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.

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.

The actors fight for power, the audience strives not to freeze Kyrgyzstan froze in anticipation of the final summing up of the parliamentary elections. She has been in this state for an unacceptably long time - since October 11. Then the preliminary results were announced and five parties were named that had overcome the five percent threshold for entry into parliament: Ata-Jurt, Social Democratic Party, Ar-Namys, Respublika and Ata-Meken.

US Treasury in search of a fair exchange rate US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, called on the G20 countries to agree on “exchange rate norms” to restore balance to the global economy. At the upcoming G20 summit in November, pressure on China to strengthen the yuan will increase, but no specific agreements on a common monetary policy or a ban on interventions will be concluded, experts say. Mr.

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.

Venezuela and Iran promised the world a new order Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is strengthening the “anti-imperialist” component of his foreign policy on his foreign tour. Today in Tripoli he will hold talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Yesterday in Damascus he met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and before that he visited Tehran for two days.

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.

Sergei Sobyanin confirmed as mayor of the capital The new mayor of Moscow hopes to radically change the city's economic policy without major personnel changes in the capital's government. Sergei Sobyanin made this clear when speaking yesterday to deputies of the Moscow City Duma, who voted on the candidate proposed to the capital's legislative assembly by the president at the instigation of United Russia.

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.

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.

Putin received a new head of the government apparatus from his party The post of Deputy Prime Minister, head of the government apparatus, did not remain vacant for long, vacated as a result of the fact that Sergei Sobyanin was confirmed as mayor of Moscow.

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.

Croatian fans were destroyed along with the Dostoevsky Hotel In St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening, unknown persons staged a pogrom at the Dostoevsky Hotel. The target of the hooligans, however, was not the hotel itself, but the fans of the Croatian football club Hajduk who had checked in there, which met St. Petersburg Zenit in the Europa League match last night. As a result of the massacre, four foreigners were injured, and hotel property was also damaged.

The legend of Canadian hockey can lead St. Petersburg SKA The SKA hockey club is not going to reduce interest in itself. Information has leaked that negotiations are underway with Wayne Gretzky. He will be asked to take over as head coach. Now it all depends on the Canadian legend. If he agrees, then he will be appointed to lead the main team of St. Petersburg.