The champion of Russia and the vice-champion of Europe in the triathlon in the relay among athletes under 23 Olga Selikhova by decision of the Bureau of the Presidium of the Federation of the Trianglon of Russia (FTR) was disqualified for the use of the forbidden drug Furosemis. “The case with a very talented young triathlonist Olga Selekhova is not like stupid,” admitted to the agency “All Sport” the Vice President of the FTR Oleg Dmittrusenko.

In Moscow, a list of 12 most influential historical figures was announced, which determined during the Internet voting as part of the Name Russia project . Thus, the second stage of the project has ended, which is now moving into the "television" stage. According to the results of the second stage, Prince Alexander Nevsky, who gained more than two million votes, became the leader of the rating.

Confiscation of property is one of the most effective methods for combating corrupt officials, said Sergey Stepashin, head of the County Chamber of the Russian Federation. He expressed this opinion in an interview published on Wednesday in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta . “If the court proved that a person has made his wealth through embezzlement, the use of official powers, then it is necessary to raise the question of confiscation of property,” he is convinced.

The most depressed national minority in Russia are gypsies. This conclusion was reached by members of the Commission of the Council of Europe to combat racism and intolerance. On Tuesday, they presented in Moscow their report on interethnic relations in our country, reports "News Time" .

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Finance to return to the issue of VAT when buying gold by individuals. The head of state gave such an assignment, having heard a report of one of the entrepreneurs at a meeting in Magadan, who said that gold bars are now not in demand, although in the context of the financial crisis, gold prices are growing. The fact is that when buying, they would have to pay 18% of VAT, which does not return when selling an ingot.

Another meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church), chaired by Patriarch Alexy II, will be held on October 6, 2008. This was announced today by the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate. The synod was supposed to take place in July. However, due to the visit of the patriarch to Ukraine and his subsequent illness, he was twice tolerated.

The fire in the hangars in Reutov near Moscow was localized. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Central Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies. "At present, the fire is localized, and its total area has decreased from 5 thousand square meters to 3.5 thousand square meters," the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, information about the dead and victims was not received.

The criminal case of insulting the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, which was instituted on November 30, 2007 in relation to TV-6 Vladimir , was terminated. According to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir region (SUSK), such a decision was made on September 23, reports REGNUM .

Russians Sergey Volkov and Oleg Kononenko today have been gathered in their "orbital garden" in the ISS of the second crop for their flight. A month ago, they packed in special plastic styling and froze the barley at the station, and on Wednesday the same fate befell part of the Mizun Japanese salad cabbage that had matured in the “Lada” onboard greenhouse.

The Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak supports the idea of ​​creating special economic zones in the Magadan region, as well as on Chukotka, Kamchatka and Sakhalin, and the Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina suggests primarily solving the problems of infrastructure restrictions in such regions and believes that it is not worth rushing to the introduction of special regime in the Magadan region, Interfax reports.

Russian industry can lose up to a third of small and medium -sized enterprises, and those that survive will be forced to reduce production. This will happen if the state cannot extinguish the crisis in financial markets, which has made credit resources almost inaccessible to many companies, the activities of which depends on borrowed funds, the Independent Newspaper writes on Wednesday. The day before, the country's stock market was faced with a new large -scale fall .

The Russian company Atomstroyxport became the actual winner of the tender for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Turkey, remaining its only participant. This was reported on Wednesday by representatives of the Commission of the State Turkish Energy School of Energy, ITAR-TASS reports. In total, the list of applicants for the construction of the nuclear power plant in Turkey had six leading companies in the world. However, the other five withdrew their candidates.

The Italian Tennis Federation has disqualified one of the strongest players in the country of Simone Bolelly for ignoring the Davis Cup fight, reports Eurosport . The match with the national team of Latvia Boelli, the 45th racket of the world, preferred preparations for tournaments in Bangkok and Tokyo in this and next weeks. According to the tennis player, he in advance informed the captain of the Italian national team about his intention to play in Asia.

The investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation Sergey Cherneshov, who headed the investigative brigade in the case of large thefts in Tomskneft, filed a report on the dismissal. Chernyshov gained fame for his report to the presidential administration, after which he was fired, and then arrested by the head of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee Dmitry Dovgiy, Kommersant writes.

The Foundation of Solomon Guggenheim chose the new director. Now the organization, which includes the five largest world museums of contemporary art, will be headed by the former director of the Carnegie Art Museum in Pittsburgh, 59-year-old Richard Armstrong, reports Bloomberg.com . For a long time, the trustee of the fund chose a suitable candidate.