Australian dollar** 814.9141 British pound** 1272.043 Belarusian ruble* 0.0095 Hungarian forint*** 35.3254 Danish krone** 134.9313 U.S. dollar** 799.3 Euro** 1005.36 Icelandic krona** 6.4947 Kazakh tenge** 5.3522 Canadian dollar** 809.3379 Norwegian krone** 137.5886 Polish zloty** 239.32 Russian ruble* 2.4624 Turkish Lira** 438.9258 Czech crown** 40.5485 Swedish krona** 119.0973 Swiss frank** 836.8233 Japanese yen** 101.8911 *For 10. **For 100. ***For 1000. According to the NBU

A competition has been announced for the construction of transport hubs The capital's authorities have announced a competition for the development of ten transport hubs, which will combine ground transport stops and a metro station under one roof. Such nodes should appear near the Semenovskaya, Shchukinskaya, Taganskaya, Filevsky Park and Pionerskaya metro stations. Information about ongoing competitions appeared on the government procurement website.

On September 6, investigative authorities formally charged the co-founder of Parliament Group, Yuri Manilov, with extortion, lawyer Alexander Perezhogin told RAPSI . “I just left my client from the pre-trial detention center, where he was charged, absolutely everything is the same as was discussed in the resolution when the preventive measure was chosen. Charged with extortion, Article 163,” the lawyer said.

The Palme d'Or winner, Michael Haneke's Love, received the 2012 Grand Prix from the International Federation of Film Press (FIPRESCI). The FIPRESCI Grand Prix will be awarded at the opening ceremony of the San Sebastian Film Festival on September 21. 225 film critics who are members of the organization took part in the voting. Michael Haneke has already received the association's Grand Prix - in 2009 for the film "White Ribbon".

Police suspect auto brokers of fraud The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Krasnodar opened a criminal case on suspicion of fraud based on statements from twenty clients of the Lime Car company, which does not fulfill its intermediary obligations in selling cars to citizens. The company, created in April, positioned its offer as a unique service that guaranteed the sale of a car at the maximum price in a short time, but already in August it stopped paying customers.

The transfer window in Russian football will close on the night of Thursday to Friday. Kommersant FM sports columnist Vladimir Osipov believes that the last day of shopping may bring new surprises from top clubs. The transfer market in Europe is already closed, but fans are still discussing the acquisition of Zenit and Anzhi on the Internet. Especially, of course, Zenit: so much money was spent - €100 million.

experience exchange FRANCOIS POIRIER, General Director of Peugeot Russia, told Autopilot magazine correspondent ANNA KILIMNIK about how the car is adapting to work in Russia and what engines are the future. — How important is the Moscow Motor Show for the Peugeot brand? “We are presenting here our new Peugeot 408 sedan model, so the interior is very important to us. This is the first Peugeot car, which was assembled at the PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is negotiating with one of the world's largest investors about its participation in the capital of the Moscow MICEX-RTS exchange, RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev told the Prime agency. “We are considering the entry (into the capital of MICEX-RTS - RIA Novosti ) of one of the largest investors for a small package,” he said on September 6 on the sidelines of the APEC Business Summit.

Following their “younger” colleagues, Sotheby`s, Christie`s and Bonham`s begin the auction season, says Dmitry Butkevich. The columnist advises paying attention to the New York Sotheby's auction dedicated to classical Chinese painting, and the Bonham's auction under the name Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia in West Sussex. Global auction activity is gradually intensifying.

The defense team of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko intends to file a motion to dismiss due to the jurisdiction of the Universal Trading & Investment Co. lawsuit. Inc. (UTICo), filed against her in federal court in New York, said Tymoshenko's lawyer Kenneth McCallion. UTICo intends to recover about $18.3 million in New York from the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) corporation headed by Tymoshenko in the 1990s.

Context 257 1 min. ... The Belarusian authorities yesterday officially refused to extradite to Kyrgyzstan the brother of President Kurmanbek Bakiev, overthrown in 2010, Zhanybek. Minsk's position is set out in a statement from the Prosecutor General's Office.

Basel Aero (part of Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element) announced the appointment of Leonid Sergeev to the position of General Director. Leonid Sergeev was born in 1971 in Sverdlovsk. He has been working in the structure of the Basic Element group since 2008. In 2008-2010, he headed the department of strategic projects at RUSAL and participated in the company’s preparation for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The authorities note the degradation of the historical part of the city Yesterday, the chief architect of Kazan, Tatyana Prokofieva, said that the low density of residential development in the center of Kazan could lead to “extinction” and “final degradation of the city center.” Experts see the reasons in the “lack of rules of the game” for developers and in the fact that significant areas “are simply held by someone” without being developed.

Mikhail Ilyenko's film nominated for Oscar from Ukraine Award/Cinema Yesterday, a meeting of the Ukrainian Oscar Committee took place, which decided to nominate Mikhail Ilyenko’s “Walk Through the Fire” for the Academy Award in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. SERGEY VASILIEV comments. It should be noted right away that the exaltation that usually accompanies the nomination of Ukrainian films for the Oscar seems somewhat exaggerated.

Officials may be left with family nests. The day before, the State Duma discussed two draft laws prohibiting officials from owning real estate and accounts abroad. Deputies are mulling over amendments that would allow civil servants to keep real estate in former Soviet republics. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Zheleznyak discussed the situation with presenter Nail Gubaev.