Private bussiness 3K 1 min. ... Born on July 2, 1972 in Sverdlovsk. Has two higher educations, candidate of economic sciences. In the 1990s, he worked at the Humanitarian Academy of the Armed Forces and in the personnel department of the Russian Tax Police Department. Since 1996, he headed the first directorate of the main operational directorate of the Federal Tax Police Service. In 2003, he became deputy head of the Moscow department of the Federal Service for Drug Control.

Russia demands the extradition of former Sokovites The Prosecutor General's Office sent a request to the UAE for the extradition of the former owners and managers of IzhAvto OJSC, Yuri Kachmazov and Andrei Frolov, who were suspected by investigators of deliberate bankruptcy of the enterprise. Since April of this year, they, as well as two other former top managers of the Izhevsk Automobile Plant, have been on the international wanted list.

Gazprom's supporting bank will rely on the state Russia will soon have one more state bank. Gazprombank, which is essentially state-owned even now, may soon receive the status of a state bank formally. In the event of conversion of Gazprombank's subordinated debt to VEB, Gazprom and NPF Gazfond into 130 billion rubles. in the shares, control in it will de jure pass from the non-state pension fund Gazfond to VEB and Gazprom.

British pension funds may oppose the re-election of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's son James to the board of News Corp. In this way, they want to put an end to the ongoing wiretapping scandal, which led to the closure of the British tabloid News of The World. Pension funds are also calling for Rupert Murdoch's CEO and chairman positions to be split and independent management to be brought in to improve the company's accountability.

The prize was awarded to Thomas Tranströmer Swedish poet and writer Thomas Tranströmer won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The author of 12 books of poetry and prose will receive 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.45 million). The winner of the most prestigious literary award in the world was the 80-year-old Swedish poet Thomas Tranströmer, who for many years was considered one of the most important contenders for it.

26 1 min. ... Australian dollar** 764.2629 British pound** 1232.1193 Belarusian ruble* 0.0139 Hungarian forint*** 35.5815 Danish krone** 142.8539 U.S. dollar** 797.27 Euro** 1063.319 Icelandic krona** 3.6666 Kazakh tenge** 5.3797 Canadian dollar** 758.1597 Norwegian krone** 136.1397 Polish zloty** 241.9218 Russian ruble* 2.4428 Turkish Lira** 425.6681 Czech crown** 42.8568 Swedish krona** 116.6048 Swiss frank** 866.9539 Japanese yen** 103.9921 *For 10. **For 100. ***For 1000.

Kyoto quotas interested someone besides Sberbank VTB intends to deprive Sberbank of the exclusive role of operator of carbon units in the joint implementation projects (JI) market, granted to the latter by the government. VTB has already created a specialized department and is negotiating with the Ministry of Economy about the possible role of the second largest bank in the Russian Federation in the carbon market.

The capital's government intends to sell a stake in one of the most expensive real estate properties – Novinsky Passage. A successful shopping and business center on Novinsky Boulevard is a very attractive asset, so the auction could end in a corruption scandal, experts say. On Thursday, the capital's authorities will put up for auction their share in Novinsky Passage. As part of the auction, the city also intends to sell almost 10% of the shares of the World Trade Center company.

The head of the European Central Bank made final promises to the market The head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, held his last meeting today. Before leaving the post of head of the ECB, Trichet left the base rate unchanged at 1.5% per annum. In anticipation of the last speech by the head of the Central Bank, who, as a result of the eurozone crisis, became a key figure in the hierarchy of the world economy, investors bet on the depreciation of the euro.

The Ministry of Transport of the Krasnoyarsk Territory has determined the amount of funding for the regional road fund for 2012. Next year, 9 billion rubles will be spent on the construction and repair of regional roads. Of these, 138 million rubles. The authorities intend to spend it on the construction of rural roads. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport did not rule out that expenses could increase by another 2 billion rubles.

The voluntary health insurance (VHI) market grew by approximately 15% in 2011. Insurers have focused this year on improving service and quality of services for their clients. The voluntary health insurance market showed significant growth in the first eight months compared to the same period last year. Thus, the market growth since the beginning of the year was 15%.

Opposition deputy of the Legislative Assembly Andrei Agishev today unexpectedly nominated his candidacy for the regional parliament in constituency No. 9 (Motovilikha district of Perm). Let us remember that the politician has recently denied his interest in re-election. The current deputy from this territory is Alexander Boychenko. In the current convocation of the regional legislative assembly, Mr. Agishev represents district No. 29 (Kudymkarsky district). Dina Polina

Regional development The concept of the port special economic zone (POEZ) “Sovetskaya Gavan”, developed by JSC Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (Japan) was considered by the participants of the V Far Eastern International Economic Forum, the press service of the Khabarovsk Territory government reported yesterday. As stated in the message, specialists from the Nomura Research Institute and the company Financial and Organizational Consulting LLC have been developing the concept since October 2010.

International Crisis Group on the future of Libya and the region The International Crisis Group is preparing a new report on the situation in Libya. The vice-president of this influential organization, Alain DELETROZ, told Kommersant columnist MAXIM YUSIN about what conclusions and recommendations it will contain. The International Crisis Group (ICG) was created in 1995. It publishes about 80 extensive reports annually on the situation in potential and existing hot spots.

372 1 min. ... Rosaviation canceled the operator certificates of the airlines OJSC Aviation Company Aviapankh, OJSC Novosibirsk ARZ, LLC Lukiaviatrans, LLC Aero-Transit. Jet-2000 Airlines LLC has had its certificate suspended. The decision on all companies was made on October 3, 2011.