The party will appeal to the Central Election Commission with a request to check the uniformity of media coverage of congresses The Communists intend to appeal to the Central Election Commission with a statement to respond to uneven media coverage of the congresses of three parties: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, United Russia, and A Just Russia. In their opinion, there was an unjustified bias towards the propaganda of “United Russia”.

The Ministry of Defense and industry clashed in the struggle over the price of the issue In the history of the state defense order (GOZ), nothing changed from year to year: it traditionally failed. For this, representatives of senior positions in both the Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex (DIC) received reprimands and lost their positions. The previous state defense order was no exception.

The rally on financial markets is intensifying against the backdrop of positive macroeconomic statistics from the United States and the decision to increase the European bailout fund. Economic commentator Konstantin Maksimov discussed the changing picture with Andrey Mordavchenkov, managing director of the Partner company. — How do you evaluate the statistics that have arrived?

The National Bank increased the official hryvnia exchange rate, corresponding to the weighted average rate of transactions in interbank trading, set by it for September 30 - October 2, by 0.09 kopecks to UAH 7.9727/$. On the previous trading day, the NBU maintained the official hryvnia exchange rate, corresponding to the weighted average rate of transactions in interbank trading, set by it on September 29, at 7.9736 UAH/$. Based on materials from the Ukrainian News Agency

The Russian Prime Minister met with writers and representatives of the Russian Book Union. Kommersant FM columnist Stanislav Kucher, discussing why Vladimir Putin needed this meeting, comes to the conclusion that the prime minister wants to achieve the support of the masses through popular figures. This meeting of the prime minister with writers says one thing: Putin really wants to become a real, and not just a Kremlin-proclaimed, national leader. Not just to win elections, but to win fairly.

The Tretyakov Gallery shows nothing in the art of the 20th century The exhibition “Hostages of Emptiness”, prepared by the department of the latest trends of the Tretyakov Gallery with the support of philanthropist Evgeny Samoilov, is dedicated to the difficult-to-describe work with nothing, which artists from the avant-garde and conceptualism have been engaged in up to the present day. VALENTIN DYAKONOV reports.

Colonel's assistant captured in Libya. Musa Ibrahim served as Minister of Information and gained fame as the “talking head” of the Gaddafi regime. Ibrahim was captured in Sirte while trying to escape the city. Gaddafi himself will not be found soon, experts say. Muammar Gaddafi's assistant was caught in Libya. In the previous Libyan leadership, Musa Ibrahim held the position of Minister of Information and actually served as the press secretary of the head of state.

The bond market is declining as well as others General instability in financial markets led to a decline in the Russian bond market. In the second half of September, the fall in Eurobond quotes amounted to 6%. Ruble-denominated debt securities fell in price not so significantly - by 1.4% - but the decline in these quotes threatens the greatest trouble for managers and non-state pension funds (NPFs) at the end of the month.

Businesses and officials intend to build a domestic carbon market The global trend of creating intra-country markets for regulating greenhouse gas emissions has reached Russia. As Kommersant learned, on September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Economy supported the corresponding initiative of Business Russia and formed a joint working group that will build the market. Its fate and further development depend entirely on the chosen model.

226 2 minutes. ... Standard & Poor's improved the ratings of Dnepropetrovsk . The city's credit rating was raised from B- to B, and the national scale rating was raised from uaBBB- to uaA- with a stable outlook. The agency attributed this improvement to the city’s prudent budgetary policy, its support from the government, as well as low costs of servicing and repaying the debt in the next three years. Dnepropetrovsk has the best municipal rating on the S&P scale.

Former conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra named after. Svetlanova (GASO) Mark Gorenshtein accused the Ministry of Culture of disrupting the anniversary season. The director of the orchestra was fired the day before by decree of the Minister of Culture. In August, GASO musicians wrote a letter to the Russian Ministry of Culture asking to fire Gorenstein, accusing him of treating them inappropriately.

The National Bank is consistently implementing measures within the framework of tightening monetary policy. Limiting the growth of the money supply should help slow inflation and reduce pressure on the hryvnia exchange rate. But the liquidity shortage in the banking system is already accompanied by an increase in demand for resources, and in the future may lead to a slowdown in economic growth due to an increase in lending rates.

The daughter of the ex-prime minister refused to act as a defense lawyer in court. Eugenia Carr outlined the reasons for this decision in a letter to her mother, which was published on the website of the Batkivshchyna party. Correspondent of the Kommersant newspaper in Ukraine Valery Kalnysh discussed the situation with Anna Kazakova. — What do you think prompted Eugenia Carr to write this letter? Is it just filial feelings or something else? And what does this letter even say?

On September 29, the Investigation Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs brought new charges in absentia against the former President of the Bank of Moscow, Andrei Borodin, and the former First Vice-President of the bank, Dmitry Akulinin. They are accused of stealing someone else's property.

The Presidium of the City Hall approved the departmental target program “Development of innovation and investment activities of organizations of the scientific and industrial complex of the city of Novosibirsk” for 2012-2014. Yesterday the press center of the mayor's office reported this. As a result of its implementation, it is planned, in particular, to increase the area of ​​technology parks and business incubators to 160 thousand square meters.