MSU took 93rd place in the ranking of the best universities The pride of domestic education - Lomonosov Moscow State University is not very well regarded on the international labor market, and over the past year it has even lost weight.

The composition of the future State Duma will be determined in general terms at regional elections This coming Sunday, October 8, elections of legislative assemblies will be held in nine regions of Russia. In all regions, lists of candidates from the regional branches of three parliamentary parties - United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party - have been registered. A total of ten parties will take part in the elections.

The Booker jury held a press conference at which they announced the shortlist of candidates for the award for the best Russian novel of the year. I will say this: in essence, the organizers gathered journalists to inform them that everything that was happening was not for the press. The short list of the jury could be announced on the radio, for example. And then don’t suffer for fifteen minutes in front of television cameras, squeezing incredible texts out of yourself.

Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking in Warsaw, announced chances for a diplomatic settlement of the problem of North Korea, which announced on Tuesday its intention to conduct new nuclear tests. According to the minister, there is an opportunity to continue the six-party negotiations with the DPRK. The “six” includes Japan, China, Russia, South Korea and North Korea.

Dissatisfied shareholders suspended their hunger strike The deceived co-investors did not wait for a response from the government, but they enlisted support from legislators. On Wednesday, the State Duma adopted an appeal to the head of government, Mikhail Fradkov, calling on him to take a number of measures to protect the interests of participants in shared-equity construction.

Autumn in the center of European Russia this year is generous with warmth. Over the past 24 hours in Moscow, the average daily temperature exceeded the climate norm by five degrees. True, it was raining everywhere. The cyclones will take a break over the weekend. Their path will be blocked by two anticyclones moving from the north (Arctic) and west (warm anticyclone). Thanks to them, rain is unlikely until early next week. In the central region there is mostly no precipitation, +11...17оС.

Kirill Serebrennikov staged a shockingly bland performance The play “Antony & Cleopatra. Version”, released by Sovremennik, has a genre subtitle: “A play by Kirill Serebrennikov and Oleg Bogaev based on Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name.” The name was invented poorly: replacing the connecting conjunction with the sign &, demonstrating one’s commitment to the topic of the day (i.e. provincialism) is a boring banality, and any stage interpretation is by definition a “version”.

“If you don’t have a dog, your neighbor won’t poison it, and there won’t be a fight with your friend if you don’t have a friend.” This wise song is over thirty years old. But normal people are designed in such a way that, despite potential troubles, they do not refuse friends - neither four-legged nor two-legged. Russians do not refuse such encumbrances as ownership of property. Some people need a house and a car for personal comfort.

Latvia sold state stake in Ventspils Nafta The Latvian government yesterday finally privatized a 39% stake in the oil transshipment holding Ventspils Nafta. The auction was held in open form on the Riga Stock Exchange. According to preliminary data, the final price per share was 1.84 lats, with a starting price of 1.81 lats. Thus, the state sold the entire stake for $134 million.

CLUBS "Auction". October 6 in the Mir concert hall (Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 11) , 19.00. “Casta” (Rostov-on-Don). One of the most famous rap groups in Russia in its entirety (11 people) will perform on October 6 at the Ikra club, 21.00. "Krovostok". The next day, there is the capital's underground answer to Rostov-on-Don: a cult rap trio, whose lyrics are far from the mainstream groove and socialization of traditional hip-hop. Total and rude banter. 21.00. Dani Siciliano (USA).

The time has come for Nikolai Valuev to defend his title for the second time On Saturday, WBA world champion Nikolai Valuev will be officially presented to America. In Chicago, the Russian will try to do everything to win the hearts of American boxing fans. This is exactly the plan of Don King, who decided to make Valuev a new heavyweight superstar. After all, no matter how many fights Nikolai wins in Europe, real recognition of professional boxing can only be achieved in the USA.

Vladimir Putin called the best teachers The best teachers in Russia, who first won the competition of the national project “Education” and then reached the finals of the annual professional competition “Teacher of the Year,” yesterday managed to discuss professional problems personally with Vladimir Putin. 15 laureates were invited to the Kremlin, where the president congratulated them on Teacher's Day.

Yesterday in Afghanistan, 12 thousand US troops stationed in the east of the country came under NATO control. With the transition of the Americans to the NATO flag, the number of International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan (ISAF), commanded by the Alliance since 2003 under a UN mandate, increases to approximately 32 thousand soldiers.

“Non-indigenous” traders will pay for the conflict with Georgia In the course of the growing confrontation with Georgia, Russia is discovering so many problems and violations on its own territory that it is apparently embarking on a new priority project. In order to ensure security, fight crime and protect domestic agricultural producers, the authorities intend to urgently tighten immigration legislation and carry out a nationwide purge of markets from the dominance of “non-indigenous” traders.

Intelligence agencies set records for casino inspections The massive attack on representatives of the “Georgian criminals”, launched this week in Moscow by the Russian special services, yesterday received a new vector. The operatives, clearly under the influence of the latest initiatives of the State Duma and President Putin to tighten rules for the gambling business, have already turned part of their “righteous anger” against Moscow casinos in general.