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03 October 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites The most influential brands 2012: Forbes ranking Apple has topped Forbes magazine's list of the most powerful brands. Its brand value has grown by 52% in two years and is now valued at $87.1 billion.

The Duma commission for monitoring the reliability of information about the income and property of deputies received materials to verify the activities of 30 parliamentarians, the activities of 9 of which will be considered on Tuesday, October 9. “As of today, materials on 30 deputies have been submitted to the commission; “Nine cases are under consideration,” Interfax quotes the head of the United Russia commission, Vladimir Vasiliev.

Road construction in Russia is cheaper than in the USA or Europe. This unexpected statement was made by Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov in an interview published on Wednesday by the Vedomosti newspaper . According to the minister (appointed to this post in May 2012), it is a common misconception that Russia has the most expensive roads in the world.

The Savelovskaya prosecutor's office, which demanded to block the compromat.ru website, lost in court to the domain registrar Ru-Center. The court considered that the domain administrator, not the registrar, is responsible for the content of the site. Let us recall that on April 19, 2012, an article appeared on compromat.ru about the adviser to the President of Russia Sergei Dubik entitled: “Almighty Dubik-3.

In Kyrgyzstan, opposition supporters tried to storm the parliament building in Bishkek. On Wednesday, October 3, several hundred people came to Ala-Too Square. According to some sources - 400, according to others - about a thousand. The protesters demanded the nationalization of the Kumtor gold mine. During the action, deputy from the Ata-Jurt faction Kamchybek Tashiev called on people to seize power and storm parliament, Fog.kg reports .

At the site of the fire in the building of the Theater for Young Spectators (Youth Theater) in Saratov, 5 fire brigades continue to work, and the premises are being watered. This was reported by the press service of the Saratov Regional State Administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. “5 units of basic and special fire equipment, 20 personnel remain on site,” the press release says .

Levada Center estimated Chirikova's popularity in Khimki at 11%. The majority of Khimki residents - 44% - are ready to vote for acting mayor Oleg Shakhov in the elections. These are the results of the latest survey published on the Levada Center website on Wednesday, October 3. In the preferences of the residents of Khimki, Chirikova comes in third place - behind the former prefect of the Northern Administrative District Oleg Mitvol.

The head of the British publishing house Pearson, which owns the Financial Times newspaper, Marjorie Scardino, 65, is resigning. "Marjorie Scardino has decided to step down as chief executive of Pearson at the end of 2012," the company said in a statement. From January, the publishing house will be headed by 50-year-old John Fallon, who has been running Pearson International, which publishes educational books, since 2008 . Scardino took over the company in 1997.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law establishing a single voting day for elections to regional and local bodies. This is the second Sunday in September. You can find out about this on Wednesday in the Bank of Regulatory and Administrative Acts. The law will come into force on November 1, 2012. Thus, all elections after this date will take place in September. But the next elections will take place, as previously planned, in October 2012.

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A former judge of the Rostov Regional Court was shot dead in Rostov-on-Don. This was stated on Wednesday in a press release published on the website of the prosecutor's office of the Rostov region. According to investigators, the body of a retired Rostov regional judge with a gunshot wound to the head was found on Tuesday at 9 pm near residential building No. 161 on Telman Street in Rostov-on-Don. We are talking about G.V. Bardina. Born in 1955.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia intends to approve the purchase of Euroset by the Megafon operator, but will oblige the latter to sell the products of its competitors in showrooms. The head of the department, Igor Artemyev, announced this on Wednesday, October 3, RIA Novosti reports. “Most likely, our reaction will be positive, and, most likely, there will be an order. We will oblige them to sell not only their products, but also those of competitors.

Photo by Fotobank/Getty Images The experience of other countries shows that blocking content using “blacklists” does not completely solve the problem of harmful content. Is there an alternative to them? From November 1, a system of “blacklists” of sites will be launched in Russia, prohibiting access to which is intended to protect the safety of children on the Internet.

The largest Russian air carrier Aeroflot is ready to buy out a stake in its shares from businessman Alexander Lebedev if he wants to sell them, RIA Novosti reports , citing a high-ranking source in the airline. At the same time, the agency’s interlocutor noted that so far there have been no negotiations on this matter with Lebedev himself. “Negotiations with Lebedev are not underway, if he offers to buy out the remaining stake - this is about 14%, then we will buy it out,” the source said.