Sport European kickboxing champion congratulated the police European K1 kickboxing champion Alexander Bolshakov, who is also a senior detective captain of the St. Petersburg police, spoke about how he will celebrate the Day of Internal Affairs Officers of the Russian Federation. “There won’t be much celebration,” SE reports Bolshakov’s words. — I have a fight on November 24, so I devote all my time to training. The holiday will take place, so to speak, in a working atmosphere.

The BRICS countries (Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa) are creating a common anti-crisis fund, which can be formed on the basis of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the participating states. Its volume could reach $240 billion, Reuters sources say . This money will be used in the event of a shortage of short-term liquidity in the countries participating in the agreement, it follows from the documents cited by the agency.

The final results of the presidential election have been announced in the United States; Barack Obama won with 332 electoral votes against Mitt Romney 's 206 votes , reports the Associated Press . The last state to count votes was Florida. This state added 29 more votes to Obama. Thus, the president won eight of the nine swing states: Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and New Hampshire. Romney won North Carolina.

November 10, 2012, 16:09 Politics The shell covered the bribes The Iraqi government canceled a contract with Moscow for the supply of weapons due to suspicions of corruption Sergey Smirnov close 100% The Iraqi government has canceled a contract with Russia for the supply of weapons worth $4.2 billion, Iraqi government spokesman Ali Mousavi announced on Saturday. According to him, the reason for the termination of the agreement with Moscow was suspicions of corruption.

An Italian programmer accused of helping the Pope's former valet steal secret documents has been sentenced to two months in prison, suspended for five years. reports this The BBC . Claudio Sciarpelletti, 48, worked in the Vatican chancellery for about 20 years. He was arrested in May this year after copies of secret documents were found in his possession. Sciarpelletti's lawyer insisted that his client was innocent of anything and that the case against him should be dropped.

November 10, 2012, 15:48 Business Reduction in advance The government sent an appeal to the State Duma on the redistribution of the funded part of the pension Ekaterina Karpenko close 100% ITAR-TASS Dmitry Medvedev agreed with a reduction in contributions to the funded part of the pension, despite the fact that the pension reform strategy has not been submitted to the president for consideration.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, a court arrested the head of the ship-owning company, who is accused of violations of navigation rules that caused the crash of the bulk carrier Amurskaya, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. “The court agreed with the investigators’ arguments that, while at large, the accused can hide from the preliminary investigation, as well as threaten witnesses and otherwise interfere with the criminal proceedings,” the department’s press release explains.

November 10, 2012, 03:55 Business US stock markets closed higher for the first time since Obama's re-election At the end of trading on Friday, the Dow Jones index increased by 0.03%, reaching 12815.39 points. The NASDAQ index added 0.32% to 2,904.87 points. The S&P 500 rose 0.17% to 1,379.85. After US President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, trading on Wednesday and Thursday closed with a significant decline.

The US Department of Justice refused to transfer convicted businessman Viktor Bout to Russia to serve his sentence at home, told RIA Novosti his lawyer Albert Dayan . On April 5 of this year, a New York court sentenced Bout to 25 years in prison, finding him guilty of intending to sell a shipment of weapons to the left-wing radical group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Iraqi authorities have canceled a deal to purchase weapons from Russia worth $4.2 billion, Interfax reports , citing Agence France Press. According to Iraqi government spokesman Ali Mousavi, the reason for this decision was certain suspicions of corruption on the Russian side that Baghdad had after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki 's trip to Moscow. “The deal was cancelled.

The contract with the director of the Bolshoi Theater Anatoly Iksanov has been extended until the end of 2014, RIA Novosti reports citing a statement by the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky . “The theater under the leadership of Anatoly Gennadievich acquired new opportunities for development. Since 2013, the theater has accepted increased government orders, including an increase in employee salaries.

Bayern is racing towards the championship at the speed of light. On Saturday, the Munich club defeated Eintracht Frankfurt. In August and September, Eintracht impressed Germany with interesting play and performance. He defeated Bayer (2:1) and Hamburg (3:2). I lost to Borussia 0:2 and 1:3, but in the end almost won (the match ended with a score of 3:3). But then the Eagles went into a deep dive.

The museum-apartment of Joseph Brodsky will be recreated in 2013, and a museum of the Mining Institute will also be created, Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky announced on Saturday at a plenary meeting of the Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg. “Together with St. Petersburg in 2013, we will be able to recreate Brodsky’s museum-apartment,” Medinsky said. The minister also noted that in a year a new museum will appear in St. Petersburg.

November 10, 2012, 06:25 Society In Moscow on Saturday it is expected to reach +2, no precipitation In the Russian capital on Saturday, the usual weather for the end of autumn will remain. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from 0 to +2. Partly cloudy weather, mostly no precipitation, and weak northwest wind are expected. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .

— 10.11.2012 00:00 — CIA Director David Petraeus submitted his resignation on Friday, explaining this decision by saying that he had cheated on his wife, the American television company MSNBC reports . “After 37 years of marriage, I cheated on my wife. Such behavior is unacceptable, both for a spouse and for the leader of the department that I have headed until now. This afternoon the President accepted my resignation,” Petraeus said in a statement.