Everything in Russian history happens unexpectedly. The status quo seems eternal, but changes instantly. That is why it is worth asking questions about the future right now, when there are no visible reasons for upheavals. How viable are the alternatives to the existing system? What and how to change when, at an as yet unknown hour X, opportunities for political change suddenly appear? If the country lacks order, and above all, legality, then this deficiency is compensated by leadership.

On April 15, Sibirsky Stroitel won an auction for the right to lease a 3-hectare plot of land in the Iskitimsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast for four years for the production of building materials, the organizer of the auction, the RZhS Fund, reported. The company offered 19.43 rubles per square meter of land (582,900 rubles for the entire plot) per year with a starting price of 18.43 rubles, beating the second participant, OOO Mi-1.

The ex-president of the capital's bank, Andrei Borodin, decided not to come from London to the shareholders meeting on April 21. Registration required Only Readers Club members can leave reviews. If you have already registered, log in to the Readers Club . To become a member of the Readers Club, you need to register . To log in without registering, you can use your account on Facebook, Vkontakte, MoyKrug.ru or Livejournal.

In April 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev came to power. Why? The Russian authorities have two shifts. In their time, those who take the country and society under control, taking away all its resources and directing them to their own goals rise to the top. These goals may be personal or geopolitical. Society is gradually brought to exhaustion, when it is no longer possible to rule in this way. Then another shift tries to come to power and sometimes does – this time it came in April.

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The Moscow Region Mansion Mentioned in Firestone's Statement / A. Makhonin Firestone Duncan Director Jamison Firestone, the employer of Sergei Magnitsky, who died in jail, has asked the Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) to open a criminal case against Olga Stepanova, former head of Moscow Tax Inspectorate No. 28, Gazeta.ru reports.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual report to the State Duma tomorrow at 12.00. He won’t be late, the apparatchiks promise. The prime minister has already reported to deputies twice and both times started his speech on time. Registration required Only Readers Club members can leave reviews. If you have already registered, log in to the Readers Club . To become a member of the Readers Club, you need to register .

By the end of spring, the Ministry of Finance will draw up a budget for 2012 and calculations for 2013-2014. For all three years, or the first half of the next president's term, the budget will include a price of $120-122 per barrel of oil, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told Vedomosti. This is how much oil should cost for the budget to be deficit-free. This is the price of social obligations and defense expenditures.

Most of the funds allocated in 2010 to support small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow were spent ineffectively, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday. "We, together with the Accounts Chamber and the relevant department, analyzed the effectiveness of spending funds on support last year: 75% of the allocated funds were spent ineffectively," Sobyanin said at a meeting of the Moscow government. According to him, entrepreneurs received only 15% of the allocated funds.

S. Porter Every second Russian has encountered fraud while looking for work, conclude analysts from the research center of the Superjob.ru portal, having surveyed 1,600 respondents over 18 years of age who are working or looking for work on March 22-23. "Have you ever encountered fraud while searching for a job?" (Superjob.ru) Men are more likely to fall for the tricks of fraudsters (52% versus 48% among women).

Raul Castro, who held the post of second secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, was elected to the post of its first secretary; the corresponding decision was unanimously adopted by the party congress. Since October 1965, when the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party was created, its first secretary was the leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro.

Mobile operator Beeline has launched a "zero zone" for the Livejournal blog hosting service, allowing users to visit the service from mobile devices for free, the companies reported on Tuesday. With the help of a special simplified mobile version of the site 0.livejournal.com, users will be able to read and comment on posts for free, leave their own entries, view ratings and topics of the day.

"Troika Dialogue" Alfa-bank Troika Dialog analysts have cut their target price on Petropavlovsk shares to £11.76 from £15.49, while maintaining a “buy” recommendation. The potential rewards outweigh the risks, they say. The 2011 mining schedule has lower production risks than 2010, and production of over 600,000 ounces appears feasible. With market participants eager to see if the company can deliver on its targets, Petropavlovsk faces a tough road to regaining confidence, the analysts conclude.

"EuroSibEnergo" The installed capacity of the stations is 19.5 GW of electric and 17,570 Gcal/h of thermal energy. The main assets are controlling stakes in Irkutskenergo, Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station, Avtozavodskaya Thermal Power Station, sales companies MAREM+ and Volgaenergosbyt, Eurosibenergo-Engineering and Irkutsk Electric Grid Company. Owner: Oleg Deripaska (100%).

To develop mineral deposits with the construction of infrastructure in Eastern Siberia in the next 10 years, investments of at least $60 billion are needed, said Oleg Deripaska, Chairman of the Board of Directors of En+Group, during an expert seminar in Irkutsk.