The head part of the Breeze-M and Russian Express-Am6 Higher Bloc separated from the Proton-M launch vehicle, which started today, on October 21, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, TASS was told in the Roskosmos press service. "The withdrawal of a spacecraft to the calculated orbit is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, at 04:31 Moscow time," the federal space agency said. This is the sixth of the launch using Proton and the second after the May accident of this media.

The former bodyguard of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet named Christian Labbe was arrested, reports The Guardian . Despite the open support that Labbe expressed in relation to Pinochet (he was one of the main organizers of rallies against the conclusion of the dictator under the arrest in the hospital in 1998), his political career was not affected by this.

The match of the third round of the UEFA Champions League between the English Manchester City and CSKA capital on Tuesday, as you know, will be held with empty stands due to the punishment of the army with five matches without spectators .

The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe appointed new ministers who will take the places of the retired Yuko School and Midori Matsusima. According to Bloomberg , Ekamikawa became the new Minister of Justice, and Eti Miyazava was appointed Minister of Economics, Trade and Industry. Emperor Akihito on Tuesday approved their candidates.

The Echo of Moscow radio station warned of an unscheduled check of fire safety. Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will hold it at the request of the prosecutor's office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The audit will begin on October 22 and will take place within 20 business days, the document published on the radio station website said.

In the city of Ferguson (Missouri, USA), where unrest lasts about the second for several months of murder of a black teenager by a police officer, Senator Jamila Svid was detained. According to ST Louis Post Dispatch , the police explained the detention of the senator by the fact that she was walking along the roadway while the police asked participants in the action to get out of the road. Together with Nasd, a man was detained.

The expenses of Russians in the UK last month decreased by 31% compared to September 2013, Interfax reports with reference to the data of Global Blue, which provides reimbursement of taxes paid under the Tax Free system. The fall is caused mainly by the depreciation of the ruble relative to the pounds. At the same time, in general, foreign tourists in September left in the United Kingdom 2% less money than a year earlier.

Moody's rating agency reduced the ratings of the largest Russian banks - Sberbank, VTB, Rosselkhozbank, Gazprombank, VEB, Alfa Bank, as well as mortgage housing agencies, according to Moody's website. The relevant ratings of VTB deposits and obligations are reduced from BAA2 to BAA3, Alfa -Bank, Gazprombank and RSHB - from BAA3 to BA1, VEB and AIZHK - BAA1 to BAA2. Short -term VTB, GPB and RSHB are also reduced.

Specialists of the Japanese company Hitachi, together with a group of researchers from the University of Kyoto, created the technology of recording data in quartz glass, which allows you to store information for 300 million years. According to 3Dnews , a quartz glass disk, conditionally divided into 100 layers with a step of 60 μm, is used to record - 50 layers per side. The capacity of such a disk is comparable to the capacity of the modern Blu-Ray disk.

Russian woman Maria Sharapova started with a defeat at the final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which takes place these days in Singapore. On Tuesday, in the White Group match, a Russian woman, sown under the second number, was defeated by the eighth racket of the Danish Tournament Carolina Voznyatski with a score of 6: 7 (4: 7), 7: 6 (7: 5), 2: 6. In the first two parties, the rivals exchanged victories in the tie-break, but then Voznyatski confidently won the decisive set.

The Moscow CSKA left the defeat in the confrontation with the English Manchester City in the home match of the third round of the Champions League group round, which took place on Tuesday on the Khimki Arena near Moscow without spectators. The meeting recorded a draw 2: 2. The guests held two goals in the first half with the efforts of Sergio Aguero (29 ') and James Milner (38'), while in the second case the arbitrators did not fix offside.

The official euro exchange rate to the ruble installed by the Central Bank on Wednesday grew by 52.70 kopecks, to 52.6468 rubles. The dollar rose by 16.86 kopecks, to 41.0501 rubles, follows from the data of the Bank of Russia. The Russian currency is still under pressure due to a negative trend in the oil market and adverse macroeconomic conditions. The cost of the bivalve basket increased compared to the indicator for Tuesday by 33 kopecks, amounting to 46.27 rubles.

“Quite recently, one respectable senator, speaking to his colleagues in the Federation Council, complained that the media are guilty of giving completely negative information, no positive information. And as an example, he cited a case where there was a major car accident in the north of our country , after the snow fell and the road was slippery. And the media paid a lot of attention to this.

The well -known in the past, the American tennis player of Czech origin, Martin Navvatilova, called the guys the participants of the final tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in Singapore. This happened during the drawing ceremony, reports TASS.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor) introduced a temporary ban on the import from the countries of the European Union - Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy and Poland - cattle fat, as well as pork and poultry fat. The restrictions entered into force on October 21. How much they last, the department was not reported.