Ingushetia. Photo by ITAR-TASS What is happening in Ingushetia is comparable to what happened before in Chechnya, and in the 1930s in the entire Soviet Union. According to V and Office.ru, this was stated by the chairman of the Moscow Helsinki group Lyudmila Alekseeva, who visited Ingushetia last week. “If this practice cannot be stopped today, then it will soon spread throughout the country,” Alekseeva said.

George Bush and John McCain. Photo by ar The US President Candidate from the Republican Party John McCain spoke for the need to widely discuss the plans of the George Bush administration to support the American financial sector, the Associated Press reports. In particular, he proposed to create a commission with the participation of representatives of both main parties. According to McCain, he could lead her billionaire Warren Buffett, who earned his fortune on investments.

World Map indicating the level of corruption of countries. Illustration from the site Transparency International Russia took 147th place in terms of corruption from the possible 180 in the ranking prepared by the International Organization of Transparency International, Lenta.ru reports. In the corruption rating of the countries of Russia, only 2.1 points out of the possible ten were obtained. A similar rating received Bangladesh, Kenya and Syria.

Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Shota Utiashvili. Photo by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia On the territory of Georgia, south of South Ossetia, a Russian unmanned reconnaissance aircraft is shot down, Reuters reports with reference to the statement of the Georgian Ministry of the Interior.

Signs at the former office of the company "Yukos" The chief shareholder of Yukos, GML, the former Group Menatep, registered in the UK, intends to recover 23 billion euros from the Russian government. The plaintiff insists that the Russian authorities developed and implemented a plan for the forced bankruptcy of the oil giant. According to RIA Novosti, the first court hearing will be held on November 17 in a Hague.

Logo of the Standard & Poor's agency. Photo from the website of the agency The Standard & Poor's rating agency has changed the forecast for long -term ratings of seven Russian banks from the "positive" to the "stable". This is stated in an official press release published on the agency’s website. The STANDARD & Poor's list included the banks "Soyuz", "Petro -Kommerz", "Rusfinance", Surgutneftegazbank, Transcreditbank, Rosbank, as well as the national factoring company.

Homemade explosive device. Photo from the site www.fsb.ru The sappers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB Department in the Chechen Republic neutralized a home -made explosive device at the car maintenance station in Grozny, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic.

Well, you, of course, have noticed that we have a little something wrong with someone, so spies immediately immediately appear. Not all new spy stories are as captivating as, say, a masterpiece story with British stones, but the restless dreams of an already not very powerful mind cannot give rise to exclusively masterpieces. This does not happen - neither in art nor in life.

Nikita Varenov Incredibly, in less than a week in Russia, economic reform was held, which put a cross on the development of the stock market. Everything was good a few months ago: the indices of the very least grew up, investors considered the country a quiet harbor in the ocean of the global crisis, and the authorities, always somewhat eccentric, even demonstrated ambitions to create a new world financial center. But it did not work out.

Militants. Photo from Newsru.com Police officers discovered the militants' base in the forest near the Ochakan-Ozen River near the village of Hergental of the Buinak district of Dagestan, ITAR-TASS reports. Four tents were designed for 9-12 people. According to the operatives, the militants left the tents two days before the arrival of the police. Two observation points were found on the approaches to the base.

Alexander Kozulin. Photo http://www.gazetaby.com The Belarusian oppositionist Alexander Kozulin is included in the three candidates for the European Parliament named after Andrei Sakharov "For Freedom of Thought", RIA Novosti reported. The list of nominees was reduced to three people. In particular, lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin, whose name was in the preliminary version of the list, did not fall into it.

George Bush, US President. Photo by ar Conducting a military operation in Georgia, Russia violated the UN Charter. Such a statement on Tuesday from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly was made by US President George Bush, RIA Novosti reports. He also promised the further support of Tbilisi. "We must unite in the support of the people of Georgia. The UN Charter says that all countries - both small and large - equal rights.

Oil tower. Photo: Russian-st-petersburg.com World oil prices recorded the strongest increase in the current year, reaching the record level of the last two weeks. According to RBC, on the NyMEX exchange in New York, the cost of a barrel of oil of the Light Sweet oil variety jumped up to $ 16.37 to $ 120.92. In London, the cost of Brent oil produced in the North Sea increased by $ 6.43 to $ 106.04 per barrel.

Picket in support of the 2x2 channel. Photo from the site Lenta.ru In Moscow, one of the organizers of the rally in defense of the 2x2 television channel at the Novoslobodskaya metro station was detained. As RIA Novosti reports, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies reported. According to him, the reason for the detention was that the number of participants in the action exceeded the declared several times.

Pavel Tarakanov, State Duma deputy. Photo russ.ru In Russia, there may be a television channel that will reflect the state position in the field of youth policy. Such a statement was made by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Affairs Pavel Tarakanov, REGNUM reports. "If the 2x2 television channel does not extend the broadcast license, we have a youth project that could claim this frequency," Tarakanov said.