The President of Turkmenistan, the 51-year-old Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov wrote a book dedicated to the Akhal-Teke horses and riding lessons. The previous printed work of the Turkmen Chapter, a dentist by education, was dedicated to dentistry, recalls Reuters.

The Leninsky District Court of Penza recognized the editor -in -chief of the local "beloved newspaper", the owner of the Publishing House "Vesta" and the head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party Oleg Kochkin guilty of a commercial bribery. As the regional court press secretary Natalya Bychenkova said on Friday, Kochkin was sentenced to two years in a colony settlement under Article 204, part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation O.

In Chechnya, an unknown soldier was killed by the military personnel, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. His body was found in the forest, not far from the village of Neftyanaya Vedensky district. We are talking about the soldier of the South battalion of the 46th Separate Emergency Brigade of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the agency’s interlocutor noted.

The blockbuster of Fedor Bondarchuk , which has not yet been released, has become the basis for a collection of futuristic clothing and decorations, which will be shown in Moscow on November 3. As ITAR-TASS reported today in the production group of the film, on the catwalk of the "School of Dramatic Art" The Young Russian Designer Tatyana Mammadova will present about fifty models based on the most striking costumes from the film by the Strugatsky brothers.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka on Friday morning, an employee of the Federal Registration, shot the head Tatyana Nikitin and chief accountant of this department Marina Khatskevich. Women were shot at their workplaces. According to preliminary data, the janitor dealt with his bosses, because he did not arrange the amount of salary and premium. The incident occurred at about 11 am local time (02:00 in Moscow).

The rarest copy of the legendary Playboy magazine, which depicts the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe in one swimsuit, was sold at the Bloomsbury auction in London for 2 thousand pounds (almost 4 thousand dollars), reports The Times .

The authorities of Novosibirsk authorized the holding of the "Russian march" : on November 4, the procession and rally of nationalists will be held in the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city. As on Friday Interfax was reported in the Novosibirsk City Hall, the organizers of the action suggest that 400 people will take part in the action. The city hall did not notice any crime either in the declared plans or in the slogans of nationalist organizations that will take part in the "Russian march".

Pepperball Technologies decided to launch the technology used to create combat lasers to the masses and created an unusual flashlight designed to serve the targets of self -defense. The new device from Pepperball Technologies, according to the developers, can in the future to successfully compete and even surpass Taser electric shock pistols in popularity, 3D News reports.

The abbot of the Moscow Temple of the Holy Spirit in the Lazarevsky cemetery and Sergius of Radonezh in Bibirev, Abbot Sergius (Rybko), widely known among the rockers, compared people who oppose active missionary activities among non -formal youth, with the Pharisees and urged them to follow the will of the priesthood of the Russian Orthodox Church .

An elderly man attempted suicide by self -immolation at the University of Washington (City of Seattle, USA) on Thursday, October 30. The 61-year-old man doused himself with gasoline on Red Square, located in the center of the university building complex, and set fire to himself. The doctors who arrived at the scene noted burns of the second and third degree of severity. The victim was taken to the hospital. Eyewitnesses saw a "large flame and fire ball", reports AP .

Since November 1, 2008, Ukrainian cable operators stop retransing of television channels non -adapted to local legislation, including Russian: Channel One, RTR, TVC and REN TV. The Russian Foreign Ministry has already stated that this violates the rights of citizens of the country, and the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, demanded to take measures in response to the oppression of the Russian language, ITAR-TASS reports.

On Friday, the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives in Moscow on a official visit. His visit will be difficult - Tripoli does not fulfill the agreements signed in April with the then President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, while Russia has already written off Libya $ 4.5 billion. However, there is information that the Libyan leader is ready to place the Russian Navy base, Kommersant writes. The Libyan leader will spend three days in Moscow.

The Lukoil oil company attracted a loan of $ 250 million to finance the purchase of a sales Turkish company AKPET, Finmarket reports with reference to the company's information. The agency recalls that Lukoil received permission of the Turkish regulatory authorities for the acquisition of a sales company AKPET, which owns 693 gas stations in Turkey, in the summer. The transaction complies with the antimonopoly legislation of Turkey.

The crisis reached the State Duma - possible reduction in expenses was discussed in parliament. The head of the Security Committee Vladimir Vasiliev proposed abandoning unnecessary New Year's gifts. They also save on the salaries of the Duma apparatchiks. Vladimir Vasiliev urged deputies to do without New Year's calendars.

In the Krasnodar Territory, a native of Sudan was charged, who committed a brutal murder of his wife and son. According to the investigation, the African decided to get rid of the household, "become free" and return to his homeland with two daughters. The Investigative Department at the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory charged a double murder from Sudan, who lived in the village of Medvedovskaya Timashevsky district, reports.ru reports.