Последняя в этом году колонка главреда посвящена не высоким материям, а серьезным человеческим мечтам, которые принято озвучивать под Новый год. То есть большим деньгам, которые придут в Рунет на Год Свиньи.

The death of the former FSB officer Aleksandr Litvinenko now draws bets at the Kazakh bookmaking joint Goal+Pass. Those eager to make a bundle on the true cause of the tragedy are offered to bet on the supposed assassin as well as on the first person to be charged in the Litvinenko murder case. The bets are on until February 1, 2007. If before this time the Scotland Yard does not press charges against any suspect in Litvinenko's death probe, bets placed on the "no charges will be made" outcome will win. The list of personalities on whom bets may be placed includes Berezovsky, Kovtun, Scaramella, Solonenko, and Lugovoi. Betting limit is around $500. The bet on Berezovsky as the first to be charged carries odds of 50 to 1. Those betting against Berezovsky would collect only two percent of their bets if successful.

The press service of Basic Element has released an official statement warning of a defamation campaign that may be unleashed against the company, its affiliated structures and its owner Oleg Deripaska. Several domain names have allegedly been registered for just this purpose (deripaska-rusal.com, deripaska-rusal.ru, rusal-deripaska.ru, rusal-deripaska.com , olegderipaska.com), which will be used to disseminate damaging information. The press service of Basic Element has appealed to media representatives, asking them to contact the company's press service to verify any information about the company.

The Internet publication Kursiv, which temporarily closed shop after criminal proceedings were instituted against its chief editor Vladimir Rakhmankov, has re-launched after moving to a new web hosting provider. So far the web site is only partially functional, featuring an archive of articles for the years 2001-2006 and news for May 2006. Nonetheless, the article that provoked legal action, in which Russian President Vladimir Putin is referred to as a "phallic symbol", is included in the archive. The proceedings against Rakhmankov were instituted at the initiative of the prosecutor's office, while the presidential administration and the president himself did not come forward with any complaints about materials published by Kursiv. Following this scandal, Rakhmankov had a hard time finding hosting space for his website in Russia, as over the last six months three hosting providers refused to deal with him.