In Russia there is no problem with censorship - journalists themselves are afraid to write “something wrong.” The head of the Onexim group, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Snob and Russian Pioneer magazines, said this in an interview with the American Fortune magazine (for the full translation, see Inosmi.ru ).

The Russian owner of the New Jersey NBA club, Mikhail Prokhorov, announced the signing of a sponsorship agreement with Aeroflot Airlines. According to NJ.com, the contract is designed for two years. For Aeroflot, this is the first cooperation with the US professional club. “We are pleased to report that one of the best companies and brands in Russia was among our corporate sponsors, and we are counting on long mutually beneficial relations,” Prokhorov said.

The daughter of the former capital's mayor Yuri Luzhkov, 18-year-old Elena and 16-year-old Olga, transferred from Moscow State University to the University of London, Life News reports . The Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University refused to comment on the translation of the daughters of Luzhkov, but they did not also deny the fact that they are no longer listed as students of Moscow State University.

On Saturday my friend Oleg called. He reported that he had found a collection of Dovlatov’s things that were not included in the collected works. He wants to give it to me. Well, great. I am grateful to my friends: they know that this year I am working seven days a week, and many of them have taken upon themselves the touching concern of providing your humble servant with what should be in the life of a young, intellectually developed man outside of work. In particular, books.

The audio show, which was allegedly recorded by Ben Laden, published the day before, says that the abduction of five Frenchmen in Niger is a response to France’s policy regarding the Muslim minority. The appeal was broadcast on the Katar television channel Al-Jazis. The voice on the film, which is attributed to the “terrorist number one,” says that the ban on wearing a burial, recently introduced in France is “colonial oppression and tyranny”.

During a visit to Moscow, General Director of the IAEA Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude to Russia for the efforts that the country makes for the treatment of cancer. The head of the Magate also noted the advanced technology used by Russia in the treatment of cancer. “I have to say that Russia and the IAEA are working in this area and that the leadership of your country is showing interest in this issue.

According to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the All -Russian Center for the study of public opinion (VTsIOM), 70% of Russians do not know anything about the new mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin. The survey was conducted on October 23-24 in 46 regions of Russia. Only 13% of respondents are aware that Sergei Sobyanin became the new capital's mayor, and only 6% of respondents know that the new mayor of Moscow has experience in managing the Tyumen region.

On the official websites of the Moscow Spartak and St. Petersburg Zenit, a joint statement appeared with which both clubs made in connection with the incident after the match between these teams. “On Wednesday, October 27, after the end of the tense match between the Moscow“ Spartak ”and the St. Petersburg“ zenith ”, passions, boiling on the Luzhnikov football field, were transferred beyond its limits to our great regret,” the statement said.

A group of employees of the State Unitary Enterprise DZ and the GU IS Basmanny district acts on the verge of the law, the publication of National Bester.ru reports. The affected party from this activity was the management company LLC Dom-Master. According to the employees of the Dom-Master, the administration of the Basmann region has long been trying to supplant the management company, legitimately elected and the trust of residents, owners of many houses.

In Moscow, employees of the Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation detained two citizens on suspicion of large fraud. Referring to the Russian government, Vladimir Korovin and Leonard Fesenko, for $ 3.5 million, promised the Moscow businessman to appoint him to the head of the organization, which builds Olympic roads in Sochi, and in the future will receive a contract for the construction of the Formula-1 highway, Kommersant writes.

The US Foreign Investment Committee (CFIUS) does not consider a transaction for the acquisition of the Russian uranium company atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) of the control package of the Canadian Uranium ONE OJSC. “CFIUS examined the provision of information regarding the alleged transaction.

Yesterday, October 27, the deputies of the Moscow City Duma adopted new settlements of the subsistence minimum of pensioners for 2011. It will grow by less than 500 rubles. (or by 8.3% compared to 2010) and will amount to 6273 rubles. per month, writes "News Time" . This year, the cost of living in the capital was approved at 5600 rubles. per month, for pensioners, it is 5790 rubles.

I read on the Internet a Russian-language “exposition” in a reverse translation of my interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper. The title, apparently invented by the owners of the site, distorts the text of the interview itself and directly attributes to me words that are not in it. It is curious that, as journalists say, this Internet resource belongs to one of our political emigrants. To clarify, I present the transcript of the interview with the German newspaper in full.

American director James Cameron officially announced two continuations of Avatar. It was known that the picture would follow the picture for a long time: in March, Cameron stated that he would need three to three and a half years to shoot. Now the director calls other dates for the exit of both Avatar continuations. The first sequel will be released in December 2014, the second - in December 2015. Like the first part, both sequels will be filmed in 3D format.

The US Foreign Investment Committee (CFIUS) does not consider a transaction for the acquisition of the Russian uranium company atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) of the control package of the Canadian Uranium ONE OJSC. “CFIUS examined the provision of information regarding the alleged transaction.