Igla-S MANPADS and Strelets kit for firing missiles from Igla-type MANPADS at the forum "Technologies in Mechanical Engineering" / Vitaly V.

The beginning of the process of political settlement in Syria before the end of the fight against terrorists and extremists in this country is illogical and unpromising. This statement was made on Wednesday, October 28, by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports . Earlier, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed a similar position.

October 28, 2015, 07:43 / Technology Apple made the highest profit in corporate history The company earned $1 billion a week in 2015, but investors are concerned about the growing dependence on the iPhone Natalya Raibman Apple was the first to break the $1 billion weekly profit mark / Kin Cheung / AP Apple, the world's largest company by market capitalization, generated the largest annual profit in corporate history - $53.4 billion in its 2015 fiscal year, which ended September 26.

In Russia, in September the population switched to a “savings” model of behavior in order to create a “safety cushion” in case the situation in the economy worsens. As reports Prime , this is stated in the monitoring of the Ministry of Economic Development. Citizens began to save under the influence of a decline in real wages and real disposable cash income. The savings rate returned to growth in September and amounted to 15%.

When asked whether she has accounts abroad, Skrynnik did not give a clear answer, RSN notes / D. Abramov / Vedomosti In Switzerland, at the request of the country's prosecutor's office, 60 million francs in the accounts of former Russian Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik have been frozen. This was reported by Interfax, citing an informed source. He linked this decision to the investigation of a criminal case on laundering illegally acquired funds.

October 27, 2015, 23:30 / Economics Truck owners are in no hurry to pay tolls So far, only 7.8% of trucks weighing over 12 tons are registered in the toll collection system Yuri Nekhaychuk Shippers propose, if not radically reducing the fee, then at least postponing the launch of the system indefinitely / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Tolls for trucks weighing over 12 tons will be charged from November 15. Registration in the Platon system began on October 15.

The leader of the conservative Law and Order party, which won the parliamentary elections in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, believes that director Roman Polanski should be extradited to the United States, where they have long wanted to prosecute him for sex with a minor. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kaczynski included this issue on the agenda of the last days of the election campaign, emphasizing that everyone is equal before the law.

In Switzerland, at the request of the country's prosecutor's office, 60 million francs in the accounts of former Russian Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik have been frozen. This was reported by Interfax, citing an informed source. He linked this decision to the investigation of a criminal case on laundering illegally acquired funds.

October 28, 2015, 00:02 / Business The owner of Raduga pharmacies buys the Nizhny Novgorod pharmacy chain Ladushka The merged company hopes to become one of the three largest pharmacy chains in the country Anastasia Demidova The Ladushka pharmacy chain unites 270 points in the Volga region, Siberia and Central Russia / aptekaladushka.ru The Rosta pharmaceutical group, which manages 875 Raduga and Pervaya Pomoga pharmacies, will acquire the Ladushka pharmacy chain.

German authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested a 31-year-old Iranian citizen on suspicion of spying on an opposition group for Tehran, the AP news agency reported . The federal prosecutor's office said he was arrested in Berlin on October 23.

October 28, 2015, 00:12 / Auto Toyota will double the capacity of the plant in St. Petersburg Next year the company will begin assembling the RAV4 crossover in addition to the Camry sedan Dmitry Gorshenin The plant, like last year, is 75% loaded, about 35,000 cars will be produced by the end of the year / E. Egorov / Vedomosti Employees of the Toyota plant in St.

The Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) has gained strength due to the dual policies of individual states, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said at the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS.

October 28, 2015, 00:05 / Business Yandex.Taxi wants to increase the share of orders for trips with small children The company purchased more than 1,000 child seats and reduced the surcharge for them Natalya Ishchenko Yandex.Taxi found new clients / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti One of the largest taxi aggregators, Yandex.Taxi , wants to increase the share of orders for trips with small children to 5–7% in the markets of Moscow and St. Petersburg, the company reported.

The director of the Ukrainian literature library Natalia Sharina has been detained in Moscow, Interfax reports, citing a source in the security forces. She will be interrogated soon. The arrest was preceded by a search. The special services conducted a search in the library on Trifonovskaya Street due to information that its collection contained texts of extremist content. In 2010, the library was also searched.

EuroChem Trading USA, a subsidiary of EuroChem, has acquired the American distributor of mineral fertilizers Ben-Trei Fertilizer Company, EuroChem reported on Wednesday. The purchase will allow Eurochem to gain direct access to Ben-Trei's customers and increase its presence in the US market, the statement said. The company does not disclose the amount of the transaction.