The head of the Federal Tariff Service, Sergei Novikov, will speak at the first meeting of the Federation Council of the autumn session on September 21, the press service of the upper house of parliament told RBC. As part of the “government hour”, he will tell senators about monitoring prices (tariffs) for electrical energy, thermal energy, in the area of ​​activity of public utility organizations.

Surrounded by the former chairman of the Right Cause party, Mikhail Prokhorov, RBC did not confirm the fact of negotiations with the leadership of the political organization on the return of the billionaire to its ranks. Sources from the businessman’s inner circle reported that there were no negotiations to include M. Prokhorov’s name on the short list of candidates for the position of party leader.

Experts have found the most vulnerable point in US President Barack Obama 's plan to reduce the US budget deficit. We are talking about the political leader's proposal to cut spending by $250 billion on the Medicare program, a health insurance system for people aged 65 and older.

The trading session on the Russian MICEX foreign exchange market began today with a sharp depreciation of the national currency of the Russian Federation against the dollar and the bi-currency basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros). The trading session on the Russian MICEX foreign exchange market began today with a sharp depreciation of the national currency of the Russian Federation against the dollar and the bi-currency basket (0.55 dollars and 0.45 euros).

Former Soviet and Russian football player, former coach of the Tom club, and now coach of Dynamo Bryansk Valery Petrakov believes that the place of the retired Valery Nepomnyashchy will be taken by a Russian specialist. Today it became known that V. Nepomnyashchy left the post of coach of the Tomsk team of his own free will. “Of course, the club will be headed by a Russian specialist.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse will pay a large fine to German authorities in exchange for not prosecuting a number of bank employees suspected of helping clients evade taxes. As the bank reported today, it managed to settle the case with the German prosecutor's office out of court. Now Credit Suisse will transfer 150 million euros in favor of the German authorities. Payment is expected to be made before the end of the current quarter.

In Russia, as in all other countries, the procedure for nominating films for the most prestigious world film award - the American Oscar - is being completed. The national committees of Finland and Germany have already decided on candidates, but in Russia the debate is still ongoing, Izvestia writes today.

The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation did not initiate a criminal case regarding the theft of funds allocated for the implementation of the Electronic Russia program.

OJSC Ust-Luga Company (customer-developer of the Ust-Luga Sea Trade Port) and the international operator of transport and logistics terminals Gulftainer Global Logistics Ltd will enter into a deal to acquire a 25% stake + 1 share of OJSC Transport Logistics Complex in the first quarter of 2012. The general director of the Russian company, Maxim Shirokov, told reporters about this. According to him, the value of the stake is estimated at tens of millions of euros. M.

A major road accident in Volgograd, which killed five people the night before, was caused by a driver who accelerated on the city’s central street to 200 km per hour. As RBC was informed by the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, the tragedy occurred at the intersection of Metallurgov Avenue and Lenin Avenue. The driver of a Hyundai Sonata, moving along Lenin Avenue at a speed of about 200 km/h, ran a red light and collided with a scooter.

The notorious international animal rights organization PETA intends to launch its pornographic website to draw attention to the plight of our little brothers. According to Reuters, the Internet portal will be launched in December 2011. The website peta.xxx will feature photographs and videos of celebrities supporting PETA's ideas: American adult film star Jenna Jameson, her colleague Ron Jeremy, actress Pamela Anderson, fashion model, burlesque queen Dita Von Teese and others.

A bus with the youth team of the Lada hockey club got into an accident on the way from Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan) to Samara (Samara region). A bus with the youth team of the Lada hockey club got into an accident on the way from Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan) to Samara (Samara region). RBC-Sport writes about this. The incident occurred on the evening of September 18, 2011. 10 km from the city of Nurlat (Tatarstan). No one was injured in the accident.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a list of instructions following a meeting of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on the implementation of priority national projects and demographic policy, held on August 31, 2011. As the Kremlin press service reported, the Government of the Russian Federation, together with the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Federation, until December 1, 2011.

Greece's international creditors - the European Union and the IMF - have provided the authorities of this country with a list of 15 measures to reduce the budget deficit, the implementation of which must be accelerated so that Greece can receive the next loan tranche under the financial assistance program for 110 billion euros. The list of these measures was published today by the Greek media.

In Tyumen, a criminal case has been opened against a 22-year-old district police officer accused of trying to sell Spice smoking mixtures. According to the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Region, the case was initiated under Part 3 of Article 30, paragraph "d" Part 3 of Article 228-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted illegal sale of narcotic drugs, committed in especially large size).