68 1 min. ... FARC leader killed in Colombia The leader of the left-wing rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 63-year-old Alfonso Cano, was killed on Friday during a military operation by government forces in the southwest of the country. His identity was confirmed by fingerprinting results. Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, better known as Alfonso Cano, became the official leader of the FARC in 2008, following the death of Manuel Marulanda, who founded the group in 1964.

Sergei Mironov will meet in court with Vladimir Zhirinovsky The ex-speaker of the Federation Council will defend his honor and dignity from the head of the LDPR, who publicly accused him of corruption. Zhirinovsky is helping to “remove” the opposition from the electoral field to please the party in power, political scientists say. Vladimir Zhirinovsky about Sergei Mironov Sergei Mironov will defend his honor and dignity from Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

80 1 min. ... Japan's national debt in the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2012, will grow faster than the Ministry of Finance predicted and will exceed 1 quadrillion yen ($12.8 trillion). According to the Nikkei newspaper, the main reason for the accelerated growth of borrowings was the cost of rescue and restoration work after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

SALES! The auction house Lyon and Turnbull held an auction in Edinburgh where the personal belongings of the British Queen Victoria, in particular her underwear, were exhibited and purchased. The Queen's white silk trousers went under the hammer for €10.8 thousand, which is three times the preliminary estimate. A pair of royal silk stockings with an estimate of €570-900 were purchased for €5.8 thousand.

A loud scandal is unfolding around the United Kingdom Border Agency, an analogue of the Russian Federal Border Service. Last week, the head of the department and two high-ranking employees were suspended from work, and on Monday it became known about the arrest of another. Formally, the arrest of Samuel Shoyeju, an employee of the Border Agency, who issued permits for foreigners to enter the country, has nothing to do with the removal of the head of this department from work.

580 billion rubles. collected by the Federal Customs Service (FCS) in October 2011 against 374 billion rubles. a year earlier. For ten months of 2011, the service transferred 4.74 trillion rubles to the federal budget, which is 39% more than in January-October 2010, when 3.42 trillion rubles were attracted. The growth is explained by the dynamics of prices for oil and petroleum products and an increase in imports into the Russian Federation.

NLast name, first name, patronymic PartyTotal area plots (ha)* 1 Reznik Vladislav Matusovich United Russia 36552 2 Sannikov Vladimir Nikolaevich United Russia 9383 3 Sibagatullin Fatih Saubanovich United Russia 6051 4 Sinyagin Alexander Mikhailovich Communist Party of the Russian Federation 4811 5 Doronin Sergey Fair 3278 Aleksandrovich Russia 6 Kolesov Sergey Gennadievich Just cause 2791 7 Babaev Karim Kazimovich Just cause 2754 8 Moshurenko Konstantin Fair 2283 Borisovich Russia 9 Tolstopyatov

On Friday, the Constitutional Court (CC) held elections for a deputy chairman. Let us remind you that this position became vacant on September 22 after the dismissal of judge Pavel Tkachuk due to the expiration of his 9-year term of office. The nomination of candidates and voting took place behind closed doors.

Its production has dropped sharply Russian metallurgists have finally responded to the correction in global markets, which began back in August. In September, domestic companies sharply reduced steel production, to their lowest levels since the beginning of the year (global production has been declining since May). Officially, the drop in volumes is attributed to a seasonal decline in consumption. Unofficially, metallurgists recognize the global reduction in demand for steel.

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Global Point Family will invest $100 million in the restaurant business The Global Point Family group of companies, which operates four restaurants in St. Petersburg, is investing $100 million in opening 200 establishments throughout Russia over three to four years. In December 2011, the company launched two restaurant projects in Moscow, and in 2012 it plans to enter the restaurant market in New York.

Oleg Ostapenko found his assistants The Ministry of Defense continues to form a new type of troops - aerospace defense (ASD), created on the basis of the space forces. As Kommersant expected, Lieutenant General Oleg Ostapenko will soon become the commander of the aerospace defense forces. He will be assisted by Lieutenant General Valery Ivanov, Major General Oleg Maidanovich, and Colonel Andrei Ilyin. Valery Ivanov was born on December 21, 1960 in the city of Opochka, Pskov region.

Advertising Gazprom Media is creating a new division for selling video advertising on the Internet - Gazprom Media Digital, which from 2012 will take over the functions of the sales house of the RuTube video portal controlled by the media holding. Spending on video advertising alone in RuNet this year will increase by almost a third and exceed 830 million rubles.

1.92 million cars were sold in Russia in the first nine months of 2011. During the same period last year, 1.32 million cars were sold in the country (an increase of 31%). Despite this, in the fall of 2011, the Russian car market slowed down: according to the Association of European Businesses, sales of new cars in September increased by 26%, while in August the growth was 32%.

Last weekend the Russian March took place in Moscow. About 7 thousand people gathered for the nationalist rally in Lyublino. Commentary by Kommersant FM political commentator Stanislav Kucher. I didn’t go to the “Russian March”, but I consider the fact that it took place a very positive and significant event – ​​despite all its external “invisibility” against the backdrop of a three-day national holiday.