“I propose, without changing the essence of the current norm, to make an editorial change to Article 84 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, determining that the tax registration number is assigned not to a specific person - so that there are no parallels with the biblical “branding” - but to the registration certificate,” - said the deputy head of the Duma religious committee. If such a bill is adopted, the deputy believes, the number of voluntary taxpayers will increase.

On Friday, the ex-head of YUKOS was sent to a punishment cell for 7 days. The official motivation reads: “for eating food outside a specially designated place.” On March 15, after a meeting with lawyer Karina Moskalenko, Khodorkovsky returned to the detachment. After which, in the squad council room, he decided to drink tea with another prisoner. The duty officer caught them in this criminal activity.

The upper house of the Russian parliament may be disbanded for lack of initiative. As Novye Izvestia notes, the interests of Russian regions are represented mainly by retired politicians and businessmen, many of whom have never worked or lived in “their” region. One of the most consistent supporters of the idea of ​​liquidating the Federation Council is the head of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who calls it nothing more than a meaningless Russian copy of the House of Lords.

Currently, the organization’s accounts contain funds intended to finance educational, social and human rights programs in 48 regions of Russia. Payments to the fund's accounts were stopped at the request of the security service of Trust Bank (formerly MENATEP St. Petersburg), which, in turn, refers to the requirements of the bailiff service, which visited the bank today.

On Friday at about 1:20 Moscow time, an oil train was blown up in the Ingush Karabulak. The train did not derail, but the railroad track was significantly damaged. And at about 4:30 in the village of Ekazhelo, Nazran district of Ingushetia, a Megafon cellular communication substation blew up. Out of habit, the explosions will be attributed to the militants.

Finally! The screen became the star ... Well, let's say, "a man similar to Ramzan Kadyrov." The quality of the video, however, disappointed - shot on a mobile phone camera. With the naked eye, without special means, you cannot make the “picture” quite harsh. So let there be "a person similar to ..." On March 15, a video appeared on one of the separatist sites on which “a person similar to ...” frolic in the sauna: tables, a pool, two girls of light -made behavior.

The brochure contains brief information about the most odious, in the opinion of the compilers, nationalist organizations. Among them are the “Movement against Illegal Immigration”, “Russian National Unity”. Among the main ideologists of nationalism, in particular, the leader of the RNU Alexander Barkashov, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zavtra” Alexander Prokhanov and even the former GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov were named.

- What are you doing?! An elderly woman stood in the doorway. Higher education and Jewish nationality were written on her face in large beautiful letters. In the hands of a woman there was a yellow-black scarf with my last name-such scarves were handed out to voters our young agitators. The “staff” did not understand the reasons for the indignation. - This is the color of sorrow! - explained the woman. So I did not analyze our campaign product.

A wild story happened with the son of deputy Savelyev - some people grabbed him, tried to push him into a car, he barely fought back... Nonsense! But recently the same “nonsense” happened to the son of another Rodina deputy, Markelov. Considering that March 25th is the Rodina congress, where it seems that according to the authorities’ scenario they should “take down Rogozin,” then perhaps this pre-congress discussion is in full swing? There are several options.

The brother of Slobodan Milosevic will not participate in the funeral ceremony of the former Yugoslav leader due to poor health. Borislav Milosevic was hospitalized at the Moscow Bakulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery on the night of March 13 due to heart problems. On March 15, he underwent surgery. It is not yet known whether the widow of the former head of Yugoslavia will come to the funeral ceremony.

The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation nevertheless decided to provide data on the filling of colonies, which Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s lawyers demanded. The defense of the ex-head of YUKOS insists on providing the court with relevant data, challenging the legality of transferring Khodorkovsky to a colony 550 kilometers from Chita. On Thursday, the FSIN refused to provide the defense with such information. But the morning turned out to be wiser than the evening.

The complaints of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church about the “unbridled” missionary activity from abroad have reached their goal. “The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law regulating the activities of missionary organizations,” said the head of the Ministry of Justice Yuri Chaika at an expanded board of the department, promising that scientists, experts, and representatives of traditional faiths will be involved in its development.

Around Russia OBGO Lukashenko and the choice of Russia March 17, 2006 Alexey Makarkin On the eve of the Belarusian elections, Alexander Lukashenko continues to escalate passions.

On the night of March 17, Igor Shubin, one of the candidates for the post of mayor of Perm, filed a lawsuit with the Prosecutor's Office against the Perm Observer newspaper. The essence of the claims is that supposedly in the last issue of the newspaper there was open campaigning “against everyone.” However, at the time the lawsuit was filed, the issue was still in print: partly in Kirov, partly in Solikamsk.

At the Sadovaya metro station in St. Petersburg the night before, about 20 people attacked seven students from Israel, Pakistan and Jordan studying at the Electrotechnical and Polytechnic Institutes of the city. Three students were seriously injured, with their noses and fingers broken. The victims say that before the attack they were asked if they were French. Apparently, the attackers were fans of the Zenit football club returning from a UEFA match between the St.