Deutsche Bank acquired a stake in one of the largest banks in China In Frankfurt am Main yesterday it was officially announced that Deutsche Bank, together with one of the leading German private banks Sal. Oppenheim will acquire a 14% stake in the Chinese bank Hua Xia (9.9 and 4.1%, respectively). The transaction price will be 272 million euros. Hua Xia is the fourth largest listed Chinese bank, with branches in 27 provincial capitals and about 250 cities and towns across the country.

Japan scares neighbors with revival of militarism Relations between Japan and its closest Asian neighbors have once again become hostages of history. Yesterday's outburst of indignation in Beijing and Seoul was completely predictable, but Tokyo again decided to ignore the opinion of the countries that became victims of Japanese aggression during the Second World War. Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made his fifth visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Election scandals increase voter turnout In the elections to the legislative assembly of the Belgorod region held on Sunday, according to preliminary estimates, United Russia won more than half of the votes. Now 27 people will sit on her behalf in the regional Duma.

CLUBS Hiram Bullok (guitar, USA). A tour of a wonderful jazz guitarist, whom the Moscow public could see in the summer at the concerts of Randy Brecker's band. Bullock works with both jazzmen (Miles Davis, Marcus Miller) and pop-rock musicians (Sting, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr). At the Moscow concerts, Bullock will present a program consisting mostly of funk compositions. October 18-22 at Le Club , 20.30. Jorge Isaac (Netherlands-Venezuela).

Nikita Mikhalkov returns to cinema The information that Nikita Mikhalkov is temporarily relinquishing his duties as chairman of the Union of Cinematographers and going on sabbatical for a year and a half was confirmed yesterday by the union itself. And Mikhalkov, who has not yet returned from Jerusalem, intends to announce all the details of his departure at tomorrow’s press conference. As his secretariat said, this decision has been brewing for a long time.

Vneshtorgbank has found a new vice president Vneshtorgbank has a new senior vice president who will oversee the entire financial block. It was Nikolai Tsekhomsky, who until recently headed a similar direction at MTS. So far, VTB did not have a clearly defined financial block, so with the arrival of Tsekhomsky, structural changes will apparently occur in the bank. The appointment of a new top manager in the market is associated with the bank's upcoming IPO in 2006. Mr.

The militants prepared the operation in Nalchik for more than a year The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Rashid Nurgaliev, yesterday reported to President Putin the latest news about the situation in Kabardino-Balkaria and, in particular, in Nalchik, which was attacked by a large detachment of militants on October 13.

Chairman of the Board of the Communal Culture of Life Foundation Nail GAINUTDINOV talks about the difficulties the city authorities face in the process of implementing the housing and communal services reform. -- Nail Anasovich, many Russians have not yet realized that another large-scale privatization of state property is beginning in the country, the state is leaving the housing and communal services, transferring all real estate to residents as a collective owner.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has identified deposits that will not go to foreigners The Ministry of Natural Resources has completed the development of criteria for identifying strategic deposits. Foreigners' access to this category of sites will be limited - the Russian side in the project must own at least 50%.

Forecast for the coming days Weather conditions in the European territory of Russia in the next couple of days will be dictated by two cyclonic eddies. The northern cyclone with cold winds and precipitation is located from Murmansk to Vorkuta. And the southern cyclone continues its activity from the center of Russia to the Black Sea and the Caucasus.

The governor of Kuban made a mistake in a person by 60 million rubles Kuban Governor Alexander Tkachev replaced the head of the federal children's resort - the city of Anapa. Mayor Vladimir Tsukanov resigned “of his own free will.” His place was taken by a new appointee of the governor, Anatoly Pakhomov, who before moving to Anapa for exactly a year, from October 2004, headed the department for the integrated development of resorts and tourism of the Krasnodar Territory administration.

The current Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Foreign Minister of Slovenia Dimitri RUPEL, who arrived in Moscow yesterday and held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Interfax agency correspondent Olga GOLOVANOVA - especially for Vremya Novostey - says about reforms in the OSCE and how this organization fights terrorism. --Does the OSCE need reforms?

A Soviet aircraft carrier with a big name will become a training tool for fighting the American fleet China is going to give new life to the unfinished Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag. RIA Novosti, citing the Hong Kong military magazine KANWA, reported yesterday that the ship will avoid the sad fate of a floating casino and could become a training ground for the Chinese army.

The “Life of Remarkable People” series has grown with two excellent books: “Gorky” by Pavel Basinsky and “Boris Pasternak” by Dmitry Bykov .

The Russian economy will die without an influx of immigrants Those Russians who still profess the principle of “come in large numbers here” need to seriously change their worldview. UN experts have come to the conclusion that without a constant massive influx of guest workers (preferably young and educated), Russia will simply perish as a country.