The Federal Migration Service is trying to calculate the consequences of the crisis for guest workers Quotas for Russian employers to attract guest workers will undergo another adjustment.

The IMF has updated its economic forecast The International Monetary Fund, whose optimistic assessments of the timing and consequences of the global crisis raised many eyebrows, yesterday released its updated forecasts for this and next year. The data released by the IMF now looks pessimistic, although it is difficult to exclude that in a couple of months the current estimates will seem rosy.

In most of the European territory of Russia, the weather during these three days will be determined by an anticyclone, slowly moving from northwest to south. In Moscow during the day, partly cloudy weather, no precipitation, temperature 0...+2оС, north-west wind, 3--8 m/s. On Saturday afternoon, partly cloudy, mostly no precipitation, temperature +1...+3оС, north, north-west wind, 3--8 m/s. At night there is mostly no precipitation, temperature -2...-4°C.

The crisis may once again reduce the share of Russian manufacturers in the drug market The global financial crisis, which has already affected Western pharmaceutical manufacturers, will inevitably change the rules of the game and the balance of power in the Russian medicine market.

How will turmoil in the global economy affect the Russian oil and gas sector? In recent years, the oil and gas sector has been the basis of Russian fiscal prosperity, creating the illusion of impending prosperity. But, apparently, it is not destined to come, at least for now.

One hundred and ninety years ago Ivan Turgenev was born And the anniversary is somehow dubious (what kind of date is it - 190 years?), and the writer matches it... Are schoolchildren passing (past) “Fathers and Sons”? Do they learn by heart a spell about “great, mighty” and some other Russian language? Didn't the house-museum in Spassky collapse? Are the monuments standing? Academic collected works released?

CLUBS "Picnic". CDC MAI , November 7, 20.00. Nike Borzov. FM Club , November 7, 21.00. “My leg cramped!” “16 tons” , November 7, 21.00. "Chaif". 1 Rock , November 7 and 8, 8 p.m. "Auction". CDC MAI , November 8, 20.00. "Agatha Christie". “B1 Maximum” , November 8, 20.30. Kathy Jenkins (USA, vocals) and Nikolai Levinovsky Trio . Igor Butman Club , November 8, 20.00. These New Puritans. The most fashionable and relevant British people of the season. “16 tons” , November 8, 22.00. Melchior Liboa.

The alphabet has been written for first-graders who do not speak Russian The first alphabet books for children for whom Russian is not their native language may soon appear in Russian general education schools. One of the versions of such a textbook was presented recently by the head of the department of intercultural communications at St. Petersburg Pedagogical University. Herzen by Irina Lysakova.

Italian aircraft will be assembled in the Moscow region The Italian company AgustaWestland yesterday, during Silvio Berlusconi's official visit to Moscow, entered into an agreement to create a joint venture in Russia to assemble the AW139 helicopter. The helicopter manufacturing holding Oboronprom became a partner of the Italians, whose press secretary Ilya Yakushev told Vremya Novostey that the assembly production will be located in the Moscow region.

Dynamo Kiev gave the victory to Porto in the last minutes Apart from Juventus, on Wednesday not a single team was able to completely solve the tournament problems for the first stage of the Champions League and formalize their status as a participant in the playoffs. However, it would take a real miracle for Manchester United, Villarreal, Lyon and Bayern to squander their colossal advantage over their rivals.

The Supreme Arbitration Court wants to renounce some of its powers The Supreme Arbitration Court, which recently seems to have become one of the main “newsmakers” in terms of legal innovations, this time decided to adjust the law by which this branch of the judicial system itself lives .

The Supreme Court found no grounds to prosecute General Bulbov An unexpected turn occurred in the investigation of the scandalous case of FSKN Lieutenant General Alexander Bulbov - the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia officially questioned the validity of his criminal prosecution.

Shares of Russian companies began to fall in price again The falling world stock markets also pulled the Russian one with them: the RTS index lost 6.3% yesterday, the MICEX index - 9.62%. European central banks cut interest rates, but this had little effect on investors due to negative economic statistics from the United States and disappointing corporate reports. Analysts predict a continued decline in the near future.

The President of Kazakhstan is becoming even closer to the people Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev yesterday announced the adoption of a “National Plan to Combat Corruption.” The head of state did this while speaking at a national anti-corruption forum organized by the ruling Nur Otan (Bright Path) party. Preparations for this event began in the summer and did not foreshadow any sensations. However, reality exceeded expectations.

The Maly Drama Theater began its tour in Moscow Lev Dodin built the capital's month of performances according to all the rules of theatrical effects: he began with the cannon shot of Grossman's “Life and Fate”, and then moved on to more modest productions of the Young Studio at the MDT.