** October 23, Monday ** The main events: Prime Minister M. Fradkov will hold a meeting of the Government Commission to improve the interaction of federal executive bodies and executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The European meteorological satellite of the Metop (Metop), which was launched last night by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome, was brought to target orbit, Rosbalt.ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to the Central Information Point (CIP) of Roscosmos, according to the flight cyclogram, the Metop spacecraft was separated from the Frigate acceleration unit. Currently, the satellite is outside the radio visibility zone of Russian ground management equipment.

Andrei Dementiev, Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation, believes that there is still no reason to close the Sakhalin-2 project, RIA Novosti reports. As the deputy minister noted today at an extraordinary meeting of the Federation Council, in the event of a project closing, Russia will have to reimburse all the costs incurred by Sakhalin Energy.

The Perm Territory was chosen by the RAO "UES of Russia" one of the priority regions to develop and implement the 5-year territorial program for ensuring the reliability and development of the energy system, reports Regions.ru . To date, the installed capacity of the regional power plants exceeds the maximum consumption in the region.

The relationship between the construction complex (and therefore the authorities) of Moscow and nationalist organizations has a long history. Back in 1993, a terrible scandal broke out in the Moscow City Council when it turned out that one of the high-ranking Moscow officials was among the publishers of one of the neo-Nazi leaflets, Domostroy.

Since the beginning of the year, 53 militants have been destroyed in Chechnya. These data were brought to the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya, the head of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs Ruslan Alkhanov, RIA Novosti reports. Alkhanov said that since the beginning of the year, as a result of special operations, 53 participants in illegal armed groups have been destroyed by law enforcement officials.

The widow of the musician John Lennon Yoko, it requires $ 10 million compensation from EMI Group PLC, claiming that the records of the former Beatle were sold illegally, AR reports. In the lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of Manhattan, EMI and its subsidiary Capitol Records Inc. They are accused of violating several contracts, conscious and intentional non -payment of interest due to the heiress from sales and concealing the real use of Lennon's records.

The Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) revealed about 166 thousand violations during the operation of energy equipment in the regions of the Russian Federation when checking their readiness to pass the autumn-winter period, RIA Novosti reports. As a result of this, 3 thousand 692 officials and employee were held accountable.

US Secretary of State Condoliza Rice called on the DPRK leadership without preliminary conditions to return to six -way negotiations on settling the situation on the Korean Peninsula, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Reuters. At a joint press conference with his Chinese colleague Lee Zhaosin, Rice said that the statements of the North Korean leadership about conducting nuclear weapons testing in the country were a provocation that poses a threat to peace and security.

The decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the compulsory duplication, voiceing or subtitzing in Ukrainian all foreign films was canceled yesterday with the appeal court of the city of Kiev, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. The lawsuit to cancel the decision was filed by the Association of Association of the Development of Cinema in Ukraine.

Peter Orekhovsky The Altai economist and my friend Valery Mishchenko wrote the book “Depressive Altai” (1). Considering the Altai industry, he writes: “One of the features of the industry of the region is that enterprises operating on imported raw materials become inactive. In its structure, the industry of Altai begins to resemble the one that was in the pre-war period and before the era of the scientific and technical revolution of the 50-60s.

Russia is not going to ratify the energy charter in its current form. According to the assistant to the Russian president Sergey Yastrzhembsky, Moscow "is not yet ready for ratification." He believes that “the EU needs to begin a change in formulations that do not suit us, there are no other options,” Echo Moscow reports. The European Commission has published an energy conservation plan, according to which it is supposed to reduce energy consumption by 20% due to its more effective use by 2020.

Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes is accused by the US authorities of tax failure. At the same time, since the end of August, the star of the film "Blade" has been on the set in Namibia, which does not have an extradition agreement with the United States, Reuters reports. The authorities of the city of Tampa, the state of Florida, issued an arrest warrant, which, claimed to have covered $ 12 million, for which it could receive 16 years in prison if all charges are confirmed.

The Altai economist and my friend Valery Mishchenko wrote the book “Depressive Altai” (1). Considering the Altai industry, he writes: “One of the features of the industry of the region is that enterprises operating on imported raw materials become inactive. In its structure, the industry of Altai begins to resemble the one that was in the pre-war period and before the era of the scientific and technical revolution of the 50-60s.

One of the ports of the DPRK left the ship on board the military equipment. According to Reuters , this became known to the CBS television channel from a certain US source in US intelligence. Where the ship is sent is unknown. The resolution adopted by the UN Security Council does not imply economic sanctions and the application of military force in relation to the DPRK.