The US is puzzled The ongoing squabbles between the US and Russia in 2006 over the UN resolution on the Iranian nuclear issue did not prevent Moscow from supplying Iran with Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems worth over $700 million. Using its influence in the UN Security Council, Russia in 2006 achieved a softening of sanctions against Iran: they were reduced to measures against Iranian companies involved in the nuclear and missile programs.

AFL-CIO Treasurer Richard Trumka sent a letter to the NYSE last week citing exchange rules that require wage consultants to report solely to board members, not management. At the same time, Trumka writes, Wal-Mart Deputy General Counsel Samuel Hess recently told him that the wage consultants are hired by the company, “not by independent members of the wage committee.” The union representative believes that this could violate the wage committee charter and NYSE listing rules.

Yesterday, the Moscow Arbitration Court refused to satisfy Megafon's claim, in which it demanded that the FAS order issued to it to reduce tariffs for "landing" calls from regional operators from 1.1 rubles to 0.95 rubles be declared invalid. In the fall of 2006, the FAS recognized all participants in the "big three" cellular companies as violators of the competition law.

In the article “June in Saratov” (No. 33 from 26.02.2007, p. A6) it should be read: “The Moscow company “Regions Development” will build the “June” shopping center in Saratov with an area of ​​60,000 sq. m, reported LCMC PR manager Natalia Suslova. The area of ​​the center under construction in Krasnoyarsk is 70,000 sq. m.”

Nikolai Smolensky, the owner of the British sports car manufacturer TVR, has spoken publicly on more than one occasion about his fond feelings for his company and the British auto industry as a whole. “I have always been a fan of the British auto industry and I believe that the best car designers and engineers work in this country,” he said two and a half years ago, announcing the purchase of TVR.

But the negotiators are pleased with the results. Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko is confident that Russia's share in enriching uranium from Japan will grow. Vnesheconombank will receive a 13-year credit line from Japan's JBIC and the insurance agency Nippon Export and Investment Insurance. And Toyota intends to establish production of components for its cars in Russia, the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Energy reported after the negotiations.

Public confrontation between heads of regions and local capitals is a typical phenomenon in post-Soviet Russia. In Vladivostok in the mid-1990s, during the era of Governor Nazdratenko and Mayor Cherepkov, tensions escalated to hand-to-hand fights and the removal of unwanted people from the city hall building.

VTsIOM conducted a survey on Russians' attitudes toward the president's latest personnel decisions and compared it with a survey on the power reshuffle in November 2005, when President Vladimir Putin transferred Dmitry Medvedev from the presidential administration to the government to the post of first deputy prime minister to handle national projects. At the same time, Putin appointed Sergei Ivanov as an ordinary deputy prime minister and Sergei Sobyanin as head of the administration.

Rospan and Urengoygeoresurs began their conflict back in 2005. They accused each other of illegally extracting gas from the competitor's reservoirs. At the same time, TNK-BP sent the owners of Urengoygeoresurs an offer to buy out 100% of its shares and simultaneously filed a lawsuit demanding that the issuance of a license to the opponent for the Resursnoye field be declared illegal.

By 2009, municipalities must part with non-core real estate, leaving only administrative buildings, schools, kindergartens, libraries, theaters and other cultural facilities. Anything not sold will become federal property. As a result, small businesses renting these premises may end up on the street, worries Vladislav Korochkin, vice president of OPORA.

YUKOS candidates want to occupy at least one of the nine worthy positions in the ranks of Rosneft directors / M. Stulov There are nine seats on Rosneft's board of directors, five of which are government officials, and the board is headed by Igor Sechin, deputy head of the presidential administration. The board also includes the company's president, Sergei Bogdanchikov, and three independent directors: Andrei Kostin, Hans-Jörg Rudloff, and Alexander Nikipelov.

CTS was able to offer the unlimited Jet Forward tariff for ADSL subscribers after completing a two-year upgrade of its city data transmission network, the capacity of which increased tenfold, the company's Marketing Director Andrey Pastushenko told Vedomosti. In addition, according to him, the cost of renting trunk channels decreased in 2007.

Yesterday, Leningrad Region Governor Valery Serdyukov and Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov signed a cooperation agreement between the oil company and the region until 2011.

The intensive development of this sector of banking services indicates the restoration of public confidence in commercial banks, according to the ABSZ materials. “The level of confidence in banks has grown significantly in the past year,” agrees Natalia Pozdeeva, Deputy Head of Retail Business at Baltinvestbank. Last year, the population’s income grew – in particular, this affected the growth of deposits of the population, she is sure.

The idea of ​​turning Russia into a transit corridor between Europe and Asia has long been on the minds of Russian railway workers, who enviously count the profits of shipping companies that transport goods from China and Japan. The Russian Railways-owned telecommunications company Transtelecom (TTK) is keen on a similar project – to become a major operator of communication channels between the two continents.