FAS accuses the Ministry of Health and Social Development of limiting competition in the pharmaceutical market The Ministry of Health and Social Development interprets Russian laws too freely and exceeds its powers. Yesterday, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issued this conclusion after considering a complaint from the Association of Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Manufacturers (APM) against the main regulator of the pharmaceutical market.

The capital's mayor was killed by last year's snow The ruling burgomaster of Berlin, Social Democrat Klaus Wowereit, may lose his seat in the government of the city, which has the status of a federal state, in the fall of next year. The Green Party can seriously compete with the currently ruling “red-red” land coalition of the SPD and the Left Party. Yesterday it became known that the Berlin Greens will in the coming days name their candidate for the post of mayor of the capital.

CONCERTS Andrey Makarevich, Levan Lomidze and Blues Cousins. House of Music , October 22 at 19.00. "Polite refusal." “Workshop” , October 22, 22.00. Alai Oli. A reggae band from Yekaterinburg, who performed on the same stage with Horace Andy from Massive Attack and the legendary anti-globalist Manu Chao. Ikra , October 22 at 21.00. Daria Antonova and the Big Jazz Orchestra. House of Journalists , 22.00. Big band of Georgy Garanyan. Variety Theater , October 23, 19.00. Julia Hough.

It's time for the parties to the Karabakh conflict to become realistic Until the end of this year, the political and diplomatic calendar will bring many references to the Karabakh conflict: often in vain, but sometimes seriously and for the benefit of a peaceful settlement.

RUSAL failed to re-elect the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel RUSAL's attempt to re-elect Oleg Deripaska's board of directors of Norilsk Nickel at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders yesterday failed. Vladimir Potanin's Interros and his allies represented by the Norilsk Nickel management were again able to mobilize the majority. 46.7% of the votes from those who took part in the meeting were cast against the initiative of the aluminum holding, and 37.8% were in favor.

The Ministry of Economy promises to simplify customs procedures for high-tech goods The Ministry of Economic Development promises Russian enterprises involved in the export of high-tech products a significant simplification of customs procedures in the very near future.

Inter and Tottenham played the most entertaining match of the current Champions League Inter Milan is changing its image. As typically dull and pragmatic as their black and blue colours, Rafael Benitez's Italian side are making their European side perform spectacularly every two weeks, with an average of five goals scored in the Nerazzurri's Champions League matches this season.

Japan will open the Grand Prix series A series of figure skating tournaments kicks off in Nagoya this weekend. Unlike previous seasons, the Grand Prix order has changed. This decision was made and announced by the International Skating Union (ISU) two years ago. If previously the series was opened by the American stage and completed by the Japanese, then this year, on the contrary, the skaters will start in Japan. The tournaments then move to Canada, China, USA, Russia and France.

Mezhprombank Plus lost its license The Bank of Russia, as experts predicted, revoked the license of Mezhprombank Plus, the retail subsidiary of Mezhprombank.

October 25--31, 2010 Monday, October 25 FIRST 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 23.30 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Life is great! 10 . 30 Test purchase 11 . 00 housing and communal services 12 . 20 Fashionable verdict 13 . 20 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 .

The North West region will experience windy and cloudy conditions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Light to moderate precipitation, rain, and sleet at night. Temperature at night -2...+3оС, during the day +2...+7оС. In Central Russia, precipitation, mainly in the form of rain, will be +1...+6оС on Friday. On Saturday there will be gaps in the clouds, precipitation in some places will be light, at night -1...+4оС, during the day it will still be +1...+6оС.

Poland will study the report on the crash of the presidential plane within 60 days Yesterday, Polish Interior Minister Jerzy Miller said that the draft final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) on the crash of the presidential plane on April 10 near Smolensk is already in Warsaw. The document will be made available to the Air Accident Investigation Commission, which is headed by Mr. Miller.

The Central Bank continues liberalization Yesterday, the ruble fell sharply against the euro, dropping to 43 during trading for the first time since the beginning of the year. However, Russian financial authorities see no reason for concern and promise to continue liberalizing foreign exchange policy. Experts believe that this will benefit the domestic currency and that there are no fundamental reasons for a significant fall in the ruble.

The Public Chamber is dissatisfied with the concept of reform of the criminal correctional system Prime Minister Vladimir Putin too hastily approved the Concept for the development of the Russian penal system until 2020, human rights activists and social activists believe. Having recently signed the draft concept prepared by the Ministry of Justice, the head of government presented the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation with an unpleasant surprise.

Russians do not believe the official version of the Nord-Ost tragedy Three-quarters of Russians (74%) believe that the authorities are hiding the truth about the Nord-Ost tragedy that occurred eight years ago. This is evidenced by the data of an initiative survey conducted by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center (“Levada Center”), conducted on October 8-10.