A tiebreaker loss to Skra leaves her with a good chance of winning the quarterfinals Volleyball Champions League In the first match of the 1/4 finals, Odintsovo's Iskra lost to the local Skra in Poland. She lost with a score of 2:3, which leaves her with good chances to continue the fight in the main European Cup. It’s hard to say which team should be more pleased with the result after this match.

The BASK group took up compulsory health insurance Bivita Insurance Company LLC (Belovo, Kemerovo region, part of the BASK insurance group) acquired a 32.6% stake in the Kemerovo-based ZhSO-Medicine Medical Insurance Organization LLC, specializing in compulsory health insurance (CHI).

Today, March 5, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a government decree providing Belarus with a loan in the amount of $500 million. The head of the Russian government announced this at a meeting of the government presidium. “I ask the Ministry of Finance to promptly implement this resolution,” he said. RBC-Ukraine

Today, March 5, President Viktor Yushchenko again submitted to the Committee on National Security and Defense of the Verkhovna Rada a proposal for the appointment of Valentin Nalyvaichenko as chairman of the Security Service (SBU). According to the deputy chairman of the BYuT faction, Andrei Kozhemyakin, this proposal was received by the Verkhovna Rada committee this morning. RBC-Ukraine

North Korea is refusing to guarantee the safety of South Korean civilian aircraft over the Sea of ​​Japan during US-South Korean military exercises scheduled for March 9-20.

Deputies convinced the regional governor to reduce taxation of budget-forming enterprises Regional deputies agreed to support the government's initiative to subsidize part of the income tax for enterprises that increase the volume of shipped products and do not fire workers. Yesterday, all parliamentary commissions approved a budget amendment providing for the reservation of 200 million rubles in the treasury for these purposes.

The "Materik" company promises to complete the "Sayen" The Materik group of companies, owned by Irkutsk businessman Igor Kokourov, is postponing until the summer the implementation of the Sayen business center project in Irkutsk with a total cost of $15 million.

The bank refuses the risks of the management company of the same name Rosbank accused the management company of the same name of illegally using its brand. Applications from the bank to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) and Rospotrebnadzor came after the Federal Service for Financial Markets began an inspection of the management company.

Today, March 5, it became known that American International Group Inc. had terminated negotiations. (AIG) on the sale of its life insurance division, which operates in 50 countries. According to the chief financial officer of American Life Insurance Co. (Alico) Denis Vigneault, AIG interrupted "active negotiations" with two potential buyers of the division, and also blocked access to its financial documents.

Tolyatti Lada again took the lead in the series with Moscow CSKA in the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup. On March 5, in the third match of the series, the Volga team defeated the Muscovites on their ice with a score of 3:2. Thus, the score in the series became 2:1 in favor of Lada. The fourth match will take place on March 6 in Togliatti.

Timber chemistry The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill announced the next stage of layoffs - during March the plant will lay off 400 employees, previously 1.1 thousand people were laid off, reported the press service of Continental Management LLC (KM), which owns a controlling stake in the plant.

Renaissance Capital--Ferrexpo Renaissance Capital Investment Company confirmed a buy recommendation for Ferrexpo shares (ticker LSE: EXPO) with a target price of 2.23 British pounds. Data on production volumes published by the issuer in February indicate a stable increase in production against the backdrop of seasonally low figures in January. Data for February, as well as preliminary forecasts for March, indicate a slow but steady increase in orders.

Today, March 5, the Verkhovna Rada established that the minimum age for voluntary entry into service in the armed forces under a contract is the age of 18 years, although previously they could accept service under a contract upon reaching 19 years of age.

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Today, March 5, it became known that the anti-crisis settlement and commodity center (RTC) "Alice", 100% owned and headed by the famous Russian entrepreneur German Sterligov, is opening a "subsidiary" in Ukraine. “The International RTC Ukraine is a reserve settlement system with the help of which large businesses can turn their goods into the desired product without using the usual means of payment - money,” the center’s materials say.