Bolivian President Evo Morales demanded the expulsion of the American ambassador, accusing him of promoting separatist movements in the country, RIA Novosti reported on September 11. Mr. Morales accused the US ambassador in La Paz, Philip Goldberg, of organizing the ongoing opposition protests over the past two weeks. “The US ambassador has conspired against democracy and wants Bolivia to break up,” the Bolivian president said in a speech at his palace.

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rating During the first half of 2008, the development of the Russian banking system slowed down significantly. Unlike foreign banks, Russian banks have so far avoided write-offs. However, the growth rate of assets among the leaders decreased several times. Against the backdrop of difficulties facing large systemically important banks, their regional colleagues and subsidiary banks of foreign players are quite rapidly increasing their market share.

Australian dollar 20.6220 English pound 45.1469 Belarusian ruble** 12.1099 Danish krone* 48.5591 U.S. dollar 25.5761 Euro 36.1851 Icelandic krona*** 28.1815 Kazakh tenge*** 21.3856 Canadian dollar 23.9589 CNY* 37.3843 Norwegian krone* 45.0180 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 39.4619 Singapore dollar 17.8629 New Turkish lira 20.7295 Ukrainian hryvnia* 53.9808 Swedish krona* 38.0433 Swiss frank 22.7202 Japanese yen*** 23.8394 *For 10. **For 1000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

17 1 min. ... The XIII International Scientific and Industrial Forum “United Russia” opened yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair exhibition complex. One of the main events of the forum was once again the “Strategic Resources of Russia” congress, dedicated to the analysis of the implementation of innovative strategies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the study of business incubation experience.

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The rest were invited to talk again about energy security and asset exchange Russia proposes that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) join forces to stabilize prices on the world oil market - Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin on Tuesday evening handed over a draft OPEC-Russia memorandum to the cartel leadership at its regular session in Vienna.

106 1 min. ... Oil ($/barrel)Petroleum products ($/t) Title, terms deliveriesRegionSequence demandPrev. closed Name, terms of delivery RegionSequence demandPrev. closed Brent, F.O.B. NW 96.39 99.33 High octane gasoline (95), CIF M 935 910 Cabinda, F.O.B. M 91.54 94.48 High octane gasoline (95), CIF NW 950 925 Bonny Light, FOB M 98.89 101.83 Nafta, CIF M 888 875 Kirkuk, FOB M 92.09 95.03 Nafta, FOB M 900 889 Oseberg, F.O.B.

Travel on surface public transport and the Moscow metro will rise in price again from 2009 due to inflation, press secretary of the first deputy mayor of the capital Leonid Bratkin said on September 11. “So far, no decision has been made on how much fares for metro and surface public transport will increase. The prices will be approved by a special commission that will consider the validity of the metro’s proposals for the proposed increase in fares,” said Mr. Bratkin.

On September 11, elderly and sick people began to be evacuated from Texas by bus due to the threat of Hurricane Ike hitting the state. Authorities want to evacuate more than a million people inland from the coast, which is home to the largest number of oil refineries and chemical plants in the United States. The hurricane is expected to reach the state on the morning of September 13th.

autobanks So far, there are only three specialized car banks operating on the Russian market. And in most cases, the programs of the financial divisions of automakers are not much different from loans from domestic banks. But if the borrower is not chasing new cars, the loan rate in a specialized bank can be two to three times lower than the standard one. Top three Most foreign automakers have long been puzzled by locating their own production facilities in Russia.

for officials of the Presidential Secretariat Yesterday's government meeting, unlike the previous one, was held in full. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that the country has experienced deflation for the second month in a row, and this is a rare case for Ukraine. Meanwhile, the political crisis is affecting the work of the Cabinet of Ministers - yesterday, a representative of the Presidential Secretariat, Jan Bernaziuk, was not allowed to attend its meeting.

In Cuba, hurricanes Gustav and Ike destroyed more than 340 thousand homes.

OSCE and UN observers will be stationed on Georgian territory outside the conflict zone.