Dollar The price of a troy ounce of gold on the world market has increased by 4.8% to $1,046 over the past seven days. The Central Bank's official price of gold rose by 4% to 1,005.1 rubles/g. Sberbank and Promsvyazbank increased the selling price of gold bars by 3.5%, and bullion gold rose in price by 3.8% at Bank of Moscow and Lanta Bank. +29.64 From October 2 to 8, the dollar exchange rate fell by 48 kopecks to 29.64 rubles/$. So savings in the American currency became cheaper by 1.6%.

Anti-crisis fund Russia will direct 24.45 billion rubles from the federal budget to the Eurasian Economic Union anti-crisis fund. The heads of government of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, with the participation of Armenia, established a fund with an authorized capital of $10 billion, the largest part of which is Russia's share - $7.5 billion.

Russia's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup will be launched on Friday, October 9, at the GUM building on Red Square, the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU) reports. The official launch ceremony for Russia's candidacy will begin at 10:30 Moscow time.

Elvira Nabiullina "This commercial structure was created by him before he entered the civil service. He did not hide this from the government." The Minister of Economic Development admitted that her deputy Oleg Savelyev, accused of violating the law on civil service, was the founder of the firm.

In the autumn, large retail banks began actively reducing the yield on foreign currency deposits. This week alone, this was announced by Bank of Moscow , Nomos Bank, MBRR, and Moscow Credit Bank ( MCB ) (see table). Moreover, MCB lowered the rates on euro deposits for the second time in the last 20 days. Last week, such changes occurred in Absolut Bank, Alfa Bank, Gazprombank, UniCredit Bank, Promsvyazbank, and Trust Bank (see Vedomosti of 2 October 2009).

JSC Ufa Engine Production Association (UMPO) has signed a contract to supply 96 engines for Su-35S fighters for the Russian Air Force. This was announced in a press release by JSC Oboronprom, which controls the United Engine Corporation, which includes UMPO. 96 AL-41F-1S (117S) engines for 48 newest Su-35S multirole fighters of the Russian Air Force will be delivered by 2015, with the first batch to be shipped in 2010.

About 80 million square meters of housing are planned to be built in the Moscow region by 2025, according to a press release from the Moscow region governor Boris Gromov. "Despite the difficulties associated with the global financial crisis, the Moscow Region has not allowed living conditions to deteriorate or housing construction volumes to decline.

09 October 2009, 03:18 / Business Mosenergo will receive record profits Mosenergo is cutting staff and costs to achieve record profits this year. True, the investment program is also being cut Anna Peretolchina Mosenergo generating company. the main shareholder is Gazprom (53.47%). capitalization – 119.6 billion rubles. By the middle of the year, Mosenergo's staff had decreased by almost 18% to 14,029 people, and total personnel costs decreased over the six months by 1% to RUB 5.1 billion.

The results of the Prosecutor General's Office's inspection of the activities of Russian state corporations will be announced before the end of October 2009. This was announced by the deputy head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) Anatoly Golomolzin during government hour in the State Duma. "An inspection is being conducted with the participation of the FAS and the Prosecutor General's Office, and the results will be known within half a month," Golomolzin said.

We proposed to shift the working hours of banks and to spread out peak loads. This was proposed by the mayor's office three years ago and was ridiculed by the media," Yuri Luzhkov recalled at a recent press conference. At whose expense. Yuri Luzhkov Moscow Mayor: Moscow's transport problems could be reduced if employees at individual companies would come to work at different times.

26 photos The XI Winter Paralympic Games have opened in Sochi, in which athletes from 45 countries are expected to participate. For the first time, representatives from Brazil, Turkey and Uzbekistan will perform at the Paralympics. The Russian delegation consists of 170 people, 69 of them are athletes. Read the article “The Paralympic Games opened in Sochi”

The average weighted cost of 1 sq. m. of commercial real estate in Moscow from September 2008 to August 2009 fell by 37%, and rental rates for the same period fell by 49%, said Denis Kolokolnikov, CEO of the consulting company RRG. According to him, the prices for office real estate inside the Garden Ring fell the most. From September 2008 to August 2009, the price of 1 sq. m in such offices fell by 43%, and outside the Garden Ring - by 35%. The cost of 1 sq.

The first hints of improvement in Armenian-Turkish relations appeared at the end of April: the foreign ministries of the two countries, with the mediation of Switzerland, agreed on a "road map" for normalization. And at the end of August, the parties agreed to coordinate two protocols - on the establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of relations.

In the article “Coal is more expensive, steel is cheaper” (No. 190 from 10/8/2009, p. B2), the words of the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service department, Alexei Ulyanov, should be read: “The FAS allowed Mechel to raise prices from the fourth quarter, but by 15% less than the company requested.” In the article “Who will pay for the bankrupt” (No. 189 of 10/7/2009, p. B2) it should read: “Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District”. The editors apologize.

The Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of the Russian Federation conducted a pre-investigation check against the commander of the Airborne Forces Vladimir Shamanov; it was decided not to initiate a criminal case, the SKP reported on Friday.