The Russian government will allocate an additional 21 billion rubles in 2008. to provide housing for military personnel, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on October 15 at a meeting with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. “It was decided to allocate an additional 21 billion rubles for the needs of the Ministry of Defense to provide housing for military personnel.

How do psychological factors influence prices? It's no secret that the price of shares depends on the amount of money invested in them. In times of crisis, players are divided into 2 camps. The first ones withdraw money, the second ones buy. Mikhail A

The winner of the Booker Prize for 2008 in London was Indian debutant writer Aravind Adiga, RIA Novosti reported on October 15. Mr. Adiga received the award for his first novel entitled “The White Tiger”. The novel tells the story of a boy who was taken from school by his family and sent to work in a tea shop. Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. Currently writes for The Financial Times, The Independent, The Sunday Times. Lives in Mumbai.

118 2 minutes. ... Antimonopoly authorities intend to study a new advertising campaign of the Stroymontazh corporation on the provision of mortgage loans at a rate of 9% per annum in rubles. For its previous special promotion “Mortgage at 8%” the company was forced to pay a fine of 40 thousand rubles. According to lawyers, by acting in a similar way, the company may be deprived of a positive legal perspective in a new case.

The Russian team won its third World Cup qualifying match against the Finnish team with a score of 3:0. The Russians took the lead in the 24th minute of the match - Finnish defender Petri Pasanen scored an own goal. In the 65th minute of the match, another Finnish defender, Veli Lampi, doubled the Russians' advantage by cutting the ball into his own net after Konstantin Zyryanov's cross.

139 3 min. ... GOVERNMENT REGULATION FAS demands revaluation of Tambov lands The commission of the Tambov department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ordered the regional administration to cancel the approval of the results of the state cadastral valuation of lands by November 20. According to antimonopoly experts, the authorities, by the corresponding resolution of November 30, 2007, violated the law on the protection of competition.

A paradoxical situation is emerging in the EPC and engineering services market: on the one hand, the service itself is extremely in demand, on the other, there is virtually no one to carry out construction work. Moreover, this applies to all stages of the implementation of the EPC contract - from managers to unskilled labor. Market participants hope that in the near future the professions of power engineers and construction workers will regain their former prestige.

Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine opened a criminal case on the fact of obstructing the work of the court by deputies from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT). According to the acting chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentin Nalyvaichenko, the chairman of the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal said that BYuT deputies were threatening him. “They threatened to throw the judge out of the window, beat him on the hands, and didn’t even let him take a pen,” Nalyvaichenko said.

Half of Big Ussuri became Black Bear Island Yesterday on the island of Bolshoy Ussuriysky, located on the Amur near Khabarovsk, an official ceremony was held for Russia to transfer 174 square meters to China. km of disputed territories. In a solemn atmosphere, border pillars were opened on the land section of the border, and the parties exchanged notes confirming the completion of the determination of the Russian-Chinese border line along its entire length.

In the modern world, energy resources in general and hydrocarbons in particular are of great importance. There is a lot of talk about their supplies running out. I would like to know how things are going with investments in this direction in our country and abroad. For example, hydrogen, as one of the alternative sources, the reserves of which are huge, if the “Metalhydride theory of the structure of the Earth’s core” is confirmed (http://hydrogen-future.com/rus/page-id-7.html).

96 1 min. ... Delivery immediately Delivery in 3 months SettlementPrev. ClosingLastPrev. closing Aluminum 2242 2188.5 2297 2260 Copper 5555 5194 5247 5180 Nickel 13220 12560 12975 12800 Zinc 1442 1440.5 1426 1485 Tin 14860 14575 14650 14500 Lead 1615 1563.5 1571 1570 London Metal Exchange quotes ($/t). According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 187 dated 10.15.2008, p. 16

Objective comparative analysis of industry prices in Russia and abroad. First, for mobile telephony, then for travel services, etc. After all, one cent per minute of conversation in developed countries and ten in our country says a lot. It is possible with comments from specialists and readers from the forum on the site. Principle: Unbiased quantitative analysis, followed by unbiased discussion and unbiased conclusions.

The center of Vladivostok was left without electricity overnight due to a major accident at a transformer substation late the night before, ITAR-TASS reported on October 15. According to representatives of the city administration, the consequences of the accident have now been completely eliminated. They clarified that the cause of the emergency was a short circuit in the oil switch, and then a fire at the transformer substation of CHPP-1.

Indian Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Man Booker Prize with his first novel, The White Tiger. According to the prize jury, his work is an “unembellished portrait” of India, seen “from the very bottom.” The winner will receive a cash reward of approximately $90 thousand. The novel tells the story of the fate of a boy, whom his family took from school and sent him to work in a tea shop, his hopes and dreams of one day leaving the hated banks of the sacred Ganges.

Context President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday held a meeting on digital broadcasting issues. Let us recall that it was Mr. Medvedev, while still first deputy prime minister, who headed the commission for the country’s transition to digital.