On September 5, Standard & Poor's stated that the ratings and forecast for the ratings of Russian Railways OJSC (Russian Railways; BBB-/Stable/-; RUAAA+) remained unchanged after a recent increase in the rating of the Russian Federation (rating for obligations in foreign currency: BBV+/Stable/A-2; Currency: A-/Stable/A-2). Meanwhile, observers expected to increase the credit rating of the railway monopoly, in connection with the increase in the credit rating of the Russian Federation.

The unmanned Marsian intelligence officer NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter completed the aerodynamic braking maneuver about the Martian atmosphere, begun in April 2006, and entered the stationary orbit around Mars, the NASA official website reports . Now the probe is ready for full research work. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter started from the Earth on August 12, 2005, and reached the Red Planet's orbit on March 10, 2006, leaving about 500 million kilometers out of the stern.

Yesterday, in the Moscow pre-trial detention center, a riot occurred, as a result of which the head of the pre-trial detention center and 14 of his subordinates were hostage. The first information about the riots in the pre -trial detention center located on the Upper Field Street appeared about 17 hours. According to the Kommersant newspaper, the hostage seizure occurred at three in the afternoon, at the moment when the prisoners were taken for a walk.

As Vedomosti writes, Igor Sailor, who has been heading a defense and changing company for about five years, has been going to work on the RTS exchange, an adviser to the president. Sailor’s resignation means another serious defeat of the RTS - DKK ligament in competition with the MICEC - NDC group (National depository center). Instead of Morchakov, Mikhail Laufer, who had headed the VDC, and before that worked at the MICEX, came to the DKK.

According to Kommersant , the Ministry of Defense found a way to finance the National Television Company belonging to it (NTK) "Zvezda" - the owner of the blocking of shares of the television channel will become AFC "System". Among the shareholders of the Stars already there are structures of Svyazinvest, and in the near future a number of largest banks may join them.

In Yekaterinburg, it has not yet been able to restore the movement of cars and trains in the area of ​​the collapse of the bridge. On the eve of one of the central streets of the city, the overpass under construction collapsed - a reinforced concrete span weighing more than a thousand tons, the Vesti channel reports. By a happy chance, no one was injured. However, the railway tracks were paralyzed. So far, freight and passenger trains are allowed by bypass ways.

Tragic events in the Small Karelian city of Kondopoga requires a serious investigation. This was announced today by representatives of the SOVA information and analytical center and the Demos Center on Tuesday at a joint press conference in an independent press center, the Polit.ru correspondent reports.

The Government of the Russian Federation will conduct consultations with oil companies regarding the restraint of gas prices for gasoline. This was announced today by the head of the Russian Office, German Gref, reports RBC . He emphasized that in August 2006, gas prices "were higher than expected." This was one of the main factors of inflation growth, Gref said.

The presidents of Russia and South Africa Vladimir Putin and Tabo Mbeks signed a friendship and partnership agreement between the two countries, RIA Novosti reports. In the presence of the leaders of the two countries, following the results of their negotiations, three more documents are signed in Cape Town.

Kosovo can become an independent state only if such a decision is imposed on Belgrade. This was announced today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Vuk Drashkovich at a meeting with Kosovo journalists, RIA Novosti reports. According to the minister, "the independence of Kosovo for some time will suspend the movement of Serbia towards the United Europe, but for Kosovo himself this path will be closed forever.

According to the Marshal of the Aviation Glenn Torpi, the pilot of the reconnaissance aircraft Nimrod MR2, who broke up on the weekend in Afghanistan, shortly before the fall, reported a fire on board, Gazeta.Ru reports. According to Torpi 14 to the British television channel, "we received a message from a pilot about a technical problem associated with a fire. This is all that we know," Marshal said. As a result of the plane crash on Saturday, 14 military were killed.

The Bolshoi Theater showed the first series of performances of the new Evgeny Onegin - production, which long before its appearance claimed the title of the main event of the Moscow season. The combination of the name of the opera Tchaikovsky, who was in the rank of national treasure, and the name of the uncompromisingness of director Dmitry Chernyakov , who took her up, was prompted for such expectations.

In Ingushetia, not far from Malgobek, unknown persons fired at the KamAZ car of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, Echo Moscow reports. As a result of the shelling, the driver, a police officer, was injured, but managed to get to the nearest police post in the car. The wounded was taken to the district hospital. The search for criminals is underway, the interception plan has been introduced. Recently, attacks on police officers have become more frequent in Ingushetia.

In the Dzerzhinsky district of Volgograd, a man died as a result of the explosion. According to the regional prosecutor's office, the incident occurred in house No. 25 on theater Street about 19 00 Moscow time, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to preliminary data, a grenade exploded. It is possible that the deceased himself became the culprit of the tragedy, since it is currently known that the grenade exploded in his hands.

The railway message between Moldova and the CIS countries, including Russia, is completely blocked, Echo Moscow reports. Trains to Moscow, Kyiv, Minsk, St. Petersburg from Chisinau do not leave. The compositions that have sent the day before are on the spare tracks. At Kishinev’s station, hundreds of passengers accumulated in anticipation of trains. Many of them have no money for a plane. They try to partially soften the situation with the help of minibuses sent to Moscow.