The new MICEX president will create a centralized risk management system Konstantin Korishchenko was appointed acting president of the MICEX . Yesterday he told reporters what changes in the activities of the exchange should take place so that the crisis situation does not recur, as a result of which market participants have problems with obligations under repo transactions. In his opinion, a centralized risk management system should be created at the MICEX.

CLUBS “Bird Tyloburdo” (Udmurtia). The girls' folk ensemble from Izhevsk performs incredibly beautiful polyphony: Udmurt and Besermyansk krezi (a special folklore genre of songs with chorus words that have ritual magical meaning), Russian northern chants, Georgian folk songs, as well as Scandinavian and African melodies and rhythms, songs of their own composition and wonderful covers of Bob Marley, the Beatles and the Doors. "Tin" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba).

The head of the Euroset security service was taken into custody The Basmanny District Court of Moscow yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of another Euroset top manager. The vice-president of the company, Boris Levin, and the deputy head of the security service, Andrei Ermilov, are already in custody on charges of kidnapping their colleague. Now, on the same charge, an exceptional measure of restraint has been imposed on the head of this service himself, Sergei Katargin.

Some farmers do not want to join United Russia Serious passions flared up around the process of infusing the Agrarian Party into United Russia . Last Friday, a plenum of farmers was held, at which they prepared documents for the unification congress of the party, scheduled for October 10. At this congress, the Agrarian Party will announce its self-dissolution, and its members will join United Russia in friendly ranks.

The administration of the Ford plant appreciated the actions of the trade union leaders The organizers of last year's autumn strike at the Ford plant near St. Petersburg will be offered compensation through the court for part of the losses of the automobile company.

Fourth Crescendo Festival - in four cities Denis Matsuev’s next annual festival, Crescendo, will fortunately open on International Music Day, October 1st. The project participants will first spend eight days in Kaliningrad, then go with gala concerts to St. Petersburg and Moscow (now a tradition), and in December they will give four concerts in Tel Aviv.

State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov said yesterday that he is in favor of a complete ban on the export of round timber . “The volume of timber production, wood processing, logging and so on is falling - minus 6% compared to last year. The main decrease is due to a decrease in roundwood harvesting - minus 14%,” he said. According to him, imports to China, which is the main consumer of such timber, are not falling, but, on the contrary, are gaining momentum.

Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov called on SPS members not to become part of the Kremlin party pool Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov appealed to members of the Union of Right Forces not to participate in the construction of the Kremlin project of a democratic party.

Europe is sparing no billions to save its banks The financial crisis is in full swing across Europe. Yesterday, from the most important financial platforms of the Old World, there were reports of urgent measures that the governments of EU countries are ready to take to support a number of private banks caught in the crisis whirlpool. The UK government has announced the nationalization of Bradford & Bingley Bank.

The squabble has weakened Germany's ruling coalition Yesterday it turned out that in Sunday's elections to the state parliament - Landtag - of Bavaria, the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party received a respectable, by the standards of European democracies, 43.4% of the vote. Any other major party can only dream of such a result. Nevertheless, this is a disaster for a party operating in a “free state” (as the federal state of Bavaria is called in the German constitution).

Festival-school “Territory” opens in Moscow The festival, which exists under the motto “Art Now,” is being held in the capital for the third time. The word “school” was not added by chance: for the third year in a row, the fest, led by Yevgeny Mironov, which is supported by the administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, not only invites the Moscow public to performances.

Pavlyuchenko's team is in last place Football. English Championship. 6th round. Everton - Liverpool - 0:2, Fulham - West Ham - 1:2, Newcastle - Blackburn - 1:2, Manchester United - " Bolton - 2:0, Middlesbrough - West Bromwich - 0:1, Aston Villa - Sunderland - 2:1, Stoke City - Chelsea - 0 :2, Arsenal - Hull - 1:2, Portsmouth - Tottenham - 2:0, Wigan - Manchester City - 2:1. The leaders are: Chelsea, Liverpool - 14 points each, Aston Villa - 13, Arsenal, West Ham - 12 each.

Vladimir Putin opened a credit line for the Russian economy It's not just US President George W. Bush who has an expensive plan to stabilize the financial sector. The Russian government has the same plan, relatively slightly cheaper. Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin showed that he is persistently trying to shrug off the crisis clouds gathering not only over the American and European, but also over the Russian economy.

Chinese peasant goes to jail for “resurrecting” a tiger It will cost quite a lot for a peasant from the Chinese province of Shaanxi, Zhou Zhenglong, to try to become famous throughout the country and at the same time please his compatriots and zoologists with documentary evidence of the existence of the South Chinese tiger.

The New Drama festival has ended In recent years, when discussing the New Drama theater festival, the word most often used was “depression” at best, and “crisis” at worst. That is, not at the festival itself - there they usually praise and support each other (and this year the traditional “new Shakespeare”, “new Vampilov”, “new Chekhov” were addressed to new playwrights). But, if you distance yourself from the festival euphoria, it became clear that things were still so-so.