The introduction of a differentiated rate Mineral extraction tax (MET) is not appropriate. This opinion was expressed on Tuesday at the conference "How Russian Corporations Pay Taxes" by Galina Antonova, Head of the Internal Audit Department of Yukos Oil Company. "After the introduction of the single severance tax rate, there were more tax payments, and not a single company went bankrupt," she noted.

Raifazen Bank. Rumors of the intentions of the Russian Raiffeisenbank to acquire a good deed NPF at about the same time as the versions relative to the new Prime Minister of Russia. However, as in the case of the Kremlin and the White House, the parties refrained from commenting: they say, time will come - you yourself will learn everything.

Russian Vitaly Kaloev, suspected of killing a SkyGuide air traffic controller, is being held in the psychiatric department of the clinic and does not express any special wishes. This was reported to Interfax on Tuesday by phone from Bern by a representative of the Russian embassy in Switzerland, Gazeta.Ru reports. "On Tuesday, Kaloev was visited by representatives of the consular services of Russia.

Barcelona player Ronaldinho from Brazil smashed an old stained-glass window of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela with a ball during the filming of a commercial, Bloomberg reports citing Cadena Ser radio. A commercial advertising the National Football League, the organization that oversees the Spanish Football League, was filmed in the city center. Ronaldinho showed all sorts of tricks with the ball in the cathedral square, then made some plans at the portal of the Basilica of St. James.

Russia ranks second in the world after China as the most discriminated country in the field of foreign trade, said First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexei Kaulbars, speaking at the All-Russian meeting of heads of foreign economic services of the subjects of the Federation. It is reported by RIA Novosti. "The degree of discrimination increases with the growth of the added value of exported goods," he said.

The brewing company Baltika is going to pay for the filming of commercials for a new advertising campaign to three agencies at once, and not all of them will be aired, writes Vedomosti . The brewers believe that only after seeing the finished commercials, they can make the right choice of advertising concept. In Russia, not a single advertiser has yet paid for the production of commercials, which, with a high degree of probability, may not go on the air.

Yukos. Grani.ru collage The Yukos oil company recalls its lawsuit against the Ministry of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees (MNS) and its deputy head Igor Golikov on the protection of business deputies. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Tuesday in the press service of the Moscow Arbitration Court.

On Leninsky Prospekt, two Muscovites, checking a pistol, shot three trolleybuses of the 62nd route, reports Moskovsky Komsomolets . The hooligans were detained in hot pursuit by officers of the Troparevo-Nikulino police department. The hooligans were shooting at the transport near the house number 146 on Leninsky Prospekt. It was Sunday evening. No one saw the shooters, and the shots themselves were not heard either. They fired from behind the trees and as if from a weapon with a silencer.

The FSB of Russia confirms the liquidation of the Chechen field commander Ruslan Gelayev in the mountains of Dagestan, RIA Novosti reports. "At present, it can be said with full confidence that the militant liquidated the day before by Russian border guards in Dagestan is one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, Ruslan Gelaev," Colonel Sergei Ignatchenko, head of the Center for Public Relations (CSP) of the FSB of Russia, said.

Photo by the Air Force In the Iraqi city of Karbel, where thousands of people gathered for the Shiite holiday of Ashura, at least six explosions thundered. As a result, 70 people died, according to preliminary data. “So far, we have 70 dead - both Iraqis and Iranians,” the head of the Karbela police department said to the Reuters correspondent. Dozens of people are injured, reports the Air Force.

The alleged corpse of field commander Ruslan Gelayev, found in the mountains, was guarded by the police of the village of Bezhta for 24 hours with all personnel, writes Kommersant . The corpse of the field commander was brought to Bezhta last Sunday around noon. On the same day, he was supposed to be sent to Makhachkala, but the ambulance helicopter could not take off due to fog in the mountains, and the evacuation had to be postponed to Monday.

The capital's airports worked with restrictions throughout Monday due to poor visibility, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. According to a representative of the State Civil Aviation Service of Russia, 10 flights headed for Sheremetyevo, 20 for Domodedovo and 10 for Vnukovo departed for alternate airfields during the day. As the representative of the State Aviation Service noted, at the moment the situation at airports is improving.

In northern China, in the Shanxi province, an explosion occurred at a coal mine on Tuesday night. As a result, 2 people died, according to Xinhua. Another 26 miners are missing. In total, there were 32 workers in the mine. Four managed to survive.

The Kuzminsky Court of Moscow postponed to March 26 the consideration of the claim of the widow of the musician who died in the Theater Center on Dubrovka in October 2002, RIA Novosti was told in court on Tuesday. Tatyana Khaziyeva filed a claim for compensation for material damage to the Department of Finance of the Moscow Government.

Gazprombank nominated its representatives to the board of directors of Mosenergo, writes Vedomosti . Last fall, the market started talking about the fact that Gazprom's structures had bought about 16% of Mosenergo's shares from the Renaissance Capital investment company. However, the gas monopolist did not admit this, and only company employees confirmed this information in informal conversations. Now, it looks like Gazprom has decided to come out of the shadows, the newspaper notes.