On March 14, five election campaigns are being held in St. Petersburg simultaneously: presidential elections, repeat elections of a State Duma deputy in the 207th district, additional elections to the Legislative Assembly (LA) in the 4th and 39th districts, as well as elections of municipal councils in 65 from 111 St. Petersburg municipalities. There is no doubt about the outcome of only one of the campaigns - all others can end unpredictably. However, there are problems there too...

Press service "Levada Center" On the eve of March 8, the analytical center of Yuri Levada conducted a representative survey of 1600 Russians in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%. Could you say, March 8 for you - this ...? Answer options All Women Men 1. The Vozhensky holiday 69 66 72 2. The passage of the beginning of spring 13 16 10 3. Fantual day of solidarity of workers' women 8 7 10 4. Domiting day off 6 6 6 5.

Relatives of the Americans who died as a result of the attacks on September 11, 2001, attacked George Bush, using video frames of the tragedy in their pre -election commercials. They complain that this advertisement actually operates the memory of the dead. Relatives of the dead say that their loved ones, who can no longer be returned, are simply used to recruit political glasses.

** Who is mr. Fradkov? ** The appointment of Mikhail Fradkov by the new head of government turned out to be much more unexpected for Russians, as well as the removal of Mikhail Kasyanov from this post. A couple of weeks ago, any of our fellow citizens, not alien to politics, to the question "Who is Mikhail Fradkov?" I would have thought tightly and in the end I would say something like: "The last name is familiar, but who exactly - I do not remember ...". In fact, Mr.

In Baghdad, the ceremony of signing the Provisional Constitution of Iraq is postponed for an indefinite time. On the sidelines of the Baghdad Palace of Conferences, where the ceremony should take place, the reason is the disagreement of five members of the Iraqi (Vusi) temporary managing council with the text of the temporary constitution. All of them represent in Vusi Shiite majority of the population of Iraq.

According to RIA Novosti, the Basmanny Court announced a break until March 19 in the hearing of the case by Kirill Vorobyov (Bayana Shiryanov). The break was announced due to the fact that, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the court appointed a new examination of the novel "Mediciper piloting". The writer is accused of spreading pornography.

After yesterday’s attempt to shift from the post of head of the Rodina faction, Sergei Glazyev not only called this action an element of the “plan to prepare elections falsification”, but also told what the results of the presidential election will be, Gazeta.ru reports.

Deputies of the State Duma of Russia approved the candidacy of Mikhail Fradkov to the post of Prime Minister of Russia. As the correspondent of Gazeta.Ru reports, 352 deputies voted for the prime minister’s post, 58 were against, 24 abstained. Earlier, the support of Fradkov was stated by the United Russia faction, which has a majority in the Duma. The leader of the LDPR said that his party on Friday also decided to support Fradkov. The Communist Party opposes Fradkov.

The US Embassy called on American citizens in Moscow to observe enhanced security measures this weekend and during the next week before the election of the Russian president. In particular, US citizens in the Russian capital are not recommended to visit such "potentially dangerous" places as the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, located next to the Kremlin, the choral synagogue and the mosque near the Olympic stadium.

Protesting against the policy of the country's President Hugo Chavez, Milos Alkali said at a press conference in New York that he worked to “defend democracy, human rights and non-confrontation foreign policy,” BBC reports. “Unfortunately, Venezuela is now violating these fundamental principles,” BBC quotes.

The presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin withdrew his candidacy, the Gazeta.ru correspondent reports with his press conference. So he supports the initiative of the Free Elections of the 2008, who called on democratic candidates to boycott the elections.

Today, until noon in Russia, a new Prime Minister-Mikhail Fradkov should appear. His approval in this post will be the main procedure on the agenda of the State Duma. As the prominent “unicorn” and the speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov said, first Fradkov will be presented by the presidential envoy in the Duma, Alexander Kotenkov, then the questions will follow: two from each faction and one from the independent group of deputies.

Spanish businessmen "with understanding took" the explanations that the acting gave them The Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov regarding the Yukos case, the Monitor reports with reference to the informed source in the delegation that accompanied Ivanov in Madrid. Ivanov said that the decisive court will be "open and transparent." The turnover between the two countries last year grew by 58%, so if we proceed from purely economic logic, the reaction of businessmen looks quite explainable.

11% of all Russian consumer goods and 4.6% of all Russian industrial products are produced in Moscow, the Monitor reports with reference to the Moscow Department of Science and Industrial Policy. At the same time, the share of Moscow in the total volume of production decreased by 1%compared to 2001, which is associated with the withdrawal of industrial enterprises from the capital. However, the growth of industry remains very high, it is only in the Khanty-Mansiysk district.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow limited the deadline for familiarization with the case file to Plato Lebedevi to his lawyers until March 25, 2004 inclusive, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, the court granted the petition of the Russian Prosecutor General. According to the prosecutor’s office, on the ninth of February this year, Platon Lebedev got acquainted with 42 volumes of the case, and his four lawyers - from 50 to 90.