The “veteran” of the presidential election Ralph Neuder , running as an independent candidate, claims that he managed to set the world's record of oratory. Last Saturday, a 74-year-old politician spoke in 21st place of Massachusetts, including in the farm market and in the library. The total duration of the speeches reached 255 minutes. According to Neider, this is enough for his name to be included in the Guinness Book of Records.

The mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Minsk and began discussing the issue of granting a loan with the authorities of Belarus, Interfax reports with reference to the Belarusian representative office of the IMF. The mission, headed by the Permanent Representative of the IMF in Russia, will work in Minsk until November 6, 2008. According to the IMF, the global financial crisis negatively influenced the economy of Belarus, its access to external financing.

The Federation Council voted at a meeting on Monday for the adoption of a law on sanitation of a banking system, which allows the Agency for Deposit Insurance (DIA) to take measures to prevent bankruptcy of banks before the recall of their licenses. The head of the Upper Chamber of Financial Markets and Monetary Appeal, Dmitry Ananiev, recalled that the ASV is currently working with banks only after the recall of licenses.

More than 69 thousand residents of Chechnya were left without electricity due to damage to the LEP-110 in the area of ​​the village of Plyevo (Republic of Ingushetia). According to Interfax, citing the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, the power outage occurred at about 18:00 Monday. Damage occurred on the LEP-110 of the Ingush village of Plievo.

According to the results of the past tennis week, the eight participants of the final WTA tournament were completely determined, the start of which is scheduled for November 3 in Doha. The last two trips to this prestigious competition were reserved by the Russian woman Vera Zvonareva and the American Vinus Williams.

Scandals associated with crime occur in the Russian modeling business constantly. However, in a crisis, the number of girls who want to "trade" their beauty on the catwalk will only increase, the newspaper "New Izvestia" writes. In the conditions of an impending crisis, the most charming and attractive representatives of the weaker sex fall at risk and can easily become victims of organized crime.

The Georgian Parliament Commission to investigate the August conflict around South Ossetia is unhappy with the work of its government and, according to the results of the investigation, is ready to resign it. This was announced by the chairman of the commission of Paata Davina in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant . The commission was created immediately after the August military operations in South Ossetia.

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin and at the same time the deputy chairman of the presidential commission on the formation and preparation of the reserve of managerial personnel proposed Dmitry Medvedev a mechanism for the selection of the relevant personnel. According to the project, the presidential commission should form another expert, whose members will call the best managers. Based on their assessments, a rating will be formed.

According to the results of 2008, the GAZ group can reduce the production of cars to 30%, stop a number of investment projects and does not exclude employees' contractions. This was the head of the board of the group, Sergei Vanozin, the Kommersant newspaper. “The fall in revenue can be 7-8%,” he said. In particular, will the reduction in the release also affect the Volga Siber model ? Production may drop to 3-4 thousand cars until the end of this year.

In the USA, the day before, two people were killed and one was wounded as a result of the shooting, which the group of attackers discovered in the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. One suspect was detained, three more criminals are wanted by the police. One person died at the crime scene, the second died at the CONWAY Medical Center, where he was delivered immediately after the incident.

The American development company Slazer Enterprises plans to invest about $ 60 million in the construction of an elite high-altitude residential building in the form of an inverted staircase in New York, RIA Novosti was told by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and the project architect Jason Long. “Each of the 25 floors of a high -rise building will be a step that extends forward and forms an unusual diagonal silhouette of a skyscraper.

The White House flatly refused to comment on the US military operation in Syria , as a result of which, according to the Syrian authorities, peaceful people died. Under a hail of questions on this topic at today's regular briefing for journalists, the press secretary of the US President repeated the same thing: “I can’t comment on it, and you won’t get anything else from me,” ITAR-TASS reports.

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, VTB 24, and Assista, applied to law enforcement agencies, to investigate a hacker attack on the airline’s website that began on October 15, Interfax reports with reference to the company's message. As a result of the "hacking" of the site , numerous malfunctions of the payment for receiving airline tickets with plastic cards through the company's website were recorded .

The head of the analytical service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Shota Utiashvili told reporters that the information of the Abkhaz authorities about the perfect Tbilisi was not incorrect to the conflict territory. "In this region, there are only those forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia that were still standing. Georgian police officers are working closely with EU observers," Interfax agency reports the words of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

Rospotrebnadzor offers to deal with alcoholism in Russia, banning bottles and banks with low -alcohol drinks with a volume of more than 0.33 liters. The alcohol content in these drinks should not exceed 7%. In addition, alcohol in the future can be bought from the age of 21, and not from the age of 18, as now, they say "New Izvestia" . Note that bottles with a capacity of 0.33 liters in the "perestroika" Russia were called "Cheburashki".