TNK-BR shares collapsed by 10% in the indicative quoting system of RTS-BOARD papers on the news about searches in the central office of the company. The quotes decreased on Wednesday from 1.73 to $ 1.55 (-10.4%), the sale rate fell by 2.8% to 1.75 from 1.8% apiece, the Finmarket reports. Recall, recently it became known that law enforcement officers searched in the central office of the Russian-British TNK-BP. Official representatives of the company do not comment on this information.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized as unlawful the decision of the Moscow City Court to extend the term of arrest until June 22 to the chairman of the board of directors of your financial trusteer, Vasily Boyko, Prime-Tass reports. According to his lawyer Alexei Averyanov, a complaint of defense was thus satisfied. During the meeting in the Supreme Court, the defense drew the attention of judges to numerous violations committed by the Moscow City Court.

AFK System is ready to buy a 75 percent stake in Svyazinvest in the next year and a half, Anton Abugov, vice president of the holding, told Reuters. To participate in the purchase of 75% without one “Svyazinvest” action, “system workers” can create a consortium with MTS and Komstar-Ots. In case of victory of a fixed communication network, they could move to Komstar, and the mobile networks of the GSM standard - to MTS.

In Australia last Tuesday, an 81-year-old Australian committed suicide with the help of a robot specially collected. He downloaded the drawings of the "hellish machine" from the Internet. According to FoxNews, a suicide note says that he was prompted by the insistent attempts of his relatives to evict him from home and send him to a shelter. Looking for a method on the Internet by which one could take his own life, he found drawings of a car that could shoot from firearms.

A number of standards related to maintenance of power plants have been developed and approved in RAO "UES of Russia": "Buildings and construction of the TPP. Organization of operation and maintenance. Norms and requirements ”,“ Hydrotechnical structures of hydroelectric power stations and GAES. Organization of operation and maintenance. Norms and requirements ”and“ Hydrotechnical structures of hydroelectric power plants and GEPPs. Conditions of creation. Norms and requirements.

** Themes of the day ** The central media notes that yesterday, as part of the visit to Moscow, US Secretary of State K. Rice and the American Minister of Defense R. Geats , negotiations of foreign ministers and defense of Russia and the USA were negotiated . Particular attention paid special attention to the placement of American missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic.

The Youth Movement "Young" changes the vector of its work and will fight with the sect of hoincons and the sale of alcohol adolescents, writes the newspaper " Kommersant " on Wednesday.

Russia has never provided political asylum yet, the head of the press service of the FMS Konstantin Poltoranin said in an interview with Rossiya Gazeta . “Why, it’s hard to say, we have no right to disclose any information about applicants,” he said.

Employees of the Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia established the fact of waste by the leadership of the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) of budget funds on an especially large scale, the press release of the department said.

George Bush invited the Senate to appoint an army-Major General Patrick O'Reilly to the post of head of the US anti-missile defense agency. Until today, the agency was headed by Henry Obering, and O'rali was his deputy. It is assumed that the Senate will decide on its appointment in the near future. If O'rali becomes the head of the department, then he will be only the second army general in history, who headed the US missile defense agency.

On March 19, 2008, the Moscow Expert Commission, on the proposal of the Memorial company, decided to recognize the Solovetsky stone on Lyubanskaya Square with a memorable (landmark) place. The security status was received not only by the monument itself, but the whole complex, including the square "with elements of improvement." This does not remove from the agenda a threat to the movement of Solovetsky stone for the construction of a lowering station underground underground.

The US Supreme Court began to consider the constitutionality of an almost complete ban on firearms that has existed in the American capital since 1976, the BBC Russian service reports. A group of Washington residents opened a lawsuit against the city authorities, arguing that the ban is contrary to the second amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees citizens the right to weapons.

On the basis of Moscow State University, a magistracy of nanotechnology will be opened, Ivanov said during his speech in the Federation Council on March 19, reports Lenta.ru with reference to Interfax. "We decided, including on the basis of Moscow State University, to open a magistracy on nanotechnologies where talented promising bachelors from all universities of the country will gather," Ivanov said.

On February 22-25, 2008, the analytical center of Yuri Levada (Levada-Center) conducted a survey of 1,600 Russians representative for the adult population of the country. The distribution of answers to several research questions is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. The statistical error of such polls does not exceed 3%. You would like to live in ...

According to BBC News , researchers from the University of California found that the geckos used the tail while running on vertical surfaces and ceiling. It is known that the lower surface of the paws of the geckons is covered with bristles, due to which the animal can run along the walls and ceilings, easily "gluing" and "peeling off" at every step.