The State Duma has figured out how to deal with raiders, and is going to adopt an anti-raider package of amendments. The new rules, proposed by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, should protect companies from hostile takeovers. But according to another law, the law of communicating vessels, a clear strengthening of the positions of corporation owners will lead to an even more obvious weakening of the positions of minority shareholders.

108 dead miners, there are missing - so many victims in one accident in the Russian coal mining industry have not been for several decades. But not even this is striking in the Kuzbass tragedy: it occurred at the Ulyanovsk, the most modern mine in Russia. The New Times found out why the mine was launched, operated and converted in an emergency. However, there is nothing special to be surprised. Because the “Ulyanovskaya”, like most Russian mines, lived in an emergency from birth.

March 27 - Theater Day. On this day, they congratulate the actors and directors. The public remains behind the scenes, and it is it that determines the theater process. Recently, a new viewer poured into the theaters. And theaters began to change, trying to establish relations with the public. What kind of viewer came to the theater halls? What compromise do the artists go to, trying to simultaneously achieve success with the public, “make a cashier” and solve their creative tasks?

6 people became victims of the crash at the Samara airport "Kurumoch" aircraft Tu-134 of the Surgut Airline UTAIR. The main version is still the crew error. The same official explanation was given to many recent airlines. However, according to The New Times experts, the airlines themselves not only do not care about the preparation of their pilots, but, fearing financial losses, often force them to take fatal risk. On board the Tu-134 aircraft flying with flight No.

The progress of popular happiness. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev promised a coordinated concept for the development of digital television in Russia already in May. This means that very soon, with the beginning of the large -scale implementation of digital broadcasting, all participants in the process will have big problems, and the viewer - a potential consumer of the next product of progress - will certainly receive a new large headache.

Stepping on a rake is, of course, our national sport. But not to the same extent? Last week, 178 people died in accidents. All the sacrifices - senseless, all - could have been avoided. For the reasons for them are not a destructive element of nature and not a monstrous combination of circumstances: a scoop. The same scoop that seemed to have died 16 years ago, but no, the smoking room is alive and will live.

In No. 1 The New Times, he talked about who and why can become a member of the Assembly-2008 special operation. The publication of the essay on the first deputy prime minister and the former defense minister Sergei Ivanov, we started a detailed conversation about the potential heroes of this operation, about those who could take the main chair in the Kremlin. Today is the next series. ## "Salamander's face ... remember Karel Chapek?

The state came up with how to attract investment in the electric power industry and at the same time Save control over it. This became clear from the results of the first sales of large packages of shares of generating companies inherited by Gazprom and Norilsk Nickel. - What is good for Gazprom - The alleged scheme is simple: energy acts will be distributed between state corporations and raw materials. Such a scheme may allow the state to pull out a depressive industry.

The coal industry has its own special mortality rate showing the price of coal - but not in rubles, but in human lives. According to the Rosinformugol agency, in Russia, when mining 4 million tons of coal, one miner dies, and in the USA one miner dies for 40 million tons of solid fuel. That is, working at the American mine is 10 times safer. At the same time, Russia mines 269 million tons of coal per year (data for 2006), and the United States - about 1100 million tons.

Republicans and National Bolsheviks go underground in parallel columns. The destruction of the RPR and the NBP will still be disputed in the courts, but the Kremlin verdicts are usually not subject to appeal. The liquidation of the Republican Party by the Supreme Court and the recognition of the National Bolsheviks with an extremist organization by the Prosecutor General, which happened on the same day, was regarded in both parties as another round of the campaign against the opposition.

Of course, horses, ponies and Berlusconi are circled in this list with a separate frame, the degree of their proximity to the supreme authority of Russia remains unsurpassed. But exceptional understanding and excellent business contact were achieved with Colonel Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, leader Hamas Haled Mashal, Assad President, King of Saudi Arabia Abdalla, Malaysian President Malay Muhammad.

“Welcome, or schizophrenics, the entrance is forbidden” - should be written on the starting portal “Second Life”. How many people have earned a real bifurcation of personality here is unknown. It is known that the portal is becoming more and more users of the portal. At any time, from 15 to 36 thousand participants in the game are online. Someone just meets with friends, someone earns the next million.

War of gas pipelines. Forum of gas exporters will open in two weeks. The meeting is expected to be historical. The brothers in Blue Blood had no reason to gather for the past three years. A reason was found by the current meeting - plans to create a gas OPEC. This word of four letters frightened the main consumer of gas, Europe, where they know another OPEC, oil. And they remember the experience of the embargo of 1973 and the energy crisis of the seventies.

March 27 marks the year since the death of the great Polish writer Stanislav Lem. The New Times publishes the full text of his exclusive unpublished interview, one of the last. It was given in Russian, and we tried to preserve the style of speech of Stanislav Lem. The material is provided by the Culture TV channel About religion and life - After death - Religion is just the hope that something will happen to us after death.

64 of the 93 inhabitants of the nursing home in the village of Kamyshevatskaya died as a result of a fire. This monstrous figure is simply explained-only the 58-year-old nurse Lidia Pechentseva tried to save people from the fire. It cost her life. The extreme are found - The perpetrators are not installed - There were no professional rescuers - firefighters - at the right hour nearby and, as it turned out, could not be in principle.