At the eve of a meeting with representatives of the European Jewish Congress in the Kremlin, President Putin invited not the main rabbi of Russia Berla Lazar , but the rabbi of the large choral synagogue of the Moscow Pinhas Goldschmidt. As the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz (full text on the website Inopressa.ru ), the first is close to Lev Levaeva, the second is connected with Arkady Gaidamak.

The French grocery house Hediard was bought by Luxadvor, controlled by the Russian entrepreneur, Senator from Tuva Sergey Pugachev, one of the most influential Russian bankers from the initial accumulation of capital. The transaction was reported on Thursday by the French newspaper Echos, however, the amount that Pugachev paid to the former owner of the Bachelor’s house from Monacoel Pastor (Michel Pastor) was not called is not called.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office issued a warning to the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko for mass poisoning in the Stavropol. In this regard, the head of the Russian Federation is proposed to take the necessary measures to normalize the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Stavropol Territory, ” the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

More than 130 Muslim theologians filed an open letter to the Pope Benedict XVI , the head of the Anglican church, Archbishop of Canterbury and other Christian leaders. In it, they call for the establishment of greater understanding between Islam and Christianity. According to them, the world on Earth and the survival of mankind depend on improving relations between these religions, today the Russian BBC service reports.

The launch of the Discovery shuttle to the International Space Station (ISS) can be postponed from October 23 to December 6. The reason is found during the inspection using a new method of analysis of the flaw in three heat -shielding ceramic tiles on the wing of the ship. This was reported by the official representatives of NASA, indicating that the leadership of the space department is now holding meetings at the Cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral to make the necessary decision.

The famous Russian tennis player, the winner of the two Bolshoi helmet tournaments, Marat Safin, will certainly be part of the Russian national team to the Davis Cup final against the United States, which will be held on November 30 - December 2 in Portland. This was stated by the President of the Russian Tennis Federation, the captain of the Russian national team in the Davis Cup Shamil Tarpishchev.

The accident involving presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky happened late on Tuesday evening, reports . A BMW seventh series, with special signals turned on, in which Sergei Vladimirovich was driving, collided with a VAZ-2114 car at the intersection of Prechistenka and Zubovsky Boulevard. The blow turned out to be quite strong, but the strong “Boomer” withstood it, and Yastrzhembsky, who was sitting in the back seat, was not injured. However, both cars were damaged quite badly.

In Vladimir, a 79-year-old woman and her 30-year-old grandson lived in marriage for seven years. According to the website of the General Prosecutor's Office , the Frunze District Court of Vladimir only now recognized this marriage invalid. When asked about the reasons that prompted them to such a strange marriage, at the trial meetings, the grandmother and grandson could not say anything. The marriage between them was registered in 2000 by the registry office of the Vladimir administration.

Anatoly Antonov, director of the Department of Security and Disarmament of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, speaking at the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, called for avoiding the development of events known since the Cold War.

According to DRIVE.ru, the Mercedes SL roadster underwent a slight restyling last year. However, the Stuttgart masters were not satisfied with the result of the changes, so they decided to radically change the appearance of the car. The bumpers, radiator grille and headlights will be changed. They will most likely resemble C-Class and CL equipment. Some changes will also affect the “filling”. Three main engines V6, V8 and V12 with 272, 388 and 517 hp.

Turkey, which always sharply objected to the use of the concept of "genocide" to the events of 1915 , opposed a sharp protest against the actions of American congressmen. The decision of the relevant committee of the House of US representatives was personally convicted by the President of the Republic Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and the ambassador to the United States Nabi a sensory. On Thursday, Azerbaijan expressed solidarity with Turkey.

American intelligence services believe that as of October 2006, a maximum of 50 kg of weapon plutonium, suitable for creating at least six nuclear charges, could be produced. This is stated in the US Congress reported by the US exploration organizations, a copy of which was at the disposal of the Kyodo news agency. In the only DPRK, the current nuclear reactor also contains about 8 thousand fuel rods, from which plutonium can be extracted.

The Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov held a government meeting on Thursday in his branded hard style: this time criticism rained down on the Ministry of Transport in connection with the construction of a paid highway around St. Petersburg. True, he found the prime minister and whom to praise: women in the government. They account for a “big load,” Zubkov noted.

The jury in the case of the death of Princess Diana at a meeting in London saw photos of a dying princess. According to ITAR-TASS, these pictures were taken immediately after the tragedy on August 31, 1997 in Paris. The princess's face is on them, however, a shade of blond hair and part of the face, there is no doubt about who is depicted in the pictures in the tunnel of Alma, on the floor between the front and rear seats of the car.

President of Pakistan Perevez Musharraf urged the former prime minister of the country Benazir Bhutto to wait to be a return to his homeland from an 8-year foreign exile, Interfax reports. Musharraf recommended that the Supreme Court announces its decision on the presidential election on October 6th. Recall that the whole difficulty lies in the fact that, according to the law, only a civilian can be the head of state, and Musharraf is a general.