The All -Russian Fund for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) conducted a survey about the attitude of citizens to the events of 1937. At the end of July, a special resolution of the Central Committee of the All -Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks opened the era of mass repressions, called the "Stalin" named General Secretary of the Central Committee.

The Soft Giant Oracle offered $ 6.7 billion for a competitor - Bea Systems. This transaction will give Oracle access to software for connecting servers. The Oracle proposal, the most active player in the absorption market in this sector, is 25% higher than the cost of VEA at the time of the closing of trading on Thursday, Bloomberg notes. Oracle sent her proposal in a letter on October 9.

The Supreme Economic Court (VHS) of Ukraine recognized the ownership of Russia by hydrographic objects in the Crimea, Interfax reports with reference to the Ukrainian Youth Public Association "Student Brotherhood". It was not possible to detect the text of the decision, as well as any mention of such a decision on the court website .

Another plenary meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was opened this afternoon at the Patriarchal Residence in Pure Lane in Moscow, Interfax reports. "We have a number of issues for discussion relating to the third conferences, meetings, participation in various events of an international nature, as well as some personnel issues on parishes that are more and more open abroad, the patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexy II said, opening the meeting.

Russian airports according to Western samples are actively introducing new rules of pre -flight and post -flight inspections. Among the innovations - "profiling" - a pre -flight interview issued for an effective means of ensuring air safety.

The Chileans Gonzalo Bravo and Eduardo Canas are entered in the Guinness Book of Records, ITAR-TASS reported. They conquered the extinct volcano in the north Chile-Okhos del Salado in the jeep. The peaks of the volcano, they reached on the slightly modified Suzuki Samurai of 1986. By car, the Chileans rose to a height of 6,688 meters. The Chileans set the world record on April 21 of this year, and the expectation of its registration seemed eternity.

Microsoft Corporation announced that from November 1, 2007, the Russian version of the Russian Game Console Xbox 360 will begin in Russia. The console menu and a number of accessories will be completely localized for the Russian consumer, the Microsoft press release said. Xbox 360 Core will cost 11 thousand rubles, Pro - 13 thousand, and Xbox 360 Elite - 18 thousand. Accessories such as wireless gamepads will also go on sale.

According to Interfax , yesterday the State Duma at the plenary meeting adopted in the second reading the bill "On roads and road activities in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation." By the second reading, the classification of roads and forms of ownership is clarified. At the same time, the law establishes the obligation to approve the lists of roads of federal and regional significance.

The first major exhibition dedicated to sex opens in London, writes The Guardian . According to one of its curators Martin Camp, the organizers do not set themselves the task of shocking the viewer, but the exhibition is really provocative. Another curator, Marina Wallace, wants "that all London thinks only about sex for three months." The exhibition is positioned as an overview of the most frank scenes in art over the past 2 thousand years.

The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry on Friday officially condemned the intention of the Commission of the House of Representatives of the US Congress to recognize the events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire by the Armenian genocide by Turkey. Recall, we are talking about a scandalous resolution number 106.

The famous Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa died on Friday at the Tokyo hospital at the age of 73, AP agency reports. Kurokawa was born in Japan in 1934. He graduated from the university in Kyoto, and in graduate school he studied at Tokyo with Kenzo Tanga, the author of Olympic stadiums in Japan.

Despite the fact that in recent years foreign automakers have significantly increased the volume of supplies of foreign cars to our market, sellers are still unable to supply the required number of cars to the Russian market. AutoNews.ru writes about this. The reason for the constant shortage of cars is said to be the long-term sales planning system. Now many car factories themselves ask distributors how many cars they need.

Consultations on the issues of strategic stability of the heads of defense and foreign policy departments of the Russian Federation and the USA in the format "2+2" began on Friday in Moscow. From the Russian side, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, with the American - US Secretary of State Rice Rice and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates participate in the meeting.

In Khabarovsk, the murder of a 9-year-old boy is revealed. The corpse of the child was discovered on Thursday in the garbage tank near the house 8a along the street Oboronnaya in the industrial region of the city. The large sports bag, in which the corpse of the boy was lying in the sheet, found a homeless, digging in garbage. He reported a terrible find to the police. The police officers who arrived on the call at the scene of the police established the identity of the deceased.

The President of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko appealed to the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation regarding the reports of speculation with tickets for the match of the qualifying tournament of the European-2008 championship between the national teams of Russia and England, which will be held on October 17 in Luzhniki. “Again, you have to touch on the topic of sales of tickets for this match,” Mutko quotes ITAR -TASS.