Fake medicines threaten the life and health of everyone who enters the pharmacy Winter. Peak of diseases. On television, various means are advertised, promising healing in a few days. And the people go rumors that more than half of the drugs are a fake. According to the World Health Organization, 42% of the fakes of drugs falls on antibiotics, 18% - on psychotropic substances; The rest is therapeutic cosmetics and biologically active additives.

In 18 constituent entities of the Federation, the validity of the decisions of regional energy commissions to increase electricity tariffs will be checked. Indexation of tariffs within the established 14% norm, or with a slight excess of it, was carried out at the beginning of 2003 in 61 regions, in 11 constituent entities of the Russian Federation the increase in tariffs amounted to 30% and in seven regions - more than 30%.

The Guardian , UK February 18, 2003 The Russians will be tested on a lie detector by the most formidable authorities in Moscow - not the state security services or military registration and enlistment offices, but the tax police. The instructions, recently approved by the service, whose employees hide their faces under masks, kick down doors during searches, allow special measures to be taken against persons suspected of committing tax crimes.

The warlike unit of gamers is designed in Pskov Perhaps there will be a little in our country of pacifistly configured militarized structures, especially those where people seek to get, but they just do not take them there. In addition, this structure is still living in virtual space, and its members more often communicate through the computer, being in different cities, including in Pskov. They call themselves the “Red Guard” clan.

Anatoly Kulinich: "The artist needs honest fame" “Artistic” natures directed to spiritual heights, and the mundane world around with their gross material needs and physical laws - how do they get along with each other? The theme is eternal, which changes little over time, but gaining its specifics in every new century. For a long time I wanted to talk about this with someone. Finally, such a case introduced himself. Anatoly Kulinich, Honored Artist of Russia, brought his exhibition to Pskov.

RESONANCE Hello, the editors of the Pskovskaya Guberniya newspaper! I am writing to you as a response to the publication of your correspondent Alexander Mashkarin "Without Bazaar" in the newspaper No. 3 (124) of January 29 . I fundamentally disagree with A. Mashkarin's verdict in favor of Messrs. Arkady Markov and Vladimir Sotskov. I'm sorry, but personally I'm not sure that this letter will be published in your newspaper. And still I want you to know (at least you) my point of view.

And wash three times less often On February 18, in the city administration, led by the First Deputy Mayor Valentin Ivanov, an expanded meeting of the Expert Council under the Pure Water program was held. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the report of the leadership of the Gorvodokanal MUP on the progress of the program and bring the adjustments to the public in the publication.

Students of the Pedagogical Institute went further than the veterans of the party In vain did the participants of the communist rally against the war in Iraq complain that young people are indifferent to this problem 1 . Last Wednesday, near the monument to the leader of the world proletariat, students of the Pskov Pedagogical Institute gathered to protest. Gathered in an organized manner, by faculties. Each group had a banner above them and a teacher next to them.

In the third, final, reading On February 21, 2003, the State Duma adopted in the third reading a package of bills on the reform of the RAO UES of Russia. The main bill of the package - “On the electric power industry” - gained 256 votes (with the required minimum of 226). Igor Dines (“Unity”) and Mikhail Kuznetsov (“People’s Deputy”) voted for the reform, and Vladimir Nikitin (Communist Party) against -.

So far it is still possible "Wall Street Journal" , USA Erin White (Erin White), 12 February 2003 With the spread of measures to limit advertising tobacco tobacco products in the world, they begin to focus their efforts in markets with fewer prohibitions. Russia is one of the most attractive markets, although it will soon be impossible to advertise tobacco products on it. It is expected that Russia will prohibit tobacco advertising in 2004.

President Putin's choice: either really tangibly step on the governors, or retreat just as tangibly It is good that the film adaptation of "War and Peace" was repeated on TV in these February days. That's what Tolstoy and the "whole world" are for, in order to find motives in his novel that are consonant with all our historical zigzags. Including those that are described by the reform of local self-government by Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of Putin's administration.

Healthy vacation for "sick" people Ahead of the adrenaline is not produced. Folk wisdom. Winter, as you could notice, dear fellow citizens, ends. For most, this thought is like a balm to the soul-finally! - How many frosts, slippery roads and stiff fingers can! And only a handful of people, smiling at the spring sun, will sigh sadly after the departing winter and will look forward to the next one. These are skiers.

Gazprom towers over everyone as it accounts for about 8% of Russia's gross domestic product and up to 25% of total tax revenue The Financial Times , UK Rafael Behr, February 20, 2003 Open bottles and pour champagne. Gazprom, the state monopoly beloved by the people, is 10 years old. For those Muscovites who are in danger of missing the birthday of their native gas giant, banners reminiscent of this event are hung on all the streets: “10 years is a national treasure,” presumably.

Fare benefits can only be at the expense of someone's money Free travel for Pskov pensioners can fall on the shoulders of other passengers, said Georgy Lupandin, General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Pskov Bus Depot".

Military patriots captured the network All defenders of the Fatherland, both held and future, should be prepared for the difficult, but in demand at all times. To successfully protect, preparation is needed, at least moral, in the form of specific knowledge. And you need to know a lot: what? How? how? And from whom to protect? Two “things” will help with these issues to defenders, especially beginners. One of them is a long and hard service in the army, and the second is the Internet.