Moscow firefighters seem to have finally found a way to leave themselves without work. At the initiative of the State Fire Service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the City Duma will consider amendments to the Moscow Fire Safety Law at the end of February. Their essence is simple - to oblige responsible tenants to maintain a full set of “primary fire extinguishing equipment” in their homes.

STB wants to compete with American Express Since the board of directors of STB was headed by Alexander Smolensky, who immediately replaced the top management of the payment system, it has simply flooded the market with new projects. Moreover, often by dumping, offering products that are alternative to international ones and designed for domestic consumption.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the Moscow City Duma, deputies proposed that the capital's government slightly amend the city's “Fundamentals of Housing Policy in the City of Moscow.” The resolution to put these amendments into effect was adopted in the first reading.

"Three Sisters" on the stage of Sovremennik The wind begins to howl even before the curtain opens. And during the entire performance, staged by Galina Volchek, she also howls. From time to time the stage circle begins to rotate. The characters “dynamically” rush around the stage and run along the bridge hanging over the living room of the Prozorovs’ house (set design by Vyacheslav Zaitsev and Pyotr Kirillov). This is approximately how it was in the contemporary production-prototype of the 80s.

Political parties will live by the law Vladimir Putin outdid Boris Yeltsin.

“Gold” went to a Finnish athlete and a Russian coach The list of prize-winners in the men's 20-kilometer individual race will perhaps be the main sensation of the current Biathlon World Championship. Places on the podium were taken by those whom even the most reckless adventurers would hardly have risked placing on in advance: Finn Paavo Puurunen, Belarusian Vadim Sashurin and Latvian Ilmars Brikis.

Football. French Championship. 25th round. "Nantes" - "Paris Saint-Germain" - 1:0, "Marseille" - "Auxerre" - 0:1, "Guingamp" - "Lyon" - 2:3, "Saint-Etienne" -- Strasbourg -- 3:3, Monaco -- Metz -- 6:1, Toulouse -- Bordeaux -- 1:1, Bastia -- Sedan -- 0 :1, "Lance" - "Lille" - 0:1. 26th round. “Rennes” – “Saint-Etienne” – 3:0, “Lyon” – “Olympique” – 1:1. The leaders are: Lille - 43 points, Nantes - 43, Lyon - 42.

Its partner will be the mysterious American company FIOC On the eve of the new year, Rosneft signed its first contract for oil production abroad. And although this is neighboring Kazakhstan, and Rosneft’s partner is an unknown American company FIOC, the prospects for a new project of the state-owned oil company look very attractive.

The Russian Federal Property Fund (RFFI) will in the coming days send to Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) a notice of refusal of the bank's services as a consultant on the sale of a 6.1% stake in LUKOIL on international markets. The contract was signed in April 2000. In November, CSFB entered into a similar contract with the English BP for the sale of 7% of LUKOIL shares, which were sold on January 29.

California's energy crisis is worsening. The state's largest electricity suppliers, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), are facing bankruptcy. Yesterday at a meeting in Washington, where senior White House officials were developing a plan to prevent bankruptcy, it was stated that SCE and PG&E will be left without funds in three weeks if they do not receive government support or if price restrictions on the sale of electricity to consumers are not lifted.

“The sale of fishing quotas at auctions will not affect domestic consumer prices,” Elena Maslennikova, head of the agro-industrial complex department of the Ministry of Economic Development, said yesterday. According to her, quotas for catching products that were traditionally exported are up for sale: at the first auction on February 17, quotas for catching pollock and herring will be sold.

Vladimir Putin goes to Vienna to defend Austrian neutrality Vladimir Putin arrives in Vienna today. Moscow draws attention to the fact that this is the first visit of the second president of Russia to Central Europe, and notes the “traditionally close ties” of Austria “with the countries of the Eastern bloc (former - Ed. ).” Mr. Putin's working visit was preceded by a diplomatic scandal that somewhat clouded relations between the two countries.

Tu-214 received a maturity certificate Yesterday in Kazan, the developers and manufacturers of the new Tu-214 passenger aircraft received a certificate confirming its readiness for operation. According to the general director of the Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO), Nail Khairullin, the enterprise already has four contracts: two of them are being leased by State Transport Company Rossiya (presidential aviation squadron), and two more by the Dalavia company.

The men's downhill skiing at the Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Anton, Austria, ended unexpectedly for fans and experts. Everyone was waiting for the victory of the Austrian Hermann Mayer, nicknamed the Herminator. However, the famous alpine skier lost the championship to his compatriot Hann Trinkl, who was 20 hundredths faster. As a result, Mayer is only second. The German Florian Eckert also presented a surprise, starting 25th but showing the third fastest time.

There is no one to disconnect oil workers from the pipeline for non-payment of taxes Oil workers will not yet be disconnected from the export pipeline for non-payment of taxes. At the beginning of the year, a government resolution allowing a government commission to prohibit oil companies from exporting if they have not paid the appropriate taxes expired.