Yesterday was successful for our Olympic team. Russia won four gold medals at once. The gymnast Elena Podolodchikova received gold for a supporting jump, Svetlana Khorkina, who had previously failed 5 cm goat, won the bars, the sabers won the command tournament, and the athlete Sergey Klyugin jumped above everyone. Today, Elena Podolodchikova received a second gold medal for free exercises; silver - at Khorkina; Gymnast Alexander Nemov became the third on the bars.

When the presidential campaign in Russia was rapidly approaching its finale, the head of the Republican Party decided to pronounce its verdict on the Russian course of the current administration. Bill Clinton, according to Republicans, performed only representative functions, and Vice President Al Gore handled affairs with Moscow, being co-chairman of the bilateral commission on economic and technological cooperation.

Following the ATP and Yabloko, the Party of Unity was decided on who to maintain in the elections in St. Petersburg in the 209th district. Candidate from "Unity" - deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the city Sergey Andreev (recall that "Yabloko" and the ATP nominated Anatoly Head to the Unified Candidte). Andreev is among the democrats of the "first wave". He is one of those who were not in the party at one time and supported Yeltsin.

Recently, in the context of the aggravation of the conflict between a certain part of the media and the government and the intensification of public attention to the problem of “freedom of speech,” the idea is being increasingly expressed and discussed by the media themselves, their managers and owners, that in the absence of At the moment, full-fledged parties of the electoral type, the media remain the only ones, in form - quasi-party, and in essence - party structures, capable of forming a

Schroeder flies to Moscow to have lunch with Putin and discuss economic ties, the state of the defense and shipbuilding industries in Russia and the situation in the Balkans; Kudrin promises to strengthen control over organizations working with offshore zones; In Khabarovsk, the current acting mayor was elected.

The IMF believes that while oil prices are high, Russia does not need to refinance loans (although a review of the development of the Russian economy, according to Kudrin, has not yet been published, does not exclude the possibility of restructuring the debt). New negotiations will be held in November, and the maximum that Russia can rely on is a “precaution loan” in the case of force majeure.

Gennady Zyuganov believes that in Russia "the most efficient population" accelerated "and," in fact, all the signs of a police state have been formed. " In the movement "Spiritual Heritage" there was a split - again because of Zyuganov. The General Director of Nefteproduct JSC Alexander Sokolov was elected mayor of Khabarovsk, and Eduard Rossel received the Order of Sergius of Radonezh from Alexy II for the revival of the Orthodox shrines. Read more - the second monitor.

The Moscow City Court struck the beloved ideological enterprise Luzhkov - registration of visitors in order to avoid terrorist attacks. He recognized the orders of the Moscow City Hall, issued after the September explosions last year, about the mandatory re-registration of nonresident citizens temporarily in Moscow from January 1, 1999.

In the morning, from one of the Khabarovsk factories, the police received a signal: the unknown said that at the factory landfill there was an ownerless missile warhead. And it turned out. Police officers failed to establish the origin of the warhead and the degree of her danger, therefore, after unsuccessful attempts to completely make out the warhead, the sappers of the Ministry of Emergencies and Rubop decided to blow it up.

Oil prices in world markets continue to fall. Now a barrel of raw oil with a delivery time in November is on the London commodity exchange $ 30 per barrel. Such a serious impact on the market had a decision of Bill Clinton to allocate 30 million barrels from the national strategic reserve. And the President of OPEC Ali Rodriguez believes that in the near future the cost of oil can stabilize at $ 22-28 per barrel. It all depends on how cold the winter will be.

The Supreme Court was canceled by a fairly sensational August order of the Ministry of Communications , according to which operators were required to connect special equipment for listening to telephone conversations and reading e -mail (SORM). The judges reminded Reiman that the Constitution allows listening only by court decision.

At a meeting of the IMF in Prague, representatives of the oil and oil -consuming countries agreed to maintain stability in oil markets. The reason for signing the document is obvious - the increase in oil prices slows down economic growth. From our country, the commander was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin. After a meeting with the director of the IMF, the host Khost Keler, he said that Russia is interested in stable prices.

Today, the fate of the Minister of Press Lesin should decide, however, apparently, no decision will be announced today. After the Saturday audience, Kasyanov’s chances of Lesin, according to sources, began to be evaluated as 50 to 50. In other words, no one knows if Lesin would be dismissed. It is only known for certain that in any case it will be the decision of President Putin, and not the Prime Minister.

The dollar went up today. The weighted average course for the ETS amounted to 27.8513 rubles. per dollar, lowering by 6.58 kopecks. According to dealers, the fall of the ruble is caused by the upcoming extinguishing of OFZ in the nearest Wednesday in the amount of 10.9 billion rubles. After the completion of payments for OFZ, the ruble exchange rate will begin to grow again, dealers believe.

Leonid Kuchma finally signed a decree promised by the West on the closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.