The Prime Minister discussed the 2011 budget with the leaders of the parliamentary opposition On the eve of today's consideration of the 2011 budget in the State Duma in the first reading, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held consultations with Duma factions. However, at a meeting with the leadership of United Russia on Monday, Mr. Putin apparently felt more like the leader of the party and spoke mainly about the past regional elections.

The autumn activation of opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili makes the “Russian factor” more and more noticeable in Georgian internal political life. Local oppositionists claim that three-quarters of Georgia's more than four million people are committed to normalizing relations with Russia. And since the current Georgian authorities are not able to do this, and Moscow refuses to talk with the Tbilisi leadership, the opposition takes the initiative.

Suicide bombers reached the Chechen parliament Three people were killed and 17 were wounded as a result of a daring attack by militants who attacked the Chechen parliament building in Grozny yesterday morning. According to the latest data, three armed militants were able to break into its territory following the cars of deputies driving through the gate and tried to break into the building with shooting. One of the attackers blew himself up at the entrance, the other two managed to break inside.

National armed forces may have a second life A daring raid by militants on the Chechen parliament building at a time when Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev and an entire delegation from the people's assembly of the Sverdlovsk region were in Grozny (see text on pages 1-2) , testified that the war in the North Caucasus continues .

BofA and Goldman reported better than expected The largest US bank Bank of America and investment market leader Goldman Sachs contributed to a series of relatively successful reports from American financial giants. Their third-quarter results were better than analysts' forecasts, although profits were down compared to last year.

The reform of Russian Railways has not solved all problems From the sale of subsidiaries, Russian Railways plans to earn more than 150 billion rubles in 2010-2012, Senior Vice President of Russian Railways Valery Reshetnikov said yesterday at the board of the Ministry of Transport. This year, Russian Railways expects to sell assets worth approximately 20 billion rubles, and taking into account the sale of cars and leasing of property - more than 38 billion rubles, he specified.

Among those who will oversee American foreign policy in the Central Asian states of the CIS, a new person has appeared - Susan Elliott. In September, she was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia. A professional diplomat with 20 years of experience, in the 1990s she worked at the American embassy in Moscow, analyzing armed conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Tajikistan.

In the competitive festival program, the film inspired by the forward-looking director of contemporary Romanian cinema, Cristian Mungiu (“4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days,” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2007) and his comrades, was perhaps the most impressive and representative. Romanian cinema today - like Iranian, Korean, Thai a few years ago - is the most relevant. A real festival trend.

Ivan Zannata is no longer the head coach of SKA The St. Petersburg army team still said goodbye to head coach Ivan Zannata without waiting for November. After all, the first changes in the headquarters were planned during the break in the championship for the Eurotour. But the overtime defeat to Dynamo Minsk forced SKA President Alexander Medvedev to take an extreme step. Lucky were those reporters who did not immediately leave the arena in St.

Yuri Zhirkov beat Spartak again London's Chelsea won a convincing victory over Spartak in Moscow yesterday - 2:0 and practically solved the problem of reaching the playoffs of the Champions League. The main contribution to it was made by Yuri Zhirkov. The former army man, even after moving to London, called Spartak one of his most principled rivals. Zhirkov confirmed his words yesterday with a winning goal.

The festival of contemporary cinema “Zavtra/2morrow” has ended This October, Moscow is generous with independent auteur film festivals. First there was Amfest, then the “Tomorrow” team that changed, and on Friday his former team will start the new-old festival “Two in One” (I don’t even count the “Big Cartoon Festival” that is coming next).

Roma need to be helped to adapt both in Russia and in France Today in Strasbourg, ministers and secretaries of state for foreign, domestic and European affairs of the member countries of the Council of Europe will discuss the problems of Roma integration. And in Brussels yesterday, the European Commission said that for now it would refrain from introducing disciplinary measures against France for the deportation of representatives of the Roma people.

Interros terminated the agreement with RUSAL on joint management of Norilsk Nickel MMC Norilsk Nickel will hold an extraordinary meeting of shareholders tomorrow, which was convened on the initiative of RUSAL Oleg Deripaska (controls 25% of MMC shares) to re-elect the board of directors. The second major shareholder, Vladimir Potanin's Interros (owns the same stake), has repeatedly stated that he sees no point in changing the composition of this governing body.

Rospotrebnadzor is ready to control polio vaccinations in the CIS Russian healthcare is ready to maintain a normal sanitary and epidemiological situation not only in our country, but also in neighboring countries. In accordance with a government decree signed recently, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) will conduct polio vaccination in the CIS countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

In the coming days, cyclonic activity will intensify in the European territory of Russia, and the weather will sharply worsen. On Wednesday, the western regions of the EPR, including the center of Russia, and on Thursday, most of the territory will feel the full power of the rainy South Baltic cyclone advancing from the west and wave atmospheric fronts, with the passage of which intense precipitation, mainly in the form of rain, and increased wind are expected.