In the US Congress, high-ranking members of parliament have begun to look for possible failures of American intelligence in connection with Russia's military operation in Syria. This was reported by Reuters, citing a number of sources, including parliamentary ones. According to congressmen, American intelligence agencies were late in assessing the scale of Russia's military presence in Syria and Moscow's goals. The Senate and House Intelligence Committees will investigate.

Police are working at the site of an explosion in the northern part of St. Petersburg, where, according to media reports, an explosive device detonated in the bag of an elderly woman. "At about 15:40, the police received a report of an explosion at the intersection of Kantemirovskaya Street and Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Prospekt. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, including experts, went to the scene.

October 08, 2015, 12:26 / Finance / News The Moscow Exchange will study the situation with the cancellation of the license of the Ukrainian PFTS undefined Vedomosti The Moscow Exchange is studying the situation with the cancellation of the exchange license of PJSC PFTS Stock Exchange (Kiev) by the Ukrainian regulator and is considering the issue of selling a stake in the capital of the exchange.

The court recognized VKontakte as an information intermediary that is not liable for the violation of rights by its users / E. Razumny / Vedomosti "Vkontakte" does not violate the exclusive rights of the owners of music tracks, allowing users to upload music to the pages of the social network, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region decided.

08 October 2015, 18:20 / Economics IMF predicts record 'dollar recession' The strengthening of the dollar affects both developing countries, which suffer from internal problems, and transnational corporations James Kinge Valentina Romei According to the IMF, if we calculate global GDP in US dollars, there has never been such a large-scale recession as in 2015.

Four ships of the Caspian military flotilla launched 26 long-range Kalibr cruise missiles at 11 targets in Syria / Russian Defense Ministry Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that four ships of the Caspian military flotilla had launched 26 long-range Kalibr cruise missiles at 11 targets in Syria overnight, and that since September 30, strikes had been launched at 112 sites belonging to the Islamic State (IS), Jabhat al-Nusra (both organizations are

The upper house of the US Congress has approved the military budget, AP reports . Its total volume is $612 billion. The document was supported by 70 senators, 27 voted against. The US military budget has allocated $300 million for aid to Ukraine, TASS reports .

Something like a tectonic shift is happening in the Russian telecom industry: Telenor, the oldest and largest foreign investor in the industry, is leaving Vimpelcom Ltd., where it was a shareholder for almost 17 years. In recent Russian history, there are probably not even ten examples of such long-term relationships. Total, BP – how many more? Telenor became the first major investor in VimpelCom, which was then only thinking about expanding abroad, and not in Russia, but in Moscow.

Oil prices are actively growing on Thursday after the publication of the minutes of the September meeting of the Federal Reserve System (FRS), Bloomberg reports. It follows from the minutes that when deciding to leave the key rate unchanged at the meeting on September 16-17, committee members expressed concern about the slowdown in the global economy and decided to wait for additional data.

07 October 2015, 23:36 / Finance Oil pushed the ruble up For the first time since August, the euro dropped below 70 rubles, and the dollar approached 62 rubles Maria Kaverina Foreign currencies fell sharply / E. Razumny / Vedomosti “The ruble moves following the dynamics of oil prices; the correlation between the ruble and Brent oil has approached one,” says the general director of Sputnik Management Company. Capital management" Alexander Losev.

Since 2008, the National Anti-Corruption Plan has been approved by presidential decree every two years. The fight against corruption is declared as one of the priority areas of law enforcement work. In the statistical forms of various agencies, from the police to the courts, separate columns are often provided for recording corruption-related crimes.

A selection of the most interesting publications in the publications co-founders of Vedomosti dated October 8, 2015. Politics The United States has ruled out strategic cooperation with Moscow in the Middle East. U.S. officials say Russia is building up heavily armed ground forces in Syria to bolster Bashar al-Assad's offensive read on WSJ.com NATO defense ministers condemned Russia's actions in Syria. But it's unclear what the alliance can do to de-escalate the crisis.

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On October 1, Transaero closed ticket sales. Transaero round-trip tickets starting before December 15 and ending after December 15 will be cancelled. As of October 8, 53 flights of the company were canceled, on October 7 - 32 flights, the day before - 33. On October 7, it became known that the airports of Kyiv and Aktau did not release the airline's planes due to debts. Transaero makes about 200 flights a day.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who heads the center-right opposition, will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, AFP reports , citing several sources. The date of the visit has not been specified. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of current French President Francois Hollande's criticism of Putin over airstrikes in Syria and support for that country's President Bashar al-Assad.