In times of crisis, the state pays great attention to advanced training of workers. Today, about 107 thousand people who have lost their jobs or are at risk of being fired are undergoing retraining at educational institutions. These include 40.5 thousand university graduates who, with government support, undergo internships at enterprises.

“The Book of Masters” is coming out We have already seen domestically produced pseudo-American blockbusters more than once; it’s boring even to list them. Then youth and romantic comedies appeared under overseas licenses (“The Best Film,” “Waiting for a Miracle”), again assembled on the domestic assembly line. All these crafts failed successfully. Our realities and alien methods do not merge in any way.

Ben Bernanke suggests that financial corporations pay for their mistakes themselves US financial giants are in no hurry to deprive their employees of bonuses, fearing that they will leave for competitors. Meanwhile, the US authorities decided to go further along the path of limiting the costs of banks and insurers.

The Russians won awards in all four types of the program at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow Russian figure skaters won five medals at the second stage of the Grand Prix series in Moscow. The winner of the men's competition was Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko. "Silver" went to Yuko Kawaguchi - Alexandra Smirnova (pairs skating). “Bronze” went to Artem Borodulin (men), Alena Leonova (women) and Ekaterina Rubleva - Ivan Shefer (dancing).

Motorists once again reminded the authorities of their dissatisfaction Mass protests by Russian motorists, which have already become traditional, have revealed a number of patterns. For example, the further you go to the east of the country, the more numerous the actions are - Vladivostok always turns out to be the most civically active city.

Professional retraining is an effective method of combating unemployment In recent months, unemployment in the country has been creeping up again. Official data is 2 million 220 thousand officially registered unemployed, but the expert community is inclined to estimate real unemployment somewhere at the level of 6.3 million people. Such a large gap in numbers is understandable. Many unemployed people simply do not come to register at employment centers.

CONCERTS Igor Butman's big band. Igor Butman's Club , 20.30. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump. The Forte , 9 p.m. CLASSIC Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Pavel Kogan. E. Grieg, A. Dvořák. Conducted by Hobart Earl (USA). Soloist Tomona Miyazaki (piano, Japan). Tchaikovsky Concert Hall , 19.00. State Violin Ensemble "Virtuosos of Yakutia". STOMACH. Bach, A. Vivaldi, N. Paganini, P . Sarasate, A. Piazzolla, I. Brahms, Bazzini, S.

The Metropolitan respected the leaders of Soviet Russia On the vault of the triumphal arch of the lobby of the Kurskaya-Koltsevaya metro station, the missing part of the quatrain from the first version of the anthem, written by Sergei Mikhalkov in 1943, was restored. After Lenin's name appears on the ceiling, the restoration of the station, a historical and architectural monument, can be considered complete by the metro management.

Moldova will not see a new president soon At the end of last week, the Moldovan parliament canceled the presidential elections scheduled for October 23. The deputies instructed the legal commission to make proposals within ten days to amend the law regulating the election of the country's president. “We cannot carry them out until we change the legislation, which has ambiguities and gaps that impede the election of the president,” said commission head Ion Plesca.

Experts consider $82 per barrel a resistance level The optimistic mood of commodity market participants, which persisted throughout last week, allowed oil prices not only to break through the stubbornly resisted $75 per barrel mark, but even to rise above the $80 level. However, as experts interviewed by Vremya Novostei note, a new resistance level has already emerged on the way of the bulls - $82 per barrel.

Russian environmentalist arrested again in Dashoguz Yesterday, Russian Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and the International Social-Ecological Union sent an appeal to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. They ask to urgently “take personal control” of the situation that threatens the famous environmentalist Andrei Zatoka, who has dual citizenship of Russia and Turkmenistan.

Americans are waiting for elections in the Czech Republic In early November, a delegation of high-ranking military experts from the United States will visit Prague to discuss with their Czech colleagues the possibility of Czech participation in the new American missile defense system (ABM). This is perhaps the only concrete result of the negotiations held last Friday in the capital of the Czech Republic by US Vice President Joseph Biden.

There was a month-long break in the men's super league. Before this pause, both leaders of our championship achieved victories in tiebreakers. “Lokomotiv-Belogorye” prevailed over “Lokomotiv” from Novosibirsk, Kazan “Zenith”, which in early November will travel to Qatar for the Club World Championship, with great difficulty defeated Kaliningrad “Dynamo-Yantar” on the road.

A group of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran yesterday. They will inspect a secret facility 30 km north of the city of Qom and 160 km south of Tehran. There, the Iranians have been building a second uranium enrichment plant for almost three years, although they informed the IAEA management about this only last September. Within three days, inspectors will check whether the facility is intended for military purposes.

Marcus Miller summoned the spirit of his great teacher The City Jazz festival is getting better and bigger every year. Both in terms of timing and coolness of names. This year's headliner is Marcus Miller, a virtuoso bass guitarist, film composer, author of a dozen excellent albums, where different styles of predominantly “black” music are mixed in a whimsical but tasteful way. Plus a killer bass guitar: powerful riffs and fast solos are adored by fans of jazz, fusion and even rock.