The operation to liberate the Ukrainian vessel “Faina” from the captivity of Somali pirates was funded exclusively at the expense of charitable contributions, the lion's share of which is the money of the entrepreneur Viktor Pinchuk. This was stated on Monday by the head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine Viktor Baloga, UNIAN reports.

Eastern, southern and western customs in Moscow stop working since March 3. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) Andrei Bellyaninov, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax As stated in the report of the Central Customs Administration (CTT), from March 3, only Moscow customs will be engaged in customs clearance in Moscow.

In the early 1990s, when the Russian economy was experiencing a deep systemic crisis, the regions with open economies and the presence of competitive goods and raw materials on the world market found themselves in the most stable position. Today, the same openness to global processes results in heavy losses and acute crisis experiences for them.

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The blind disabled Pavel Obuyuh, whom the Siberia Airlines did not let on the flight on February 18, is ready to solve the problem in a pre -trial order. He told the Echo of Moscow about this. According to the provisions, he was not allowed into the aircraft of Siberia airline due to a violation of the internal rules by which a visualizer for vision should fly either with a guide or a guide dog. Pavel Landuh was about to fly alone.

In Ingushetia, a grenade was thrown into the courtyard of the assistant prosecutor Hussein Sakalov, Ingushetia.org reports. As a result of the explosion of victims and victims, but the house caused minor damage. After explosion, the scene was cordoned off. The investigation group works on the spot. A pre -investigation check is underway on this fact.

Video will account for two-thirds of mobile traffic in 2013, PC World reports. As stated in the results of a study by Cisco, by 2013, 80% of mobile traffic will come from devices operating on the Internet at higher speeds than modern 3G networks allow. These devices include both mobile phones and laptops. The volume of global mobile traffic will increase 66 times by 2013. The average annual growth rate of mobile traffic in the period from 2009 to 2013 will be 131%.

In the city of Dolgoprudny, the election on March 1, a proportional system, were held by a proportional system, less than a dozen of 380, mainly single -mandate or multi -member, Grigory Belonuchkin, a correspondent of the Panorama information center, were held in the Moscow Region.

President Viktor Yushchenko assures that the changes to the budget will be made in April-May, following the results of work in the first quarter. According to him, the relevant agreements were reached with the prime minister at a meeting on Monday, Ukrainian Pravda reports. “Changes to the budget are the main method of combating the crisis.

On March 2, trading in the Russian market of shares ended with a decrease in leading stock indices, RBC reports. The MICEX index fell by a trading results by 2.89% to 646.79 points, a reduction in the RTS index amounted to 0.96% to 539.37 points. On both exchanges in the lead leaders today there were shares of oil and gas companies. The volume of bidding at the MICEX amounted to 18.86 billion rubles, in the RTS - $ 2.8 million.

On March 19, the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (GKRC) will discuss the results of the conversion of the radio frequency spectrum for 2008 and the tasks for 2009, Prime-Tass reported at the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications.

United Russia could not win in the first round of the mayor’s elections in three Russian cities. Repeated voting will be held in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Tomsk and Murmansk. In Murmansk, the day before the vote, they almost removed from registration for campaigning on the day of the silence of Sergei Subbotin - the crew of the governor Yuri Evdokimov, who opposed the local united Russia. According to preliminary data, Mikhail Savchenko scored from 32.99% of the mayor in the mayor of the mayor.

Defense Ministry specialists are examining the remains of Russian soldiers killed in South Ossetia, which were handed over by the Georgian side, Novosti-Georgia reports . As stated by the deputy. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Anatoly Nogovitsyn, in mid-February Georgia, through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), handed over the remains of eight Russians. Currently, Russian specialists continue their examination for identification.

The Court of the French city of Shamberi recognized the detention in 2007 in the curses of the companions of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. Such a decision was made during the closed hearings, the Vesti reports. “The court found that the police made a mistake during the detention of girls. It is explained by the fact that before the police had never encountered people leading a lifestyle so great from them.

Telenor will reduce the share in Vimpelcom by 4.9%, if it allows you to complete the exchange of assets with Altimo, the Vedomosti writes. TELENOR RUSSIA President Shelle Morten Yonsen proposed the following scheme: Telenor receives 43.5% of the Ukrainian Kyivstara belonging to Altimo, and in return gives it 4.9% of the Vimpelcom and pays the remaining part of the cost of Kyivstara shares in cash.