16:53 // 02/27/2007 The former chairman of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, Ovezgeldy Ataev, was sentenced by the Supreme Court to five years in prison. The court session was held closed, reports ITAR-TASS . Ataev, after the death of President, Saparmurat Niyazov, was supposed to temporarily act as the head of state before the elections.

The court of the Dutch city Den Bosch sentenced the head coach of the Russian football team to 6 months of imprisonment conditionally with a trial period of 2 years for tax evasion (he was accused of non -payment of taxes in the amount of almost 1.4 million euros). He will also have to pay the maximum possible fine for this kind of crime - 45 thousand euros. The verdict turned out to be much softer than the punishment that the prosecutor, who insisted in the 10 months of the prison.

20:00 // 02/27/2007 US National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell accused Russia of "aggressive" intelligence against the United States. "External intelligence of China and Russia are one of the most aggressive in the collection (intelligence) for sensitive and protected goals in the United States," said McConnell.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reduced for one year the sentence of one of the leaders of the Medvedkovsky group Andrei Pylev, who previously sentenced to 22 years for organizing the murder of the famous killer Alexander Solonik and his girlfriend. "The court excluded a number of episodes from the prosecution, including the organization of a criminal community, the creation of a gang," said Vadim Mindlin, lawyer Vadim Mindlin .

21:47 // 02/27/2007 OJSC Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) extended until March 10, during which subscribers can take advantage of their right to choose a tariff plan. According to RIA Novosti, according to February 27, 2.2 million Muscovites, or about 61% of MGTS subscribers, were determined with the choice of tariff plan, which exceeds a similar indicator on average in Russia.

The III Moscow International Football and Finance Conference was held in Moscow in Moscow, the co-organizers of which were the Innovative and educational company RMA and the faculty of management in game sports of the State University of Management (GUU). The conference was precisely the football and financial, and its organizers said the Global Sponsorship in Professional Sports.

And the fine of the Dutch city, Den Bosch, sentenced the head coach of the Russian football team to 6 months of imprisonment conditionally with a trial period of 2 years for tax evasion (he was accused of non -payment of taxes of almost 1.4 million euros). He will also have to pay the highest possible fine for this kind of crime - 45 thousand euros. The verdict turned out to be much softer than the punishment that the prosecutor, who insisted in the 10 months of the prison.

The Ministry of Finance and the Accounts Chamber repel each other from the Budget Code, the head of the Accounts Chamber, Sergei Stepashin, continues the struggle to expand the powers of his department. As it became known to Gazeta, last night the chairman of the Accounts Chamber met with the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. The amendments to the Budget Code developed by the Ministry of Finance were discussed.

One of the national projects on the verge of a breakdown yesterday at the Ministry of Regional Development was held in the All -Russian meeting following the results of the implementation of the Available Housing national project in 2006. The results are recognized as disappointing - many regions have not completed the task of entering new housing and updating the old housing stock. And although the plan was almost fulfilled - inconsistent amounted to only 850 thousand square meters.

19:11 // 02/27/2007 In the Rostov-on-Don, in the North Caucasus District Military Court on Tuesday, military intelligence officer Eduard Ulman was interrogated on Tuesday, who is the main person involved in the process known as the Ulman case, RIA Novosti reports. In particular, he stated that he was given an order to destroy the detainees. "In the area of 17.00 Moscow time, I was in contact with me, and the Operational Officer Perevlevsky told me:" You have six two hundred (killed).

The opposition is suing the administration of St. Petersburg on March 2, the United Opposition "Another Russia" will hold in St. Petersburg "Marsh of the Neponsy". Yesterday, the leader of the United Civil Front (OGF) Harry Kasparov said that the authorities banned the march along the streets of the city.

Russia dumps the peaceful atom at Japan yesterday Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov helped the head of the Ministry of Industry and Supervisor Viktor Khristenko. In Japan, he shared the burden of important bilateral negotiations with him. Fradkov took on the most difficult thing - energy, and Khristenko at that time was able to discuss with Japanese colleagues from Isuzu and Nissan projects of cooperation in the automotive industry.

The criminal case against the mayor of Vladivostok Vladimir Nikolaev was instituted yesterday by the prosecutor's office of the Primorsky Territory. He is charged with abuse of official powers. The court of the Leninsky district of the city yesterday considered the prosecutor’s request for the removal of the mayor from his post, but he was postponed a meeting on Wednesday, since Vladimir Nikolaev was on a working trip.

14:55 // 02/27/2007 The vice speaker of the Federation Council Svetlana Orlova considers it necessary to increase the age of the participants of the housing subprogram "Young Family" from 30 to 35 years old. With such a proposal, she made a meeting at the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the Available Housing National Project in 2006.

18:57 // 02/27/2007 “Russia will do everything possible to prevent the development of the situation around the Iranian nuclear program according to the military scenario,” says ITAR -TASS Sergey Lavrov. Source: gzt.ru