According to statistics, before the financial crisis, sales of carpets and carpet products in Russia reached 44 million square meters. m. That is, per Russian citizen there were 3.2 square meters. m. And if we assume that the average family consists of three people, then each family has one carpet with an area of ​​more than 9 square meters. m. And who said that carpets are out of fashion?

141 1 min. ... On Friday, the supervisory board of Petrocommerce-Ukraine Bank appointed Denis Chernyshov as chairman of the board of the institution. Previously, Mr. Chernyshov served as deputy chairman of the board of the nationalized Ukrgasbank. Bank Petrocommerce-Ukraine belongs to the Russian bank Petrocommerce and, according to the NBU as of October 1, ranked 97th in terms of assets (UAH 1.028 billion). Elena Gubar

Suspects have emerged in the case of beatings in the colony where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was serving time The victims in the case of abuse in Krasnokamensk colony No. 10, burned by its inhabitants in April, are 140 people, five administration employees are suspects, said the head of the Trans-Baikal Human Rights Center Vitaly Cherkasov.

Context Last Saturday, the X Congress of the “Choice of Russia” movement took place at the Izmailovsky hotel complex.

Despite the defeat from Donetsk, the Kiev team won the first round Basketball / Ukrainian Championship On Saturday, in the match of the finalists of the last Ukrainian championship, Donetsk won at home against Budivelnik with a score of 72:64. This victory did not help the Donetsk team rise above third place in the first round, and did not prevent the Kiev team from maintaining their leadership.

Rating agency Moody's warned of the threat of providing a negative outlook on the sovereign credit rating of France, the country with the second largest economy among the eurozone countries. According to the agency, the volume of public debt and low economic growth prospects have led France to the fact that among the 6 European countries with a AAA credit rating, it has the worst fundamental indicators for maintaining the credit status quo.

90 years ago, in 1921, the young communist Nikita Khrushchev wrote a letter to the Central Committee of the RCP (b) with an unexpected proposal that ran counter to the general line of the party. According to Vlast correspondent Svetlana Kuznetsova, the letter explains a lot about how the unique management style of the future first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee was formed.

Project 84 1 min. ... On November 26, the X International Music Festival “Disco of the 80s”, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, will be held on the stage of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow . Spectators will see performances by Boney M, Joy, Al Bano, Dschinghis Khan, Riccardo Fogli, Fancy, Eddy Huntington, Mr. Zivago, Bad Boys Blue... Domestic stars will also appear on stage: Vladimir Presnyakov, Maxim Leonidov, Valery Syutkin, groups "Mirage", "Jolly Guys" and others.

Myanmar has abandoned its contract with Russia for the supply of An-148 aircraft due to the recent crash. Two pilots died during the test flight: this is too big a loss for a small country, experts say. Myanmar refused the contract, despite the fact that it was signed two years ago. The country's government has not made the first payment for the planes, RBC Daily reports. Now the United Aircraft Corporation has begun searching for buyers for already built aircraft.

Europe's largest automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) plans to launch production of electric vehicles in China from 2013 to meet demand for less polluting models. According to Bloomberg, VW may begin production of two electric vehicle models with Chinese partners by the end of 2013, VW China head Karl-Thomas Neumann said. The models will be able to travel a distance of 100 to 200 km without additional charging.

The Chusovsky treatment plant was chosen as the main option for water supply to Krasnokamsk. This decision was made today during the visit of Minister of Regional Development Viktor Basargin. Following the meeting, the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Yuri Trutnev, visited Krasnokamsk, where he announced that funds from the federal, regional and municipal budgets would be allocated to finance the project.

Most Americans have likely never even held foreign currency. The New York columnist for "Money", hiding under the pseudonym Ohubelka, tells why it is not needed and what the minority does when they suddenly need strange foreign banknotes. As the classics taught us (or rather, those of us born before, say, 1975), capitalism is doomed. The thought of this haunts millions of capitalists and a huge number of their sympathizers.

Place 90 1 min. ... On November 24, the capital's museum-apartment of Vsevolod Meyerhold will celebrate its 20th anniversary. At the anniversary evening, musicians, actors will perform, and footage from the opening of the museum in 1991 will be shown. 20 years ago, the director’s family and friends entered his apartment on the former Nezhdanova Street, now Bryusov Lane, for the first time since the tragedy of 1939, when Vsevolod Meyerhold was arrested and his wife Zinaida Reich was killed.

The IMF is dissatisfied with cooperation with Ukraine The International Monetary Fund criticized the results of cooperation with Ukraine under the first stand-by program, which operated in 2008-2009. Such dissatisfaction directly affects the current cooperation with Ukraine - the fund has begun to more strictly control the implementation of the terms of the cooperation program and does not intend to deviate from its demands, experts say.

Vladimir Putin at the Council for the Development of Cinematography called for increased support for domestic animation in connection with the entry of Disney into the market. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev, film directors Karen Shakhnazarov, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Alexey German Jr., who gave an interview to Anna Kazakova. – Tell us how the meeting went. Are you satisfied with its result? –– On the one hand, it went well.