Ten percent of road accidents in Russia occur due to poor technical condition of cars Every year on Russian roads there are 140-180 thousand registered large and small traffic accidents, as well as three times as many minor accidents, for the registration of which the traffic police are not involved - car owners try to separate amicably. As a result, over one and a half million cars are sent for repairs every year.

The St. Petersburg Theater captivates the world's ballet elite The international ballet festival that began on Saturday in St. Petersburg is simply called the Mariinsky Festival. The lack of imagination in the name is not accidental. Abroad, the artists of Valery Gergiev still continue to be called Kirov opera, Kirov ballet, although the theater has already returned to its historical name ten years ago.

Today the State Duma will hold parliamentary hearings on the draft of the new Customs Code - a document of fundamental importance for both the government and business. First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Yuri AZAROV told Vremya Novostey correspondent Vera BRYCHEVA about the main provisions of the project. — What, in your opinion, are the specifics of the draft Customs Code? - We did it taking into account three main conditions.

The Russian tobacco market is undergoing significant changes. If earlier its largest players were concerned about how to get rid of fakes and counterfeit products, as well as the problem of competition with small manufacturers, now the construction of distribution networks is coming to the fore. President of the Eastern Europe region Andre KALANTZOPOULOS told Vremya Novostey correspondent Anfisa VORONINA about the policy of the transnational company Philip Morris International in this direction.

Airborne Forces must become parts of constant readiness The fate of the Russian “blue berets” should be finally decided by the end of March. On Monday, the General Staff begins an unprecedented inspection of the airborne troops.

The Directors Guild of America chose its favorite The pre-Oscar race continues. Two weeks before March 24, the favorite film became known, which, with a high degree of probability, will bring Oscars to its director and producer. This is “A Beautiful Mind” by Ron Howard (“Apollo 13,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”), which was awarded the Directors Guild of America (DGA) award last Saturday.

City Hall calls on citizens to fight the telephone monopoly Employees of JSC Moscow City Telephone Network are having a hard day today. In the afternoon, a crowd of citizens is expected under the windows of their office on Petrovsky Boulevard, dissatisfied with the plans to introduce time-based telephone charges. The rally promises to be not only crowded, but also, importantly, sanctioned - this means that you cannot easily get rid of aggressive citizens with placards.

The Minister of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of North Ossetia, Ruslan Kusov, died in a car accident that occurred on Saturday night. According to preliminary data, in the suburbs of Vladikavkaz, a Volvo, driven by the official himself, jumped into the oncoming lane and crashed into a truck and another car following it. As a result, in addition to the minister, one more person was killed and three were seriously injured. Mr.

The Austrian government will interview camp survivors The Austrian Ministry of Internal Affairs intends to compile a life chronicle of 200 Russians - survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp - by the end of this year. Compiling an "oral history" of one of the largest Nazi death camps is part of a larger penance project unveiled late last week in Vienna by Austrian authorities.

The scientist is sure that trade union bosses do not like democracy Whether democracy is appropriate in Russian trade unions and to what extent it will become clear today in the Gagarin Intermunicipal Court of the capital.

Hockey. Russian Championship. "Amur" - "Lada" - 1:2, "Spartak" - "Metallurg" - 1:5, "Dynamo" - SKA - 1:2, "Metallurg" - "Lokomotiv" - 4:2, "Avangard" - CSKA - 9:2, "Salavat Yulaev" - "Molot-Prikamye" - 3:4, "Severstal" - "Torpedo" - 11:1, "Ak Bars" " - "Mechel" - 7:1, "Wings of the Soviets" - "Neftekhimik" - 4:5. The leaders are : Lokomotiv - 114 points, Avangard - 100, Ak Bars - 98. After the next round, two clubs became known that would leave the Super League at the end of the season.

Cologne Social Democrats made money from garbage The election marathon is gaining momentum in Germany, and just now party comrades presented Chancellor Gerhard Schröder with an extremely unpleasant surprise. Party members from the Cologne branch of the SPD were involved in a major financial scandal involving concealment of donations to the party, “black cash” and tax evasion.

The US Vice President himself is arriving in the Middle East The program of “constant military pressure” on the Palestinians, adopted a week ago by the “security cabinet” of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has been disavowed. In a televised speech on Friday evening, Sharon expressed his readiness to negotiate peace with the Palestinians and abandon demands for an end to acts of violence committed by suicidal fanatics.

Before the introduction of free prices, the alpha and omega of car service accounting was price list No. B 50, which, according to the science of stagnant times, called “the economy of developed socialism,” set strict prices for all types of work. The latest edition of this bestseller dates back to the 90s, but the price list is still in use, although given in dollars and adjusted for the season, the demand for the services of this particular service and the level of inflation.

But so far not much: only fourteen in eight matches The 11th Russian Championship started last weekend. In the first round, the teams did not impress with their performance: only 14 goals in eight matches. The overall picture was somehow corrected only by the army team, who managed to break through their former goalkeeper Novosadov four times, and “Saturn” won an unconditional victory in Yaroslavl. Bombardier. The first goal in the championship was scored by Samara Brazilian Gaushu.