Yesterday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry published an updated forecast of emergency situations caused by spring floods in the country this year. According to the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, the document prepared last year was adjusted in connection with the consequences of the tsunami in Southeast Asia and anomalous climatic phenomena in other regions of the world.

The well-known phrase of the leader of the October Revolution that even a cook can rule the state finds unexpected confirmation in a single subject of the Russian Federation almost a century later: professional satirist Mikhail Evdokimov has every chance of success as governor of the Altai Territory.

On Wednesday, March 23, the heads of the NTN television company commented on the suspension of their broadcasting. According to a REGNUM correspondent, the TV people consider themselves a victim of the authorities and are not going to give up without a fight - they will challenge the commission's decision to put their two frequencies up for the contest and hold two rallies. And the prosecutor's office has already opened a case on illegal business.

Yesterday, the press service of JSC Russian Aluminum reported that Sergey Filippov, who previously held the position of General Director of the Krasnoyarsk Metallurgical Plant, was appointed Managing Director of the Bratsk Aluminum Plant, which is part of Rusal. In this position, he replaced Vladimir Berstenev, who decided to leave the company to participate in new projects. Vladimir Berstenev has headed BrAZ since June 2002.

Baikalwestcom (BVK) has completed the installation of base stations for cellular communications of the third generation CDMA 2000 1X in Irkutsk. Alexander Tsvetkov, director of the company's marketing department, announced this yesterday at the Sibinfocom exhibition. In early June, BVK will launch a new cellular network in the city. Thus, Baikalwestcom became the first operator in the Angara region to promote the latest 3G mobile communications technology.

The Board of Directors of OJSC "Angarskcement" decided to increase the authorized capital of the company by issuing an additional issue of 23 million rubles This was announced yesterday by Sergei Filenko, Vice President of OJSC "Sibirsky Cement", which owns a 45% stake in OJSC. According to Mr. Filenko, the additional issue is necessary to finance the modernization and technical re-equipment program of Angarskcement.

The Moscow television channel STS began on the evening of March 23, broadcasting on a 12th channel in Novosibirsk. According to IA REGNUM, the general director of the NTNA television company Olga Morgunova, who until recently belonged to the right to broadcast on the 4th and 12th channel, the broadcasting of the STS was started unauthorized. According to her, broadcasting has begun one of the transmitters located on the MZHK housing estate and belonging to a private company.

A daring robbery was committed on March 22 in Novosibirsk in a daylight place, in a crowded place. As TAIGA.info was informed by the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region, at 4.30 pm on the territory of the Central Market, a 29-year-old man armed with a knife took off a sheepskin coat from a civilian. Almost immediately he was detained by a PPS patrol. The motive for such an aggressive behavior of the robber immediately became clear - he was pretty drunk.

YESTERDAY VLADIMIR PUTIN APPOINTED MODEST KOLEROV BY THE DECREE HEAD OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT FOR INTER-REGIONAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The Department for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries is the youngest division of Putin's administration.

Yesterday it became known the name of the person who will be responsible for ensuring that Russia is loved abroad. This is now the former head of the Regnum news agency, the well-known Russian PR man Modest Kolerov. He was appointed head of the President's Office for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the CIS. The creation of the department was announced a few weeks ago.

Employees of the Office of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service in the Novosibirsk Region, while trying to sell 6 kg of opium, detained active members of an international criminal group.

In 2002, Russia shared 9th place with Spain in terms of the number of billionaires, a year later it became the third after the USA and Germany, overtaking Japan. And now we are second. Russia owns 27 places out of 691 on the Forbes list. Among our compatriots are completely familiar faces: Abramovich, Fridman, Lisin, Deripaska, Vekselberg, Mordashov ... A little more, and another frontier will be submitted to our country - dynasties of domestic billionaires will appear on the Forbes list.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Modest Kolerov, editor-in-chief of the news agency REGNUM, head of the president's department for interregional and cultural relations with foreign countries.

A political strategist will come in touch with the CIS countries Yesterday, Vladimir Putin, by his decree, appointed the famous political strategist Modest Kolirova by the head of the recently created department of the President of the Russian Federation on interregional and cultural relations with foreign countries. Management is subordinated directly to the head of the presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev.

Novosibirsk will host the 4th Interregional Exhibition of Contemporary Art "AMBULANCE" Previously on this topic: A well-known avant-garde artist resigned from the Kondratyuk Foundation, which refused to support a radical exhibition 1.04.2005, Friday, art club "888" 17.00 - OPENING Presentation for the Siberian audience of the film "Summer in Ivye" (Summer in Ivye) in the style of "Publik Art" by American artist Tamar Rogoff. Performance by Tamar Rogoff (USA) Movie discussion.