Black Thursday. The main stock indices of Europe and Russia continue to fall. Economist and former head of the Central Bank Viktor Gerashchenko commented on the situation in an interview with Kommersant FM host Nail Gubaev. — Your forecasts: have Russian markets reached the bottom, or will the decline continue today? — You know, I don’t work for the weather service and I don’t make forecasts. Moreover, due to the fact that I already left party work 10 years ago.

The downturn in global markets continues. The indices have been falling for several hours. Senior analyst at the Ursa Capital investment company Dmitry Dorofeev presented his vision of the situation to Kommersant FM economic observer Konstantin Maksimov and presenter Nail Gubaev. N.G.: What should Russian markets expect next and what are the reasons for this collapse? D.D.: Now the stock is being liquidated by many brokers. This situation is observed all over the world.

The American Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil-producing corporation, is demanding compensation from the Venezuelan government for the company's assets nationalized in 2007 in the amount of $6 billion, Bloomberg reports. Venezuelan Prosecutor General Carlos Escarra assured that the country will comply with the decision made by the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which is considering Exxon's claim.

The French hypermarket chain Auchan is looking for a site in Perm. This summer, the company contacted the city administration with a request for help in finding a site for a grocery hypermarket, the Text news agency reported.

The prosecutor's office became interested in the beating of a defendant in the Ufa pre-trial detention center More than a dozen employees of the Ufa pre-trial detention center may become involved in a criminal case after Mansur Sharipov, a suspected member of an extremist organization, was brutally beaten with rubber batons.

Prime Minister of Moldova on problems in relations with Ukraine Moldova and Ukraine expect to restore close cooperation, frozen in recent years. During the VIII annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy, organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat held talks with the President and Prime Minister of Ukraine.

The regional group of candidates from the Krasnodar Territory on the Yabloko party’s electoral list for the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation was headed by the coordinator of the public organization “Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus” Andrei Rudomakha, the regional branch of the party reported.

The company won the tender for the reconstruction of the Businovskaya interchange. Project worth 17 billion rubles. should relieve congestion on the highway connecting the two capitals. The highway will go directly to the Businovskaya interchange, and this is the reason for the need for its reconstruction, experts say. The authorities will spend 17 billion rubles on the reconstruction of the Businovskaya interchange in the north of Moscow. The Mostotrest company won the tender for the work.

Context 507 1 min. ... On the basis of the united credit history bureau Expirian-Interfax and Infocredit (the merger process should be completed before the end of the year), Sberbank intends to launch a project to identify fraudsters among potential borrowers - "National Hunter", Sberbank Vice President Vadim Kulik said yesterday.

Nizhny Novgorod skinheads convicted of killing migrant workers In Nizhny Novgorod, three local residents were convicted of attacking immigrants from the CIS countries with a knife. Last year they brutally dealt with two migrant workers, and the third victim was almost a random passer-by. At the trial, fighters “for the purity of the Russian race” tried to present the attacks as ordinary everyday fights, denying the first murder.

Tehran is negotiating with Moscow on the construction of new nuclear power plants on Iranian territory, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on September 22. “We are actively negotiating with Russia on the construction of new nuclear power plants,” Mr. Ahmadinejad said. According to the president, Iran currently has plans to build a nuclear power plant and it is planned to use the experience of international experts in this project.

Another project of Valentina Matvienko has been canceled Yesterday, the Supreme Court (SC) canceled another large-scale project of the administration of St. Petersburg, prohibiting the construction of a bridge across the Neva in the UNESCO-protected historical center, the construction of which contradicts the general plan and was not approved by the Ministry of Culture.

To compensate for the loss of benefits by increasing production Russia's largest manufacturer of foreign cars, the Kaliningrad-based Avtotor group, is looking for options for a development strategy after the end of its customs benefits in 2016. The group is negotiating with its partners about the transition from large-scale assembly to the creation of full-cycle production and expansion of product output.

On September 22, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, at a meeting with Vice-President of Russian Railways OJSC Mikhail Akulov, proposed introducing a special tariff for travel on commuter trains. This measure is designed to save passengers from overpayments when traveling from Moscow to the Moscow region. Now, when buying a train ticket, the cost depends on the number of zones the passenger crosses. One tariff zone costs 26 rubles.

The Verkhovna Rada supported in the first reading the bill "On the State Program for Economic and Social Development of Ukraine for 2012", as well as the main directions of development for 2013-2014. 271 people's deputies out of 382 registered in the hall voted for the bill. The draft program was presented in parliament by First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrey Klyuev. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency