Video International announced yesterday the creation of a media selling Internet agency - Click VI - with the participation of partners Demyan Kudryavtsev (one of the creators of the Internet provider Cityline) and Peter Hervey (founder of the STS TV channel). The company will provide a range of agency services for the sale of advertising on Internet sites. The new agency has agreed on exclusive terms of cooperation with the large Russian portal Yandex and the news site Lenta.ru. "TIME FOR NEWS"

Some of the state unitary enterprises (SUEs) operating in the timber industry will be liquidated, and some will be sold. Lists of enterprises are now being agreed upon by the Ministry of Property Relations and the Ministry of Industry and Science. Deputy Minister of Property Relations Shalva BREUS tells about this to the special correspondent of the Vremya Novostei newspaper Anastasia NARYSHKINA.

Russian peacekeeper killed in Kosovo Russian peacekeeper from the KFOR contingent, Mikhail Shuytsev, became the victim of a planned attack by Albanian militants. The tragedy happened on Wednesday evening: barely having time to get out of the armored personnel carrier, sergeant mechanic Shuytsev was fatally wounded in the neck from a sniper rifle. American peacekeepers quickly transferred the wounded man by helicopter to their military hospital at Camp Bondsteel, but they could not save him.

In May, the President will deal with the Ministry of Railways The reform of the Ministry of Railways was once again considered by the government and once again generally approved. By May 1, it was promised to submit a detailed document to both the government and the president. Apparently, Vladimir Putin will make the final decision on railway reform. Yesterday, unlike previous approaches to the topic of reform of the Ministry of Railways, there were no special discussions.

Proud of the “transparency” of its work, the organizing committee of the National Bestseller Award decided, without a press conference, to filter out the journalists. Therefore, one newspaper received information about the award shortlist at the end of last week, others were blessed with a press release in the middle of this week, while others were left without information at all.

The now on the run former lieutenant colonel of the FSB of the Russian Federation Alexander Litvinenko - the hero of the long-standing story about the failed assassination attempt on Boris Berezovsky - is again attracting attention. The British authorities recently officially notified him that the issue of granting him political asylum in this country will be considered on May 15.

The state will oversee the production and trade of tobacco Tobacco producers and sellers are facing another “tightening of the screws.” Less than a year after the adoption of the government resolution “On licensing activities in the production and wholesale trade of tobacco products,” the Federal Tax Police Service proposes to expand the list of licensed activities in this area, tighten the liability of violators and adopt a special law “On state regulation of production and turnover tobacco

Now NTV has two of them After several days of relative calm regarding the future fate of NTV, both sides intensified their actions. Boris Jordan, appointed on April 3 by the board of directors according to Gazprom to the position of general director of NTV, intends to gain administrative control over the television company from today.

Budanov's case has moved forward A month and a half after the start of the trial of Colonel Yuri Budanov, accused of murdering 18-year-old Chechen Elza Kungaeva, the court finally began to consider the case on the merits. Yesterday in Rostov-on-Don the first witness was interrogated - the father of the deceased, Visa Kungaev.

SIBUR and oil companies will agree without the mediation of MAP The idea of ​​the Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy to establish fair conditions of competition in a single sector of the market - the processing of associated petroleum gas - is suffering a serious setback.

SUAL-Holding and Russian Aluminum may demand $200 million from him Yesterday, the Arbitration Court of the Irkutsk Region declared void the agreement between Irkutskenergo and the Siberian-Ural Aluminum Company (SUAL), which set electricity prices for the Irkutsk aluminum smelter, which is part of SUAL. This agreement was concluded in February 1998 between Irkutskenergo, on the one hand, and the Irkutsk and Bratsk (BrAZ is part of the Russian Aluminum holding) aluminum smelters, on the other.

Boxing. International tournament "Ring of Champions". The uniqueness of this tournament, which will take place on April 13, is that six fights will take place on one day: two for the title of world junior champion, three for the title of intercontinental champion and one more for the title of champion of the CIS and Slavic countries. Such competitions have not yet been organized in Russia. All fights are held according to the World Boxing Council, which unites 157 countries.

The government intends to profit from the oil industry The government's struggle with oil companies, which had been quiet for reform of the taxation of the most profitable sector of the Russian economy, will flare up today with renewed vigor.

The Soros Foundation kept its promise to scientists The Russian branch of the Soros Foundation, the Open Society Institute, has decided to pay grants to those scientists and teachers to whom they were promised last year. The other day the transfer of funds began again. Let us remind you that the issuance of money to individuals was suspended on January 1 of this year due to the entry into force of the second part of the Tax Code.

Today the British dance group CandoCo performs in Moscow for the first time Today, on the stage of the Russian Youth Theater, viewers will be able to see a spectacle that can shock some, reassure others, and give others faith in the limitless abilities of man. The British troupe CandoCo (“I can do”) will show two one-act ballets “The Last Performance” and “Sunburnt” for the first time in Moscow.