Minutes of one meeting Recently, the secretariat of the Union of Cinematographers of Moscow decided to create an initiative group that will consider the issue of convening an extraordinary congress of Russian filmmakers. The reason for this drastic step was the head of the chairman of the SCM, film writer Pavel Finn, who called the practice and leadership style of the chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia Nikita Mikhalkov.

Electricity supply to Baikonur was resumed in full, and the existing payment arrears were eliminated. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Friday by the official representative of Rosaviakosmos Sergey Gorbunov. "All financial issues have now been settled, restrictions on the supply of electricity to Baikonur have been lifted," he said. Earlier it was reported that since March 1, the authorities of Kazakhstan began rolling blackouts every four hours at Baikonur.

Children's world under construction. Photo from the site www.detmir.ru The owner of the Central "Children's World" - the company AFK 'System' - is going to demolish the store, write "Vedomosti". The AFC claims that the planning of the building is irrational, and it itself is in a dilapidated state. The newspaper notes that the city authorities demand that the historical building be preserved.

The Moscow Arbitration Court denied media reports that 100 cases were destroyed during the fire, RIA Novosti reports. "The media report that 100 cases were destroyed during the fire is not true," the press service of the court said. "The damage has not yet been determined, and the exact number of affected cases is still unknown." Due to the fire, the work of the Moscow Arbitration Court has been suspended for the time being.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Alexander Veshnyakov warned against excessive dramatization of the boycott of the elections, which "some politicians" call for, RIA Novosti reports. "There is no need to dramatize the situation on this issue," Veshnyakov said, commenting at the request of journalists on calls to boycott the elections and refuse to participate in the election campaign of presidential candidates.

Russian Vitaly Kaloev, suspected of killing the air traffic controller of the Swiss company Skyguide, continues to deny his guilt. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Friday by the District Attorney of Zurich, Pascal Gossner. According to the prosecutor's office, Kaloev was interrogated on Friday, at which he was presented with the results of investigative actions. According to the investigation, they reinforce suspicions of Kaloev's guilt.

The Novosibirsk administration intends to disband the department of the consumer market, services and business support of the city mayor's office, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. Over the past three years, two heads of this department have been killed - Valery Maryasov and Igor Belyakov. Both murders are unsolved. Meanwhile, the website of the Novosibirsk city hall says that the mayor of the city has taken over the leadership of the ill-fated department.

The chairman of the Krasnoyarsk city election commission, Nikolay Osipov, said that the election commission had received a complaint about mass voting in one of the districts, Gazeta.ru reports. According to eyewitnesses who wrote a complaint, a bus with school teachers was brought to the territorial election commission the day before to vote.

The average living wage per capita in Moscow in the fourth quarter of last year amounted to 3,208 rubles 2 kopecks, a source in the city administration told Interfax. This indicator is established by the order of the government of the capital. According to the city authorities, the living wage for the able-bodied population was 3634 rubles 60 kopecks, for pensioners - 2282 rubles 98 kopecks, for children - 3013 rubles 47 kopecks.

The content of the school curriculum will be "unloaded" by 20 percent, the acting director announced. Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Vladimir Filippov on Friday. It is reported by Newsru.com with reference to Interfax. "Today I signed a decree on the approval of federal standards in education. I would like to officially declare that both in elementary school and in grades 5-9 we will have an average of 20 percent "unloading" of content," Vladimir Filippov said. And about.

Estonia on Friday sent a note to the Russian embassy in this republic on the termination of a bilateral agreement on recognizing the equivalence of documents on education and academic degrees as essentially obsolete, reports Gazeta. This was reported to Interfax by the press service of the Estonian Ministry of Education.

On Thursday, an explosion occurred near one of the Moscow tire fitting points, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to the agency's source in the police department of the capital, the explosion occurred around 22.00 at Ratnaya Street, 2 building 1. According to preliminary information, two people were injured. They were hospitalized with moderate injuries. Emergency services arrived at the scene. The cause of the incident is being investigated.

The preliminary results of the work of the interdepartmental commission to ascertain the causes of unsuccessful launches of RSM-54 naval ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines during the Security-2004 strategic exercises in mid-February have been summed up, Gazeta.ru reports. This was reported to Interfax at the headquarters of the Northern Fleet.

On March 10, the Moscow City Court plans to interrogate Mikhail Kodanev, one of those accused of murdering State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov, RIA Novosti reports. On Friday, the court heard the testimony of State Duma deputy Sergei Pokhmelikin, as well as the testimony of one of the accused, Alexander Vinnik. Of the six defendants in the murder of Yushenkov, three pleaded guilty. In particular, the accused Vinnik admitted his guilt in full, Kiselev and Kulachinsky - in part.

Relatives of the victims of the September 11 attacks criticized the campaign videos of US President George W. Bush, which use footage from the scene of the tragedy of the New York World Trade Center. People who lost loved ones during the horrific events of September 2001 were outraged that in clips shown on television in 18 states, Bush tries to present himself as a guarantor of stability.