Olga Filina and Max Streltsov met independent municipal deputies New faces have appeared in metropolitan politics - independent municipal deputies. Today they unite to influence city politics Photo by Max Streltsov. Text Olga Filina Elections of municipal deputies were held in the capital along with presidential ones and became a big sensation.

In exchange for investment in the construction of hydroelectric power stations, she demands 75% of their shares According to Kommersant's information, Bishkek and Moscow have a new reason for disagreement, the price of which exceeds $2 billion. We are talking about the fate of several hydroelectric power plants that Russian energy companies are going to build in Kyrgyzstan.

The net loss of PJSC Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant (AKHZ), part of the Metinvest group, amounted to UAH 254.25 million in 2011, which is 12 times higher than this figure for 2010 (UAH 21.453 million). At the same time, as stated in the company’s announcement of holding an annual meeting on April 25, its retained earnings at the end of last year increased by 0.4%, or by UAH 14.13 million, to UAH 3 billion 276.84 million.

If Ukraine stops the transit of Russian gas, it can switch its gas transportation system to reverse mode and include it in the common gas transportation system of Europe, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz Vadim Chuprun told reporters on March 26. “We are talking about the fact that since we are not needed with our gas transportation system, we need to prepare for it to be loaded in the future.

Dystopian "The Hunger Games" "The Hunger Games" has been released, a film adaptation of the cult youth read in which television writer Suzanne Collins, like the creator of the "Twilight" saga Stephenie Meyer, offers teenagers a romantic role model: in "The Hunger Games" this is a participant in a cruel reality-series. show where 12 boys and 12 girls aged 12 to 18 fight for survival in the forest until one winner remains.

Refusal of international assistance threatens the Russian Federation with an outbreak of tuberculosis Employees of Russian medical non-profit organizations (NPOs) say that a number of regional clinics are faced with a shortage or complete absence of anti-tuberculosis drugs, which, in turn, is fraught with a surge in mortality among this category of patients.

438 1 min. ... As it became known late last week, Facebook entered into a deal with IBM Corporation and acquired about 750 patents from it in order to strengthen its position in possible patent wars with competitors. Bloomberg was the first to report the deal, citing an informed anonymous source familiar with the terms of the deal.

The St. Petersburg governor found a candidate for ombudsman among party members Alexander Shishlov, a member of the federal bureau of the Yabloko party, will become the new commissioner for human rights in St. Petersburg; Governor Georgy Poltavchenko nominated him for this post on Friday. The parliamentary majority in the city legislative assembly (LA) promised to support Mr. Shishlov on April 4.

context 245 1 min. ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have to reveal the details of a private dinner with Deutsche Bank Chairman Josef Ackermann. The corresponding decision was made by the Supreme Administrative Court of Berlin and Brandenburg. The lawsuit was filed by the head of the NGO Foodwatch, Thilo Bode, and lawyer Katya Pink, who suspected the chancellor of embezzlement of budget funds.

Angle There is a lot of music and little life in Pavel Lungin's film "Conductor" Pavel Lungin's directorial debut in 1990 was the film "Taxi Blues". Pyotr Mamonov’s hero, saxophonist Seliverstov, performed avant-garde jazz, outlandish for the USSR, in the kitchen, while a drunken taxi driver and saleswoman danced behind him. They didn't care what they danced to. Mamonov played a musician “from God.” “Taxi Blues” convinced that talent redeems everything: rudeness, alcoholism, and arrogance.

Russia and the United States remain at their previous positions on the issue of deploying missile defense, but there is still time to reach an agreement, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters following a meeting with his American counterpart Barack Obama, RIA Novosti reports on March 26. “We said that time has not been lost, cooperation and discussion of all aspects related to the implementation of the idea of ​​a European missile defense system can be more active.

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807 1 min. ... 60 years on the throne is the perfect occasion to make an extraordinary speech to members of both houses of the English Parliament and the head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. During the long reign of Elizabeth II, such extraordinary performances, however, became a good tradition: they have already happened four times, and each time in connection with the next anniversary.

Non-governmental organizations were allowed to earn money President Viktor Yanukovych approved the state policy strategy for promoting the development of civil society in Ukraine until 2020. Among other things, the document proposes to allow public organizations to conduct their own business activities. The same provision is contained in the law on public associations, adopted last week.

PLUS-MINUS 439 1 min. ... The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) presented another report on the state of the global conventional weapons market. The United States and Russia retained their leading positions in the list of largest arms sellers.