Big business has lost faith in power In the fourth quarter of last year, domestic entrepreneurs were tormented by bad feelings. This is evidenced by Russia's balance of payments for last year, published last Friday by the Central Bank. From the Central Bank data it is clear that in October-December 2000, capital flight from the country increased significantly.

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleg Dubina was unable to reach an agreement with RAO UES of Russia on the start of parallel operation of energy systems. As the head of the Russian energy holding Anatoly Chubais told the Vremya Novostei newspaper, at the meeting it was decided to implement the agreement he signed with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma a month ago.

Eight-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Bjorn Daly has decided to end his professional sports career. He stated this recently to the Norwegian news agency NTB. "I've been thinking about this move all week," said the 33-year-old. After an injury suffered by Daly in August 1999 during training, he was never able to recover, although he underwent spinal surgery.

The government and entrepreneurs continue to bargain By March 10, the government must complete the revision of the draft head of the Tax Code “On income tax.” This decision was made based on the results of a meeting of the Entrepreneurship Council under the Russian Government held on February 19. During the discussion between entrepreneurs and government representatives, many fundamental issues regarding the new income tax were resolved.

Tomorrow the “bears” in the Duma faction will have a new head who will replace Boris Gryzlov, who left to head the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There will be at least four contenders for succession, but there will be no competition for the post. Judging by the statements of ordinary “bears,” they will not have to choose a new leader, but will have to approve the candidate nominated by party leader Sergei Shoigu. A separate question is how independently Mr.

Recently, at a meeting of the Duma of the Sverdlovsk Region, the developer of the regional law on imputed income tax had a cake thrown in his face. It happened like this. During the meeting, a stranger announced her intention to congratulate the chairman of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, Banzaraktsu Choinzonov, on the occasion of February 23rd. Having received permission, she walked up to the parliamentarian and threw a cream cake in his face.

Believers were allowed to receive a tax number After a year of bitter disputes, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) finally ruled that the tax identification number does not contain the number 666 and has nothing to do with the Apocalypse.

Belgrade complied with the West's first ultimatum The Western world unanimously applauded official Belgrade yesterday. The Yugoslav authorities actually fulfilled the ultimatum of the United States, which demanded that former President Slobodan Milosevic be arrested by March 31, threatening otherwise to block $100 million in economic aid. Today Milosevic will meet for the first time with an investigator, who will determine whether the charges against the ex-president are sufficient for a trial.

Russian tennis player Elena Dementieva could not defeat Jennifer Capriati (2:6, 0:6) in the semifinals of the Masters series tournament in Miami with a prize fund of $2 million. Thus, 19-year-old Dementieva, who won the quarterfinals of the tournament over world number two Lindsay Davenport, was unable to beat her compatriot Anna Kournikova in the WTA rankings and is 29 points behind her.

The capital's mayor is losing administrative resources Moscow is losing its special position before our eyes. Last Tuesday, the capital's government adopted amendments to the charter, which de facto lead to the dismantling of the Moscow power vertical. On Friday, the Supreme Court made a decision according to which the Moscow law “On District Government” was recognized as contrary to federal legislation.

FSNP took care of procreation Cadet corps began to appear in Russia. But if the first two - Suvorov and Nakhimov - were known to everyone for many decades, only under the name of schools, then the third - the cadet corps, where from a young age they begin to prepare for service in the tax police - is an institution hitherto unprecedented.

Despite media reports about the impending bankruptcy of Most Bank, its fate has not yet been officially determined. As Alexander Olefirenko, vice-president of Vneshtorgbank, told the Vremya Novostei newspaper, he has no information that it has been decided to abandon the reorganization of Most Bank, close all its branches and sell the plastic business.

In January of this year, the US Supreme Court ordered the confiscation of a church building in Indianapolis, Indiana. The fact is that this temple owes the state a considerable amount - 6 million dollars. And all because for 16 years his servants refused to pay taxes. The Indianapolis Baptist Temple stopped paying income taxes and social security contributions back in 1984.

A multiplex was opened in Nizhny Novgorod The Karo-Film chain, which unites four cinemas in Moscow, is now beginning to expand into the provinces. The Rossiya cinema in Nizhny Novgorod - the first of a dozen cinemas being reconstructed across the country - officially opened last weekend. A modern cinema with all sorts of things like Dolby Surround has three cozy halls: one for a thousand seats and two for a hundred.

Football fans opened the non-sports season The last round of the Russian Football Championship marked the biggest riots this year. Its non-sports results are more reminiscent of reports from the theater of war: about 200 victims (several dozen of them with serious injuries), 700 detained, thousands of seats at the Luzhniki stadium destroyed, several metro cars seriously damaged. It was known ahead of time that this football weekend would be one of the bloodiest.