In the body of the letter At the recent Moscow automobile exhibition, I accidentally found myself at the same dinner table with the head of the Russian representative office of a respected automaker. The gentleman ate dumplings and looked through cards with signs and abstracts, preparing for the presentation.

market conditions 169 1 min. ... September turned out to be quite successful for risky investors. Positive results in the last month of the third quarter were achieved solely due to the decision of the US Federal Reserve to launch the third quantitative easing program (QE3) on September 13. According to it, in order to combat unemployment, a specially created institution will buy $40 billion worth of mortgage securities from the market every month.

The monument to Steve Jobs in the Novosibirsk Academy Town, the Joseph Brodsky Museum in St. Petersburg, the oratorio in Elvish - there are many people who want to implement non-trivial projects. You can make money from this desire. Over the past year, several platforms have appeared on the RuNet that help crowdfunding projects raise money. Text: Ksenia Shamakina The group "Bi-2" recorded their latest album Spirit with money from fans.

1K 5 minutes. ... 1. What will happen to the ruble exchange rate? We assumed that due to the nervous situation, the dollar exchange rate in September would not be lower than 32 rubles. As of September 27, the official dollar exchange rate was lower and amounted to 31.22 rubles, but players in the Russian foreign exchange market were determined that it would rise.

The PACE Monitoring Commission supported the proposal to discuss on October 2, as part of the report on Russia, the recommendation to transfer monitoring of the Russian Federation’s obligations to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the head of the Russian delegation, Alexey Pushkov, said on October 1 following the results of the commission’s meeting. According to Mr. Pushkov, this issue caused a heated discussion, as a result of which a compromise version was adopted.

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against the Pussy Riot verdict. Earlier, the Khamovnichesky Court of the capital sentenced Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich to two years in a general regime colony for their action in the KhHS. Kommersant FM correspondent Daria Polygaeva told presenter Andrei Norkin what was happening near the Moscow City Court building. - What's happening now?

Only a miracle can save Russian pensioners—current and future—from poverty. Or - as always - ordinary Russian women. MAXIM KVASH Sensation! A giant diamond deposit has been declassified in Siberia. Many years ago, Soviet geologists discovered the Popigai astrobleme - a meteorite crater, and in it - trillions of carats of uniquely hard diamonds. Hundreds and thousands of times more than has been explored throughout the world so far.

Mazda6 and the philosophical thesis about the meaning of the soul Khasan Ganiev, photo Mazda Most automobile new products are, as a rule, “impersonal.” The concept of authorship is dissolving in the midst of corporate representatives.

Ford Mondeo The new Ford Mondeo is one year shy of its anniversary. It was 19 years ago that the first generation of the Ford sedan debuted, the name of which cannot be found in any dictionary. Mondeo is a loose derivative of the Latin mundus - world. Today, the car has finally begun to live up to its name: since the beginning of the year, the new product has been sold on the US market under the name Fusion. What the Americans won't have is the 125 hp EcoBoost engine.

738 1 min. ... British writer JK Rowling announced that she intends to make additions to two of the seven books that make up the Harry Potter epic. According to the writer, due to pressure from publishers, the books had to be written in a hurry: “I had to work under strict time limits, sometimes it was really difficult. I re-read the books and think: God, maybe I should go back and write the author’s version?” The richest writer in Britain did not specify which books she was talking about.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) fined the state-owned postal service company Ukrposhta UAH 70,000 for abuse of its monopoly position. As the press service of the AMCU reported, in particular, it was established that the enterprise unreasonably refused to enter into contracts for the sale of postal payment marks to individual business entities.

The capital's hotel will completely pass into private hands. It will be sold at auction on November 20. The transfer to a serious investor will only benefit the hotel, experts are sure: the complex will operate more efficiently. The Russian capital refuses "Budapest". The famous hotel in the center of the capital will go under the hammer on November 20. The city authorities will sell 100% of the shares at auction.

582 1 min. ... After the scandalous performance of Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, for which three members of the punk band received two years in prison, State Duma deputies decided to toughen the punishment for insulting the feelings of believers. According to the draft law, which was introduced on Wednesday by deputies from all four factions, it is planned to introduce criminal penalties and large fines for the desecration of religious objects.

Rules of the game 257 1 min. ... In the process of agreeing on the pension concept, opposing ministries come up with legislative initiatives that could strengthen their positions. Following the Ministry of Labor, which submitted to the government a bill enshrining a number of provisions of the concept it developed, the Ministry of Finance prepared its own bill.

On October 1, the Moscow City Court recognized as legal the sentence of General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Bokov, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison for fraudulently stealing almost $10 million from a Moscow businessman, RAPSI reports. Thus, the court rejected the complaint of the defense, which insisted on overturning the sentence, which it considered illegal and unfounded.