American senators accused the administration of President Barack Obama of preparing a secret agreement with Russia on a missile defense (PRO). Senators suspect that the Obama administration is preparing to sign with Russia a document limiting the possibilities of American Pro, Kommersant writes. The publication notes that rumors have been going on for six months and the relevant information appeared in the American media.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin appointed the new head of the Government apparatus Vyacheslav Volodin. The new head of the government of the government retained the post of Deputy Prime Minister. The party members hastened to call this the victory of the party. But rather, we are talking about the hardware victory of Volodin himself or the first deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov.

Samples of Russian and American bacteria will go to Mars Fobos in the returned capsule of the Fobos-Gront interplanetary station, Lev Green Lev Green, director of the Institute of Cosmic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Interfax . According to the scientist, Russian and American bacteria will compete, which of them will be more tenacious in space. Phobos-sort. The rice of the scientific and production association named after S.A.

The Central Bank withdrew the license from the Interprombank Plus. The press release of the Central Bank says that the license is revoked due to the failure to fulfill federal laws and regulatory acts of the Central Bank, as well as in connection with a decrease in the size of the capital below the minimum value established by the Central Bank, on the date of registration of the bank.

On October 20, the Polish authorities could not approve the gas supply agreement between the Russian Gazprom concern and the Polish PGNIG. The Minister of Economics of Poland Waldemar Pavyak said that Warsaw would approve the Gazprom and PGNIG agreement only if a discount of 10% for additional deliveries of Russian fuel is provided.

“Polit.ru” publishes a classic article by American judge Frank Istebruck , dedicated to the analysis of antimonopoly regulation and the consequences of the state antimonopoly policy. The material is published on the website inliberty.ru . For the first time: Texas Law Review. Volume 63, Number 1, August 1984. In the Russian translation, the article is preparing for publication in the journal "Economic Policy". The aim of antitrust practice is to improve the work of competitive markets.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice was registered by the new public organization “Institute of President Viktor Yushchenko“ Strategic Initiatives ”.

The Moscow City Fraction of the Communist Party of the Communist Party, voting against the appointment of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, explained its position. Recall that in the vote, according to the new mayor, 34 parliamentarians of 35 took part, and only one of the three communists Nikolai Gubenko missed him due to illness. His few colleagues voted, as promised - against, but only this turned out to be few.

Deputies of the Moscow City Duma endowed Sergei Sobyanin with the powers of the metropolitan mayor, ITAR-TASS reports. Sobyanin became the first mayor of Moscow to occupy this post for five years: the law on the extension of the powers of the mayor and the capital's parliament was adopted in 2009, before the last elections to the Moscow City Duma, which was first elected for 5 years.

Tomorrow, October 22, the State Duma will accept in the second reading a bill reforming the Constitutional Court (COP), writes “Independent Gazeta” . Yesterday, the profile committee approved the text of the bill, providing less than a day to those who wish to amend the document, the publication notes. According to experts, after entering into force, the document will become a serious obstacle to citizens' appeal to the Constitutional Court.

In the first part of the review, I will analyze this issue from the point of view of how consistent and justified the EU human rights strategy in Russia has been since Putin was elected president in 2000. I will also examine the influence of other political and economic factors on this strategy. In Part 2, I will analyze the ways in which Russia is resisting this strategy.

The Nobel Laureates of this year in physics Andrei Gam and Konstantin Novosyolov gave an interview to The Moscow Times ( the translation by Tom Inosmi), in which they shared their thoughts about Skolkovo, Petrika and the probability of returning to their homeland. Relatively young (51 and 37 years) Gam and Novoselov would become for Medvedev, Putin and Vekselberg ideal workers in Skolkovo, would give the project a very serious status. However, they are completely in no hurry to Russia.

In the current Champions League tournament, Kazan Rubin has not yet won a single match. The club from the capital of Tatarstan could win the first victory in Athens, where he met with the local Panatinaikos. However, the scoreboard, which burned at the local stadium with zeros as numbers, has noticed, without changing.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting in his residence in Gorki with members of the Government on the draft Federal Law "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation", aimed at the liberalization of criminal law. On behalf of the president, the Ministry of Justice developed amendments, according to which, in several dozen cases of crimes, the punishment of imprisonment is proposed to be replaced by a fine or correctional work, ITAR-TASS reports.

The head of the sector of the foreign economic activity of Vitebsk Fruit and and Assignment Plant, Sergei Ryzhov, said that he was leaving the election race. "My initiative group, of which I am and I, stops collecting signatures without gaining the established amount for registering me as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic of Belarus," Ryzhov said in a statement.