The theory of public choice appeared in economic science half a century ago and immediately radically changed the view of economists to analyze political problems. The fundamental thesis of this theory is simple: individuals, acting as voters, politicians and officials, continue to be guided by personal interests and strive to ensure maximum benefit for themselves.

Today, March 16, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Brest, where he will take part in a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State. One of the main issues of the meeting will be a discussion of fuel and energy cooperation within the framework of the Union State for 2010, Vedomosti write. According to the publication, it is the energy conflict that inhibits the development of partnerships between Moscow and Minsk.

The company "SOIZ", the largest distributor of goods for children in Russia, ahead of schedule stopped the production of gerry toys of the TV show "Good night, kids!" - Fili, Karkushi, Stepashki and others. The reason was that plush heroes were not sold well enough, Kommersant writes. The company "with Toiz" entered into an agreement on the right to use trademarks and voluminous images of the television program characters with TMK Grand in 2008.

Yulia Tymoshenko proposed the candidacy of People's Deputy Sergei Sobolev for the position of Prime Minister of the Opposition Government. All the people's deputies of the BET faction, says Tymoshenko’s website, “unanimously” was supported by her proposal. "The opposition prime minister must be a people's deputy, and secondly, he must be a recognized person in our circle, a very good speaker, and he must have time for this work," Tymoshenko said.

On Tuesday in Riga, the traditional procession of the Latvian Legion "Waffen-SS" and their young supporters took place. Near the participants, they went from the Dome Cathedral to the Freedom Monument. According to the Delfi portal, throughout the procession, its participants were provided with a police corridor who separated them from anti -fascists. At the Freedom Monument, activists of nationalist organizations met their associates with the traditional "flag alley".

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the appointment of Major General of the police Viktor Polovov, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Ingushetia, dismissing him from his position, the Kremlin press service said. Prior to this, the livestock worked in the criminal police of the Saratov region. The former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia Ruslan Meyeriev was removed from office in September 2009.

On the First Channel, the show of the multi-part melodrama “Seven wives of the same bachelor” (“Phoenix-film”, the plot and heroes of which resemble the plot and heroes of the film “Familian”. The director of the film Sergey Nikonenko and the author of the script Vladimir Gonik are outraged by such obvious “coincidences”. “We shot the picture“ Family ”in the 91st year, 20 years ago.

The Tax Subcommittee of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes significantly revised the bill to second reading, supplementing the Tax Code with the new article “The size of the state fee for the commission of actions by the authorized federal executive body in the implementation of state registration of drugs”. This is reported by our correspondent Lev Finberg.

It is difficult to declare the candidate from the authorities in the elections of the mayor of Irkutsk to be a defeat of “United Russia”, it was played by the Varangian theme - they say - shelter political scientists. The mayor of Bratsk was "disbelief" in Irkutsk. They chose the Irkutsk mayor of fun, it should be recognized.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent a congratulation on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the first issue of the first issue of the publication, the Kremlin’s press service to the team. The congratulatory telegram, in particular, says: The “News Time” was created by a team of professionals - people loyal to their work who highly appreciate objectivity and competence in journalism.

Vyacheslav Fetisov, two -time Olympic hockey champion, called the okr “killed” organization, which needs to be urgently reformed. The words of the famous athlete give news agencies. Fetisov does not exclude what will be a contender for the post of head of the committee, but he emphasized that the organization now needs young specialists.

The deputies of the Moscow City Duma intend to appeal to the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov with a request to prohibit the trade in beer and cigarettes in tents and stalls, Kommersant writes. This idea was put forward by the prefect of the Northern Administrative District (CAO) Oleg Mitvol, who previously unsuccessfully tried to realize it on his own. In September 2009, he instructed to “streamline” retail trade in kiosks, car shops and tonar, excluding beer and cigarettes from their assortment.

The first state corporation, which will be transformed into a joint -stock company by the end of 2010, will become Rusnano. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina during the meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, dedicated to the execution of his instructions, Prime-Tass reports.

As previously reported, the State Duma of the Russian Federation on January 20 adopted in the first reading the bill “On Radioactive Waste Management (RAO)”, introduced by the Russian government.

The World Congress of Ukrainians called on Viktor Yanukovych to return to the official website of the head of state the section on the Holodomor of 1932-1933, Rosbalt reports. According to representatives of the Congress, the section disappeared from the site on the day of the inauguration of Yanukovych. The statement emphasizes that the section was a source of official information about the genocide of the Ukrainian people.