The US Department of Defense recently partially declassified information on the supply of military equipment, equipment and equipment to other countries of the world in 2007. Among them are many post -Soviet states. In total, in 2007, the Pentagon spent 11 billion 910 million 160 thousand dollars for these purposes. De facto, these are weapons from the American military warehouses, usually transferred or sold as part of partnership programs with armed forces of other states.

The supply of Russian MiG-29 ship fighters to India will begin in 2009, this year the first trial aircraft for the training of Indian pilots will be delivered, the president of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Alexei Fedorov, who is on a visit to India, told reporters. "The supply of MiG-29 ship-type aircraft will begin this year, but these will be trial aircraft for the training of Indian pilots.

The Ministry of Finance predicts the further increase in the cost of loans of commercial banks, said Deputy Minister of Finance Dmitry Pankin on a "round table" as part of the first economic intergovernmental conference of the Caspian states. "We expect an increase in the value of loans, tightening the requirements of borrowers; the real sector of the economy will be difficult to get a loan," he said.

In Moscow, a verdict was sentenced to a man who is found guilty of the murder of a kitten. The flayer first beat the animal, and then threw it off the fourth floor. The conviction of the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow came into force against 33-year-old Andrei Churilov, a confession in the death of a kitten, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

On October 2, the opening day of the Paris Motor Show, Toyota presented the new, third generation of its Avensis sedan. The first market where the Toyota Avensis 2009 model year will appear will be Russian. By the way, in Russia this car is one of the best-selling models of the Japanese brand, as well as the most successful foreign car in the D-segment . The car will be available on our market at the beginning of 2009.

A criminal case against a group of realtors and police officers who are suspected of kidnapping and killing low-income and lonely residents of Sochi in order to take possession of their apartments has been sent to the court of the Krasnodar Territory, RIA Novosti reports with reference to information from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

The man's heavy truck was forced to stop at the Volgograd Region: the transported multi -ton equipment crawled from it right on the tracks. According to Interfax , the movement of trains on the Volga Railway is broken. The incident occurred in the area of ​​the village of Abganovo. They cannot continue the movement of 11 trains, including three passenger. In addition, multi -kilometer traffic jams formed.

All six participants in the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team in group exercises, who won gold medals at Games in Beijing, decided to simultaneously complete his sports career. This is Elena Odivina, Daria Shkurikhina, Tatyana Gorbunova, Natalya Zueva, Anna Gavrilenko and Margarita Aliychuk. For this reason, our team starred from the starting of the World Cup in Spain on October 4.

Since August of this year, that is, from the beginning of the hostilities between Russia and Georgia, the call to the contract under the contract has increased 1.5 times in the Rostov region. About this, according to Interfax , said on Friday the military commissar of the Rostov region, Colonel Anatoly Trushin. “The events in South Ossetia, of course, influenced the patriotic mood of our citizens. In August -September, the call to the contract service increased 1.5 times.

In the Chelyabinsk region, the young man killed his parents and sister. The brutal murder was committed after the father and son were once again assisted. Law enforcement agencies of the Chelyabinsk region detained a 22-year-old local resident who is suspected of a triple murder of their relatives, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the investigative department of the regional prosecutor's office. The detainee has already given a confession.

Somalia recognizes the territorial integrity of Georgia and does not plan to consider the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in the information department. Representatives of the Georgian Foreign Ministry said that on Friday night, an official letter was received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia.

In Venice on Thursday evening, the opening ceremony of the 52nd International Festival of Modern Music was held. As part of the Biennale, the works of Igor Stravinsky and Luigi Nono were performed in chorus and orchestra of the Opera Theater, ITAR-TASS reports. The artistic director of the festival, called the "roots of the future", was the Italian maestro Luke Frannic.

The head coach of the German national team Joachim Lev named the list of players who will prepare for the matches of the qualifying cycle of the 2010 World Cup with Russia and Wales. Michael Ballak and Peretezaker returned to the team, recovering after injuries. The match Germany - Russia will take place on October 11 in Dortmund, and on October 15, the Germans will accept Wales team in Menhengladbach.

The strike of workers at the Ford plant in the Leningrad region, which took place in November 2007, had unexpected consequences almost a year later. The management of the auto company filed a lawsuit against the strikers. The Ford administration demanded that last year's strike be declared illegal and that union members compensate losses for downtime - 4.5 million rubles, writes Komsomolskaya Pravda .

The National Police of Spain (NPI) does not have any data regarding the possible purchase of Victory for “Zenit” in the UEFA Cup in May 2008, which is widespread by some Spanish media, said the Official Representative of the NPI in an interview with RIA Novosti . “We have no data regarding such a transaction and, accordingly, did not transfer any information to the Spanish newspapers,” the head of the NPI information service told the agency.