Moscow has its first optical reconnaissance satellite Yesterday, the Monitor-E Earth remote sensing satellite launched into orbit from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in August 2005 completed its flight testing phase. Now the device has been accepted by specialists from the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center (Moscow), where it was developed and manufactured, for trial operation.

76 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Kazan Garrison Military Court sentenced the commander of the Kazan Higher Military Command School (KVVKU) department, junior sergeant Pavel Chipulsky.

and asked for ten years of strict regime for him debate Yesterday, the Basmanny Court held a debate in the case of the former head of the Rosinkor group of companies, Dmitry Velichko. He is accused of helping fictitious Yukos companies evade taxes and stealing budget funds. The prosecution requested a ten-year sentence for the defendant. Lawyers are asking for his acquittal.

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with jury participation assassination case Yesterday, the Prosecutor General's Office transferred to the Moscow Regional Court the case of the assassination attempt on the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais. Retired GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov and two former paratroopers Robert Yashin and Alexander Naydenov were charged with committing this crime. The accused did not admit their guilt. They hope to prove their case in a jury trial.

Alternative meetings of shareholders will be held at Angarskcement 16 3 min. ... As Kommersant learned yesterday, the conflicting owners of Angarskcement OJSC (Irkutsk region) - the Novosibirsk RATM group and the Kemerovo company Sibirsky Cement - will hold alternative extraordinary meetings of shareholders within the next month. At each of them, most likely, a new board of directors will be elected.

OJSC Gukovugol was declared an insolvent debtor 29 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Arbitration Court of the Rostov Region declared Gukovugol OJSC (part of the Russian Coal holding) an insolvent debtor and introduced bankruptcy proceedings at the enterprise for a period of 1 year. The total amount of Gukovugol's accounts payable exceeds 1 billion rubles.

Today is the birthday of singer Boris Moiseev Writer Maria Arbatova congratulates him: — Dear Borechka, happy birthday! I wish you to always be as bright, graceful, kind, brave and talented as we are used to seeing you on stage. I highly appreciate your courage to not be afraid to be yourself. March 5 is the birthday of actress Elena Yakovleva People's Artist of Russia Yuri Nikolaev congratulates her: - Lenochka, millions of viewers love you, actors and directors love you.

telecommunications Yesterday, Viktor Vekselberg's Renova Capital private equity fund officially announced the purchase of 1,005 shares of the Russian alternative operator Corbina Telecom for $146 million. Experts note that, having received such an investor, Corbina Telecom could become one of the largest players in the broadband access market in Moscow.

reform of "Astrkommunenergo" 46 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the MUP "Astrkommunenergo" announced the start of restructuring of the utility company. By April 1, another municipal unitary enterprise, Gorenergosbyt, will be created, to which the Astrokommunenergo network will be transferred, and the parent organization will perform sales functions. According to city authorities, this will allow Astrkommunenergo to pay off its debts and bring Gorenergosbyt to FOREM.

17 3 min. ... Yesterday, a protest rally against the new Housing Code and the increase in tariffs for housing and communal services took place on the square in front of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library. It was initiated by the Novosibirsk regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, but the regional committee of trade unions and the local branch of the Rodina party joined the communists.

Kyiv, March 4 (LYDIA YAKUSHEVA). On the night of March 3-4, due to difficult weather conditions, automatic protection systems of power plants were activated, as a result of which 159 settlements were left without power supply. Settlements in Lugansk, Kherson, Donetsk, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Rivne, Lvov and Odessa regions have been de-energized, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine reports.

1K 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Primorsky Regional Court handed down a verdict in the case of a gang whose members were found guilty of five murders. The leader of the gang, Vladimir Golban (Moldavan), was sentenced to life imprisonment, his five accomplices were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, from 10 years to 21 years. The group leader's lawyer has already announced his intention to appeal the court's decision.

lawmaking Yesterday the Federation Council approved the law “On Advertising”. However, at the same time, he voted for two protocol instructions: to prepare amendments prohibiting advertising in children's television programs and excluding the placement of advertising within the right of way of the red line of the road.

Taking the side of VimpelCom in a dispute with the regulator 31 3 min. ... The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) ruled that the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) violated antimonopoly legislation by refusing to VimpelCom to obtain radio frequencies for operation in the Far East.