In connection with the threat of terrorist attacks in Moscow, inspections of city markets will be carried out in order to identify citizens illegally staying in the capital, Viktor Biryukov, head of the information and public relations department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate , said on January 17.

to the arbitration court thirty 2 minutes. ... The Arbitration Court of the Tomsk Region has begun to consider applications from the regional prosecutor's office to invalidate the agreement between the Tomsk mayor's office and OJSC Tomsk Utility Systems (TKS) on the transfer to the company of leasing the property of Tomskvodokanal and Tomskteplosetey.

The President accused the Cabinet of Ministers of the worsening economic situation in the country agenda Yesterday Viktor Yushchenko met with representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions. The president hinted to those gathered that he was vetoing the law establishing a moratorium on the alienation of trade union property. Before this, the head of state predicted inflation and an increase in poverty in the country, and placed responsibility for future economic problems on the government.

Sebastian Deisler leaves due to his knee The famous footballer of Bayern Munich and the German national team, Sebastian Deisler, unexpectedly announced yesterday that at the age of 27 he had decided to end his career. The reason was the injuries that plagued what was considered one of the most talented German players in recent times. Last year, he underwent knee surgery for the fifth time, which forced him to miss the World Championships.

The court questioned the victims in the case of Ivan Rizak The court questioned the victims in the case of Ivan Rizak Yesterday, the Court of Appeal of the Ivano-Frankivsk region continued the hearing of the criminal case against the former chairman of the Transcarpathian regional state administration, first secretary of the regional committee of the SDPU (o) Ivan Rizak. During the court hearing, the victims were questioned regarding the so-called “Svalyavsky episode” of this case.

How are sanctions quoted? Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs: — Pathological Russophobes cannot be taught by sanctions. But we will not allow spitting on the grave of those who gave their lives for the liberation of peoples from fascism. And yet the Estonian issue must be resolved politically.

Today, the head of the Kyiv organization of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), Anatoly Seminoga, said that BYuT in the near future intends to create initiative groups to prepare a referendum of no confidence in the mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky and to hold repeat elections to the Kiev Council. According to Anatoly Seminoga, such groups will be created on January 26 of this year during the planned meeting of citizens. Mr.

Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton opposes the George W. Bush administration's plan to increase the number of US troops in Iraq. At the same time, she considers it necessary to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, reports Reuters . "He (Jorge Bush) is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, where I think we need more troops, and sending them to Iraq on a mission that has very little chance of success," Hillary Clinton said on the January 17 Today Show. "on NBC .

Now he is not an accused, but a valuable witness As it became known yesterday, after the court of the Tuscany region (Italy) refused to extradite to Russia the former director of strategic planning and corporate finance of YUKOS Alexei Golubovich, accused of fraud with shares of Russian enterprises, he voluntarily returned to Moscow. According to Mr.

Severstaltrans returned to the container business Yesterday it became known about the sale of a controlling stake in OAO Petrolesport, one of the largest port operators in St. Petersburg. The papers were sold to the structures of the transport company Severstaltrans by the Orimi concern. Market participants note that Severstaltrans is returning to the container business. Moreover, unlike the First Container Terminal sold last year, Petrolesport has significant growth potential.

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State Fire Supervision demands the closure of a shopping center in Yekaterinburg 282 3 min. ... The activities of the Yekaterinburg shopping center "Mega" (owned by the Swedish company IKEA) may be suspended as early as January. Yesterday, the regional State Fire Supervision Department sent the materials of an inspection to the Verkh-Isetsky District Court, as a result of which fire safety violations were identified at Mega.

Today singer and composer Igor Nikolaev turns 47 years old Artist Boris Moiseev congratulates him on his birthday: - Dear Igorek! I am doubly pleased to congratulate you on your birthday! After all, I love you as a poet and composer and I am very glad that we are neighbors. I hope that on the eve of your birthday you will come to see me. Happiness, peace and success in your work! Boris Moiseev. The column is led by Anna Kommersant-Geroeva

A Turkish court allowed the Russian Altimo , which manages the telecommunications business of Alfa Group , to participate in a tender to purchase a 6% stake in the cellular operator Turkcell . This was announced on January 17 by the seller of the share - the main shareholder of the largest Turkish cellular operator Cukurova Group . Previously, regulators banned Altimo from participating in the tender.

When choosing participants for the All Stars match, fans gave preference to youth NHL Based on the results of fan voting, the composition of the teams for the All Stars match, which will take place on January 24 in Dallas, was determined. The undisputed leader of the vote was young Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby. In second place in popularity among hockey fans is Buffalo forward Daniel Breer. Meanwhile, the winning streak of Ruslan Fedotenko's Tampa Bay team reached five matches.