On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the murder of the famous journalist Anna Politkovskaya, new data obtained by the investigation became known. "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", citing its source in law enforcement agencies, reports the discovery of an underground workshop where the IZH gas pistol used to kill the journalist was converted into a combat gas pistol. The underground weapons production workshop was located on the outskirts of Moscow, on the territory of a carriage repair plant.

The deputy head of the Moscow Tax Inspectorate No. 46, Tatyana Demenok, was detained today, October 6, by employees of the Department for Economic Crimes of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate for accepting a bribe. This was announced by the head of the press service of the UBEP, Philip Zolotnitsky. F. Zolotnitsky believes that taking bribes in this department was routine.

Trading on the Russian MICEX foreign exchange market on October 6 began with a confident strengthening of the national currency of the Russian Federation against the dollar, euro and bi-currency basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros). Already at the beginning of the trading session, quotes for the American currency fell below 30 rubles for the first time since mid-August.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg appealed to the Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov with a request to “protect the city” from the transfer from Moscow and installation in the Northern capital of the monument to Peter I by Zurab Tsereteli. As an RBC correspondent reports, parliamentarians adopted the corresponding appeal at today's meeting with 31 votes in favor. Let us remind you that October 4, 2010 S. Mironov, commenting on the initiative of the acting.

Fitch downgrades Ireland's long-term rating by one notch The international rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term issuer default rating in national and foreign currencies of Ireland by one notch - from AA- to A+, the rating outlook was set to "negative". At the same time, Fitch analysts downgraded the country's short-term issuer default rating from F+ to F1.

Trading in the US closed yesterday with strong growth, oil prices rose noticeably. The external background for the start of trading on the Russian market on Wednesday, October 6, is positive. Trading in the US closed yesterday with strong growth, oil prices rose noticeably. On Wednesday, the growth of futures for American indices continued; a wave of optimism was observed at trading in Asia.

The Italian electricity network operator Terna has filed a lawsuit against the Italian telephone operator Wind, which will become the property of the Russian company VimpelCom in accordance with the terms of the deal concluded the day before. As reported by Reuters , citing a source close to the situation, Terna intends to recover from the telecommunications company approximately 100 million euros, which are due to it for providing Wind with a fiber-optic network.

Yesterday, October 5, a new all-Russian charitable project “My Teacher” was launched (project website www.my-teacher.ru), the goal of which is to provide individual support to Russian teachers and form new traditions of public participation in education. The first participants in the “My Teacher” project were 76 nominees of the All-Russian competition “Teacher of the Year in Russia 2010”.

The Swedish retailer of home improvement goods IKEA Group is not going to build shopping centers in the Russian Federation over the next 3-5 years. This was announced today by the General Director of IKEA in the Russian Federation, Per Wendschlag, voicing new plans for the development of the company in Russia.

In the city of Pavlovsk (Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg), a Lexus car was stolen from a resident of Veliky Novgorod, the general director of a commercial company. As the police told RBC, the businessman suffered damage in the amount of 4 million rubles. The theft took place between 14:00 Moscow time and 15:00 Moscow time on October 5, 2010. Earlier, a BMW X6 car worth 3.8 million rubles was stolen in the Moskovsky district of St. Petersburg.

Investigators managed to find a clandestine workshop with equipment that produced weapons for the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to unofficial data, it was in the workshop discovered by law enforcement officers that the IZH combat gas pistol was converted into a combat gas pistol, from which A. Politkovskaya was later shot.

The MICEX index opened with a gap and in the first minute of trading grew by 0.7%, then stopped and began to consolidate near the 1,480 point mark. On Wednesday, October 6, against the background of positive external conditions, the Russian market showed growth. The MICEX index opened with a gap and grew by 0.7% in the first minute of trading. After such a stormy start, the growth of the index stopped, and it began to consolidate near the 1480 point mark.

Universum compiled a list of the 50 most desirable employers in the world, surveying 130 thousand students from all over the world. As a result, Google was recognized as the best employer. As the Trud newspaper notes, Google regularly takes first place in such surveys. In last year's similar Universum survey, the company also became the most desirable employer. At Google's US office, you can get a free haircut, lunch, do your laundry, or bring your pet to work.

The production of passenger cars in Russia should more than double by 2013, said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Andrei Klepach during parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council. Listing the reasons for this development of events, he did not name a single one where the growth of domestic auto production would not be subsidized by the state.

The acting mayor of the capital, Vladimir Resin, fired the acting mayor yesterday. Prefect of the Northern Administrative District Oleg Mitvol. According to V. Resin, his methods of work “did not find support among the population of the district.” True, O. Mitvol hedged his bets. He went on sick leave, from which the Labor Code of the Russian Federation prohibits dismissing citizens from work. The official has already called his resignation illegal.