The famous British rock band Status Quo arrived in Moscow . Her concert will be held on October twenty -third in a small sports arena in Luzhniki. The group, which was before this in St. Petersburg, visits Russia for the third time. The film Pavel Chukhrai "Thief" was awarded award at the International Tallinn Film Festival. The jury led by the Polish director Krzyshtof Zanussi awarded the picture the prize "For the creation of three characters".

Currently, the debt of the federal salary budget is about 8 billion rubles. On September 20, this indicator would be 12 billion. According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Finance of Russia in January 1999, all debts to the army will be repaid. The rest of the federal employees is promised to return salaries before the beginning of 1999.

Consumer prices in Russia for the period from the 1st to October 19 rose by 1.1 tenth percent, the State Statistics Committee said. For a week - from the 13th to the 19th of October - prices increased by 0.3 percent. The Tyumen oil company , which occupies the 5th place in Russian in Russia and the 3rd in terms of oil reserves, received a loan worth $ 105 million from the German Bank of West El Bee, the Fayneshl Timz newspaper said.

On the football fields of Europe, matches of the third round of the Champions League were held . Moscow "Spartak" in Milan met with the Italian "Inter" and lost with a score of 1: 2. Nicola Ventol and Ronaldo distinguished themselves among the home team, and Ilya Tsymbalar at the Spartaks. In another match of the Madrid Real Madrid, the first to miss the goal in the 8th minute, defeated the Austrian champion "Sturm" - 6: 1. After three rounds, Spartak, Real Madrid and Inter scored 6 points.

The visit of Russian President Yeltsin to Austria was reduced from two days to one. According to the press secretary of the President Yakushkin, "the schedule has occurred." The visit is scheduled for October 27th. Last week, Yeltsin interrupted the visit to Kazakhstan and returned to Moscow - as reported - in connection with a cold. Yesterday, the president took a medical examination in the Central Clinical Hospital - "Planov", as his press service said.

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