The Communist Party, which did not fall into the parliaments of two of the five regions, where the elections to legislative assemblies were held last Sunday, intends to appeal the results of the campaigns. The final voting result - 3.38% of votes - does not suit the Communists. Moreover, they decided to picket the building of the presidential administration and boycott meetings in the State Duma, the Independent Gazeta reports.

The call of supporters of Eduard Limonov, which sounded the day before, urgently not to take their deposits from banks unnoticed in the circles of Russian economists. For example, in the opinion, the analyst of the IB "Trust" Evgeny Podorshin, such provocative appeals can hit primarily the well -being of the very citizens of Russia that Limonov’s supporters are addressed. “In such a situation, we can only hope for ourselves!

The Department of Road Safety (DobDD) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that in Russia there are no so -called “untouchable” license plates, as well as unauthorized special signals that would give an advantage on the road. “The norm established by the country's leadership is strictly observed in one thousand special signals,” said Vladimir Kuzin, Deputy Head of the DobDD of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia ..

**October 20, Monday** The main events: Official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia /until October 21/. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will take part in a meeting of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investments. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the implementation of priority national projects and demographic policy.

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According to the last survey of Levada Center, the ratings of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev somewhat decreased compared to the September level. Medvedev’s rating decreased by seven percentage points and amounted to 76%. Putin is more popular: 83% of Russians are satisfied with his work, but this is five points less than in September. Medvedev, according to the survey, trust, 43% of Russians, and Putin - 56%.

France President Nicolas Sarkozy sued the former French intelligence chief Yev Bertrand, reports Echo of Moscow . Last week, fragments from Bertrand’s personal diary were published in Point, regarding Sarkozy’s personal life and other French politicians. Bertrand claims that Sarkazi, who was in 2003, held the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "holds 150 thousand euros in his office in his office and" sleeps with the wife of the deputy.

The deputies of Vladivostok at an extraordinary meeting of the Legislative Assembly of Primorye elected their representative in the upper house of the Russian parliament. As expected, they became Vyacheslav Fetisov, reports Echo of Moscow . The ex-head of Rossport was the only candidate for this post. He personally took part in the meeting. 28 people from 29 people voted for him, the election took place in a secret vote.

In the village of Ingushetia, Ordzhonikidzevskaya, unknown by the unknown person, was fired from a grenade -made house of the chief physician of the Sunzhenskaya Rybolnitsa Abdulmadi Albasov. It is reported that there are no victims, reports Kommersant-Online The attack occurred on Friday at about 3:00 Moscow time. As a result of shelling, a fire arose and greatly damaged the building.

The State Duma approved in the end of the discussion the decree “On the project of the calendar of the consideration of issues by the State Duma from October 29 to November 21, 2008” (386 “For”, 1 against). The document of the Vice Speaker Oleg Morozov presented the document. He said that from the beginning of the meeting, taking into account today, 12 meetings were held.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been instituted against drug police, extorting $ 50 thousand from a citizen to whom they threw drugs.

The kidnapper of firewood from the post office of the post office was 43-year-old ... Forester from the Chudovsky forestry. In early February, noting that firewood in the barn was “melting” too quickly, employees of the communications department in the village of Spasskaya Polish of the Chudovsky District found that the boards in one of its walls were neatly “torn”. Through these holes, the shock and “leave”.

In September 2008, Russian railways (Russian Railways) slowed down the growth of freight transportation. According to RBC in the press service of the company, "a decrease in cargo transportation was planned and is largely due to a general decrease in the rate of economic growth." “So, the dynamics of the growth of cargo transportation in January-June S.G. amounted to 2.9%, January-July-2.5%, January-August-2.2%, January-September-1.8%, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

Google announced the growth of net profit by 26% in the third quarter against the background of the collapse of the stock market and the beginning of the recession. This information is contained in the report on the results of the third quarter is posted on the official website of Google.

President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov called Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the hope of Muslims around the world. “Despite his great employment, he came to the eve of the opening of the mosque in Grozny, congratulated all the Muslims of Chechnya on this significant event, and I declare with all responsibility that he is the hope and support of the Muslim world,” Kadyrov said in his speech dedicated to the discovery of the mosque in Grozny.