08 October 2008, 11:34 Cars Honda announced Russian prices for Legend Honda has officially announced the price of the updated Honda Legend premium sedan with a 3.7-liter V6 engine producing 295 hp. According to the company's press release, the updated Legend will be available to Russian customers from October 31, 2008. The cost of Legend in the showrooms of official dealers will be 1,785,000 rubles.

08 October 2008, 09:55 Opinions Victory for liberal plankton The disappearance of the SPS is a positive event: the cards are revealed, new bets are made Irina Khakamada The departure of Nikita Belykh and the joining of the SPS, led by Leonid Gozman, to the Kremlin project of the loyal right-wing “opposition” only completed the process of splitting the party, which has been going on since 2003. The Union of Right Forces has always relied on the middle class.

08 October 2008, 19:03 News Kyiv is not happy with Russia’s reluctance to hold a rally in memory of the Holodomor The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called the actions of the Russian authorities, which are preventing the holding of an international action in Russia dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, unfriendly. The famine of 1932-1933, according to some Ukrainian historians, claimed the lives of 7 to 10 million people.

08 October 2008, 06:50 Sports Dallas placed Zubov on the injured list Dallas' Russian defender Sergei Zubov will not be able to help the team in the opening matches of the season due to injury. Dallas placed the 38-year-old veteran on the injured list Wednesday night, Ticker reports. It is not yet known when Zubov will be able to go on the ice. In recent years, the Russian has been plagued by injuries. Zubov spent most of last season in the hospital, playing only 46 games for his club.

08 October 2008, 14:40 Sports The match between Dynamo and CSKA has been postponed The 26th round match between Dynamo Moscow and CSKA was postponed from October 26 to October 27 due to the participation of the army team in the group stage of the UEFA Cup , the RFPL website reports.

Greek airline Olympic Airlines canceled more than a hundred domestic and international flights on Wednesday, The Earth Times reports. The reason for this was a national 24-hour strike, which was organized by the company's employees in response to the management's desire to privatize it. Flights to London, Rome, Paris, Frankfurt, as well as to some domestic destinations were cancelled. A strike by transport workers is also expected in major cities across the country.

At the end of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones index fell 508.39 points (5.11%), reaching 9,447.11 points, which is the lowest level since September 30, 2003. This investor behavior demonstrates that the steps taken by the US Federal Reserve ( FRS ) were not enough to strengthen financial fundamentals. On Tuesday, Fed President Ben Bernanke expressed concern in his speech that the financial crisis could last until 2009, which would negatively affect the global economy.

Sport Mikhalev: We are not afraid of our opponents The head coach of the Ufa "Salavat Yulaev" Sergei Mikhalev expressed his opinion about the closest rival in the Hockey Champions League - "Ceske Budejovice". “We have recordings of the Czech team’s matches last season, in which they won the regular season and reached the playoff finals. We know that things are not going well for České Budejovice right now: the team is in tenth place in the national championship.

08 October 2008, 17:17 News Biden: Palin's claims about Obama's ties to terrorists 'a little risky' vice presidential candidate Democratic Joe Biden rival Sarah Palin's criticisms said his Republican of Barack Obama's friendship with terrorists are "a little risky" and aimed at injecting fear and fear into political campaigns. hatred.

08 October 2008, 22:08 News Georgia intends to fine Euroset for opening a store in Tskhinvali The Georgian government intends to initiate sanctions against the Russian company Euroset, which opened its store in Tskhinvali a few days ago. As Georgian Justice Minister Nika Gvaramia told reporters on Wednesday, the Georgian side is preparing economic sanctions against the Euroset company, which, in his opinion, will be supported in Europe and the United States.

08 October 2008, 17:43 News The Swiss President admires Medvedev's speech in Evian In Evian, France, the presidents of Russia and Switzerland, Dmitry Medvedev and Pascal Couchepin, held bilateral talks. The Swiss president said he was “literally delighted” by Medvedev’s speech at a conference on world politics. According to presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko, one of the topics at the meeting was the issue of Swiss mediation after the severance of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Tbilisi.

08 October 2008, 16:12 Business MICEX resumed trading from 16.00 The Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) of Russia has ordered the resumption of trading in shares in the trading modes “REPO with shares”, “REPO” and in the mode of negotiated transactions from 16.00 Moscow time, the MICEX exchange said in a statement . The RTS and MICEX stock exchanges suspended trading, including repo transactions, from 11.05 Moscow time due to a sharp decline in technical indices.

I clearly don't understand something. Just now in Evian, Russian President Medvedev listed five principles that, from his point of view, should help overcome the economic crisis. At the same time, as polls in the country he leads show, the population has not realized at all that there is some kind of crisis. That is, what I would like to understand: is he now telling the West how to cope with the crisis?

08 October 2008, 11:03 News Times: £4.5 billion of British deposits were frozen due to crisis in Iceland After the nationalization of the British bank Landsbanki, the deposits of 300 thousand Britons were frozen, writes The Times . The fate of this money remains unclear. In total, British depositors held £4.5 billion in Iceland, the average deposit was £15 thousand. Deposits up to £50 thousand are insured.

08 October 2008, 15:50 Sports Bilyaletdinov left the national team's training session Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov left the Russian national team training ahead of schedule without explaining the reason, reports a Gazeta.Ru correspondent. Physiotherapist of the Russian national team Arno Philips, when asked about the reason for Bilyaletdinov’s early departure, replied that nothing serious happened to the football player.