526 2 minutes. ... Consoling bouquet Photo: AP In Italy, the apartment of the country's popular TV presenter Simone Ventura, known, in particular, for her television shows on sports topics, was robbed. The thief not only took jewelry and thousands of euros in cash from the TV personality’s Milan apartment, but also placed a bouquet of flowers on the table next to Ms. Ventura’s bed.

Irina Bogushevskaya sang at the Moscow Art Theater. M. Gorky concert special music The material from her new album “Tender Things” pleased BORIS BARABANOV with a dose of healthy experimentation. Irina Bogushevskaya gathered at the Moscow Art Theater. M. Gorky sold out. The fact that she has many fans in the city of Moscow was known before, but a full hall of a practically concert hall for some time now is, of course, a milestone and a new status.

Dmitry Kozak agreed on everything compromise The protest of Beslan residents ended late on Saturday. On Thursday morning, they blocked the Caucasus federal highway and declared that they would not leave until the President of the Republic, Alexander Dzasokhov, resigned (Kommersant wrote about this on January 22).

Mikhail Kommersant-Trofimenkov “Hello Night” (Buongiorno, Notte, 2003****) is almost the second birth of the 65-year-old classic of Italian cinema Marco Bellocchio. The fact is that Bellocchio in the 1960s was one of the most mocking and provocative directors, relatively speaking, of political left cinema.

There were no other candidates for the aluminum smelter non-ferrous metallurgy On Friday, the acceptance of applications for the competition for the privatization of 65.43% of the shares of the aluminum smelter in Podgorica (Montenegro) ended. Both leading aluminum groups in Russia - OJSC SUAL and OJSC Russian Aluminum - and a number of foreign specialized companies have expressed interest in it. But the only contender that submitted an application was Rusal.

56 8 min. ... For the Russian insurance market, 2004 was full of events, including some whose echoes will be heard for a long time. The rules of the game changed literally on the fly, but the market managed to adapt to them. The introduction of compulsory motor liability insurance has changed the picture the most. But not only. "Avtograzhdanka" without loss Last year literally began with MTPL.

At its first meeting, the board of directors of JSC Hydro-OGK elected Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko as its chairman, and the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, became his deputy. Let us recall that Vyacheslav Sinyugin, a member of the board of RAO UES, managing director of the Hydrogeneration business unit of RAO UES, became the chairman of the board of Hydro-OGK.

3K 11 min. ... Dead Corner Photo: MIKHAIL GALUSTOV, Kommersant The hunting season for fur-bearing and large animals is ending. Successful hunters, enterprising buyers and hungry admirers of natural furs flocked to salons and workshops specializing in dressing skins, making medallions, animal faces, stuffed animals and entire compositions in the “morning in a pine forest” style.

deal The Russian team will appear in Formula 1 this spring. This was made possible thanks to the Midland Group's purchase of the British Jordan team last weekend. Initially, the start of the Russian team under the Midland F1 brand was planned only for next year. Such a delay was quite reasonable, given that the “stable” was supposed to be created from scratch. It was necessary to hire employees, decide on management, drivers and, finally, create a car.

Russian ice hockey championship The next victories in the Super League championship were won yesterday by the leader, Dynamo Moscow, as well as the most “star” teams of the championship, Omsk Avangard and Kazan Ak Bars. Taking into account the European Cup, Avangard wins the sixth match in a row. Omsk already feel quite confident in the top eight, although recently they were only on the outskirts of it.

government regulation On Friday, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref held a working meeting with the leadership of the Federal State Reserve Agency, which since March last year has become subordinate to the Ministry of Economic Development. The minister promised to make the “state reserve system” as open as possible and set its employees an “intellectual task” - to fight inflation through commodity interventions.

Georgia demands that South Ossetia return the kidnapped person friendship of Peoples A protest action by the Georgian population of South Ossetia continues on the administrative border between Georgia and South Ossetia. Its participants demand the release of the police chief of the Georgian village of Eredvi, Lado Chalauri, who was arrested by special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia in response to the arrest of Tskhinvali native Alik Pukhaev by the Georgian police.

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Russia hopes to become a superpower with help from Syria diplomacy Today Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Moscow on a state visit. In Russia, for a long time, such high hopes have not been placed on such meetings as they are now. According to the plan of Russian diplomacy, it is the young Syrian leader who will help Moscow take its rightful place in the Middle East and through this regain the status of a superpower.

The first rally against the abolition of benefits was held in Moscow class struggle On Saturday, the first protest rally against the abolition of benefits was held in Moscow. According to various estimates, from 2 to 5 thousand supporters of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation came to express their attitude to monetization (for information about the actions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the regions, see the material on the same page).