On September 29, a meeting of the Presidium of the Government was to be held in the White House, at which it was planned to hold a final discussion of the concept of long-term socio-economic development of Russia until 2020. However, according to Kommersant , the expected government approval of the fundamental document has been canceled.

The Franco-Belgian financial company Dexia SA will receive 6.4 billion euros from the France and Belgium authorities after the record fall of the quotes of its shares, Bloomberg reports.

MICEX does not trade promotions from 10:30 in the morning Moscow time. In the first few seconds, during which transactions were made, the MICEX index managed to fall by 1.066%, and the most liquid papers lost 3-8%. So, Gazprom shares fell by 7.76%, Lukoil - 7.45%, Sberbank lost 7.59%, VTB - 7%, Rosneft almost 8%, Gazprom Neft - 9.8%, Norilsk Nickel - 5.8%.

The Russian woman Dinara Safina, taking third place in the world ranking, admitted that she was closely close to leaving tennis, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters . "The beginning of 2008 turned out to be terrible. I was almost ready to give up, to say to myself:" Well, that's enough. I’ll go better to study or take care of something else, ”the 22-year-old Safina frankly in front of reporters in Stuttgart, where a representative tournament will be held this week.

In the Republic of Karelia, a sentence was sentenced to a woman who is found guilty of mass murder and other crimes. She took a solid by a residential building, after which 5 people were killed in the fire, including a policeman with her household. The cruel crime was disclosed only by accident. On Monday, the Supreme Court of Karelia sentenced a 31-year-old resident of Petrozavodsk, Julia Fokin, to 15 years in prison in a general regime colony.

Elements of the Civil War are seen in modern Ingushetia by its former president Ruslan Aushev, who performed on the air of "Echo of Moscow" . Both organs, officials and residents fell under the fire, stated Aushev, noting that recently there have been an attack on civil servants and abductions of people in the republic.

Twenty teams, including Russian, take part in the starting on Tuesday in Brazil, the World Futsal Championship. Our team will hold its starting match at the world championship on Thursday against Cubans. Teams are divided into four groups. In addition to Russians and Cubans, the lots determined Brazil, the Solomon Islands and Japan in Quintet, in addition to Russians and Cubans.

In the used digital video camera purchased on the Internet shard, confidential information of British intelligence MI-6 was stored. According to The Guardian , the Nixon Cool Pix camera for 17 pounds (c. 40 dollars) was acquired by a 28-year-old resident of Hartfordshire before going to the United States for vacation.

Colonel General Vasily Smirnov, Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, told reporters on Tuesday that 295 foreign citizens were serving in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. "In accordance with the previously adopted decisions, we have the right to submit foreign citizens to the army. Today 295 people are serving in it," Smirnov said. According to him, foreign citizens have the right to conclude a contract for service in the Russian army.

Three Russian citizens by decree of the President of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsha were the first "honorary citizens" of this republic. "In Abkhazia, where celebrations are held on Tuesday in connection with the Independence Day of the republic, a new high title was established - an honorary citizen of Abkhazia," the State Duma of the fourth convocation, the leader of the People’s Union, Sergei Baburin, told Interfax .

About 50 km south of Philadelphia (Atlantic coast of the United States) in the Gulf of Chesapik, the Tuchkov Bridge tanker sat in the Russian tanker, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the Marine Bulletin, the incident happened on Monday evening, on board the tanker - 195 thousand barrels of raw oil. According to Tuesday morning, there were no reports of oil spill or significant damage to the tanker. Coast guard and environmental control of Delaware monitor the situation.

South Ossetia President Eduard Kokoita received an official letter from the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, which sets out the position of the Belarusian leadership in the Caucasus. According to the text of the letter, the Belarusian leader promised to think about the recognition of the republic. According to Tuesday, the press service of the President of South Ossetia, Kokokuta said about this to representatives of the legislative branch of the authorities of the republic.

US President George Bush allowed the Ministry of Finance to use the funds of the American currency stabilization fund to provide assistance to share investment funds. This is stated in the memorandum, the text of which was distributed by the White House. "In accordance with the law, I allow the use of funds of the currency stabilization fund as a guarantee for some share investment funds," the document says.

Scientists managed to get a substance that copes with erection disorders as effectively as Viagra, and does not cause side effects. The new remedy was obtained on the basis of the medicinal plant of the Goryanka Korozhrozhkova, RIA Novosti reports with reference to an article published by Italian researchers in the journal Journal of Natural Products .

People with their virtual images on the Internet are able to solve complex problems better than people acting in the real world. So according to American psychologists from the University of Pennsylvania, reports The Washington Profile . Research was conducted with people with their virtual images in the Second Life game.