In 2013, Russian Railways (RZD) may receive an additional 5-6 billion rubles from the budget to subsidize passenger transportation on long-distance trains. This measure is being discussed in the Ministry of Finance, the Kommersant newspaper writes in its issue dated October 22.

In Saratov, a group of natives of the Caucasus attacked a paddy wagon carrying three of their compatriots. agency reported this on October 22 The Interfax . Young people aged 25-26 years are accused of shoplifting as part of an organized crime group. According to Interfax, on October 21, the court first released them on their own recognizance, and then changed its decision because information about new thefts appeared.

Polish heavyweight boxer Mariusz Wach, who will fight Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko on November 10 , promised to take away the championship belts from his opponent. Wach advised Klitschko to prepare well for the fight and expressed confidence in his victory. This was reported by the online publication Boxingscene. The Polish boxer will be the first opponent of Klitschko Jr., who is taller than the Ukrainian. The fight between Vakh and Vladimir Klitschko will take place in Hamburg.

Work on the Shaker: An Old-School RPG project has been discontinued. This was reported on the Eurogamer website. The project was initiated by designers Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall. The first worked on the Wizardry and Jagged Alliance series. The second, being an employee of id Software, participated in the creation of games from Commander Keen to Doom. Hall later co-founded Ion Storm and led the development of the role-playing game Anachronox.

The founders of the League of Voters reported the theft of money from their electronic wallet by one of the organization’s coordinators. This was reported on the League website. The money was stolen by Nikolai Belyaev, the report says. We are talking about funds collected in public electronic wallets in the summer and fall of 2012. The message also states that Belyaev is no longer affiliated with the League of Voters and has no right to make public statements on its behalf.

The leader of the Ukrainian nationalist party “Svoboda” Oleg Tyagnibok promised to prevent “stuffing” in the future parliament, that is, the conclusion of alliances between opposition deputies and the Party of Regions . The politician stated this in an interview with Kommersant-Ukraine.

Gomeltransneft, the Belarusian operator of the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, confirmed the fact that rubber products got into oil flows. This was reported by the website of the Vedomosti newspaper with reference to a letter from the acting general director of the Belarusian company Andrei Kozik to the vice-president of Transneft Mikhail Barkov.

European Commission staff promised that the poster with images of a hammer and sickle, hung in the main building of the EC in Brussels and which caused discontent among Lithuanian politicians, would be removed. Delfi.lt reports this with reference to Arūnas Vinčiūnas, an employee of the Lithuanian mission to the European Union. The poster in question appeared near the office of one of the European Commissioners.

Russian Vera Zvonareva dropped to 94th place in the updated Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. In the ranking dated October 15, Zvonareva took 49th place. Due to various injuries, Zvonareva missed a large number of tournaments this season. In the new ranking, the Russian woman lost 488 points, as she does not participate in the WTA Final Tournament, which starts this week in Istanbul. In 2011, Zvonareva reached the semi-finals of the Final Tournament.

At the airport in Melbourne, Australia, a kangaroo was caught, which somehow ended up in the car park of the air transport hub. The incident, which occurred on Monday, October 22, is reported by ABC News. A kangaroo jumping around the parking area was noticed by airport visitors. One of them even took a photograph of the animal and posted it on Twitter, addressing the airport staff. The man jokingly noted that he welcomed the airport’s decision to provide guests with a warm welcome.

A medical examination of the goalkeeper of the Moscow football team Spartak Sergei Pesyakov confirmed the preliminary diagnosis - the goalkeeper has a fracture of the second metatarsal bone of the foot. This is reported by the official website of the red and white. Pesyakov was injured at the end of the match of the 12th round of the Russian Championship with Anzhi Makhachkala.

22.10.2012, 19:59:18 version Print | PDA/PDA Consequences of explosions in Beirut. Photo by Reuters Explosion on a Sunni street The murder of the head of the security service threatens the stability of Lebanon The head of Lebanon's main intelligence service, the Internal Security Service (ISS), Wisam al-Hassan, died on October 19 in a car bomb explosion in the center of Beirut.

Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo will launch a translation service for mobile phone conversations on November 1, writes BBC News. NTT Docomo demonstrated the operation of the service at the CEATEC exhibition. The translation will be carried out automatically and in real time. With the help of the service (it is known that it will be free), subscribers speaking different languages ​​will be able to communicate with each other without resorting to the services of a “live” translator.

Google will present a new version of the Android operating system numbered 4.2 at an event on October 29, The Next Web writes, citing sources familiar with Google's plans. The new system will inherit the code name of its predecessor: like Android 4.1, it will be called Jelly Bean. The main features of Android 4.2 will be multi-user mode and the "Content in the center" function. Multiplayer mode will be available on tablets.

The Indiana Fever won the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship for the first time in its history. This was reported by the official WNBA website. In the final series, Indiana ended up being stronger than the Minnesota Lynx club, which at that time was the reigning WNBA champion. On the night of October 22, Moscow time, the fourth match of the series took place. After the previous three games, the score in the best-of-three series was in favor of Indiana - 2:1.