In the coming years the school will remain 11-year The “blitzkrieg” of the Ministry of Education to implement school reform did not work out. The transition to 12-year education, about which there has been so much talk, is again being postponed by several years.

The first “Tabakerka” graft was applied to the trunk of the Moscow Art Theater The new head of the Moscow Art Theater, Oleg Tabakov, is expected to deliver promised reforms this season. Ahead are productions by invited directors - Temur Chkheidze, Rimas Tuminas, Kama Ginkas, Henrietta Yanovskaya... Adolf Shapiro is already directing Bulgakov's Cabal of the Saints. Vladimir Mashkov is rehearsing a fresh English comedy.

Oligarchs cram the civil service charter All conditions for an idyll have developed in Russian business. Business people of our fatherland are acquiring a national idea. And it does not differ too much from the guidelines according to which Soviet business executives worked.

The Russian banking system overcame the consequences of the 1998 crisis, but stopped in its development - this is almost the unanimous opinion of the participants in the round table organized by the newspapers Vremya Novostey and The Russia Journal. I stopped because, as often happens in Russia, a “political solution” is required on a number of issues.

Vladivostok Dalrybbank, 99% of whose shares are currently owned by the Agency for the Restructuring of Credit Institutions (ARCO), may receive Russian-Chinese status and will serve financial flows between the Far East and the five border provinces of the PRC. Preliminary negotiations on this between representatives of ARCO and the Primorsky Territory administration took place yesterday.

Yesterday, a bankruptcy case was opened for Kuzbassotsbank (KSB). At the request of the Central Bank and the creditor - an individual - the Arbitration Court of the Kemerovo Region introduced a monitoring procedure in the bank. Valery Togulev, who had previously been approved for the position of bankruptcy manager of Kuzbassprombank, was appointed temporary manager of the bank on the recommendation of the Central Bank.

The head of the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mikhail Kravchuk, said yesterday that when importing beef, veterinarians rely on the results of examinations conducted by producing countries. When diagnosing so-called “mad cow disease,” it is impossible to test the meat itself. The only way is to analyze the brain of an already deceased animal. And cows come to Russia in butchered form. Pure meat and no brains. Although, according to Mr.

Deputy Prime Minister Kozik stood up for President Lukashenko It seems that official Minsk is seriously offended by the cold reception that was given to the Belarusian president during his last visit to Moscow. The formal reason for expressing dissatisfaction was the appointment of acting Prime Minister Kasyanov. Secretary of State of the Union of Russia and Belarus, Deputy Borodin Igor Selivanov. “These actions are illegal.

There will be more piracy The Moscow office of Microsoft (MS) is expanding its paid services. From February 1, Russia and the CIS will charge money for using the previously free hotline. At the same time, prices for “boxes” will remain at the same level. Analysts believe that all this only benefits pirates.

Denis Stepanov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Zenit Bank In our opinion, the most important thing is to ensure normal competition in the banking sector. It is important, first of all, to debug the mechanisms by which the high risks of the Russian economy can be shared - for example, the issue of bond loans and syndicated lending.

The new head of CPC is confident in the success of the project Yesterday, the new general director of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) Sergei Gnatchenko met with journalists for the first time. It seems that this is the person who will solemnly launch the $2.5 billion oil pipeline from Western Kazakhstan to Novorossiysk, which has been under construction for two years. The first competitor of the Transneft monopolist appears on the market.

Commonwealth Champions Cup. Football. Moscow. S/k "Olympic". January 26, 16.30 -- semi-final group matches. January 28, 14.00 - final . Moscow Spartak, having won all previous matches of the tournament, regardless of the result of the semi-final group meeting with Riga Skonto, has already secured its place in the Cup final. The Muscovites' opponent in the main match of the tournament will become known only today. There are only two contenders left: Skonto (Latvia) and Kopetdag (Turkmenistan).

Alexey ULYUKAEV, First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation The Russian banking system copes quite successfully with the function of servicing payment and settlement relations. However, functions related to the redistribution of financial resources and thereby increasing the efficiency of domestic production are clearly inadequately performed.

Oleg Vyugin, executive vice president of Troika-Dialog Over the past six months, it seems to me that a general understanding has been achieved of what can and should be done in the area of ​​regulating the banking system, and even an understanding of how it needs to be rebuilt. The essence of this general position is as follows. Firstly, changes in legislation are needed. Legislation still lags behind what is actually happening in the banking system.

Alfred Koch hosts government officials on NTV The first extraordinary meeting of shareholders in NTV history may change the company's management system. Apparently, this is exactly what the head of Gazprom-Media, Alfred Koch, is trying to achieve. “We are tired of the position of the defensive side,” Koch said, and yesterday announced his intention to convene an extraordinary meeting of NTV shareholders and his desire to change the composition of the television company’s board of directors. Mr.