Gazprom wants to cut long -term financial investments. About this at the annual conference of the UBS "Russia and the CIS: to prosperity through the partnership" said the deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom, the head of the financial and economic department Andrei Kruglov. He also stated that the company almost completed the formation of a diversified energy holding.

Today, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia, one of the very respected theorists and practitioners of Russian economic and social reforms, is just a charming woman Elvira Nabiullina, celebrates his birthday. Elvira Sahipzadovna Nabiullina was born in Ufa. She graduated from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov with a degree in economist. In 1990, she graduated from graduate school and defended her thesis. She is attributed to the students of Evgeny Yasin.

The political elite of the Republican Party is beginning to scare voters, citing the fact that if the country chooses Obama, God will punish America, The Guardian newspaper reports . Republicans remind that Christians should enter into battle with the devil and stand at the head of government and legal institutions, this will undoubtedly please God. If Christians fail to overthrow Satan, God will be displeased.

The creation of the State Duma to the State Duma deputies, Minister of Internal Affairs, Rashid Nurgaliev, was informed of the country of the State Duma Prevention, speaking within the framework of the “government hour” with the information “On the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent crimes”, our correspondent Lev Finberg reports. According to the minister, a typical model for the prevention of offenses for municipalities has been developed.

The share of China in international export amounted to 8.8%in 2007, making this country the second largest exporter in the world after Germany. This was reported by the State Statistical Administration of the PRC. 30 years ago, the share of China in world trade turnover was only 1%. During this time, the total amount of export in China increased from $ 9.8 billion to $ 1.217 trillion. And import jumped from $ 10.9 billion to $ 956 billion.

The State Duma approved the bill on the introduction of class ranks for municipal employees at its plenary meeting on Wednesday. The corresponding document “On Amending the Federal Law“ On the Municipal Service in the Russian Federation ”was adopted in the second reading on October 15, 2008, today 441 deputy supported the final third reading, our correspondent Lev Finberg reports.

The Ministry of Finance has already warned: the times of abundance are ending. Independent experts confirm: both the state and citizens will have to save, they write “ New Izvestia ”. The global financial crisis deprived Russia of high oil prices and foreign investment. According to official figures, over the past three months, the net outflow of capital from the Russian Federation amounted to about 50 billion dollars.

The Belarusian authorities optimistically evaluate the negotiations with the IMF about the provision of a loan of $ 2 billion, but they say that this money is not necessary yet, reports Reuters . “We look enough with optimism at the negotiations that are underway with the IMF,” said the deputy chairman of the National Bank of Belarus Vasily Matyushevsky on Wednesday. “Belarus is asking for this loan without being in a crisis ... In the current situation, we do not need these funds,” he said.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia plans to provide employees of the patrol service by electric shock-co-chiefs. About this on Wednesday at the "government hour" in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev said, Vesti reports. According to Nurgaliev, in the arsenal of employees of the patrol service, electric shock devices should appear, including “distance action”.

In the capital's department store "Moscow" on Leninsky Prospekt there are searches, Vesti reports. At about 9:00, law enforcement officers, including representatives of the investigation and a group of power support, entered the department store. At the moment, they are in accounting and office of the department store.

One of the indirect consequences of the global financial crisis was the emergence of a somewhat strange idea about the "elimination of the Bretton Wood system." Allegedly, this system of international currency relations was almost the main reason for the current crisis events. And what if this system is removed, then with international currencies and finances everything will be in order again. Strictly speaking, the Bretton Wood system was liquidated thirty years ago, in 1978.

The Spanish prosecutor's office has published an indictment in the case of the famous Russian lawyer Alexander Gofshtein and 11 other people accused of belonging to the so-called “Russian mafia,” Radio Liberty reports . Spanish prosecutors accuse Alexander Gofshtein of belonging to a criminal group and money laundering. For these acts, she demands a total of seven years and three months in prison plus a large fine.

** Federal Assembly ** State Duma - adopted in the third reading the law on the introduction of class ranks for municipal employees. In particular, they establish that municipal employees according to the results of the qualification exam are assigned cool ranks that indicate the compliance of the level of professional training of municipal employees with qualification requirements for the posts of the municipal service in accordance with the classification of these posts.

The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence in the criminal case against the cosmetologist Golena Rymarenko, who was harmful to the health of the television journalist Oksana Pushkina. Thus, the court rejected the cassation appeal of Rymarenko, who asked to note the verdict of the Tver District Court and send the case for a new consideration in the new composition of judges, RBC .

The head of the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Badri Bitsadze on Wednesday, on October 29, resigned. This was announced to journalists at a special briefing by Bizadze himself, reports News-Georgia .