Football. Spanish Championship. 8th round. "Osasuna" - "Tenerife" - 0:2, "Rayo Vallecano" - "Real Sociedad" - 2:1, "Villareal" - "Malaga" - 1:2, "Athletic" - " Valladolid - 1:4, Barcelona - Valencia - 2:2, Celta - Betis - 3:1, Las Palmas - Espanyol - 2: 0, Sevilla - Mallorca - 2:2, Zaragoza - Deportivo - 1:2, Alaves - Real Madrid - 0:0. The leaders are: Deportivo - 17 points, Celta, Betis - 16 each. Having beaten Betis with a score of 3:1, Celta moved into third place in the standings.

The anthem will be learned by heart again All Russian schoolchildren will soon be forced to learn and sing the Russian anthem. A letter “On official rituals in educational institutions related to the use of state symbols of the Russian Federation”, signed by Deputy Minister of Education Alexander Kiselev, has already been sent to schools.

The main mouthpiece of Kandahar fled abroad Rumors of a split in the Taliban movement, which have been circulating throughout the week, have gained momentum. As the Vremya Novostei newspaper learned from several independent sources, Taliban Foreign Minister Mullah Wakil Mutawakil left Afghanistan, is in the United Arab Emirates (presumably in Dubai) and does not intend to return.

The criminal case of the murder of Mikhail Sirota, director of the largest poultry farm in the Altai Territory, “Molodezhnaya”, was transferred to the court on October 16 by the local prosecutor’s office. During the investigation, to which the best investigators from the regional prosecutor's office were involved, first the perpetrators of the crime were detained, and then the person who ordered the murder.

“Universal education” is being revived in the capital Moscow will take part in an experiment on a unified state exam for schoolchildren as part of the federal program for modernizing education. This point is in the city target program “Modernization of Moscow education (metropolitan education - 3)”, presented yesterday at a meeting of the capital government by the chairman of the Moscow Education Committee Lyubov Kezina.

Volleyball. Super League. Men. 3rd round. "Iskra-RVSN" - "MSTU-Luzhniki" - 0:3, 1:3, "UEM-Izumrud" - "Oktane" - 3:0, 3:0, "Baltika" - "Neftyanik Bashkiria" " -- 2:3, 3:1, "Neftyanik" -- "Dynamo-MGFSO" -- 2:3, 0:3, "Samotlor" -- "Uralsvyazinform" -- 3:0, 1:3, " TNK-Orenburg - Lokomotiv-Belogorye - 0:3, 2:3. The leaders are: "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" - 12 points, "MSTU-Luzhniki", "UEM-Izumrud" - 11 each, "Baltika" - 10, "Iskra-RVSN", "Neftyanik", "Samotlor", " Dynamo-MGFSO" -- 9.

Georgia wants to replace Russian peacekeepers with Ukrainian ones Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday for the first time directly voiced the idea of ​​internationalizing the “blue helmets” in Abkhazia. During a meeting at his Krtsanisi residence with a high-ranking OSCE delegation, he reported that during the seven years that exclusively Russian peacekeepers had been in the conflict zone, there had been no progress.

LUKOIL boosts rural oil industry All Russian oil companies laughed when a correspondent for the Vremya Novostey newspaper asked them a question: “What are your plans for producing diesel fuel from rapeseed?” "What is this?" - they asked.

Sugar auction was almost disrupted The auction for the sale of quotas for the import of raw materials for 2002 yesterday was accompanied by a scandal. One of the participating companies wrote a letter to the government the day before, reporting price collusion by other participants. The commission tried to verify this information, but it failed. After lengthy meetings and several technical breaks, the trading finally took place.

The Bolshoi Theater announced plans for the next season The press conference of the Bolshoi Theater management, traditionally held at the very beginning of autumn, was delayed by a month and a half this year. The reason for this is the turbulent events that ended the previous season: the departure of Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the appointment of a new chief conductor, Alexander Vedernikov.

“Unity” and “Fatherland” agreed to accept “All Russia” into their ranks. This is what the general council of the Fatherland and Unity Union decided yesterday. After the meeting of the General Council, the mechanism for merging the three centrist organizations became more or less clear. As reported by the leader of Unity, Sergei Shoigu, on October 27, Unity and Fatherland will hold a joint congress, where they will accept “All of Russia” into their ranks. Gg.

The Senate is ready to legislatively ensure the development of federalism The Federation Council undertakes to strengthen and develop federal relations in Russia. The Senate Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy, at the instigation of Ramazan Abdulatipov, decided that a “Concept of legal support for the development of federal relations in Russia” was needed.

Unlike many Russian regions, Chuvashia is not rich in natural resources. According to this indicator, it ranks last, 89th, but nevertheless tries to attract investors. According to the Minister of Economy of Chuvashia, Alexander Vorotnikov, investments in fixed assets since the beginning of the year amounted to approximately 3 billion rubles, which is 5.5% more than for the corresponding period of the previous year.

MAZ and Ruspromavto will trade The Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ), the largest consumer of products from the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), part of the Ruspromavto holding, threatens to stop its partner if it increases prices for its products. Representatives of MAZ say that in this way Ruspromavto is seeking concessions from the Belarusian leadership when including the enterprise in its structure. Ruspromavto believes that this conflict has a purely economic basis.

“Roma” again turned out to be luckier than “Lokomotiv” Despite losing to Rome's Roma with a score of 0:1, the capital's Lokomotiv adequately passed another test in the Champions League. And even though the match in Petrovsky Park did not bring Semin’s team any points, the authority gained by competent play in a lost match is sometimes more valuable than other lackluster victories.