CSKA, having lost its main players, lost to Inter CSKA's third European campaign threatens to end in failure. The army team, having lost to Inter at home 1:2, have only one point after three matches in the Champions League. Valery Gazzaev’s team can practically forget about leaving the group. Inter left the army team only with the fight for third place, which gives them the right to participate in the UEFA Cup. Russian clubs generally have particularly close relations with Inter.

Regional budgets will be forced to share with municipal ones It seems that the country is facing another inter-budgetary redistribution of financial resources . However, if in previous years it was mainly about transferring tax revenues from the regional to the federal level in order to equalize the budgetary capacity of the federal subjects, now the emphasis will be on supporting municipalities. By the way, it will again be lost to the regional budgets.

The European Union and Iran continued their nuclear dialogue Yesterday's negotiations in Rome between Iran and the European Union took place in a new composition - instead of Ali Larijani, who has become familiar to the West , the Tehran delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Said Jalili . A close associate of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he formerly served in the administration of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Yesterday, at the office of the OSCE mission in Tbilisi, with the mediation of Russia, after a ten-month break, a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) on the Georgian-Ossetian settlement took place. The very fact of the parties returning to the negotiating table, which was sought by the Russian co-chairman of the JCC, Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Popov, can be considered progress. But the positions cannot be brought closer together.

Yuri Luzhkov banned the use of soundtracks at Moscow concerts The mayor of the capital, Yuri Luzhkov, who always performs with great enthusiasm both the Russian national anthem and the indispensable “My Dear Moscow” during festive events, decided to oblige all artists to follow his example - to sing without a soundtrack. According to the order signed yesterday by the mayor, musicians are prohibited from performing under “plywood” at concerts held at the expense of the Moscow budget.

Bernhard Reutersberg will become the new head of the company's board of directors E.ON Ruhrgas has officially named a successor to the current Chairman of the Board, Burkhard Bergmann . As you know, he turns 65 next February, and on March 1 he will leave his post, which he has held since June 2001. Since 2000, he has been a member of the board of directors of Gazprom, being the only foreign representative.

The Japanese reassure the Russians about missile defense Today in Harbin, China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with colleagues from China and India.

Hotels now have competitors in the capital market At the beginning of 2007, Moscow hotel rooms were recognized as the most expensive in the world. At the same time, according to market experts, price increases do not stop due to a shortage of rooms, and the number of tourists and businessmen coming to the capital is only growing. As an alternative, Russian travel agencies began to offer so-called service apartments that can be rented for a short period.

The Central Election Commission engaged in virtual campaigning and propaganda The Central Election Commission of Russia continues to explore the Internet . Recently, this department signed a contract with bloggers Samson Sholademi and Inna Smbatyan. According to the contract, they must provide coverage of the CEC’s work on the Internet in human, accessible language. The result of this cooperation was the emergence of the Electoral Commission community in the Live Journal (LJ) blogging system.

Watch from October 25 on Moscow screens “Testament” (Serbia-France, 2007, Emir Kusturica). Film of the opening of the last MIFF. A young country boy (Jurosh Milovanovic) goes to the city to fulfill promises he made to his own grandfather, not the least of which is to find himself a good wife. Everything is as usual with Kusturica, but without the former brilliance and energy: the obligatory elements of his previous films are not pleasing here, but for the most part irritate.

Russians are ripe for the desire to work at home in comfort Traditionally, the home office was a place not only for work, but also for receiving guests and holding business meetings. The office is still the calling card of its owner, and outwardly it has changed little, but the technologies and materials used in the manufacture of furniture for home offices have changed. Along with solid wood, many manufacturers began to use valuable wood veneers in furniture finishing.

Rosenergo may become the successor to RAO UES of Russia The Ministry of Industry and Energy, it seems, is beginning to implement the idea of ​​Anatoly Chubais, expressed in May to Vladimir Putin, about the need for state control over the electric power industry after the reorganization of RAO UES of Russia. Yesterday, Minister Viktor Khristenko told reporters that the Federal Energy Agency (Rosenergo) will deal with this.

The Russian Renaissance Film Festival has ended Reporting about a cultural event of this kind twenty-five years ago, there was no need to point out any “revival” - the days of Soviet cinema were held here every year. As usual, within the framework of good neighborly relations and to strengthen friendship and cooperation.

Chronicle of sporting events At the tennis tournament that started in St. Petersburg with a prize fund of $1 million, two Russians sheathed their rackets in the first round. Igor Kunitsyn lost to compatriot Denis Matsukevich - 6:7 (2:7), 3:6, and Evgeny Korolev lost to the German Philipp Kohlschreiber - 6:7 (4), 3:6. Dmitry Tursunov beat Jurgen Melzer from Austria in his opening match - 7:6 (8:6), 7:6 (7:0).

How Dmitry Kozak tried to manage interbudgetary relations Russian Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak denied information that his department, in connection with the expansion of its competence, will allegedly propose to the government a project for the redistribution of tax revenues between the center and the regions. The Ministry of Regional Development “does not intend to interfere with the competence of other departments ,” the head of the department assured.