158 14 min. ... At the end of last year, the German Stada bought the Nizhny Novgorod company Nizhpharm. This is the first large-scale acquisition in the history of the Russian pharmaceutical market. Nizhpharm intends to use the opportunities of the new owner for its own purposes. According to the general director of the company, Andrey Mladentsev, it is now that Nizhpharm will be able to implement its long-cherished plans for foreign expansion.

fish auctions On Saturday, the Federal Fisheries Agency held the last of three closed auctions for seafood quotas, at which king crab was sold for the first time in the Barents Sea. Kommersant correspondent ALEXEY SHAPOVALOV witnessed the monopolization of the industry. Let us remind you that according to the new system of distribution of marine biological resources, which came into force on January 1, 2004, fish auctions have been cancelled.

Sugar producers demand equalization Russian sugar producers insist on creating “equal competitive trading conditions for all CIS countries.” This was stated by the Chairman of the Council of the Union of Sugar Producers of Russia Andrey Chernyshev.

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as soon as he takes over the new premises 35 4 min. ... On Saturday, members of the government of St. Petersburg and the head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Kozhin, visited the complex under construction for the Russian State Historical Archive. Construction will be completed in September, and the archive is expected to move within a year.

The prosecution witness did not recognize him process In the Cherkessk City Court, after a break, the trial of Internal Affairs Director Kamal Veziev resumed.

35 1 min. ... The Central Bank has woven a new basket Gold and foreign exchange reserves fell again - as of February 4, they amounted to $125.7 billion, having dropped by $2.6 billion over the week. However, this was quite predictable. Last week, the government fully repaid its IMF loans, paying off debts in the amount of $3.3 billion. The difference in the data provided indicates that the Central Bank continued to buy foreign exchange earnings on the market in small volumes.

Today marks the 45th anniversary of NTV chief producer Alexander Levin Writer Viktor Shenderovich congratulates Alexander Levin on his birthday: - Levin! Ten years ago, during the era when we did the Muppets program together, you were my weekly nightmare. Then you were my boss, then the TV company was taken out from under us, then you became my boss in a new TV company, then they killed that too, then you became my boss for the third time, then you were eaten, then the others were eaten.

On February 14, LUKOIL notified the European Commission of its intention to acquire shares in the Finnish Oy Teboil Ab and Suomen Petrooli Oy . If the deal is approved by the European Commission, LUKOIL will gain sole control over these companies. The main activities of Oy Teboil Ab and Suomen Petrooli Oy are the management of a network of 289 gas stations and 132 D-points (free-standing ground tanks and diesel fuel dispensers), wholesale of petroleum products, and production and sale of oils.

289 7 min. ... Photo: Reuters Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas pretended not to notice the fragility of the Armor's agreement National holiday The meeting of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the leader of the Palestinian autonomy of Mahmoud Abbas in Sharm Esh-Sheikh ended with mutual promises of the ceasefire and the resumption of the peaceful process. The world celebrates the victory. It was decided not to pay attention to the opinion of the Palestinian and Israeli radicals.

VimpelCom shareholders are fighting for the Ukrainian market cellular At the end of last week it became known that the court of the city of Temryuk, Krasnodar Territory, granted the claim of a minority shareholder of VimpelCom to change the company's charter.

Lawyer and human rights activist Makhmud Magomadov was considered kidnapped since January 20. On February 14, the chairman of the human rights organization "Moscow Helsinki Group" Lyudmila Alekseeva said that there was no special operation to free Magomadov, he simply returned home. The details of the release are not yet known, Echo of Moscow reports.

for criticizing the federal center vertical of power On Friday, a two-day meeting of the councils of legislators and governors of the district ended on Sakhalin on Friday, chaired by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) Konstantin Pulikovsky. The plenipotentiary reminded the speakers of their important role in the new procedure for electing regional heads, and warned the governors themselves against indiscriminate criticism of the federal center.

administrative reform Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko began reforming the executive power system, deciding to liquidate a number of state committees and transfer their functions to ministries. The main changes are expected in the Ukrainian security service, which is planned to be reformed according to the American style - it will be divided into intelligence (analogous to the CIA) and the national bureau of investigation (analogous to the FBI).

Mikhail Kommersant-Trofimenkov 345 3 min. ... “Lucie's War” (Lucie Aubrac, 1996 *) by Claude Berry is a gift for lovers of socialist realism, and not in its late, “stagnant” version, but in its most condescending, monumental-Stalinist form. Films like "Lucy's War" have hardly been made even in the USSR since the late 1950s. And in modern France, the notorious “grand style” has been resurrected in all its splendor.