This is a stylistic and semantic confrontation. A fight for minds. And its main instrument is glasnost, the only democratic institution that has survived since Gorbachev's time. Civil activists would have failed if they had not had allies, their own representation - a kind of party. As one of the political scientists noted, due to the absence of a political liberal party, its function was taken over by the media.

M. Stulov / Vedomosti Paying off part of the debt with funds received from Altimo would be the most correct decision for Vimpelcom , says Otkritie Capital analyst Alexander Vengranovich. In his opinion, there is no point in spending these funds on buy-back: the number of shares in free circulation is already small.

The session of the Abansky District Council deputies, at which the deputies raised the issue of the district head's resignation for the second time, did not take place yesterday - only 18 deputies showed up, while 20 people (2/3 of 30 members) are needed for a quorum. The United Russia members who support Krivitsky did not show up, as district council deputy Anatoly Anpilogov knows: "This is how Mr.

In Moscow, the heads of three district police departments have been dismissed. As reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the capital, the heads of departments of the Vostochny, Chertanovo-Severnoye and Yuzhnoye Tushino districts paid with their positions for poor performance in operational and service work. The head of the Maryino district department received a severe reprimand.

The insufficient qualifications of Russian bureaucrats and the political situation are preventing the adaptation of the Russian economy to the conditions of membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

“This is a Pyrrhic victory. Within a year, Maduro will be in serious trouble,” says Orlando Ojoya, an economist at Andres Bello Catholic University. During Chávez’s time in power, government spending has doubled to 45% of GDP, 20% higher than the Latin American average, notes Venezuelan economist Asdrubal Oliveros.

16 April 2013, 03:49 Russian athletes were not injured in the explosions in Boston Vedomosti There were no casualties among the Russian participants in the Boston Marathon, the Rossiya 24 TV channel reported on Tuesday night. “Two representatives of the Russian Consulate General in New York flew to Boston. It has already been established that no Russian athletes were injured in the explosion,” the TV channel reported in a news release.

16 April 2013, 15:05 Iran rocked by strongest earthquake in 40 years, there are casualties Sergey Smirnov A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday. Tremors were felt from Abu Dhabi to India and Pakistan, Reuters clarifies. Initially it was reported that the magnitude was 8, but later the data was clarified.

Venezuela's National Electoral Council has declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election, AP reports. The council confirmed the previously announced vote count, which showed the vice president winning the first round with 50.75% of the vote, while his main rival, opposition leader Henrique Capriles, won 48.97%. Capriles' demand for a recount was rejected. Following the official announcement of Maduro's victory, opposition supporters protested in Caracas.

Ekaterina from Novosibirsk writes: “ In our company, employees often take 1-2 days off, and the accounting department finds out about the leave after the employee returns to work. As far as I know, vacation must be paid at least three days before it starts. How can I convince management that documents ( applications and orders) must be drawn up and, accordingly, paid in advance and that 1-2 days of leave cannot be granted?” Dear Ekaterina, according to Art.

By 16:25, the MICEX index was at 1360.87 points (plus 0.19%), the RTS index - 1370.13 points (plus 0.26%). The market is trying to recover a little after Monday's fall. The indices are now trading in the positive zone, at first they lagged behind Europe, but in the last couple of hours, European markets have also been trading closer to zero. Trading volumes on Tuesday are not very high, it is clear that few investors are participating.

April 16, 2013, 21:10 / Business Acron refuses to issue convertible bonds Victoria Andreeva Acron is not yet considering the idea of ​​issuing bonds convertible into Uralkali shares it owns, and hopes to sell a 2.88% stake in the potash company at the market price in 2013-2014, Acron's financial director Alexey said during a telephone conference Milenkov. At the same time, half of the stake can be sold in 2013, half in 2014.

The European Central Bank (ECB) still expects a gradual recovery in the euro zone economy in the second half of 2013, but downside risks to its forecast are increasing, ECB President Mario Draghi told the European Parliament on Tuesday. "However, the forecast is under downward risk," he said. In March, the ECB revised downwards its forecast for the eurozone economy in 2013 to a decline of 0.5% from the previously expected 0.3%.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev / D. Astakhov / ITAR-TASS Tomorrow, the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources is to make a decision: to recommend or not to recommend the government bill on amateur fishing for adoption in the first reading. Discussion of this initiative has been postponed several times.

The diamond company Alrosa reported that it sold 100% of the shares of ZAO Gostinitsy Alrosa for 351.1 million rubles. The buyer was OOO Nord, registered in St. Petersburg. Alrosa Hotels operates six hotels with a total of 563 rooms (see inset). The company's revenue in 2012 was 540.4 million rubles, with a net loss of 8.5 million rubles. Alrosa announced its intention to get rid of non-core assets and sell its hotel business back in 2011.