ATP. The leader of the Omsk branch of the ATP Vladimir Shirshov was taken to the intensive care unit of the Omsk City Hospital after the detention. Shirshov was detained on Thursday during the search in the Panorama Center shopping complex belonging to him, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the regional investigative department of the SCP of Russia. Since the end of September, he was wanted.

Mercury. Photo from the site www.serov1.ru On the four floors of a residential building in Khabarovsk, mercury was spilled on Friday at night, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Khabarovsk Territory. In total, rescuers collected about 200 grams of substance.

Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from the site baiki.ru Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko appealed to the International Monetary Fund with a request for help in the fight against the influence of the global financial crisis on the country's economy, Interfax reports.

Object of capital. Image from the site www.itrealty.ru In September, the daughters of foreign banks withdrew $ 10 billion from Russia. According to Vedomosti on Friday, the top managers of two banks from the TOP-30 reported this. The Central Bank is concerned about this and will soon begin the active dialogue with the "daughters", they said.

US fleet in Poti. Photo by ar The destroyer of the US Navy "Barry" (DDG 52) on Friday will anchor at the port of the city of Poti. The ship arrived in Georgia on a friendly visit, RIA Novosti reports. Under the program of the visit to Poto Poti, the destroyer will be representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the city authorities. As noted in the US Embassy, ​​several public events are planned to improve the city of Poti.

In the Kaliningrad region, the victory in the local elections of the former National Bolsheviks and the activist of another Russia Denis Osad, who was ahead of the competitor from United Russia, was invalid. Osnach talks about the progress of voting. Shooting "Klops.ru" Activist "Other Russia" was not allowed to win in the elections

Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site Lenta.ru Russia and Venezuela are negotiating on the signing of the next contract for the supply of T-72M tanks, Interfax reports with reference to a high-ranking source in the Russian defense industry complex. "Along with the prospects for purchases in Russia, Venezuela’s submarines and air defense systems are considering the acquisition of tanks. We are talking about the modernized version of the T -72M tank, the production of Uralvagonzavod.

Congress of the RSPP. Image from the site vesti.ru The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs developed and sent to the government, the Central Bank, the Federal Service for Financial Markets and the Ministry of Finance his position on the strategy of combating the crisis. According to Kommersant on Friday, the position was approved on October 15 on the Board of the RSPP.

Chinese miners. Photo AP At least 16 people were killed, 46 were injured as a result of an explosion in a coal mine in northern China, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the agency Zhongo Sinveensche. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at the Dafen mine in the Ninsya-Jue Autonomous District of the PRC. At the enterprise, two tons of explosives were detonated. The fragments of the rocks scattered at a distance of a kilometer.

Sergey Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Russia. Frame '' Vesti '' Russia significantly increases the expenses of the army. The state defense order for 2009 will amount to 1 trillion 300 billion rubles. This was announced on the air of the Vesti television channel by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Sergey Ivanov.

Banks will create a mutual assistance fund. Photo http://www.vedior.com Several Russian banks at once introduced a ban on early termination of the deposit agreement, although this directly contradicts the Civil Code. According to Vedomosti on Friday, among violators - "Capital Credit", the Ural Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Globeks and Russian Capital. Information on the suspension of early issuance of deposits was confirmed by employees of the call centers of these banks.

Nikolai Kolesov. Photo kompromat.ru President Dmitry Medvedev accepted the resignation of the Governor of the Amur Region Nikolai Kolesov, with whom some career and criminal scandals were associated. According to Gazeta.ru, the media spoke about the possible resignation of Kolesov for a long time. The temporarily acting head of the region was appointed an assistant to the head of the administration of the region, the former Governor of Koryakia Oleg Kozhemyako.

Bashkiria, Neftekamsk, October 15, 2008. Source: Sovped

Gennady Kurzenkov. Photo by RIA Novosti The Federal Air Transport Agency was headed by Gennady Kurzenkov, reports Gazeta.ru. He was appointed to this position by decree of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instead of Evgeny Bachurin, who switched to another job. Since 2007, Kurzenkov was the deputy head of the Rostransnadzor, who, like the Federal Air Transport Agency, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transsoptes.

Evgeny Kiselev. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Russian journalist Yevgeny Kiselev headed a new television channel in Ukraine, Interfax reports. According to Kiselev himself, he was appointed the position of editor -in -chief of the TV I I channel back in June. According to Kiselev, he is also engaged in organizing the work of the news service.