Dynamo will play with its main competitor for access to the play-offs - Porto Champions League Today in the Champions League Dynamo will meet Porto away. On the eve of this meeting, the Kyivians, who played a draw in the first two matches, are one point behind the Portuguese. In the game against Porto, which is performing successfully at home, the Kiev team will not be helped by injured midfielder Ayila Yussuf.

On October 21, an American patrol plane crashed in Afghanistan, Reuters reports, citing US military sources. While landing at a base north of Kabul, the plane overshot the runway but none of the crew were seriously injured. The car itself was largely damaged by an unsuccessful landing and a fire that broke out. Details of the incident are under investigation.

Today Zenit is playing its third Champions League match Champions League The Zenit-BATE match would be more appropriate in the Commonwealth Cup, but today it opens the third match day of the Champions League and in Group H is adjacent to the Juventus-Real Madrid battle.

The XV Russian Antique Salon opened Antiques fair The XV Russian Antique Salon is taking place at the Central House of Artists. He celebrated the anniversary fully armed - the design is noble, the list of participants is wide and representative, the exhibition is as beautiful as ever. The only trouble is that all this is happening against the backdrop of an art market crisis. With details - TATYANA Kommersant-MARKINA.

IT is a monetary direction. Actors are a dime a dozen, and investors hold million-dollar portfolios for years without finding objects for investment. Success stories in RuNet can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Is RuNet destined to forever be a lagging clone of the bourgeoisie? Solodukha Oleg

Former Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Zhihua, who held this position from 1999 to 2006, was sentenced to death for corruption. As the investigation established, Mr. Liu, who oversaw the construction and real estate sector at the mayor's office, received bribes amounting to over $1 million. In the summer of 2006, when the vice-mayor was just suspected of bribery, he was dismissed from his post, and six months later he was expelled from the ranks of the Communist Party. parties.

The Vatican demands that Israel clarify the characterization of Pius XII Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Israel is in jeopardy. The scandal erupted due to an unflattering description given to Pope Pius XII, who led the Catholic Church during the Second World War, in the Jerusalem Holocaust memorial complex Yad Vashem.

The saga surrounding the construction of a professional racing track in Russia began back in Soviet times. Not a single project of any significance for world motorsport was ever implemented in those years. Later, more than two dozen motor racing track projects emerged that had the right to claim international status. For ten years they remained on paper. Recently, however, at least three huge construction projects have come close to hosting racing on new tracks.

Criminal case and prison hospital 23 3 min. ... The Leninsky District Court of Penza did not satisfy the appeal of the deputy of the Penza City Duma Valery Bychkov against the actions of the magistrate court, which took him into custody in a criminal case under Art. 315 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Failure to comply with a court decision”). The deputy stated that he intends to seek his rehabilitation and punishment of those responsible for his detention.

Former head of MENATEP remains in pre-trial detention center The Chita Regional Court yesterday once again extended the period of detention for the former head of MFO MENATEP Platon Lebedev, now until February 2, 2009. His lawyers intend to appeal the decision of the regional court, since the client spends much more time in a pre-trial detention center than in a colony, which is not allowed by law. Platon Lebedev is accused of laundering 450 billion rubles.

Projects The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will allocate €600 thousand to Moldova to repair the stadium damaged by floods in July. As reported by the Moldavian Football Federation, a request for help was sent to UEFA after the training complex of the national team in the town of Vadul lui Voda near the Dniester River was completely flooded. It was built with funds provided by UEFA. ITAR-TASS

The Kazan court satisfied the claim of the parents of the deceased child The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan decided to recover 1.5 million rubles from the management of the Kazan water park “Summer, Stop”. as compensation for moral damage to the parents of 14-year-old Sergei Matveev from Kirov who died in the park last summer.

The former head of the Novocheboksarsk department of the Organized Crime Control Department was found not guilty of disclosing state secrets 85 2 minutes. ... The Supreme Court of Chuvashia fully acquitted the former head of the Novocheboksarsk department of the Department for Combating Organized Crime (UBOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chuvashia, police captain Pyotr Sedoykin. He was accused of disclosing state secrets to representatives of criminal structures.

On October 21, the Ingodinsky District Court of Chita postponed hearings on the joint complaint of ex-head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and ex-head of MFO MENATEP Platon Lebedev against the actions of investigators, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom. “The court hearings have been adjourned until Wednesday due to the fact that Lebedev has an appointment with his children,” the judge said.

On October 21, in the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, unknown persons fired at a police car. As a result of the attack, one policeman was killed and three were injured, RIA Novosti reports. “About an hour ago, unknown persons fired at the car of employees of the Sergokalinsky District Department of Internal Affairs. The attack took place near the village of Tagirkent.