An evening in honor of Maris Liepa was held at the Kremlin Palace It would be nice, after all, for the organizers of regular evenings in honor of Maris Liepa to decide on the format - well, just decide for themselves what exactly they are doing. An evening of memories or a concert of stars. The fact that it is impossible to combine these genres was just proven by the evening at the Kremlin Palace.

Serbia and Montenegro created a sensation for the second time in a row At the Women's World Championships in Japan, the Russian team won its second victory in a row. The team of Italian specialist Giovanni Caprara, playing in the top six of the first group stage, prevailed over their rivals from Azerbaijan - 3:1 (25:19, 25:21, 19:25, 25:20). The Russians share the leadership in their sextet with Germany and China, who also showed a 100% result.

Russia is demonstrating in China a model of an aircraft that could become the base aircraft in the domestic air force. The 6th international aerospace salon and exhibition of airport equipment, Airshow China-2006, began work at the airport in the Chinese city of Zhuhai. This exhibition has been held since 1996 on even years in a special economic zone in the south of China - in Guangdong province.

Uniting regions in Russia is becoming increasingly difficult The process of uniting regions, so widely advertised at one time by the federal government, seems to be threatening to stall. In the Altai Republic, which is in line for unification with the neighboring Altai Territory, protest sentiments are growing almost every day.

Experts suggest “unpacking” the stabilization fund The volume of the stabilization fund, where excess revenues from oil exports have been channeled since the beginning of 2004, exceeded 2 trillion rubles, amounting to 2.049 trillion rubles, or $76.72 billion, as of November 1.

The President of Ukraine criticized the new agreements with Russia Another escalation of political battles in Ukraine between the country's president and the government could provoke instability in gas supplies. Yesterday, Viktor Yushchenko joined the accusations (albeit in more cautious formulations) against the government of Viktor Yanukovych of its inability to defend its interests in the field of gas imports.

The Club of Television Journalists continues to publish its monthly ratings. Summing up the results of October, television journalists noted the stability and consistency of the process: Russian television channels are faithful to the chosen path of entertainment, obedient to the authorities in the field of information policy, working to create its correct image and making money as best they can, that is, chasing ratings.

Until November 4, Moscow is hosting VII International television competition for young musicians “The Nutcracker”, which is held by the “Culture” TV channel. “The Nutcracker” appeared in 2000, and then the contestants were mainly students from Moscow music schools. And to participate in the current competition, more than 170 applications have already been received from young performers from Russia, near and far abroad.

In Transnistria, the nomination of candidates for the post of president of the unrecognized republic has ended, elections for which will be held on December 10. On November 10, the election subscription campaign will end here.

Yesterday in Moscow, the RIA Novosti agency hosted a presentation of the report “Fundamentals of Russian Foreign Policy,” prepared by the Russian Institute for Globalization Problems. The director of the institute, Mikhail Delyagin, said that foreign policy should be built on the principle of “economy of resources and reasonable selfishness,” that is, Russian interests should be placed above any others.

The government will determine what kind of guest workers Russia needs It seems that the Russian authorities have compelling demographic, economic or political reasons to literally change migration policy on the fly. The regulations prepared by the Federal Migration Service, which complement the laws on the status of foreign citizens and labor migration signed in the summer, no longer promise the liberalization that officials and deputies talked about in the summer.

Gela Bezhuashvili entered and left Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to meet with Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, who arrived in Moscow to participate in a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization. “This possibility was explored, but the president decided not to hold the meeting,” a Kremlin source told reporters late on Tuesday. Mr Bezhuashvili arrived in the Russian capital from Baku on Tuesday evening.

Roszdravnadzor is trying to reduce debt to pharmaceutical suppliers The list of drugs that Russians will be able to receive as part of the additional drug provision program, which was so pompously advertised by the leaders of the Ministry of Health and Social Development after the start of monetization of benefits, will once again be adjusted downwards.

A new court will be built for the participants in the attack on Nalchik The authorities of Kabardino-Balkaria began preparations for a trial unprecedented in scale in modern Russian history - over the participants in the attack on the capital of the republic on October 13-14, 2005. About 60 people will be in the dock at once.

Sukhoi's subsidiary will not suffer from sanctions against the parent company The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) has received assurances from the US State Department that its civil projects are not subject to sanctions imposed by the US authorities on its parent company, Aviation Holding Corporation (AHC) Sukhoi. US GSS suppliers continue to fulfill their contractual obligations.