Today, October 30, the Antimonopoly Committee allowed MilCo Holding NV (Netherlands) to buy more than 50% of the shares of the Dairy Alliance holding (Kyiv). According to the AMCU, the acquisition of shares in Dairy Alliance ensures that the buyer exceeds 50% of the votes in the highest management body of the holding. MilCo Holding carries out investment activities outside of Ukraine.

Guilty verdict in case of murder of businesswoman In the Novosibirsk regional court, a jury yesterday returned a guilty verdict to two former employees of the West Siberian Internal Affairs Directorate for Transport. Ex-commander of the OMON UVDT company Ivan Subbotin was found guilty of organizing the murder of businesswoman Irina Smugla. According to investigators, he “ordered” her murder in order not to return more than 10 million rubles, which Irina Smuglaya asked to cash out.

Despite the fact that Bregovic’s name is closely associated with the films of Kusturica, in an interview the Serbian composer distances himself from his former friend: we, they say, made several good films together, nothing more. With or without Kusturica, Bregović's score remains very cinematic and fits perfectly both the historical blockbuster The Turkish Gambit and the party scene in the trash comedy Hitler Kaput.

Today, October 30, Bloomberg reports that the UK consumer confidence index, calculated by research company GfK NOP, rose in October to its highest level since January 2008. The indicator value increased to minus 13 points from minus 16 points in September, reported. Analysts expected the indicator to rise to minus 14 points. Rising consumer confidence will help lift the British economy out of recession, which unexpectedly contracted by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2009.

The most interesting film premieres in the coming months select "Weekend" At the end of this year - the beginning of next year (and in one case a little later), several films should be released worldwide, intriguing already with the minimum of information that is known about them (and their trailers). Kommersant-Weekend informs you in advance about what you should look forward to with special impatience, and closer to the Russian premieres it will tell you about each film in more detail.

Sentence According to the prosecutor's office of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the guilty verdict of the Central District Court of Chita in a criminal case against a copyright infringer of Microsoft Corporation has entered into legal force. The convicted person is a 23-year-old resident of the regional center, Evgeniy Tolstukhin. According to investigators, in February 2009, at his home, he copied a number of products, the copyright holder of which was Microsoft Corporation, onto CDs.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced on October 30 that the government’s policy in the area of ​​distribution of state support funds is changing. Of the planned 250 billion rubles for the banking sector in 2010. Only 100 billion rubles will be sent to their destination. The remaining amount will replenish the anti-crisis fund. Let us recall that Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin previously insisted on a gradual cessation of state funding for various sectors of the economy.

POP & ROCK Artefaq “My leg cramped” / 30 Gazgolder Green Point Orchestra / 30 Gogol` Markscheider Kunst / 30 "Lyuk" (Ukraine) / 31 "Chinese Pilot Jao Da" NOM/30 Inna Zhelannaya / 31 "Concert" Gosha Kutsenko / 30 "Moral Code" / 31 "Dot" "Addis Ababa", "The Troll Bends the Spruce", Musica Radicum, Drolls, Cerritus Ballare, V.P.R., Melomel, Later / 30 Illuminate (Germany), The Royal Dead (Japan) / 31 Schwein "Binge", "Boney NEM" / 30 "Adventures of Electronics" / 31 "Sixteen tons" "Litmus" / 1

The epidemic of acute respiratory infections in Western Ukraine claimed the lives of 37 people Yesterday in the Lviv region, due to an epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory diseases, all higher education institutions, schools and kindergartens were quarantined. Previously, quarantine for the same reasons was announced in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil regions. The main feature of the disease is damage to the lungs, as a result of which people die from pneumonia.

According to the report on the financial activities of Nytva OJSC (Nytva Metallurgical Plant, Perm Territory), the enterprise's net losses decreased by 81%. For the third quarter of 2009, the company's net losses amounted to 6.4 million rubles. In the second quarter of 2009, the company's net losses amounted to 33.8 million rubles. According to the company, the improvement in financial performance was due to an increase in losses and an increase in production volumes and shipped products.

The largest Russian air carrier Aeroflot yesterday published its IFRS financial statements for the first half of 2009. Despite the drop in traffic, the largest Russian airline managed to remain profitable: in January-June the company's net profit amounted to $14.1 million. This is five times less than the airline's profit in the first half of 2008 ($72.2 million).

Context Svyazinvest is currently completing several transactions to acquire regional cellular companies, the general director of the state holding Evgeny Yurchenko said yesterday. He did not specify which companies were being discussed, noting that possible transactions are currently undergoing legal procedures. Previously, Mr. Yurchenko did not rule out that the operator SMARTS could become a possible acquisition.

Unknown persons in Dagestan made an attempt on the life of the head of pre-trial detention center number three in the city of Khasavyurt, Ibragim Malakaev. “On the evening of October 29, in the village of Bayramaul, Khasavyurt district, an attempt was made on the life of Ibragim Malakaev, lieutenant colonel of the internal service, head of pre-trial detention center number three of Khasavyurt. When Mr. Malakaev went out into the courtyard of his own house, unknown persons opened fire on him.

The public (direct) and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in September decreased by 0.6%, or $0.2 billion, to $34.91 billion. Overall, since the beginning of the year, public debt has increased by 41.9%, or $10.31 billion, through receiving loans from the International Monetary Fund ($5 billion), issuing domestic government bonds and providing government guarantees.

Today, October 30, the Central Election Commission refused to register five candidates who submitted the relevant documents as candidates for the presidency of Ukraine. Registration was denied to Leonid Kulichenko, Anatoly Subotin, Anatoly Polishchuk, Alexey Goncharenko, Vladimir Melnik.