The weighted average US dollar to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of the Unified Trade Session of the MICEX as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which there is a process of exchange rate of the dollar the next day, decreased by 0.83 kopecks and amounted to 30.7738 rubles, the Finmarket reports. The weighted average of the euro with the period of calculations of "Today" has grown by this time by 20.54 kopecks - to 42,9928 rubles.

In Baghdad, on Monday night, a special operation to liberate hostages, captured the day before in the Catholic Church by the al-Qaeda militants. According to Iraq, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 37 people died as a result of the assault, 56 were injured. The incident with the capture of hostages occurred in the center of the Iraqi capital in the Catholic Church on Sunday.

A plot was released on the air of the Russian Channel One, unexpectedly sharply depicting the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, with whom, as it is believed, the Russian leadership is now good relations. Parodia Yanukovych appeared in the popular show "Big Difference" in the evening on Sunday, October 31. The authors of the plot decided to explain the latest Ukrainian history through the plot of the Bruce Almighty comedy: there the dismissed TV presenter receives his powers from God.

The inhabitants of the nursing home in the Israeli city of Netanya complained to the police of sexual harassment of a neighboring twelve -year -old boy. As Newsru Israel reports, women from 65 to 90 years old. The teenager pursued them, grabbed them, caressed himself in front of their eyes and showed them his genital organ. The police took up the child.

The Indonesian Front of the Defenders of Islam (FPI) indignantly rejected the money to help the victims as a result of a natural disaster proposed by Pamela Anderson. The 43-year-old star said that she would withdraw the Playboy magazine naked for the cover of the January number, and the Waves 4 Water charitable organization will be transferred for the shooting of $ 25,000-to help the injured Indonesians.

Sony Ericsson began the long -awaited update of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro to the Android 2.1. On Sunday, October 31, the first updates began to arrive on these devices used in Scandinavia, reports Ferra.ru . The manufacturer plans to completely complete the update until the end of November. In addition, the official Sony Ericsson blog has a request to “not fall into hysteria” if on the first day it is not possible to get updates.

The representative of the Russian Church in Strasbourg, abbot Filaret (Bukeov) believes that the decision of the European Court to recognize the refusals of the Moscow authorities to conduct gay parades protrudes the feelings of most Russians. "The decision made in Strasbourg, in fact, is the violence against the feelings and moral positions of most of the society.

Elena Baturina, the head of Intaco, said that her brother Victor was fired from the company for waste, and calls his current behavior extortion. "It is worth noting that the true reason for the dismissal of Victor Baturin from Intaco became embezzlement that would be more correct to call theft ", - says in a statement by Baturina in connection with claims, Baturin presented to her in the media. The statement is quoted by the Interfax agency.

China authorities reported that they were ready to allow the strengthening of the yuan. The exchange rate of the Chinese yuan can range from 3% to 5% per year, on October 29, the adviser to the People’s Bank of China Lee Taookui said, the China Daily Chinese newspaper said.

The prosecutor's office of the Kostroma region took control of the course of the investigation of the criminal case on theft of 30 million rubles during restoration work in the A.N. Ostrovsky Museum-Reserve, the Interfax-religion portal with reference to the information of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

The production of cars in Russia increased in January -September of the current year by 87.5% to 955 thousand cars. At the same time, the release of cars increased in nine months by 93.3% to 824.3 thousand units, calculated the sectoral analytical company "ASM -Holding". The volume of production of foreign cars of the Russian assembly doubled - to 424.1 thousand cars. The release of domestic cars increased by 83% to 400.2 thousand units.

A brief working visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Kuril Islands - the first in the history of the Russian Federation - became scandalous. He caused a negative reaction of Japan, which threatened with rigid "response measures" until the recall of the ambassador from Moscow.

The legendary rock musician Boris Grebenshchikov met with the head of the charity organization "Fair Help" Elizabeth Glinka, better known as Dr. Lisa. The star of Russian Rock handed over to charity targets, the funds raised during the promotion of the album "Our Life from the point of view of trees," Ami-Tass reports. In August, the Aquarium group laid out its album "Our life from the point of view of trees" in the network community of Kroogi.ru.

The cost of tires, rubber gloves and condoms can grow by 65% ​​due to a deficiency of natural rubber, reports Financial Times . The bad weather and severe rains in the countries of Southeast Asia, the main region for the production of rubber, led to the deficit. The quotes of the natural rubber last week in Bangkok reached $ 4 5 cents per kilogram, the newspaper writes. Until the April absolute maximum, only 5 cents were not enough.

The entrance ticket to the project for a nyeg of 366 hectares in the Gulf of Finland of St. Petersburg for complex development can cost 127 million rubles. The project cost is estimated at $ 3 billion. An investor in the construction of housing in the bay will have to build an engineering infrastructure at his own expense and transfer it to the city free of charge, write Vedomosti .