The parties do not want to boycott the elections on Berezovsky’s advice Boris Berezovsky, after a spectacular pause, yesterday finally responded to the arrest of the head of the Yukos oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. From the pages of the Kommersant newspaper, he called on both right-wing and left-wing political parties to boycott the parliamentary elections in protest against the actions of the authorities.

Oppositionists will no longer interfere with the inauguration of Ilham Aliyev The inauguration of the new President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, will take place today in Baku at the Republic Palace. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), Ilham Aliyev (the ruling New Azerbaijan Party) received 76.84% of the votes in the October 15 elections.

Clubs face tough choices on Saturday Tomorrow, in the last round of the Russian Championship, not only the bronze medalist of the national championship will be determined, but also the second team, which, following Chernomorets, will leave the company of the strongest clubs. In the first division, two teams will be determined on the same day that will receive a promotion. The championship finishes in a nervous atmosphere.

Income from historical real estate will go to both the mayor's office and the feds The capital's authorities and federal departments have agreed to share income from the rental of historical and architectural monuments located in Moscow. The secrets of recent agreements with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Property of the Russian Federation were revealed yesterday by the head of the city Complex for Property and Land Relations Oleg Tolkachev.

A NATO military facility has approached our borders Today in Latvia a ceremony will be held to mark the opening of the TPS-117 radar station in the Audrini parish, designed to protect the airspace of the country joining NATO from uninvited guests. Thus, an end will be put to the series of scandals that accompanied the construction of the radar.

Gazprom does not want to independently claim Ukraine's debts The Gazprom board yesterday, in strict secrecy, considered the issue of settling the debt of Naftogaz Ukrainy for gas supplied. The concern refused to disclose the details of the discussion, saying only that the issue would be brought up at one of the upcoming meetings of the board of directors.

President Signed the decree “On ensuring the activities of the Council under the President of Russia for the codification and improvement of civil legislation.” The decree approves the composition of the council and establishes that draft federal laws in the field of civil law, prepared by federal executive authorities, are sent to the Presidential Council for the Codification and Improvement of Civil Legislation before their submission to the government.

The Prime Minister ordered the dismissal of the aircraft designer On October 29, the Rosaviakosmos board recommended that the government dismiss Nikolai Nikitin, general director of the Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSC) MiG. MiG has so far refused to officially comment on this information, citing the fact that the protocol of the board has not yet been received by the corporation.

Yukos is trying to pay shareholders $2 billion YUKOS went all-in: the company's board of directors yesterday decided to pay the company's shareholders a record dividend for Russia - $2 billion (89 cents per share). This significantly exceeded the expectations of most analysts - a month ago they predicted earnings of 50 cents per share.

The Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for NATO Integration, Raymond GRAUBE, is the only general in the entire republic. In Soviet times, he worked as a builder on a collective farm, and in the early 90s he joined the people’s militia. He made a career there. He received his education at the British Military College for Senior Commanders. Before becoming an official in the Ministry of Defense, he was commander of the Latvian armed forces for five years.

Rosaviakosmos proposed to the government to remove Nikolai Nikitin, General Director of RSK MiG. The formal reason was the unsatisfactory state of work on the short-haul Tu-334 aircraft program. However, there are rumors in the aviation industry community that the real reason is the imminent signing of a major contract with India for the supply of a large batch of MiG-29K carrier-based fighters.

But the foreign ministers did not solve a single problem Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov does not believe that Moscow and Kyiv quarreled over the island of Kos Tuzla. After all, the construction of a Russian dam near the island is “not an attack on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” “A misunderstanding has arisen that will be resolved,” Mr. Ivanov said yesterday in Kyiv after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Grishchenko.

The Oriental Museum celebrated its 85th anniversary Guests were greeted right in the halls by a buffet with champagne, fruit and red caviar. Deputy Director for Scientific Work Tatyana Metaksa, in the traditional role of a kind “genius loci”, welcomed everyone who arrived as if she were family. When a fair number of them had gathered, Tatyana Khristoforovna made a speech. That the Museum of the Orient is the place where all national prejudices, complexes and phobias are overcome.

CLUBS Garik Sukachev and “The Untouchables”. October 31 in “B2” , 23.30. Zombie Nation Live . Electronics. October 31 at Mio , 0.00. Love Letters by Oleg Kireev (saxophone). Jazz. October 31 at Cool Train , 21.00. "In Search of the Kama Sutra, or a Bedtime Horror Story (Halloween)." The festival will be attended by artists from Moscow theaters, the Saraswati studio with Indian dances, the Mambo Club with salsa and other Latin American dances, as well as the group Uncle L with “exotic music”.

In Novoshakhtinsk and Partizansk they are trying to prevent new accidents The authorities of the Primorsky Territory and the Rostov Region were puzzled yesterday by a common problem - the elimination of the consequences of large-scale accidents in coal mines that occurred in these regions the day before.