Venezuela President Hugo Chavez denied the words of the Russian military that his country was giving Russia an island or a military base for the construction of a military base on it, the BBC reports. Last weekend, Major General Anatoly Zhikharev said that Hugo Chavez suggested using the airfield on the island of Orchil to temporarily base strategic aircraft of the Russian Air Force. “Yes, there is such an offer from the President of Venezuela.

The detained on suspicion of the murder of the former vice-mayor of the Terrible Gilani Shepiev gave a confession. The recognition of Khalid Molochaev born in 1981 is also confirmed by evidence collected in the case, Vesti reports. According to the official representative of the SCP of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Markin, on Tuesday, on March 17, the suspect will be charged with intentionally murder. In relation to Molochaev, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

Developed countries should be more responsible for protecting the interests of international investors, and developing countries should more actively participate in the management of such international organizations as the IMF. This was stated by the ex-deputy head of the Central Bank of China at Xiaolin, reports Reuters . In her opinion, it is not worth waiting for major solutions at the Great Twenty summit in London.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko will take part in a meeting of the economic committee of the Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, which will be held on March 27 in Moscow. This was reported by UNIAN with reference to a source in the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. "Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is preparing for the dining documents for Tymoshenko’s visit to Moscow," the report said. The main topic of the meeting should be cooperation in the field of aircraft industry.

The court may invalidate the elections of the mayor of Murmansk, reports Echo of Moscow . As explained by the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov, the basis for applying to the court may be the revealed facts of violations of electoral legislation during the II round of voting. As already reported by Polit.ru, the official candidate from United Russia lost these elections.

The calendar of the Russian Championship 2008 already in the first round brought principal rivals - Spartak and Zenit. The meeting of the metropolitan and St. Petersburg club took place in Luzhniki and was rich in events. The match ended in a draw 1: 1, while the judge “rejected” the blue of each of the teams. Stormy events began to occur from the very beginning of the match. Already in the second minute, the owners of the field managed to open an account.

“Bet with Timpelbach” (Enfants de Timpelbach) –film of the French director Nicolas Buri, shot down on the same children's book Henry Winterfield, is recommended for family viewing. Everything is simple with the plot-children from some kind of village, lost in time and space. Parents and teachers enraged and decided to leave where their eyes looked. On a day, another. Scare.

Emir Kuwait accepted the resignation of the government of the country, reports Reuters with reference to local television. Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Tanya, however, insisted that the ministers continue to work on emergency issues. Further details have not yet been reported.

In Namibia, due to the crisis, she stopped the production of diamonds for three months, reports African Press Agency . This decision was made, in particular, due to a sharp fall in global sales of diamonds. For the entire break in the work, the largest Almazov miner, Namdeb, will fully pay wages. Namibia is included in the seven leading producers of diamonds, which account for 90% of world production.

On March 15, 2009, the Vincuration opened the exhibition “Science as AS AS SUSPENSE”) - the first event within the framework of the SCIENCEARTFEST International Scientific Festival, organized by the Dynasty charity foundation and the Snob project. Perhaps the spectators were the greatest interest by the interactive installation of the prosthetic head, a computer copy of the head of its creator of the famous Australian media artist of the staler .

Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria will soften their laws on banking secrets. The Minister of Finance of Switzerland said that banks would not be happy, but if the organization of economic cooperation and development (OECD) had a threat and at the April Summit “twenty” brought Switzerland to the black list of “tax harbors”, this would damage the entire economy of the country.

The case against the former head of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of Dmitry Dovgia will be considered by the jury. According to one of the lawyers Robert Zinoviev, the court granted the corresponding defense petition. He also noted that the defense today during the preliminary hearings stated four more petitions, including the release of Dovgia from custody.

EU foreign ministers confirmed the right of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to enter Europe, Prime-Tass reports. According to a high -ranking diplomatic source in Brussels, today at a meeting of the EU Council at the level of foreign ministers, “a preliminary agreement has been reached on the extension of the European sanctions suspension regime regarding Belarus”.

Assistant President of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich believes that Russia is far from offering to introduce a new world currency. He stated this in an interview with the Vesti information television channel, commenting on Russia's proposals promoted today to the Great Twenty summit in London. “We do not offer today - and far from this - just take all the currencies and replace some new ones. But we need a discussion about whether we can gradually move towards this system, ”he said.

The Internet advertising market will grow in 2009 40% in rubles and 5-7% in dollars, Vedomosti write. According to Dmitry Ashmanov, director of the Mindshare Intection, the market growth in dollars, according to the agency, amounted to 55% ($ 592.5 million). Large Runet companies fix the fall. Mail.ru revenue grew in January and February compared to the same months of 2008 by 40% in rubles and 3-4% in dollars.