Former head coach of the Russian women's handball team, Evgeniy Trefilov, said that the Russian Handball Union (RGU) proposed unworthy candidates for the post of coach of the women's team. This was reported by the portal “All Sports”. On October 2, the SGR published a list of 10 coaches from whom the coach of the Russian national team will be selected.

The Moscow Gogol Theater will present six premieres this season, reports a Lenta.ru correspondent citing the theater’s artistic director Kirill Serebrennikov. The theater, which will now be called "Gogol Center", will open after renovation in the first days of February 2013 with a performance under the working title "Station". Thematically, it is connected with the location of the theater, which is located next to the Kursk railway station.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing suspended City Police Chief Ralph Godbee for 30 days. During this time, it is planned to conduct an official investigation into his unofficial relationship with his subordinate employee Angelica Robinson, ABC News reports. The affair between married Godbey and married Robinson became known when the latter spoke about it on Twitter.

One of the suspects in the murder of the rector of the St. Petersburg University of Service and Economics Alexander Viktorov, 38-year-old St. Petersburg resident Vitaly Kovalev, filed a complaint against his arrest with the Leningrad Regional Court. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this on October 4. Lawyer Larisa Fon-Arev said that all claims against Kovalev are based only on the testimony of another suspect, 38-year-old Novokuznetsk resident Andrei Eliseev.

04.10.2012, 12:35:42 version Print | PDA/PDA Kakha Bendukidze. Photo by Ilya Azar Drama, but not tragedy Kakha Bendukidze told Lenta.ru about the reasons for Saakashvili’s defeat The defeat of Mikheil Saakashvili's party in the Georgian parliamentary elections seemed impossible for his supporters just a few weeks ago. Former Minister of Economy Kakha Bendukidze is one of the main ideologists of Saakashvili’s economic reforms.

The radio station "Echo of Moscow" was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. announced this on his Twitter The radio station's editor-in-chief Alexey Venediktov . It is not yet known who exactly put forward the radio station and with what justification. was the first to announce Echo's nomination for the award Agence France-Presse . As Venediktov explained to Lenta.ru, he himself learned about this news from colleagues and from Reuters journalists who called him for comments.

On October 4, a fire occurred at an oil refinery in Saratov, resulting in five injuries. This was reported on the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the department, five people were injured as a result of the fire, one of whom is in serious condition. All of them are contractor employees. Rescuers received a report of the fire at about 15:00 local time. 27 vehicles and 120 firefighters rushed to the scene.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the drugs found on the ships of the Baltic Fleet belonged to a civilian employee. agency reported this on October 4 The Interfax . According to the head of the press service of the Western Military District, Colonel Andrei Bobrun, the inspection carried out by the State Drug Control Service affected only the auxiliary vessels of the Baltic Fleet. These vessels are not staffed by military personnel, but by civilian personnel.

Senator Oleg Panteleev denied information that several of his colleagues decided to voluntarily resign, Interfax reports . According to him, none of the members of the Federation Council mentioned in the media submitted applications.

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on Thursday, October 4, The Philippine Star writes, citing police spokesman Joel Coronel. She is accused of embezzling funds from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) government fund. According to investigators, Macapagal-Arroyo spent $8.8 million from the office account for her own needs, BBC News reports.

The Indian Air Force intends to spend 50 billion rupees ($963.7 million) to modernize 150 unmanned aerial vehicles produced by the Israeli state-owned company IAI, Defense Talk reports. It is not yet known when exactly the program will begin. The reconnaissance vehicles used in the border areas in the west, north and east of the country will undergo modernization. As a result of modernization, drones will be able to fly over greater distances.

Drama, but not tragedy Kakha Bendukidze told Lenta.ru about the reasons for Saakashvili’s defeat The defeat of Mikheil Saakashvili's party in the Georgian parliamentary elections seemed impossible for his supporters just a few weeks ago. Former Minister of Economy Kakha Bendukidze is one of the main ideologists of Saakashvili’s economic reforms.

football club The Anzhi beat the Swiss Young Boys on Thursday in a Europa League group stage match, RIA Novosti reports . The game at the Moscow Lokomotiv stadium ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Makhachkala team. Cameroonian Anji forward Samuel Eto'o scored a double , converting a penalty in the 62nd minute and scoring in the 90th. Anzhi will play their next match in the group stage of the Europa League away on October 25 - the Makhachkala team will meet Liverpool in England.

US President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney completed the first round of election debates. The event was broadcast live by a number of American television channels, as well as YouTube. The first meeting of the candidates, which took place at the University of Denver, was devoted to economic issues. The debaters discussed, among other things, taxation, health care, budget deficits and the functions of the federal government.

Russia and Ukraine laid the first stone for the foundation of a nuclear fuel plant in the village of Smolino, Kirovograd region. reports this Interfax . The total cost of the project is estimated at $462.5 million. Of these funds, $324.5 million will be spent on the construction of the first phase of the plant, which is scheduled to be completed by 2015.