federal legislation.

Fraudsters and failed slaves were found in the Kushchevskaya gang's company The Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Krasnodar Territory yesterday announced the initiation of a criminal case against Nadezhda Tsapok, the mother of the alleged organizer of the monstrous murder of 12 people in the Kuban village of Kushchevskaya and the leader of the local gang, Sergei Tsapok. She is suspected of fraud. According to investigators, the Artex-Agro holding, headed by Ms.

Rubin capitulated to the youth of Barcelona It was a real holiday for fans of the club channel Barca TV.

The Moscow City Duma supported Sergei Sobyanin’s plans with money Deputies of the Moscow City Duma, who until recently considered themselves comrades-in-arms of Yuri Luzhkov, yesterday demonstrated a complete inability to object to the new head of the city, Sergei Sobyanin.

Wladimir Klitschko will test the potential of his young opponent The day after tomorrow, 34-year-old Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Klitschko will defend his championship titles for the sixth time according to the versions of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), the International Boxing Organization (WBO) and the International Boxing Organization (IBO).

Russia has a chance for a long-term lease of Belgian underground gas storage facilities After the Brussels Russia-EU summit, which was full of loud statements and important political decisions (see Vremya Novostei on December 8), yesterday's joint press conference between Dmitry Medvedev and Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme looked very modest. As at the press conference following the summit, the parties began with a football topic.

Information about tenders for government orders will be protected for ten years President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the development of a completely new law on procurement for government needs by April 1, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was appointed responsible for implementing the order.

China no longer spares foreign drug traffickers Recently, the Intermediate People's Court of the Chinese city of Shaoxing sentenced Nigerian citizen Aligo to seven years in prison with a fine of $7.5 thousand for complicity in the smuggling of 392 grams of heroin. The drug was hidden in books and sent by international express mail from the Pakistani city of Lahore to the Chinese Shaoxing.

The World Bank will help preserve historical sites in small Russian towns Four Russian regions at once will have the opportunity to take care of the museums and monasteries located on their territory, as well as enter their name into the main tourist routes of Russia. For the sake of preserving cultural heritage, the Russian authorities even took external loans.

The best foreign films released in Russia in 2010 The traditional list of the best foreign films that appeared in domestic film distribution from January to December of the outgoing year, this time consists of 15 positions, despite the fact that last year there were barely eight favorites. As usual, films released straight to DVD, as well as one-time screenings at festivals and national cinema weeks, were not taken into account.

A single compulsory medical insurance policy will not be able to guarantee Russians the same service in different parts of the country In the coming year, public health care, which out of habit many Russians still call free, will undergo a number of changes. And, as Andrei Yurin, Chairman of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FFOMS), said yesterday, all these changes imply improved patient care.

The Federal Drug Control Service is ready to satisfy the resignation of General Bulbov Lieutenant General of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) Alexander Bulbov submitted his resignation. The head of the department, Viktor Ivanov, announced this yesterday. Meanwhile, the general himself yesterday refused to comment on Mr. Ivanov’s words or even talk about his future. Now Mr. Bulbov is involved in two criminal cases.

The fight for OGK-3 has entered the final stage Despite the financial problems of OGK-3 (the energy company reduced its net profit for January-September by 15 times, to 272 million rubles), the struggle between the state-owned Inter RAO and Eurosibenergo, owned by Oleg Deripaska, for the right to acquire 80% of its shares is only intensified.

China came up with its own peace prize Just three weeks after the idea of ​​establishing the Confucius Peace Prize was first floated in China, the head of the awards committee, Tan Changliu, named its first winner yesterday. He became the former vice president of Taiwan and ex-chairman of the now ruling Kuomintang party on the island, 74-year-old Lian Chan.