Terrorists wanted to blow up the entire leadership of Pakistan A truck with explosives exploded outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on September 20 at the hour when the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and Yusuf Reza Gilani were about to meet with the command of the country's armed forces over a joint lunch. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced this yesterday.

The Russian Civil War, a war of all against all, was characterized by unprecedented mass terror. Bitterness and social-class hatred reached their climax and resulted in mutual physical destruction. In terms of cruelty, neither the Reds, who proclaimed legal terror in September 1918, nor the Whites, nor the Greens, who fought on two fronts, were inferior to each other.

CLUBS Bar Duo (Germany). Bernd Koppen (piano), Andreas Behr (saxophone). New jazz. CC "Dom" , 20.00. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by the group organizer Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. CONCERTS XI International Festival of Contemporary Music "Moscow Forum" .

Russian tennis players lost in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup The Russian tennis team lost to the Argentines in the semifinals of the Davis Cup in Buenos Aires - 2:3. In the final, which will take place on November 21-23, the Russians will compete with the Spaniards, who defeated the current team title holders, the Americans, 4:1 in the other semi-final match. In the Argentina-Russia semi-final, the home team's chances were initially preferable.

The central zone of European Russia remains in the grip of an anticyclone, the center of which is slowly shifting to the east. Thanks to him, there will be no precipitation in the north-west, central regions and Upper Volga in the next two days. During the day in the northwestern regions +12...+17оС, in the center +10...+15оС. But at night in clear weather in the northwestern, Volga-Vyatka and northern central regions it can freeze down to -2°C.

The billionaire will become one of the largest investment bankers in Russia Businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, through his Onexim group, buys half of one of the largest Russian investment banks, Renaissance Capital . Both sides say they are creating the largest player in the market, which will have no competitors.

Instead of a special tourist zone, the Kaliningrad region so far receives only scandals The westernmost Russian region is one of seven constituent entities of the Russian Federation that have tourist and recreational zones on their territory. The Kaliningrad tourist zone is “registered” on the Curonian Spit - this is a narrow strip of land (about 100 km in length) between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon, which is divided in half by Lithuania and Russia.

An investment curator will appear in the Ministry of Finance The leadership of the Ministry of Finance will soon take its final form. The head of the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Novak (pictured) , may become the seventh deputy of Alexei Kudrin, a source in the ministry said. The field of work outlined for him is extensive and, at present, difficult - investments.

Subway travel rules have become stricter Armed with the new city Code of Administrative Offenses, Moscow transport workers have tightened travel standards for underground public transport.

A temporary change in the VAT payment procedure should support the real sector of the economy Anti-crisis measures are updated with new proposals every day. To ease the financial situation of enterprises affected by increased bank interest rates, the Ministry of Finance proposes to introduce a deferment of quarterly payments for value added tax for three months from October 1.

The government will not pay off the financial crisis with the money of future generations Literally on the eve of Monday’s meeting of the presidium, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who returned from Sochi , was in the best mood, despite all the financial shocks.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley come under Fed regulation The powerful wave of the global financial crisis , as it became obvious yesterday, washed away into history not just several of the largest American investment banks, but in fact this specific financial institution itself. The price for the continued existence of the two remaining Wall Street giants - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley - is their transformation into ordinary credit institutions, supervised by the US Federal Reserve.

Environmentalists were unable to convince Muscovites to give up personal transport for a day A car has long ceased to be a luxury, and in the conditions of modern megacities, an “iron horse” can hardly be called a means of transportation - not only drivers, but also “horseless” pedestrians know firsthand what the traffic jams clogging Moscow’s transport arteries are like. and public transport passengers.

Pavlyuchenko is having difficulty adapting to Tottenham The most important intrigue of the English championships - who will intervene in the dispute between the "Big Four" - begins to fade from the very first rounds. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool grabbed the top three spots in the standings from the start. There is no doubt that Manchester United will soon rise to the top. And the new contenders for dominance in the English Premier League are still in a deplorable state.

German bishops will support Muslims Residents of Cologne taught a lesson to right-wing extremists last weekend, who convened the “Congress against Islamization” in the city . Thanks to the efforts of the townspeople, the action of 1.5 thousand European right-wing populists, whom people, not without reason, called “neo-Nazis”, was actually disrupted.