Hockey. NHL. Regular season . “Carolina” – “New York Rangers” – 1:4, “Los Angeles” – “Phoenix” – 4:1 (Markov “F” 1+0) , “Colorado” – “Dallas” -- 1:1 (Zubov “D” 0+1) . The next NHL season started with three matches overseas. The New York Rangers, playing their first game under the leadership of Brian Trottier, won away against last year's Stanley Cup finalist.

Interfoto-2002 does not inspire optimism The eighth annual Moscow festival of professional photography opened in the New Manege. The program is traditional: an international exhibition, a Russian exhibition - the winners of last year's competition, performances by photographers, Western stars and domestic masters, and the inevitable demonstration of the latest equipment (the main sponsor is Canon). This year's international exhibition turned out to be more predictable than ever.

After two rounds of the Commonwealth Champions Cup, Moscow's Spartak, Kiev's Dynamo, Riga's Skonto and Ashgabat's Nisa have practically secured their place in the quarterfinals of the tournament. All these clubs have won two victories and are likely to take first place in their groups. Among the remaining clubs, we can highlight the Lithuanian “Kaunas”.

CLUBS Kid Loco. The famous DJ and composer who now plays, by his own definition, porn pop. "Giusto" , 22.00. "Refree" (Spain). October 12. "Project O.G.I." , 22.00. Peter King (saxophone). English saxophonist who plays a mixture of jazz and hip-hop. October 13. Central House of Artists , 19.00, “B2” , 21.00. Ensemble of Hrant Hayrapetyan. “Rotunda” , 20.00, “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. Stela Argatu (vocals, saxophone, keyboards). October 12. “Vegetable Garden” , 21.00. "Crematorium".

Americans finance the fight against terrorism at the expense of Russians Washington is increasing the cost of entry visas. Effective November 1, 2002, the consular fee for processing documents at US embassies will be increased from $65 to $100. This applies to all countries of the world, including Russia. The US State Department issued a special clarification. Since 9/11, so-called border security programs have been funded through consular fees.

Tensions between Georgia and Russia, although slightly eased, remain. Both Moscow and Tbilisi are unhappy with each other. Nino BURJANADZE, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, told special correspondent of the Vremya Novostei newspaper Katerina LABETSKAYA about today’s Georgian position. - How do you assess Russian-Georgian relations today?

At the end of October, the State Council will consider a bill on local self-government, which was prepared by the Presidential Commission headed by Dmitry Kozak on the division of powers between state authorities and local self-government bodies. Yesterday the draft law was submitted to deputies for the first time. During parliamentary hearings, legislators could express their proposals for reform.

Mostly Canadian sprinters have bright Olympic prospects The World Sprint All-Around Championships ended at the Viking indoor skating rink in Hamar, Norway. World record holders, Canadians Jeremy Wotherspoon and Catriona Lemay-Duan won the laurel wreaths of the strongest speed walkers on the planet. The current sprinting tournament is the last major competition on the eve of the Olympic Games. The all-rounders held their last evaluation a week earlier - at the World Cup in Heerenveen, Holland.

Volleyball. Russian Championship. Super League. 14th round . "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" - "TNK-Orenburg" - 3:0, 3:0, "MSTU-Luzhniki" - "Iskra" - 3:2, 3:0, "Dynamo-MGFSO Olimp" - "Neftyanik" - 3:0, 3:1, "Oktane" - "UEM-Izumrud" - 0:3, 3:2, "Uralsvyazinform" - "Samotlor" - 3:2, 2:3 , "Neftyanik Bashkiria" - "Baltika" - 3:1, 3:2. Of the four leading teams, only Lokomotiv-Belogorye and Dynamo did not experience any particular problems in the next round of the Russian Championship.

Moscow road workers have found the cause of last year's ice The streets of Moscow will be thoroughly treated with special detergents before the onset of cold weather. This was announced yesterday at a press conference at the Moscow traffic police by Vladimir Ushkov, deputy head of the municipal services department of the mayor's office. According to him, it was the autumn street mud last fall that caused the formation of slime on the roads, which made cars simply undriveable.

Football. Italian Championship. 19th round. Bologna - Chievo - 3:1, Inter - Parma - 2:0, Lecce - Piacenza - 0:0, Juventus - Atalanta - - 3:0, Lazio - Perugia - 5:0, Udinese - Roma - 1:1, Verona - Venice - 1:0, Fiorentina -- Milan -- 1:1, Brescia -- Torino -- 1:2. The leaders are: Inter - 41 points, Roma - 40, Juventus - 37. Roma did not lose to Udinese only thanks to their goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli, who saved a penalty in the last minutes.

The Primorye police did not satisfy the capital's generals The inspection team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, which checked the activities of the Far Eastern law enforcement officers for a month and a half, came to the conclusion that the Primorsky Territory Internal Affairs Directorate has worked poorly over the past years and has not achieved adequate success in the fight against crime. Now we should probably expect personnel changes in the regional police.

Another day of play at the competitions taking place in Europe among the world's leading tennis players was successful for the Russians. At the ATP tournament in Lyon (France) with a prize fund of 760 thousand dollars, Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated the Brazilian Fernando Meligeni in the first round (6:3, 6:4) and late yesterday evening Moscow time he met with the Frenchman Nicolas Escudé. The second round match between Marat Safin and Australian Wayne Arthurs turned out to be extremely exciting.

The 2002 budget was saved by customs officers and oil prices Fears about the failure to implement the 2002 budget do not seem to be justified. According to the Ministry of Finance, distributed on Thursday, the federal budget for the nine months of 2002 was fulfilled by 102.2% of revenues. The backlog is so far only in the expense column, which in the nineties could only be dreamed of.

Railway lands cannot be counted None of the 17 Russian railways completed the inventory of railway transport land within the prescribed period (by October 1), which is necessary for the formation of the authorized capital of the future heir to the property of the Ministry of Railways - OJSC Russian Railways. At the same time, the registration of real estate of the Ministry of Railways was completed back in August (the book value is estimated at 1.3 trillion rubles).