Yuri Zhigalkin: The last debate of presidential candidates. Financial crisis, recession, collapse: new fears for Wall Street. Who can challenge the millionaire mayor. These are some of the topics of the section "Today in America." On Wednesday evening, the last third third debate of presidential candidates took place at the Hofstra University in the state of New York.

The Switzerland government will buy almost 10% of the shares of the largest Swiss bank - UBS. For 6 billion Swiss francs or $ 5.3 billion, the government will receive 9.3% of UBS shares, which has suffered more than other banks in Europe - the amount of hopeless assets he wrote off has already exceeded $ 42 billion.

In South America, qualifying meetings of the 2010 World Cup were held. Here are their results: Paraguay - Peru - 1: 0 Chile - Argentina - 1: 0 Brazil - Colombia - 0: 0 Venezuela - Ecuador - 3: 1 After 10 rounds, the lead: Paraguay - 23 points; Brazil - 17, Argentina and Chile - 16 points each.

The Chita Regional Court rejected the complaint of lawyers against the refusal of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in parole. In August, the Chita District Court refused the ex-head of the Yukos in the release, pointing out the violations committed during the serving of the term in the colony. Khodorkovsky was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment on charges of financial crimes. At the end of 2006, he was charged with new charges - in the framework of another criminal case.

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Moscow Karen Agamirov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: Director of the Institute of Economics of the Transition period, Egor Gaidar today, meeting with the press, said that Russia could cope with the global financial crisis if he does not make serious mistakes. Karen Agamirov: It cannot be good all the time, ”Yegor Gaidar admonished. Egor Gaidar: Over the obese years, skinny sometimes follow.

A police officer was wounded in Nazran. As Interfax was informed in law enforcement agencies, unknown people fired at a group of policemen in the covered market. An investigation is underway. This morning, the car of the inspector of the local city department of the internal affairs was undermined, no one was injured.

In the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League, two matches took place on Thursday: "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk) - HC Ministry of Internal Affairs - 5: 0 "Neftekhimik" - "Spartak" - 6: 1

International observers said that the presidential election in Azerbaijan, which took place on Wednesday, did not fully comply with democratic norms. The OSCE statement refers to the lack of political competition and pluralism in the media. At the same time, the OSCE notes significant progress in the electoral process in Azerbaijan. According to official figures, the current president Ilham Aliyev, who gained 90 percent of the vote, won the election.

In St. Petersburg, without waiting for coordination with the authorities, human rights activists held single pickets in support of Svetlana Bakhmina On October 15, 6 single pickets were held in St. Petersburg in support of the former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina . In the evening from 18 to 19 hours on the Square of the Uprising, on Nevsky Prospekt, near the metro station "Technological Institute" and "Chernyshevskaya", on Sennaya Square were activists of the St.

In Brazil, the finalists of the World Futsal Championship (mini-football) were determined. The results of the semifinal matches are as follows: Brazil - Russia - 4: 2 Spain - Italy - 3: 2 (in overtime) On October 18, the teams of Russia and Italy will meet in the match for bronze medals, and on October 19, the national teams of Brazil and Spain will play the title of world champion.

In Brussels today the European Union summit dedicated to the ways of getting out of the financial crisis. According to French President Nicolas Sarkoi, the leaders of the EU countries expressed support for urgent measures to save the financial system proposed by 15 states included in the zone of the Unified European currency - the euro. At the summit there were contradictions on the issue of a single plan of actions relating to global climate changes.

The new hostess of the British Embassy in Moscow Ann Prungl demonstrated female softness and British hardness The new Ambassador of Great Britain Anne Prungl arrived in Russia. The correspondent of the RS got acquainted with the new British diplomat and the first woman as the ambassador of Her Majesty in the Russian capital.

The government is confident that the triumphal procession of the exam is no longer stopped Speaking yesterday at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Education and Science, the head of the department Andrei Fursenko stated that the law on a single state exam will enter into force on the plan in the new year. This position is traditionally opposed by the Communist Party. Its representatives announced on Wednesday to intention in Moscow a protest against the exam.

Four police officers died and 29 were injured on Thursday as a result of an attack in the Swat Valley in the north-west of Pakistan. The suicide bomber directed the car filled with explosives to the building of the police station. Since August, when a major operation of the Pakistani troops against militants began in the north-west of Pakistan, the attacks of suicide bombers on military and police objects have become noticeably more frequent.