Transneft reduces capital investments Transneft is reducing its investment program. As the company's vice-president Vladimir Kushnarev said on Friday, capital investments in 2010 will range from 190 billion to 200 billion rubles, while previously it was planned that they would be 217 billion rubles. Next year, Transneft will commission the BPS-2, as well as the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis and Samsun-Ceyhan pipelines.

The European Chess Championship has ended in Novi Sad (Serbia). Our women's team took on the champion's crown, scoring the same number of points as the Georgian team, but gaining more points according to the classic chess calculation. The men's team had a wonderful chance to get ahead of the Azerbaijani team at the finish line in terms of the same additional indicators, but sensationally played a draw with the Spaniards and remained in second position.

UPC questioned the results of the elections for the mayor of Voskresensk The newly elected mayor of the Moscow region town of Voskresensk, Yuri Sleptsov, may have rushed with his inauguration. As the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office reported on Friday, at some polling stations the election results were distorted, for which a criminal case has now been opened and an investigation is underway.

Oil prices will continue to fall As of yesterday, Russia has a new oil export duty. For the first time in the past six months, it was lower than before. Now, exporting a ton of raw materials will cost oil workers almost $10 less. As analysts explain, this is due to the fact that the duty is formed with a two-week lag from real prices and when forming the level of the November duty, the increase in quotations in the second half of October was not taken into account.

On Saturday, in the center of Moscow, police officers stopped an unauthorized rally that oppositionists and human rights activists wanted to organize on Triumfalnaya Square.

Our couples won two medals at the next stage of the Grand Prix The third stage of the figure skating championship series ended in Beijing, where Russians were represented in three types of programs, with the exception of women's singles. As a result of the competition, domestic athletes won two medals - dancers Yana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitsky became second, and Sergei Voronov completed the top three in the men's tournament.

A simplified procedure for compensation for damages under compulsory motor liability insurance has come into force Two important innovations in the field of compulsory motor third party liability insurance (MTPL) came into force yesterday. According to the decision of the Russian Union of Auto Insurers (RSA), from November 1, all motorists involved in minor accidents will be able to draw up a diagram of the incident on the spot on their own, without calling the traffic police.

Historians are waiting for the finale of the “archival investigation” case On the thirtieth of October in St. Petersburg, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, candles were burning at the Solovetsky Stone on Trinity Square. The day before, a similar action took place in Moscow, at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanka.

CONCERTS Beyoncé (USA) . Sports complex "Olympic" , 19.00. CLASSIC Mechanical ballet. K. Czerny, B. Bartok, J. Antheil, M. Feldman, V. Martynov. Alexey Lyubimov (piano), Mikhail Dubov (piano), Petr Aidu (piano), Alexey Zuev (piano. Percussion ensemble of M. Pekarsky. Conductor V. Ponkin. Conservatory , 19.00. THEATER FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN “BIG CHANGE” Master class “Characters as the basis for the development of the plot of the play” , presenter D. Salimzyanov. Theater "Praktika" , 11.00.

The Ad Libitum 4 festival in Warsaw has ended Ad Libitum is more than a week of contemporary, mainly improvisational music: the musical term Ad Libitum (“at will”, “by choice”) exactly corresponds to the general concept of the festival, invented and implemented by composer Krzysztof Knittel in 2006.

Vladimir Putin put pressure on Viktor Yushchenko to ensure timely payment for October gas The closer the presidential elections in Ukraine are (to be held on January 17, 2010), the higher the risks of the gas situation getting out of control.

The Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art ends On November 1, the main exhibition of the biennale, the exhibition “Against Exclusion” prepared by curator Jean-Hubert Martin, ended its work at the Garage art center. Almost all projects of the biennale have closed, only, as if justifying its name, the exhibition “Labor Movement” in the PROJECT_FABRIKA center welcomes viewers throughout the November holidays. The Biennale did not go unnoticed. This can be said with confidence.

At the third stage of the Grand Prix, which ended in Beijing, Russian dancers, European champions 2009 Yana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitsky won silver. Vremya Novostey correspondent Olga ERMOLINA talked with the duet coach Alexander SVININI. — Alexander, in connection with the Olympic season, have any adjustments been made to the preparation of your students? — This year, together with Yana and Sergei, we decided to work according to a different plan, not as always.

Dmitry Medvedev paid tribute to the memory of victims of political repression On Friday, October 30, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recorded a video message on the occasion of Remembrance Day for Victims of Political Repression. He did not come out with these words to a small rally at the Solovetsky Stone on Lubyanka Square, where the names from the endless martyrology were read in the piercing wind.

The budget contained funds for conducting a population census in 2010 Next year it will become clear how government policies in recent years have affected the demographic and social situation in Russia. There were still funds in the budget sufficient to conduct the All-Russian Population Census in 2010 and not postpone it until 2013 at best.