The Moscow police search for two unknown people who exploded grenades in the building of the Russian State University of Physical Culture. According to law enforcement agencies of the capital, on the eve of at about 20:00, two unknown people blew up in the corridor of the basement of the house number four on the lilac boulevard of the RGD-5 and RGN grenades, after which they shot several times from firearms and disappeared into the Zhiguli car car.

The authors of the book "Abramovich: A billionaire from nowhere" Dominic Mijli and Chris Hatchings told the British publication The Daily Telegraph (translation on the website inopressa.ru ) about how they managed to find so much material about one of the most mysterious modern rich people.

Two senior courts of the country entered into an open confrontation. The Presidium of the Supreme Court intends to call for the answer to the head of the court of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin, who recently in an interview with Izvestia publicly agreed with public opinion (and 67% of Russians, according to the latest sociological surveys, consider judicial employees to be corrupt) and recognize the fact of the bribe in the courts.

In China, in the city of Lanzhou, the 29-year-old Ma Weikhua was arrested for drug storage, as reported by La Repubblica (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). Under the skirt of a woman found heroin. Drug storage is one of 69 crimes in China, for which the death penalty is entitled. However, the case of Ma was special. At the time of arrest, the woman was pregnant, and the PRC Criminal Code prohibits the execution of pregnant women.

About 500 students on Thursday held a protest in the center of Lviv against the actions of the local police. According to the organizers of the action, it was caused by the fact that on October 27, in the office of the student fraternity, police officers found a package with three items similar to grenades.

A new housing scandal is brewing in Moscow. A year ago, the residents of the center were alarmed by the order according to which most residential buildings in the center of the capital were recognized as dilapidated and subject to demolition. The residents of such houses were threatened with a eviction, unknown where. Later, to the joy of the inhabitants of the center, it was canceled .

The sixth congress of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia voted to approve Nikita Mikhalkov as chairman of the Union. The vote was open. During the secret vote, neither Mikhalkov nor the second candidate for the post of head of the Union of Cinematographers - the famous actress and director Elena Tsyplakova, could not recruit 75% of the votes necessary for the charter.

The father of the 54-year-old Masumi code taken hostage in Iraq Siosei Code made an attempt to save his son and through the world media called on al-Qaeda a terrorist group led by Abu Musab Az-Zarkavi, to pardon and free his son. The Sr. Code told Wednesday the American agency Ar in Tokyo that his son went to Iraq just because he "sympathized with the Iraqi people." “He just wanted to see how the Iraqi people suffer, and reflect on the future of the world,” said the father of the hostage.

Since November 1, tickets of the largest Russian Aeroflot airline will rise in price by $ 10-15. Deputy Director General of the airline, Igor Tratnikhenko, announced a press conference on Thursday that Aeroflot was introducing a fuel allowance to compensate high prices for aviation fuel, which reached record values ​​in parallel with the growth of oil prices.

A number of information agencies report that Arafat is in a coma and doctors are fighting for his life. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalu said that "the state of the Arafat was catastrophically worsened, but it is too early to catch him," Ha'aretz reports. The wife of Arafat Sukh At-Tauil and his eight-year-old daughter Zuhra arrived on Thursday in Ramallah from Paris, where they lived recently. This was announced by the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry of Abdalla Abdalla.

The Supreme Court of the Unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia recognized the decision of the Central Election Commission that the elections in the republic had held and was won by Sergey Bagapsh. Such a decision of the meeting of the highest judicial body of Abkhazia was announced today by the judge of the Supreme Court, George Akaba, considering this case. According to the Commission of the Supreme Court - for Bagapsha, 44002 people cast their votes, which is sufficient to win in the first round.

Residents of the Moscow region in the coming days, according to weather forecasts, say goodbye to warm autumn weather. According to the metropolitan hydrometeorological unit, today the northwest will be replaced by the southern wind, which will lead to a cooling, ITAR-TASS reports. Now in the capital and Moscow region about 5 degrees above zero. In the afternoon, the air in Moscow warms up to plus 7-9 degrees, in the region the thermometer column will rise to plus 10.

The congress of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia completes its work on Thursday in Moscow. The main event should be the election of the chairman of the SK. Now this position is held by director Nikita Mikhalkov. At the VI Congress, it was decided that the new chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation will be elected secret vote. Such a proposal was nominated by the director Nikita Mikhalkov, the second term located in this post.

The head of the Palestinian National Administration (PNU) Yasir Arafat will fly to Paris on Friday, Palestinian sources confirmed. On Friday morning, he will be transported to Jordan. Such a verdict issued a consultation of doctors from the Arab countries after examining the Palestinian leader. Arafata was examined by doctors from Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia. In particular, Ashraf Kurdi, who treated the arafat for 25 years, arrived from Aman.

The weekly increase in Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves as of October 22 has become a record over the past 6 years. During the week, the Central Bank’s reserves increased by $ 5.1 billion and reached the historical maximum - 105.2 billion. The last time was recorded in July 1998, when reserves increased by 5.6 billion in a week. True, then they were five times less than now.