Filmmakers stood up for their property The story turns out to be very simple. Once upon a time there lived an organization called “Informkino” in a very nice mansion on Bolshaya Ordynka. It produced a variety of reference, information and other printed products for the benefit of domestic cinema. In the nineties, as we know, cinema became impoverished, fewer films were made, cinemas became weaker, and the activities of Informkino became much less active.

IDPs in Russia will be sent to where they are needed The authorities decided to streamline migration flows from the republics of the former USSR.

Tamara Morshchakova, who has held this post for the last three years, was elected deputy chairman of the Constitutional Court. Ms. Morshchakova will no longer have to serve as long in the Constitutional Court: the State Duma recently adopted a law according to which judges of the Constitutional Court appointed to the position by the Supreme Council cease their powers upon reaching 60 years of age. Ms. Morshchakova will reach this age in March.

This week the next round of negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization will take place. Yesterday in Geneva, a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development led by Deputy Minister Maxim Medvedkov began a series of bilateral consultations with WTO member countries.

The Belgorod Regional Duma finally decided to protect the weak souls of its fellow countrymen from the temptations unleashed on the inhabitants of this region by preachers. One of these days, legislators will have to consider in the third reading the bill “On missionary activity in the Belgorod region” proposed by the governor.

Adjara leader suspects conspiracy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Adjara Aslan Abashidze stated that he is categorically against holding NATO exercises Cooperativ Partner - 2001 planned for June on the territory of the autonomy. According to Abashidze, there are several reasons for this. Among them: the Gonio training ground, where the amphibious landing is to take place, belongs to the 12th Russian base stationed in the autonomy.

The Russian team lost the early final In the semi-final match of the European Championship Russia - Spain, alas, Javier Lozano's team was recognized as the favorite. And the result of the match, in which the Russians lost with a score of 1:2, did not become a sensation. However, the intrigue remained until the last minutes, and the fans of our team who came to the Luzhniki Sports Palace left the stadium disappointed. However, this semi-final might not have taken place.

The mayor's office sued one of the buildings of the Russian State University for the Humanities in order to transfer it to the church The Russian State Humanitarian University (RGGU) has lost one of its oldest buildings - the building of the former Synodal Library. Yesterday, on the first day of Lent, the Moscow government won a claim in an arbitration court to recognize the contract for the use of house No. 15 on Nikolskaya Street by the university as inconsistent with the law.

Poland overdid it with American support The international aggravation around Iraq, associated with new bombings of Iraqi targets by US and British aircraft, had an unexpected continuation in Eastern Europe. Statements by a high-ranking Polish official strained relations between Warsaw and Paris and almost led to a severance of diplomatic ties with Baghdad.

The German press ruined Mikhail Kasyanov's Italian visit Russia's debts to the Paris Club became the main topic of the second day of Mikhail Kasyanov's Italian visit. True, ironically, the Russian prime minister spoke not about Italian, but about German debts. The reason for this was reports in the German press about sanctions allegedly being prepared in Germany against Russia in connection with incomplete payments on debt obligations for January-February.

The highest film awards in England and France were presented Last weekend, the British and French Film Academy presented their awards. Bafta and Cesar - the European equivalents of the Oscars - are outgrowing the scope of events that matter only within their own country, and in terms of the number of invited stars, the splendor of the ceremony and the prestige of the awards, they are getting closer and closer to their main competitor.

The Siberian Aluminum company and the Italian concern Fiat yesterday in Turin, in the presence of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, signed a memorandum on the implementation of a number of joint projects. We are talking primarily about the organization of production at the Gorky Automobile Plant of Fiat cars of the Palio, Siena, Palio Weekend brands. Let us remind you that Sibal is one of the largest shareholders of GAZ.

Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium gave a concert in Rossiya The concert of “Aquarium” at the State Central Concert Hall “Russia” with the program “Territory” does not qualify as a sensation. Quite a planned performance, a relaxed digest - to match the record of the same name with “Territory”, a collection of things from different years, selected according to Grebenshchikov’s principles.

Last weekend turned out to be unusually stressful for the capital's fire department. In addition to the false alarm that alarmed all the city’s operational services (about a fire in the Moscow City Hall building on a Sunday afternoon), a number of real fires occurred. In just two days, eleven Muscovites died in the fire and four were injured.

Former tax police officer Evgeny Karnov was shot dead on Friday in St. Petersburg. The killers waylaid him at house No. 93 on Gorskoye Highway in the suburban village of Levashovo, and when he got into a Toyota car, they opened aimed fire from TT pistols. His wife Lyubov died along with Karnov. Previously, Karnov worked in law enforcement agencies - first in the UBKhSS, then in the tax police - and had twenty years of service.