Olympic champion Beijing and the current Kremlin Cup champion, Russian woman Elena Dementyeva, began defense of the title in the Moscow tennis tournament with a difficult victory over Katrina Srebotnik from Slovenia. On Wednesday, the fourth racket of the world, which, thanks to the high number of sowing, began its tournament path from the second circle, managed to break the resistance of an experienced rival only on a tie -break of the third, deciding set - 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6 (2).

In Moscow, drug control officers detained their colleague, who traded a kilogram of heroin. The operatives of the capital’s drug control underwent an operation to detain an employee of one of his units engaged in drug trafficking, reports.ru reports with reference to the department of information and public relations of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) in Moscow.

The famous Italian tuning atelier Pininfarina took part in the Paris Motor Show passing these days and brought to the capital of France a fully electric car for the city called B0. The number "0" in its name means a zero indicator of the level of emission of exhaust gases. Electric car B0? The result of the joint work of Pininfarina designers and specialists of the French company Bollore, known for the production of electronic components.

The famous Hollywood actor Nick Nolti almost burned down in his own estate, located in the expensive Malibu region in the suburbs of Los Angeles. According to police, a fire in the star of the star occurred as a result of a malfunction of the electrical wiring. Nick Nolti had to knock out the window with his hand to get out of the burning house. With deep cuts, the actor was taken to the hospital. The damage caused by fire is estimated at about 3.5 million dollars, reports Newsru.co.il .

In Nepal, a small passenger aircraft occurred on Wednesday. According to preliminary data, at least 18 people died as a result of a plane crash, the website of the Indian newspaper Times of India reports. The collapse of the Yeti Airlines aircraft occurred at the time of landing at the Tenzing Hillry airport in the city of Luke in the east of the country in the area of ​​Mount Jomolungma (Everest).

Portugal recognizes the independence of Kosovo. This was stated in parliament by the country's foreign minister Luis Amadu, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Japanese court sentenced a woman to the death penalty, who brutally killed the priest and his elderly mother, while kidnapping at the same time 1.5 thousand dollars. The District Court of the Japanese city of Moriok sentenced a death sentence to a 46-year-old woman convicted of double murder. The crime was committed in the Ivate Prefecture, reports Breitbart.com with reference to the Associated Press.

The thriller di Jay Karuzo on the hook became the leader of the Russian rental last weekend, collecting 53.58 million rubles or 2.14 million dollars, reports the "Bulletin of the Cinema Protectioner" . The favorite of the last weekend fell to the second position - the mamma mia kinuzikl!, Which raised 51.37 million rubles or 2.05 million dollars.

The American automaker Ford has developed a system called Mykey, which allows parents to control the speed of the cars of their children. The new development is a computer chip that is located inside the ignition key. According to Dailymail , Ford, when creating such a system, limited the maximum speed up to 128 km/h? Faster the car simply will not be able to go, no matter how the young "dashing" would not want it.

Ukraine and the United States are considering the issue of the Ukrainian naval forces of the American fleet ships, this was announced at a press conference by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates after a meeting with the head of the defense department of Ukraine Yuri Yevanurov, Interfax reports.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez was criticized by George Bush’s decision on budget state support for private financial companies in the United States, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the American newspaper group McClatchy . “Comrade Bush goes to socialism,” Chavez quotes the publication. At the same time, the President of Venezuela recalled that he himself is called "Tiran" for such actions in the US.

The Russian stock market was opened on Wednesday with a sharp drop in the prices of “blue chips” following the collapse of world stock indicators and oil, the MICEX index in the first minute of trading collapsed by 11.5%, Interfax reports. Further, the fall continued - 15 minutes after the start of trading in the Russian market, the drops of the quotes of most highly liquid papers continues. As of 10:45, the MICEX index fell by 13.58% - to the mark of 643.59 points.

In the Voronezh region, unknown criminals brutally killed a pensioner who cooked moonshine. The Voronezh Directorate of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation opened a case in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old resident of the Ramon district center, reports REGNUM with reference to the assistant to the head of the investigative department Irina Melnik. Information about the crime entered the police on September 29 at about 8:00.

The new requirements for configuration of security equipment presented by amateur fishermen in Estonia turned out to be completely absurd, but how to fight with the absurdity, if it is registered in the official document, people do not know, the local newspaper North Coast writes.

The united political parties in any case will have to pay for all debts. This was stated today by the Secretary of the CEC of the Russian Federation Nikolai Konkin. This is primarily about the debts of parties to the State Media for the placement of campaign materials during election campaigns, ITAR-TASS reports.