Runet becomes the country's largest hypermarket Users of the Russian segment of the Internet are increasingly trying themselves as electronic buyers. Moreover, this is explained not only by fashion and the desire to copy the habits of the European or American middle class. Runet is increasingly positioned as the largest hypermarket in the country - a store that has absolutely everything.

The Prosecutor General's Office announced yesterday the resumption of investigative actions in the criminal case against Boris Berezovsky and Badri Patarkatsishvili. At first, the case was initiated in connection with an investigation into fraud regarding the illegal use of the property of Aeroflot OJSC.

“Shevardnadze demonstrates personal weakness” Member of Parliament Mikheil Saakashvili is called by many the most promising Georgian politician. In the fall, he voluntarily left the post of Minister of Justice, accusing his government colleagues of corruption and the president of unwillingness to deal with corrupt officials.

Russian scientists spend significantly less time and effort on signing, agreeing and sending paper documents than on the research itself, drawing up reports or conducting examinations. And although we will be able to appreciate the savings in effort, the main advantages of an electronic signature for us are different. This is a kind of guarantee of respect for copyright on ideas and discoveries.

Tiraspol and Chisinau resist Today, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Vyacheslav Trubnikov, the Moscow curator of the Moldovan-Transnistrian settlement, arrives in Chisinau. Negotiations between the parties have long been suspended: Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said that dialogue with Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov is futile: all proposals from Chisinau are rejected.

They hoped the Ecuadorian plane was stolen Until yesterday evening, nothing was known about the fate of the Boeing 727 aircraft of the state airline TAME (Military Air Transport of Ecuador), which disappeared on Monday morning. Distraught with grief, people at the airports of Quito, Tulcan and Cali continued to hope for the best: that the plane had been stolen and the hostage passengers were still alive.

Video installation by Tatyana Liberman “Cinema Mania” at XL Gallery There are endless titles on two screens. One is the beginning of the film. He is represented by Paramount, State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Columbia Pictures, Mosfilm, Warner Bros. The painfully familiar studio screensavers (it turned out that they are very funny if shown in a row) replace the names of the actors. A strange film starring all the celebrities - star names mixed into a meaningless vinaigrette.

The Moscow City Court announced yesterday the verdict for members of the Kurgan criminal group, in 1994-1997. literally thundered throughout the capital in connection with high-profile murders and terrorist attacks. One of the members of this gang, as we know, was the world-famous “Russian killer number one” Alexander Solonik, who was later killed by his colleagues in Greece.

Election intrigue in Ukraine is becoming more acute The intensity of the election campaign in Ukraine before the March elections to the Verkhovna Rada may increase further after the incident that happened with Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the opposition electoral bloc and former Deputy Prime Minister for the fuel and energy complex. Yesterday morning, Tymoshenko, wearing bloody clothes by the arms, was taken out of a dented Mercedes.

The law on digital signatures is a kind of art preparation for creating a legal space in the RuNet. Its main task is to actually ensure state guarantees to protect citizens from fraud with electronic signatures. Technology, as a rule, always goes ahead of lawmaking. In the Russian segment of the World Wide Web, de facto, there are the rudiments of infrastructure for conducting any commercial operations.

The government intends to get rid of unnecessary Liberal reforms will continue. This was confirmed yesterday by Mikhail Kasyanov, opening a cabinet meeting dedicated to the cabinet action plan for 2002. According to the prime minister, the main tasks of the government will be to further strengthen financial discipline and reduce the presence of the state in the economy - nothing more liberal can be imagined in the current situation.

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The Ministry of Economic Development does not have time to implement energy reform The state heeded criticism from independent electricity producers against the Ministry of Economic Development regarding the failure to meet the deadlines for implementing the energy reform.

Vodkas belonging to the Smirnovsky family, torn apart by an interbrand war, entered into fierce competition for the St. Petersburg market. Alfa-Eco, which controls the Trading House of the descendants of P.A. Smirnova, who owns the Smirnov trademark, begins production of vodka of this brand at the facilities of the St. Petersburg alcoholic beverage holding Ladoga.

The commander of the special forces of “gangster Petersburg” was found in the Czech Republic The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic has announced its readiness to hand over to Russia a man whom the special services at one time suspected of almost all the high-profile murders of the mid-90s committed in St. Petersburg.