UAC will become a little Ukrainian The joint Russian-Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing enterprise, the agreement on the creation of which is planned to be signed on October 26 as part of the meeting between the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Nikolai Azarov, will not transfer production assets to either of the two countries. This was stated on Friday by the President - General Designer of the Ukrainian State Enterprise (SE) "Antonov" Dmitry Kiva.

In September, many high-level and high-level events were held at the UN in New York on a variety of topics on the global agenda. However, anti-terrorism issues have not been “lost” in the general background of world diplomacy. On the contrary, it was confirmed that it is a priority. A meeting of the UN Security Council was held dedicated to the fight against terrorism.

A dance group was brought from America In Moscow, as part of an extensive tour of the cities of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, performances of the American troupe CityDance Ensemble took place. The audience was small, and the audience did not look like “connoisseurs - fans” of dances, clearly serving on this cold evening the invitations they received for the occasion.

Latvia voted for the same ones under different names In the near future, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (pictured) will begin consultations on the formation of a new government of the country with the parties that entered the Seimas following the parliamentary elections held on October 2. The Concord Center party, which defends the interests of Russian-speaking voters, achieved success there and took second place, as in the previous elections.

Moscow remains the leader in xenophobic crime Moscow continues to hold the lead in the number of crimes motivated by xenophobia, racism and radical nationalism. This conclusion follows from the monthly report of the SOVA information and analytical center, dedicated to the problems of xenophobia, published at the end of last week. “In September, racist and neo-Nazi-motivated violence killed one person and injured at least 14 others.

The Russian national team received Argentina and Serbia as opponents At the World Championships among men's teams in Italy, after a victory over Egypt (3:0) and a defeat from Spain (2:3), the Russian team took second place in its group “I” in Catania and will now continue to fight for medals in Florence, where it Serbia and Argentina will be the rivals in the triple “R”.

Vladimir Putin blessed Alexander Khloponin Yesterday, at a meeting with journalists in Sochi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the first results of Alexander Khloponin’s work as the head of state’s plenipotentiary representative in the North Caucasus Federal District could be visible as early as 2010. “Deadlines are a thankless task. I would like for us to see the first results this year,” he said.

On Friday, October 1, at the age of 88, Georgy Arbatov, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, founder and director of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the USSR Academy of Sciences, died. An entire era is associated with his name not only in the development of domestic American studies, but also in the history of first Soviet-American and then Russian-American relations. Georgy Arkadyevich Arbatov was born on May 19, 1923 in the Ukrainian city of Kherson.

The championship leader scored three goals in Nalchik Zenit took another step towards winning the championship by beating Spartak Nalchik (3:2) immediately after Rubin lost points in Novosibirsk. “Dynamo” closed the question that had arisen about the possible relegation of the “blue and white” from the Premier League, and the capital’s “Spartak” of Valery Karpin is trying to cling to the medals.

Folkwang Museum and E.ON Ruhrgas presented French impressionists In Essen, the industrial and cultural center of the Ruhr region of Germany, French was spoken more often these days than at any time in recent years.

Latin America's largest country elects left-leaning politicians On Sunday, October 3, Brazil, which by many indicators has confidently entered the ranks of world powers, held the first round of presidential elections. At the same time, Brazilians elected members of parliament and regional legislative assemblies, as well as the governor of one of the country's 26 states.

Plastic was found in Contador's samples In the doping tests of the three-time winner of the prestigious Tour de France cycling race, Spaniard Alberto Contador, in addition to the banned drug clenbuterol, traces of plastic components were found, similar to those that remain in the body after a blood transfusion from the corresponding bag.

New exhibitions at Winzavod Lately I’ve been checking my impressions of exhibitions this way: if after viewing an exhibition a press release is needed to understand what’s what, then it’s not for me. Therefore, discourses with uncomposed plastic direction, playing on foreign fields of creation of endless references and contexts. Fatigue with these belated flowers of postmodernism became evident in many ways at the exhibition of Kandinsky Prize nominees (see Vremya Novostey, September 17) .

A compromise between Russia and the United States at the START negotiations is possible On January 25, negotiations resumed between the Russian and American delegations in Geneva on a new treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive arms (START), which should replace the old one, which ceased to exist on December 5 last year. Russian and US Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama planned to sign a new agreement before the end of last year, but it did not work out.

Vladimir Putin held consultations on candidates for mayor of Moscow On Friday, the discussion of candidates for the post of Moscow mayor entered the semi-final stage - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited President Dmitry Medvedev at his Gorki-9 residence. According to the Kremlin press service, among other things, candidates for the post of the capital's mayor were discussed. A little later, the prime minister himself received activists of the United Russia party he headed in Novo-Ogarevo.