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.

In most of the European territory of Russia, the weather will be determined by cyclones that move across the north-west of Europe and affect the middle zone with their atmospheric fronts. On Tuesday in the north-western region there will be light rain in places, during the day +8...+13оС. In the center of Russia it rains at times, during the day +7...+12оС. On Wednesday in the north-western regions there will be light rain in places, during the day +8...+13оС.

The presidents of Korea and Russia agreed on joint development of the West Kamchatka shelf South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said yesterday after negotiations with Dmitry Medvedev that the heads of state “agreed on cooperation in the joint development of the West Kamchatka shelf.” Both presidents did not provide details.

South Korea is ready for major economic projects with Russia South Korea is ready to help Russia in the development of the Western Kamchatka shelf , the construction of facilities for the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russia, in turn, is ready to increase gas supplies to South Korea and consider implementing a large-scale project to connect the Trans-Siberian Railway with the Trans-Korean Railway.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The new Prime Minister of Japan puts Russia and China in second place “Japan should become a strong and bright country, from which foreigners would be amazed. And the government should be warm and feel the joy of working for the benefit of the people,” said Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (pictured) yesterday, delivering a keynote speech in parliament. 68-year-old Aso was elected head of government on September 24 , after the early resignation of his predecessor Yasuo Fukuda.

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).