Pernod Ricard wants to sell Dunkin' Donuts The popular American confectionery chain Dunkin' Donuts will soon be sold to two large investment consortiums. The production of donuts is no longer on the list of priority business areas of the French alcoholic beverages manufacturer Pernod Ricard.

Exactly three years ago, almost in the very center of Moscow, five dozen militants took almost a thousand people hostage in the theater center on Dubrovka during a performance of the musical “Nord-Ost”. Then, after special forces stormed the building using a still unknown poison gas, according to official data, 130 people died.

The head coach of Dynamo Moscow, Ivo Wortmann, who worked in Russia for three months, seems to have managed during this time not only to get used to his new team, but also to become imbued with its spirit. Few foreign specialists, coming here, have a clear idea of ​​where they ended up. Wortmann is well aware that he works in a club with rich traditions and a long history, into which he would like to add his name.

The group opens a subsidiary bank in Russia The head of Morgan Stanley, John Mack, who recently visited Moscow at a meeting with journalists, called the created Russian “daughter” of the investment bank a national company with international ties.

The Prosecutor General's Office found an unknown extremist organization The first results of the investigation into the case of a militant attack on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria were announced by Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Nikolai Shepel at a press conference on Friday. The conclusions of the investigation he presented were completely unexpected.

CLUBS Sigi Finkel (saxophone, flutes) and Mamadu Diabate (drums, percussion). A very original duo of natives of Germany and Burkina Faso living in Austria. The saxophone sounds here in combination with exotic African instruments, the balafon and ngoni. The duo's music is jazz improvisation inspired by African rhythms and melodies. "Home" , 19.30. Igor Ulanov Quartet. Jazz. Fifth studio on Malaya Nikitskaya (M. Nikitskaya, 24) , 19.00.

FOOTBALL. Premier League. 28th round. October 29. "Zenit" - "Rubin", "Lokomotiv" - "Saturn", "Torpedo" - "Moscow", "Shinnik" - "Spartak". October 30. CSKA - Rostov, Krylya Sovetov - Amkar, Terek - Alania, Tom - Dynamo. The window in the schedule of the group stage of the UEFA Cup will allow the capital's Lokomotiv and CSKA, St. Petersburg's Zenit to fully concentrate on the matches of the next round of the national championship, in which they are fighting for medals. TENNIS. October 24--30.

Georgia captured and handed over a Russian lieutenant colonel to get rid of all peacekeepers Yesterday, Georgian authorities handed over to Russian representatives Lieutenant Colonel Roman Boyko, an observer of the Joint Headquarters of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone, who was detained on October 21 in Gori. Thus ended another scandal between Tbilisi and Moscow, which marked a further deterioration in bilateral relations.

The head of the Latvian Ministry of Internal Affairs may have resigned because of Boris Berezovsky A political scandal is breaking out in Latvia, the main character of which is the disgraced Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky. According to the unofficial version, Latvian Interior Minister Erik Jekabsons resigned last Friday because he did not want to comply with the decision of the National Security Council to declare Berezovsky persona non grata.

The second round of presidential elections took place in Poland yesterday. Before the vote, the historical leader of Solidarity, the first president of post-communist Poland, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa answered questions from Vremya Novostei special correspondent Lev BRUNI. - Mr. President, after Poland joins the European Union, does it really matter who heads the state? Does the president have the same strong influence on the state and its citizens?

It’s harder than ever for the permanent national champion The national championship among women's super league teams started with a sensation. In the first match there was a big surprise - the 14-time gold medal winner Uralochka lost to Tulitsa, which had returned to high society from the second division, on its site in Yekaterinburg - 1:3. The hosts performed without foreign legionnaires - they are looking forward to the arrival of the Cubans, who are not yet allowed to go to Russia.

The Duma legalized parliamentary investigations The State Duma on Friday approved the presidential bill “On Parliamentary Investigation”. The consideration of this document was, to put it mildly, unconventional. Perhaps for the first time, the government’s initiative aroused very harsh criticism from representatives of United Russia. The head of state spoke about the need to legitimize parliamentary investigations in his May message to the Federal Assembly.

Deputies advocated preferences for the software industry A group of deputies developed and sent for approval to the government a draft federal law “On amendments to Article 18 of Part One, Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.” The essence of the bill is as follows.

The 34th meeting of the Council of Heads of Communications Administrations of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RSC Council) was held in Yerevan, chaired by the head of the Ministry of Information and Communications of the Russian Federation, Leonid Reiman. Delegations of communications administrations of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine took part in the meeting.

Because of deputies and officials, foster parents are forced to return orphans to orphanages Dozens of orphans from Khabarovsk orphanages, who have already taken root in the families of city residents, are now forced to return to government institutions. These are the sad consequences of the failed experiment to introduce patronage in the region as one of the alternatives to municipal shelters.