On November 11, the Bank of Russia expanded the ruble fluctuation corridor against the bi-currency basket by 30 kopecks and raised the refinancing rate by 1%. This decision immediately caused a devaluation of the ruble by 1%, and the cash dollar on average rose in price by 3-4%. Experts disagree about the effectiveness of the Central Bank’s measures, but it seems that it had no other choice.

291 5 minutes. ... 50 YEARS AGO On the cancellation of the resolution of the Politburo of the Central Committee on awarding Comrade N.A. Bulganin the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union Strictly confidential. The CPSU Central Committee believes that the awarding of the title of Marshal of the Soviet Union to Comrade N.A. Bulganin in 1947 was unfounded.

Kommersant correspondent Alexander Gabuev on the Kremlin’s personnel policy in South Ossetia and the benefits of former authorities.

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Granet brought paintings by Ingres to the Hermitage 23 2 minutes. ... The Hermitage has opened another exhibition of one painting: “Portrait of François Granet” by Ingres. ANNA MATVEEVA thought about the Gallic handsome man with a folder for drawings. World-class museums - there are only a couple dozen of them, and the Hermitage is one of them - are somewhat similar to small states.

The trial of the suspects in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya will be held in the open.

Today, November 17th, and... O. Chairman of the Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) Alexander Melnichenko said that the AMCU considers it economically unjustified for the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) to increase utility tariffs for commercial enterprises by 3.6-10 times from December 1.

LastChangedOpen positionsVolume bidding Oil and energy Brent Blend, IPE ($/bar, 1000 bar) December - - - - January 53.88 -2.36 128456 80342 February 55.86 -2.46 103306 38251 March 57.91 -2.19 36933 17988 West Texas crude, NYMEX ($/bar., 1000 bar.) November 71.28 -3.36 481 20923 December 56.63 -1.61 210674 134828 January 57.25 -1.81 251522 60772 February 58.10 -1.9 54443 14905 Gasoil, IPE ($/t, 100 t) December 576.00 +1.75 67222 29752 January 581.25 +1.0 66533 30090 February 588.75 0.0 29625 8821

Film and television producers created an anti-crisis association The largest Russian television producers, including the companies Amedia, Central Partnership, Lean-M and RVS, have created an association that should help them survive the financial crisis. TV channels have lowered purchase prices for TV series by 30-40%, but production costs, half of which are actor fees, have not yet decreased.

A pessimistic mood prevailed on the commodity futures market in October. Oil fell rapidly, gold suddenly ceased to be a defensive asset, and other contracts did not receive the expected liquidity. Oil show As you know, in show business the best way to revive public interest in an aging movie star is to quickly release a new film with her participation.

The bank refused to build a technology park in St. Petersburg The financial crisis forced VTB Bank to abandon the construction of the Maryino logistics complex and the technopark of the same name on 110 hectares, which it owned in the south of St. Petersburg. Instead of building warehouses and industrial sites, the bank intends to sell the land piece by piece to potential residents for $60 million and thus save 20-30% of the $300 million that it originally intended to invest in the project.

Text: Polina Rusyeva Rostekhnologii and the Moscow government registered the largest airline in the country of the Airlines of Russia (AR). However, the desire to pushes leaders to pushes the elbows, most likely, these leaders will only be at hand. “Recently, our professional conferences resemble the buzzing of flies in a matchbox,” admitted the owner and general director of TOP TOP Evgeny Ostrovsky from the rostrum at the October Forum “Wings of Russia”.

43 2 minutes. ... Single trading session CurrencySupplyMin. (RUB)Max. (rub.)Avg. (RUB)Closing (RUB)Change (RUB)Volume (million) USD today 27.1459 27.4 27.2899 27.28 -0.29 1807.9 USD tomorrow 27.29 27.4343 27.3715 27.39 -0.18 6242.9 EUR today 34.7 34.972 34.7659 34.74 +0.27 109.9 EUR tomorrow 34.66 34.86 34.7726 34.73 +0.256 180.3 Share of exchanges (%) MMVBSMVBSVBRVFBURUVBATMVBNVFBSVMB 95.23 2.28 0.88 0.69 0.35 0.27 0.04 0.26 Currency swap operations Currency SupplyBasic well (RUB)Min. (RUB)Max.

Text: Alexey Gusakov A personal carbon monoxide detector will let you know if there are dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in the air. Carbon monoxide (carbon monoxide) is odorless. However, a certain concentration of it in the air can be fatal to humans. Magellan's online store, specializing in the sale of camping equipment and things for the road, offers to purchase an individual carbon monoxide detector. The miniature device weighs just over 50 grams.

On November 17, a car was blown up in the capital of Israel. According to the Tel Aviv police, one person was killed and two were injured as a result of the incident. The dead man turned out to be Yakov Alperon, one of the central mafia figures in Israel. At the moment, the investigation is leaning towards the criminal background of the incident. Shortly after the explosion in central Tel Aviv, police believed that a terrorist attack had taken place at a bus stop.