Ben Bernanke's deputy may become the new head of the Fed. Barack Obama nominated Janet Yellen. A change in leadership at the Fed is unlikely to lead to significant changes in the country's economic strategy, experts believe. Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters Barack Obama has officially nominated Janet Yellen to be the new head of the Federal Reserve System. She currently serves as deputy to current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. His powers expire on January 31, 2014.

In nine months, goods worth $4.7 billion passed through Samara customs The value of goods cleared at Samara customs from January to September 2013 exceeded $4.7 billion. Exports amounted to $2.7 billion, imports — $1.96 billion. Compared to the same period last year, trade turnover increased by $864.5 million, reports the press service of Samara customs. The main trading partners of the Samara region are non-CIS countries. Their share in trade turnover is 67%.

The Supreme Arbitration Court loses 13% of judges even before its abolition As Kommersant has learned, yesterday at least seven senior judges of the Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) voluntarily resigned, the abolition project of which was submitted to the State Duma by President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Mostly judges with 20 years of experience, who have the right to full compensation and a maximum lifetime salary, decided to resign.

Compensation for the use of a disputed trademark may be reduced The Rostov Arbitration Court has resumed consideration of the claim of Smolensk businesswoman Elizaveta Malik against the Don manufacturer of dry dietary bread, ZAO Molodets, demanding payment of 172 million rubles for the use of her patented trademark. At the first hearing, the judge ruled that Ms. Malik needed to justify the amount of damage.

The Verkhovna Rada introduced criminal liability for raiding, in particular for the seizure of buildings and objects, which led to disruption of the normal operation of enterprises. 241 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill proposed by the Cabinet of Ministers as a whole, out of the required 226.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to the NTV team, which celebrates its 20th anniversary on Thursday. “20 years ago, with the release of the news programs “Itogi” and “Segodnya,” a large-scale television project that met the spirit and requirements of the time began its work, which played an exceptional role in the formation of modern Russian media and in the life of our entire country.

The next plenary meeting of the XII session of the Kyiv City Council of the VI convocation will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. This is stated in the order of the Deputy City Chairman - Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Galina Gerega No. 62 dated October 10, 2013. The start of the meeting is scheduled for 10.00. Based on materials from RBC-Ukraine

"Seliger" from a summer tent camp will turn into an all-season youth center. Its construction will be supervised by Rospatriottsentr. Experts believe that a place for ideological training of young people will be created with budget money, and it will not stand idle. Photo: Vasily Shaposhnikov, Kommersant / buy photo The Seliger forum will become permanent. A youth center will appear on the site of the summer tent camp.

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“Civic Platform” calls for a review of the entire personnel composition of the election commission The leader of the Civic Platform party, Mikhail Prokhorov, commenting on yesterday’s detention of the head of the Yaroslavl region’s election commission, Denis Vasilyev, said that now no one should have any doubts “by what methods they dealt with our regional branch and why they imprisoned our mayor Zhenya Urlashov.” Party representatives are calling for a review of the entire personnel composition

835 1 min. ... Opposition deputies were concerned about the right of citizens to choose the form of settlements with each other. Yesterday, bill N3390 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada, amending the law on the National Bank and the Economic Code.

Russia may apply sanctions to Ukraine in the event of a unilateral revision of the gas contract, warned the press secretary of the Russian Prime Minister Natalya Timakova. “Any attempts to revise existing gas contracts between Russia and Ukraine will have quite obvious legal consequences. Our Ukrainian partners, before making such statements, must take into account that in the event of a unilateral revision of the terms of the contract, sanctions may be applied,” Ms. Timakova said.

The defendant in the Lysenko case recantes his previous testimony One of the defendants in the case of the ex-head of the Engels region Mikhail Lysenko, former director of the Anapa-22 market Sergei Gorshenin, during the hearing renounced most of his previous testimony given during interrogation and confrontations with other defendants.

In Kharkov on October 11, during the World Cup qualifying match between the national teams of Ukraine and Poland, which will be held at the Metalist stadium, more than 2 thousand police officers will monitor compliance with the rules. “The public security police forces of territorial divisions and the military unit of the internal troops are involved in ensuring public order.

In Ermolaevsky Lane in the center of Moscow, next to a residential building, a gas pipeline is on fire, Russia Today reports on Twitter . The fire may spread to a neighboring building. “During repair work in the pit, a low-pressure gas pipe was damaged, followed by a fire at 17 Ermolaevsky Lane. Work is underway to extinguish the fire,” says the press service of the capital’s head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.