The militants changed their attack tactics The security agencies have not yet fully summed up the results of the operation in Kabardino-Balkaria; so far only general assessments of the tragedy have been given. However, it can already be observed that the general characteristics of the events of October 13-14 in Nalchik on the part of most government agencies coincide: the special services and law enforcement agencies generally managed to thwart the militants’ plans.

No more than 50 thousand Russians will respond to Georgy Boos’s invitation to move to the Kaliningrad region from Latvia Russian-speaking residents of Latvia are discussing the idea of ​​Governor Georgiy Boos, who proposed that all “our people” move to the Kaliningrad region for permanent residence (the Vremya Novostei newspaper wrote about this on October 21) . Let us recall that the Kaliningrad governor recently proposed doubling the population of the Kaliningrad region.

A Scottish woman was sued for more than a million for “bacterial seasoning” for a Chinese dish. One Chinese restaurant in Scotland was costed more than a million pounds sterling by salmonella bacteria, which a customer got as an invisible seasoning to her dish. Margaret Ann Reynard went there with her fiancé to celebrate her 35th birthday. The couple did not deny themselves anything and tried many dishes, one of which turned out to be fatal for the hero of the occasion, reports the BBC.

Construction companies offer Moscow a solution to the problem of deceived co-investors The capital authorities will be able to avoid mass protests by citizens affected by the activities of unscrupulous construction companies, and thereby avoid an increase in the protest electorate on the eve of the Moscow City Duma elections, by sacrificing part of the expensive Moscow land.

Ingosstrakh and ROSNO expect explosive growth in Russian exports The volume of trade turnover of Russian companies insured this year by Ingosstrakh may reach $1 billion, and by 2008 it is planned to increase this figure to $5 billion. Viktor Klimov, head of the trade credit department of Ingosstrakh, told reporters yesterday. Over the ten months of this year, Ingosstrakh collected $6.6 million in trade credit insurance.

French women play flawlessly at the WTA Championship Two-time winner of the WTA Championships, former world number one, Belgian Kim Clijsters, performs unsuccessfully at the final tournament of 2005. She suffered a second defeat in a row, and again from a French tennis player. Following Marie Pierce, Amelie Mauresmo became Clijsters' offender - 6:3, 7:6 (7:4). However, after two days of play, the Belgian still had a chance of reaching the semi-finals.

The causes and culprits of the mass poisoning of children in Sochi have been named Yesterday, at a meeting of the emergency sanitary and epidemiological commission of the Sochi administration, it was officially announced that the outbreak of acute intestinal infection among participants in the festival “In the World of Arts” was caused by a dysentery pathogen. Two cooks and a loader infected children and adults.

Portoflot tug crews demand wages according to European standards The second major strike in the last few months began yesterday in the port of St. Petersburg. This time, sailors and captains of tugs, icebreakers and tankers of the Port Fleet company declared war on stevedores. The strikers could partially paralyze the work of the port by completely stopping towing, but, according to the assurances of the strike committee activists themselves, they do not set themselves such a task.

The investment program of JSC Russian Railways will be paid for by passengers The discussion about the investment program of Russian Railways OJSC at yesterday's government meeting turned out to be unexpectedly heated. After all, ministers are also sometimes train passengers. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, it seems, sincerely does not understand “where is the cart and where is the horse” in the matter of reforming domestic railways.

Ten years have passed since the assassination of 73-year-old Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. According to the lunar calendar, the day of Rabin's death this year falls on November 14. Then memorial events will take place in Israel. The fanatic, 36-year-old Yigal Amir, who killed the prime minister, sits in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison.

CLUBS Leonid Fedorov (vocals, guitar) and Vladimir Volkov (double bass). November 11 in the “OGI Project” , 22.00. Ska-jazz Review (St. Petersburg). The group is a union of musicians from the ska-punk band Spitfire and the ska-afro band Marksheider Kunst. Their repertoire includes compositions by such musicians as Skatalites, Sonny Rollins, Lee Morgan, AC Jabim, Desmond Dekker, R. Alphonso. November 11 at Orange , 20.00. Kimbata (Congo - France - Russia).

Sharapova became the best player in the country according to the WTA rating Maria Sharapova and Marat Safin entered the top four tennis players at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Sharapova made it to the semifinals, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the next Russian derby - 4:6, 6:2, 6:2. Safin more than confidently prevailed over Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty - 6:2, 6:4, 6:2.

On Russian territory Yesterday in Moscow, foreign diplomats discussed the news of a breakthrough that occurred through Russia's mediation in the case surrounding the Iranian nuclear issue. As Vremya Novostei learned, there was even a rumor that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would make an unexpected one-day visit to Tehran in the near future.

The famous director decided to experiment with melodrama Alexey Balabanov completed filming of the film “It Doesn’t Hurt Me” based on the script by Valery Mnatsakanov (STV film company, producer Sergey Selyanov). The film is due out in the spring. This is the story of three comrades - against the backdrop of modern life. Misha, Oleg and Alka decided to start decorating apartments for rich people in order to earn money.

Figure skating - sport or art? It seems that even the most experienced ISU officials cannot answer this question. Not only figure skaters and a coach participate in the production of ice programs, but also professional choreographers, whose names often remain in the shadows.