Google Book Search stand. Photo by Google The Google Internet giant invests $ 125 million in the creation of the Google Book Search electronic library, which will be available for several million digital books, reports Wall Street Journal. Most of these funds will be spent on settling a judicial conflict with representatives of the publishing business.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru For some reason, I remembered well: thirty -one years ago it was exactly the same as now, the end of October was sunny, dry, rather warm.

Nikolai Shaklein In the near future, more than ten heads of Russian regions can leave their posts for various reasons. According to Kommersant Wednesday, these are the results of the expert study "Rating of the political survival of governors." This study for the third time is the International Institute of Political Expertise and the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo by ar Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov categorically spoke out against the unification of Chechnya and Ingushetia, Interfax reports. “I absolutely do not support the idea of ​​the merger of the two republics. This idea is irrelevant,” he said.

Satirical video "Burden of news-14". Production: Ernst & Co. Previous releases: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 .

Vadim Dubnov. Photo from the site of Radio '' Freedom '' If America was in Europe, the near elections of the President of the United States would be a simple formality. According to the Le Figaro survey, 80 percent of the French prefer Barack Obama. According to the Daily Telegraph, there are few of them, but still 65 percent, the British - 49, Italians - 70, Germans - 67.

Flections with a party emblem of ATP. RTVI frame The Party of the ATP established the socio-political movement "Union of Right Forces", according to a press release from the party. "Taking into account the unfolding internal party discussion about the future party and its regional branches, we consider it necessary to preserve the ATP, albeit within the framework of the public movement," the statement of members of the Federal Political Council of the ATP said.

Border guard. Photo Life The head of the border police of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs Badri Bitsadze resigned, reports on Wednesday Newsgeorgia.ru. He called the reason for his departure "pressure on his employees." Bitsadze, who is the spouse of the ex-speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs since 2004. Prior to that, he worked as deputy general prosecutor of Georgia.

Monument to ruble. Frame NTV The Moscow region became the first region of Russia to be in doubt. According to Kommersant Wednesday, Standard & Poor's agency reduced to the pre -ended ratings of state -owned loans controlled by the region, the Mosobltrastinvest and Mostrassavto Mosobrastinvest agency. The credit rating of the Moscow Region is reduced from BB to B-. According to the publication, Mosobltrastinvest is the actually allocated part of the budget of the Moscow region.

Tskhinvali. Photo Osinform.ru The Georgian army used weapons against the civilian population of South Ossetia. According to the Air Force, such an accusation was made in the report of the correspondent of the television and radio company Tim Hewella, who visited the area where in August this year there were fighting. In Hewell’s report, the words of eyewitnesses that Georgian tanks fired at residential buildings, and soldiers shot civilians who tried to escape from shelling in cars.

Vladimir Putin, performance at the III Russian-Chinese Economic Forum. Photo rb.ru The Russian government began an advertising campaign to promote the ruble as a means of paying for international contracts. According to Kommersant, such an offer has already been made by China, Belarus and Vietnam. The publication notes that the initiative is based on the expectation of weakening euros and the dollar, as well as a demonstration that Russia does not intend to devalue the ruble.

The action '' Return of the names '' on Lubyanka. Photo by Artem Drachev for Grani.ru In Moscow on Lyuban Square, in the square near Solovetsky Stone, the “Return of Names” rally is held, whose participants from 10.00 to 22.00 read the names of Muscovites executed in 1938, the Grani.ru correspondent reports.

RNDS activists. Photos of faces In the apartment of the head of the Tver regional branch of the Russian People's Democratic Union, Alexander Romanov, a search was held as part of the falsification of signatures in support of the candidacy of Mikhail Kasyanov to the presidency.

Investor at the exchange terminal. Photo by ar The Federal Financial Market Service has developed a trading mechanism for bidding on Russian stock exchanges in the event of a sharp fall or the growth of the main indices, RIA Novosti reports. The mechanism is coordinated with the Central Bank.

'' Svyazinvest '', logo The main owner of the AFC System Vladimir Yevtushenkov asked Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to consider the possibility of buying a blocking package of Svyazinvest shares for 1.9 billion dollars. As Vedomosti writes on Wednesday, sources in the government close to Svyazinvest and Rostelecom reported a letter about this. According to them, the letter appears in the estimated cost of 25 percent plus 1 of the Svyazinvest shares belonging to the "system" through "Komstar-Ots".