The special commission of the Russian government recently, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a resolution on the creation of a private commission on biological and chemical safety issues. The commission, in particular, will evaluate the safety of new raw materials and plants obtained using genetic modifications, as well as allow or prohibit their registration in the Russian market.

The merger scheme of Gazprom and Rosneft on Wednesday the Houston court must decide whether the Yukos case is subject to its jurisdiction. The merger scheme of Gazprom and Rosneft will depend on this decision, which now owns the main extract of Yukos - Yuganskneftegaz. If the court decision is in favor of Yukos, then for the sake of the reputation of Gazprom, the authorities can sell up to 25% in Yugansk to the Indians and Chinese.

Banks will tell the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) about loan commissions together with the Central Bank will oblige banks to disclose information about the terms of loans to individuals. Now some banks increase the cost of a loan to 60% due to hidden commissions. Experts doubt that the powers of the FAS and the Central Bank will be enough to convict banks in deception.

The open Russian festival of animated cinema has ended that the Suzdal animation festival will be special, it was clear from the program. The competition totaled an unprecedented number of films - 46 (including two full -length ones) - with a total timing for more than ten hours. One of the leitmotifs of the festival was the conversation that in 2004 the Russian animation reached the pre -perestroika level both in terms of the number of films manufactured and their quality.

Carrots reduces the risk of cancerous diseases British scientists concluded that the substances that make up the most ordinary carrots help to significantly reduce the risk of cancer. An ishing of the properties of natural pesticides of falcarinol and falcarindioles will lead to the creation of a new generation of drugs against cancer. The studies of natural pesticides contained in carrots were carried out by a group of specialists of the University of Newkasl-Epon-Tyn.

The Rodina took revenge on Shpak the results of the governor’s elections can be canceled for the first time in Russia due to the use of more than 10% of the funds besides the election fund. So it will be if the court admits that the Ryazan Governor Georgy Shpak received 48 million rubles from the entrepreneur Natalia Suchkova on a receipt in March 2004 and used them for election targets. According to the experts of the newspaper, Buscova’s money will not return.