The ruble exchange rate to the US dollar continued to decline. At today's auction, the dollar has risen in price by 5.3 kopecks. And now it costs 27.8213 rubles. According to dealers, the reason for the increased demand for dollars can be called the completion of the tax payment period, which caused a week earlier a significant decrease in the volume of free rubles from banks and, accordingly, a decrease in foreign currency demand.

The news agencies habitually report that the euro broke the next record, cheaper up to 84.65 centers. The previous record was set yesterday - the euro cost 85.10 cents. Thus, in less than two years of existence, the European currency has already become a subsequent of 38%in relation to the US dollar, and in relation to Jena - 46%, entering the Bloomberg agency, as a mild currency of the world along with the Zimbabvian dollar and the Czech crown.

The Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won the gold medal in the personal all -around and became the absolute Olympic champion. This is the third "gold" of Russia.

The State Duma considered three bills on the restriction of deputy inviolability and rejected all three. But it is very likely that soon law enforcement agencies will be able to initiate criminal cases against deputies without the consent of the lower house of parliament. Read the details in the commentary of Natalia Nekysheva in Vedomosti on Polit.ru. Deputies are almost ready to lose inviolability

The squabble Gazprom and Media Most brought to unexpected thoughts the leadership of the Accounts Chamber. Just now, the time for the planned verification of the economic activity of Gazprom has arrived in, and state auditors are going to pay special attention to the advisability of investing in the media, whether it is a “bridge” or certain newspapers, Yuri Boldyrev, Deputy Chairman of the Chamber, announced on the air of the Echo of Moscow.

The second day of the scandal around Media-MOST gave some clarity to the current situation. Taking advantage of the successful development of events for themselves, the leaders of MOST, having freely disavowed the deal of July 20, are bargaining, offering non-controlling blocks of MOST shares in payment of debts.

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Lesin intends to sue Malashenko for slander, which was today in the program "Hero of the Day" on NTV. According to Lesin, Malashenko allowed a frank lie in his speech, actually accusing him of extortion and corruption. The deputy head of the Media Most, indeed, did not hide what he considers the minister of press as a racketeer.

According to NTV, 9 out of 10 people who were on board the plane stolen from Cuba, which broke off the coast of Florida, were saved. They are on the Panama dry cargo, one of the survivors in serious condition was taken to the hospital. Earlier it was reported that there are 16 or 18 people on the plane, but the saved say that there was no one more on board. The US immigration authorities have not yet been saying anything about the further prospects of saved passengers.

The growth of the Russian economy cannot be associated only with an increase in oil prices, in this Mikhail Kasyanov tried to convince the leadership of the EBRD. According to Kasyanov, only 10 % of the income receives from oil exports, and other revenues give other sectors of the economy. True, Kasyanov spoke not only about the planning breakthroughs in the Russian economy, but also about its weaknesses, for example, about the banking system.

Russia was in the center of disagreements of the Republican and Democratic Parties of the United States; In Washington, the opening of the first monument to Pushkin took place; Gasoline prices from September 5 to 11 rose by 3.5 percent; Read more about these and other events in tomorrow's Izvestia and Kommersant .

The second day of the scandal around Media-MOST gave some clarity to the current situation. Taking advantage of the successful development of events for themselves, the leaders of MOST, having freely disavowed the deal of July 20, are bargaining, offering non-controlling blocks of MOST shares in payment of debts.

The last actions of the government in the field of regulation of the oil industry demonstrate that he will not be able to manage a favorable conjuncture. Preserving low export duties, the government does not collect taxes and cannot pay for the fuel needs of state employees. Therefore, it retains balance tasks and export quotas.

Norilsk Nickel minority shareholders are outraged by the company's management on the imminent transfer of assets to the Norilsk Mining Company, considering this a new example of violation of their rights in Russia. According to analysts of the Troika Dialogue, based on the announced coefficient of shares, as a result, the minority shareholders of the RAO will lose 11.5% of the cost of their investments.

The Duma decided to reject the proposal of the deputy of Mitrofanov to appeal to the leadership of the United States and the UK with a request to allow deputies to inspect the submarines "Memphis", "Toledo" and "Prets" - whether they were involved in the death of Kursk. The project was supported by 191 as a deputy (with the required amount of 226 votes). The appeal was sent to the Committee on International Affairs for Refining.