Microsoft founder Bill Gates once again took first place in the ranking of the richest Americans according to Forbes magazine. Despite the ongoing problems in the economy, the total capital of US billionaires increased over the year by 8%, to $1.37 trillion. It reached a record value of $1.57 trillion in 2008. The current list has been supplemented by representatives of the gas industry and the owners of the social network Facebook. Mr.

The report of opposition politicians caused Gennady Timchenko moral suffering worth 300 thousand rubles One of the most influential businessmen in the Russian oil and gas complex, Gennady Timchenko, decided to follow the path of the Luzhkov-Baturin couple and filed a defamation lawsuit against Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov. Mr. Timchenko considered that some of the information contained in the expert report of opposition politicians “Putin. Results.

The company's board of directors does not want to be re-elected At yesterday's meeting, the Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel recommended that shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting on October 21 retain their previous composition, its chairman Vasily Titov told reporters.

The new technical regulations came into force taking into account some wishes of car owners The new technical regulations that came into force yesterday, a list of requirements for vehicle safety, turned out to be not as strict as originally expected and as car dealers and car owners feared.

The government will accelerate the transition to a deficit-free budget through privatization Yesterday, at its meeting, the government approved the draft federal budget for 2011 and the planning period 2012-2013. If before the crisis the authorities proclaimed doubling GDP as the main economic goal, now such a goal is a return to a deficit-free budget. Equality of income and expenses, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin noted at a cabinet meeting, can be achieved even before 2015.

CONCERTS Massive Attack (UK). Pioneers of trip-hop. Sports Palace "Megasport" , September 24, 19.00. Dennis Rowland (USA). "Union of Composers" , September 24, 20.30. Joe Cocker. Kremlin Palace , September 25, 19.00. Igor Rasteryaev. The first Moscow solo concert of the author of the social YouTube hit “Combineers”. “Contact” , September 23, 21.00. "Kalinov Bridge". Ikra , September 25, 21.00. 65daysofstatic (UK). Instrumental math rock. Avant Club , September 25, 21.00.

On Friday in the northwestern regions there will be no precipitation and temperatures will rise during the day to +15...+20°C. In the Central region and the Black Earth region there is also mostly no precipitation, thanks to the anticyclone it will become warmer, during the day +13...+19оС. Over the weekend, light rain will begin in the North-West region, on Saturday afternoon +16...+21оС, on Sunday the temperature will drop to +14...+19оС.

Communists threaten to boycott Krasnodar City Duma elections The communists gave the Supreme Court until September 25 to reinstate four candidates from their party removed from the elections to the Krasnodar City Duma. Otherwise, they may decide to boycott the election campaign. In the elections on a single voting day on October 10 in Krasnodar, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation registered 39 candidates, but four of them were removed by court decision.

The President instructed to finalize the law “On the Police” Dmitry Medvedev yesterday at a meeting in Gorki summed up the results of the public discussion of the law “On the Police”. Since the text of the future law was posted on the Internet, citizens could not only say “yes” or “no,” but also suggest that the authorities make specific adjustments to it. Yesterday, Mr. Medvedev himself voiced his proposals, which, no doubt, will be taken into account in the future law.

An independent investigation appears in Russia President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday announced the creation of a new law enforcement agency - an "independent investigative committee." This happened at a meeting in Gorki, which almost entirely (at least its open part) was devoted to the preparation of the bill “On the Police” that is currently being discussed . At the end of the meeting, the president announced the creation of a new structure.

Chelsea crashed out of the League Cup Football. English League Cup. 1/16 finals.

Today, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may adopt a resolution obliging Israel to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Egypt and other Arab countries came forward with the demand to adopt such a resolution, which is not the first, however, within the framework of this organization. The head of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, Shaul Horev, responded to this by saying that the Jewish state would not join this treaty.

The men's world championship starting in Italy is held according to a very complex scheme The Russian men's volleyball team will play its first match at the World Championships starting in Italy next Saturday at 19:00 Moscow time. The rival of our volleyball players in the city of Modena will be the Cameroon team. A total of 24 teams arrived at the World Cup, which were divided into six quartets. The championship formula is very complicated, so we need to look at it in more detail.

How many Belarusians want to become president Today it will become known how many politicians will run for the post of President of Belarus on December 19. The deadline for submitting documents for registration of initiative groups that will collect signatures for applicants for the highest government position is ending. By yesterday evening, seven people had applied.

Russia needs competition, not government investment Structural restructuring of the Russian economy does not require budgetary injections into unpromising projects, but the establishment of basic rules of the game and stimulation of competition. Over the past two crisis years, the Russian authorities have constantly addressed the problem of diversifying the domestic economy. Both the president and the prime minister quite often talk about the need to end Russia’s dependence on raw materials.