FOR ADVERTISING RIGHTS Employees of the branch of IDGC of Center, JSC - Voronezhenergo, carry out systematic work to prevent and suppress the theft of electricity. At the end of 2013, the total amount of prevented damage to the company as a result of unaccounted consumption, identified by the branch’s specialists, amounted to 14.699 million kilowatt-hours (in monetary terms for the end consumer - 69.6 million rubles).

The leader of the A Just Russia faction, Sergei Mironov, proposed exempting Crimea from paying taxes to the federal center for five years and forming a special economic zone on the peninsula. “I think that by switching to Russian legislation, integrating into the Russian economy, it would be more than appropriate to adopt a special law on the special economic zone of Crimea,” Interfax quotes Mr. Mironov.

Kommersant invites its regular readers to test their memory without leaving the screen and at the same time remember their youth. Our newest historical project contains 100 questions about people, prices, events, words and expressions that appeared on the pages of Kommersant in the twentieth anniversary from 1991 to 2011. In essence, this is a history textbook, in form it is a test. More precisely, ten tests: starting from March 12, once a week we publish the next ten questions.

The total number of deaths during anti-government protests in Venezuela has increased to 33 people, RIA Novosti reports, citing the country's Defense Minister Carmen Melendez. Protests against government policies have been taking place in Venezuela since February 4. What the protest participants are dissatisfied with is in the Kommersant photo gallery.

Hockey players from the Ufa HC Salavat Yulaev made it to the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup. Yesterday in the seventh match of the 1/8 finals the team defeated Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod at home. The goals were scored by Igor Mirnov and Sergei Zinoviev, and the visitors' goal was chalked up by Sergei Bernatsky. Previously, SKA St. Petersburg, Lev Prague, Barys Astana, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and Donbass Donetsk also reached the quarterfinals.

The Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) of the Russian Federation banned the construction of a shopping and entertainment complex in Chelyabinsk, at the intersection of Brothers Kashirinykh and Tchaikovsky streets. The construction of the shopping center, which began in 2010, was carried out by IP Golovanov. In May 2013, the Arbitration Court of the Chelyabinsk Region satisfied the demands of the city administration to recognize the facility as an unauthorized construction.

The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region has seized the accounts and property of OJSC Central Stadium (owned by the regional Ministry for State Property Management) in Yekaterinburg, where matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup are planned to be held. As reported in the case materials, the measure was taken to ensure the collection of debt in the amount of 73 million rubles. in front of the construction company "Astra Stroy".

In the Caucasian Mineral Waters region (Stavropol Territory), the number of bus routes will be increased, replacing the reduced trains. The corresponding instruction was given on March 17 at a meeting in the regional government by the acting governor Vladimir Vladimirov, the press service of the governor of Stavropol reported. Let us recall that OJSC North Caucasus Passenger Suburban Company has reduced 15 pairs of electric trains operating flights in the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody region.

The head of the Russian Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, said that the issuance of Russian passports has begun in Crimea. “Such work has begun. We issued some of the passports today. An international agreement was signed yesterday. Its temporary use began yesterday. And, of course, all residents of Crimea who apply to the Federal Migration Service will receive passports, since as of yesterday they are citizens of the Russian Federation.

Most Russians often have their dreams come true. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the Questionnaire Institute of Public Opinion. It showed that women dream more often than men. Photo: Sandy Huffaker, Reuters 42% of survey participants say that their dreams often come true. Moreover, every fifth person puts a lot of effort into their implementation. Almost two-thirds of respondents strive to make their desires come true, but are not diligent.

The prosecutor's office of the Tyumen region sent to court a criminal case regarding the murder of five lumberjacks in the Uvat district (Tyumen region). Two previously convicted residents of the Kurgan region, Ilya Arkhipov and Vitaly Pustozerov, have been charged with the crime.

In Moscow on Wednesday, ex-minister and former senator Alexander Pochinok was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. According to the press service of the Civic Platform party, one of the founders of which was Mr.

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the government. “Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the government; by the same decree, the current cabinet of ministers will perform its functions until a new government is formed,” RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the press service of the head of Kyrgyzstan.

The State Duma voted to hold an additional meeting on March 20 at 16:00 Moscow time to consider the ratification of the treaty on the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the adoption of a federal constitutional law on the formation of two new subjects of the Russian Federation - Crimea and Sevastopol. 443 deputies spoke in favor of this proposal, Interfax reports. Read more about the agreement in the Kommersant article “The Constitutional Court dispensed with hearings on Crimea.”

Part of a fresco depicting the ancient goddess Artemis was stolen from the House of Neptune in Pompeii. A 20 cm wide fragment was chipped from an area of ​​the building inaccessible to tourists. The fresco depicted Artemis and Apollo. Now, according to eyewitnesses, Apollo stands alone next to the dazzling white slot, standing out against the background of the pink fresco.