The All-Belarusian People's Assembly - a congress of workers at which representatives of labor collectives and the public will discuss pressing problems and the economic program of action - will be held this year on December 6-7, that is, less than two weeks before the presidential elections. More than 2.5 thousand delegates will take part in it. President Alexander Lukashenko will be guided by their decisions. The progress of the election campaign in Belarus is being closely watched in Russia.

CONCERTS Goran Bregovic and his “Wedding and Funeral Orchestra”. Crocus City Hall , October 15, 19.00. "Forbidden Drummers" and "Botanica" . Bilingua , October 15, 21.00. Leo Gandelman (saxophone, Brazil). "Union of Composers" , October 15, 23.00. "Technology" . “B2” , October 15, 23.00. Guru Groove Foundation, Miraif and "Mariam", Alissid Jazz, Nina Karlsson . “16 tons” , October 16, 21.00. Decl. Ikra , October 16, 21.00. Eteri Beriashvili. FAQ Cafe , 20.00. Zoya Yashchenko and the White Guard.

The Russian championship among women's teams starts Ten teams will take part in the Russian Women's Premier League, which starts today - the strongest national club championship in the world.

On October 16, at the 16,000-seat 02 Arena in Hamburg, Germany, 39-year-old Ukrainian heavyweight Vitali Klitschko will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) championship title for the sixth time. His opponent will be the 38-year-old former World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champion, American Shannon Briggs. On the same day, at the Olympic Sports Palace in Chekhov near Moscow, 31-year-old Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin will hold a rating fight with 32-year-old Teke Oruh from Nigeria.

"The stock market is in a state of anxiety" Yesterday, stock markets reached their highest levels since September 2008, when the bankruptcy of investment bank Lehman Brothers was announced. However, statistical data from the United States that appeared in the evening disappointed investors, and indices began to fall.

Georgia is turning into a parliamentary republic Today the Georgian opposition will have the opportunity to talk about the establishment of the “dictatorship of Mikheil Saakashvili” in the country. Parliament will approve a new version of the constitution, according to which the country is turning from a presidential republic into a parliamentary one. This was planned to be done on October 12, but some deputies wished to become better acquainted with the draft document.

October 18--24, 2010 Monday, October 18 FIRST From 5.00 to 11.45 broadcasting is carried out via satellite and cable networks 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 23.30, 3.00 News 13 . 20, 4.30 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 20 Understand. Forgive 15 . 20 I want to know 15 . 50 "WEDGING RING". TV series (S) 16 . 50 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "NEXT". Series 19 . 00 Let's get married! 20 . 00 Wait for me 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "ESCAPE". TV series (S) 22 . 30 Special investigation 23 .

Kyrgyz leaders were invited to Moscow Yesterday, the leaders of three of the five Kyrgyz parties that entered the country's parliament following the parliamentary elections held on October 10 arrived in Moscow for consultations with the Kremlin - Myktybek Abdyldaev (Ata-Jurt), Felix Kulov (Ar-Namys) and Omurbek Babanov ("Republic"). Since yesterday morning, this news has been actively discussed in the Kyrgyz elite, which is politicized and extremely inflamed by the latest events.

Russia received the right to host Formula 1 Starting from 2014, a new stage will appear in the calendar of the World Circuit Racing Championship in the Formula 1 class - the Russian Grand Prix.

Lyudmila Narusova and Arkady Chernetsky changed their political registration The widow of Anatoly Sobchak, Senator Lyudmila Narusova, now represents in the Federation Council not the Republic of Tuva, but her small homeland - the Bryansk region. Ms. Narusova’s powers were confirmed on October 13 by her colleagues in the upper house of the Russian parliament. At the same time, they elected Ms.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet is protesting over non-payment of wages A critical situation with non-payment of wages has developed at one of the enterprises of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Yesterday, 29 employees of the 172nd Separate Design and Technical Bureau went on an indefinite hunger strike at their workplaces. The Black Sea residents had to take extreme measures due to the fact that for more than a year they have not received wages or compensation for dismissal.

In the KHL, a whole group of coaches starts working in a new place Milos Rzhiga was named the head coach of Atlanta, Andrei Nazarov held his first training session at Vityaz, Dmitry Afanasenkov found a new job, and in St. Petersburg the coach is being removed again. The story of the appointment of former Spartak coach Milos Rzhiga to Atlant has finally come to an end.

Alexey Kudrin fears the debt crisis of large states The global economic crisis is not over. It has only transformed into a crisis of sovereign debts of large states, believes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. And this is the main threat to the current relative global economic stability. “About a year ago, a heated discussion developed about the possibility of transforming the global financial crisis into a sovereign debt crisis.

Merkel praises Schröder for 'flow' The name of the new head of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy was officially announced yesterday at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin. As expected by the Vremya Novostei newspaper , the new leader following the election results was the Chairman of the Board of the Metro trading concern, Eckhard Cordes. He replaces 67-year-old Klaus Mangold.

Gazprom wants to participate in finalizing the Third EU Energy Package The Russian gas monopolist has launched an active offensive against the position of the European Commission in the area of ​​reforming the EU gas market.