Georgian authorities lifted restrictions on Russian Internet resources yesterday. Access to “ru” domains has been closed since the August events around South Ossetia - in the context of the information war with Russia. At the same time, Russian television channels that broadcast news were switched off.

At least for the ruble exchange rate The dollar exchange rate on the Russian market yesterday immediately jumped by almost 40 kopecks, to 26.44 rubles. per dollar. The Central Bank has so far managed to maintain the exchange rate of the national currency , however, according to analysts, the decline in oil prices and the outflow of capital from the country are putting strong pressure on it.

Far from considering that modern Russian cinema is necessarily bad, I spent one evening watching the feature film “Admiral”, whose naval posters filled half the country. From all this abundance of advertising, one could assume that the authors of the new blockbuster have found and are demonstrating a new interpretation of the events of the Civil War in Russia at the beginning of the last century.

Watch from October 23 on Moscow screens "Max Payne" (USA, 2008, John Moore).

Today at the US Embassy in Moscow, in the presence of representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the “Catalogue of the Imperial Hermitage Art Gallery” will be handed over to the leadership of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Compliance with Legislation in the Field of the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Rosokhrankultura). The diplomatic mission of Vremya Novostei said that employees had not really seen the book published in St.

Zenit was content with a draw with BATE St. Petersburg's Zenit scored the first point in the Champions League, but this did not bring joy to St. Petersburg. In the match with the Belarusian BATE, the Petrovsky Stadium expected an unconditional victory from its team, but received a heart attack draw - 1:1. This match may have determined whether Dick Advocaat will remain in his post as head coach of Zenit. In St.

Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak was released Yesterday evening, Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Storchak was released from the Lefortovo detention center. The Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) accuses him of attempting to steal public funds in the amount of more than $40 million through fraud and abuse of power. Mr. Storchak spent almost a year in prison - he was arrested in mid-November 2007 .

Serzh Sargsyan opened Russia Square for Dmitry Medvedev Russian planes flying from Moscow to Yerevan are now forced to make a detour over Georgian territory, which lengthens the journey by almost half an hour. But this gives you the opportunity to admire Lake Sevan from the air, which was not the case before. This is far from the only thing that reminded us of the five-day August war in the Caucasus during Dmitry Medvedev’s two-day visit to Yerevan, which ended yesterday.

Evgeny Yasin believes that Russia can overcome the crisis faster than the West Russia has a chance to get through the current financial crisis in a year, while Western countries may need a decade. The scientific director of the Higher School of Economics, Evgeniy Yasin, shared this optimistic forecast with reporters at yesterday’s press conference.

Owners of four NHL clubs included in the list of rich people Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Rangers" -- "Dallas" -- 1:2, "Boston" -- "Pittsburgh" -- 1:2 B -- Malkin "P" (0+1), "Montreal" -- "Florida" -- 3:1 -- Markov "M" (0+1), Kovalev "M" (0+1), "Los Angeles" -- "Colorado" -- 3:4 -- Frolov "L" (0+1 ). Four NHL club owners made it onto Forbes magazine's list of America's richest people.

The IMF hopes that economic growth in Europe and Russia will continue Report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “Prospects for the development of regional economies. Europe. Overcoming Shocks” shed balm on the soul of Europeans exhausted by anxious expectations. Recognizing the crisis now, international experts expect some improvement in the economic situation . True, it is difficult to say exactly when it might begin.

More than 50 thousand signatures have been collected in support of the pardon of Svetlana Bakhmina The Pardon Commission of the Republic of Mordovia will consider the petition submitted to this authority by the former lawyer of the Yukos oil company Svetlana Bakhmina, who is imprisoned in one of the penal colonies of the republic.

Large Russian metallurgical companies are stopping expansion and reducing production and investment programs The owners of Russian metallurgical companies, having suffered multi-billion dollar losses due to the financial crisis, are coming to the conclusion that they need to save money.

Prize-winner of the Tomorrow festival, winner of the Grand Prix for best film, director of the film Johnny Mad Dog Jean-Stéphane SAVER gave an interview to Elena SLATINA. - Children at war. What prompted you to take on this topic?

Vladimir Putin is ready to create a state space corporation Another state corporation may appear in Russia - this time a space one. This was announced yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who received instructions from the head of government to develop a proposal for the creation of the next industry giant. Vladimir Putin was inspired to think about a space corporation by visiting one of the leading enterprises in the industry - JSC Information Satellite Systems named after. M.F.