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.

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" .

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.

The main Russian reformer headed the state corporation Dmitry Medvedev finally hired Anatoly Chubais yesterday. As expected, the main Russian privatizer and reformer became the head of the state corporation “Russian Nanotechnologies” (“Rusnano”). Mr.

Pavlik and Abraham are ready to meet World middleweight champions Arthur Abraham and Kelly Pavlik could meet in the ring next year. The promotion company Top Rank Boxing has already begun negotiations about this unification fight with IBF title holder Abraham and representatives of WBO and WBC world champion Pavlik.

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.

Dmitry Medvedev personally thanked the company for its partnership with Kazakhstan Yesterday, Dmitry Medvedev arrived for one day in the Kazakh city of Aktyubinsk to participate in the 5th anniversary forum of the border regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. “When trade turnover, I hope, approaches $20 billion by the end of the year, there is always something to talk about. But it’s not just about the economy.

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.

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.

Sergei Lavrov spoke in favor of fair negotiations Yesterday, on the way to New York for the general political discussion that begins today within the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly (GA), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid a working visit to Ireland. His negotiations with his Irish colleague Michael Martin were preceded by an informal meeting at Trinity College in Dublin with teachers from the Faculty of Russian and Slavic disciplines.

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.

Georgia is beginning to experience the negative economic consequences of the conflict with Russia Georgia is reaping the first negative economic consequences of the August war with Russia. Yesterday, Kazakhstan, which in recent years has become one of the largest investors in the Georgian economy, announced its refusal to build a grain terminal in Poti.