By combining two specialized commissions Yesterday, a meeting of the Kyiv City Council was held, at which deputies redistributed more than 46 million UAH in the expenditure side of the capital's budget, directing funds, in particular, to the reconstruction of the Bortnicheskaya aeration station and the repair of some utility facilities.

The operator will sell branded smartphones The largest mobile operator in the country, Kyivstar, has decided to start selling smartphones under its own brand. Its competitors, MTS and Astelita, already have similar offers. However, Kyivstar has more ambitious plans - within a year the company promises to occupy half of the market in the lower price segment. The main obstacle to this is the operator’s lack of strong retail of its own.

At its meeting, the regional election commission certified the lists of candidates for the legislative assembly of United Russia, LDPR, Right Cause and A Just Russia. Let us remind you that the lists of candidates of Patriots of Russia and Yabloko were previously certified. So, there are 30 people and one single-mandate member on the “Right Cause” list. There are 82 people on the A Just Russia list, as well as 12 people who will go to single-mandate constituencies.

The first all-Union hit "Harlekino" in Alla Pugacheva's repertoire appeared in 1975. By this time, Sofia Rotaru had already released several albums on the Melodiya label. She began to tour abroad earlier, she made her debut in “Song of the Year” earlier, she began to receive “honored” and “folk” awards earlier, she earlier acquired “her own” composer. Vladimir Ivasyuk wrote "Chervona Ruta" for her. The song gave the name to the accompanying VIA and determined the singer’s style for decades.

The Bogdan Corporation began supplying trolleybuses to the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing and Communal Services of Crimea under a contract providing for the supply of 56 trolleybuses for Crimeatrolleybus (Simferopol) by the end of the year. According to the corporation's press secretary Sergei Krasulya, the carrier has already received the first 5 trolleybuses under this contract.

In the Odessa region, the country's largest national Danube Biosphere Reserve is on fire. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, reeds and dry vegetation caught fire in a 6-kilometer area along the Ochakovsky mouth and in the depths of Belgorodsky Island in a swampy area. The reserve's management is currently determining the area of ​​the fire. There is no threat to the population of the nearby town of Vilkovo.

Regional government official fined by the Federal Antimonopoly Service OFAS considered the decision of the regional prosecutor's office to initiate an administrative case against an official of the property management committee of the Saratov region.

Ukraine will join the European missile defense system only after Russia Yesterday, a two-day meeting of NATO defense ministers ended in Brussels. The day before, Spain officially announced its readiness to join the program to create a European missile defense system, which provoked sharp criticism from Moscow. Ukraine is still taking a wait-and-see approach. As the head of the Ukrainian mission to NATO, Igor Dolgov, said, Kyiv will show “special interest” in this project if Russia joins it.

After the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan, programs for localization and effective response in the event of environmental disasters are being developed in the Primorsky Territory, the governor of the region, Sergei Darkin, told reporters at the environmental forum “Nature Without Borders”. “The whole world and we were faced with a problem this year: the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. Primorsky Krai was one of those who expected the consequences.

Drug control officers are accused of bribery and falsification of criminal cases A high-profile criminal case of falsification of criminal cases and bribery of employees of the regional department of the Federal Drug Control Service was sent to the Ulyanovsk Regional Court. The defendants do not admit guilt, declaring that they were slandered by those whom they called criminals. Lawyers believe that the drug police have dug too deep and the case is of a custom nature.

As Kommersant learned, the Czech company planning to produce light aircraft in the Lipetsk region, which was announced by regional authorities without disclosing its name, is Evektor Aerotechnik. This information was confirmed to Kommersant yesterday by Vera Ivakhina, the head of Sigma LLC, which may become a participant in the project. “Indeed, we have previously agreed with the Czechs to assemble a 14-seat modification of the EV-55 Outback aircraft in the Usmansky region,” explained Ms.

On Friday in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner of the Peace Prize, humanity's most prestigious humanitarian award. And at the same time – the most ambiguous. Kommersant FM columnist Konstantin Eggert believes he has guessed who could become the winner. Secretary of the Nobel Committee, former Prime Minister of Norway Thorbjorn Jagland gave several hints in an interview with the Associated Press.

The ex-finance minister will be returned to power only by refusing to change the government course The resignation from the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin on September 24, within a few days, became an organic and integral part of the announced castling of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Yesterday, Mr. Putin announced on behalf of the two participants in the special operation: Mr. Kudrin remains a member of the government team.

The ensemble Nostri Temporis played experimental premieres Concert/classical The Solo Nostri Temporis II concert took place in the assembly hall of the National Academy of Arts. The program included solo plays by young Ukrainian and Russian composers, united by an irrepressible desire to expand performing capabilities. Following the concert, LYUBOV MOROZOVA reflects on the organic fusion of traditional and innovative instrument playing techniques in fresh scores.

Today marks the 59th anniversary of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin He is congratulated by the president of the All-Russian motorcycle club "Night Wolves" Alexander Surgeon (Zaldostanov): — The energy of moving forward is what makes up the strength and life of a Man.