The transition of Russian companies to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) may be hampered by the weak development of international auditing in Russia, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Tatyana Paramonova said yesterday.

Domestic films will be helped to grow up to competition It's finished. The government contributed an additional 500 million rubles to the 2003 draft budget to support Russian cinema. This is less than we wanted, but more than expected. And if state funding for all cultural programs increased by only 35%, then funds for film production increased by 50%. We are talking specifically about money for film production, and other areas of the film industry will receive budget funds in the same manner.

Investigators from the Kamchatka Regional Prosecutor's Office conducted the first interrogation of Pyotr Chistyakov, the driver of the jeep that rammed the motorcade of Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Rushailo on Monday in the vicinity of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. According to the regional prosecutor, Chistyakov admitted that he was drunk while driving his car.

Andrey Klimentyev is the main contender for the post of mayor of the city Sometimes it seems that the elections in Nizhny are a prolonged circus show, the performers in the arena quickly replace each other, and the further program is simply unpredictable. Three days before the vote, which is due to take place on September 15, four candidates have finally left the ranks of the candidates. So out of 17 hypothetical mayors on Wednesday, only 13 made it to Friday.

A civil war broke out in the seaside village of Anisimovka near Vladivostok. Local residents burned four tractors and two logging trailers, protesting against the cutting down of relict forests in the vicinity of the village. People even threatened to set fire to the house of the head of the Anisimovka village council, Stepan Stefanyuk, to whom people credited with issuing permits for poaching logging.

Swiss scientists consider small euros a threat to healthy skin 1 and 2 euro coins can cause skin redness and itching in allergy sufferers. This sensational statement was made yesterday by Swiss scientists from the University of Zurich, who published their report in the next issue of the authoritative journal Nature.

The Bishkek City Court is nearing the end of its consideration of the appeal of former Vice-President of Kyrgyzstan Felix Kulov. Recently, by the second court, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of abuse of official powers as mayor of Bishkek. Kulov was first arrested in March 2000 on the eve of the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan.

Bush is dissatisfied with Iraq, and Putin with Georgia The central event of yesterday's meeting of the UN General Assembly were the speeches of Secretary General Kofi Annan and US President George Bush. Annan opened the session, Bush spoke 15 minutes later. Both of them seriously prepared for this day.

60 years ago, the Nazis began the total extermination of Jews On the morning of January 20, 1942, at the villa located on the shores of the picturesque Berlin Lake Wannsee, at the invitation of SD Security Police Chief Reinhard Heydrich, high-ranking officials of the Third Reich gathered.

German Society and the Holocaust At one of the German-Israeli seminars that are regularly held to reflect on the tragic past, one of the German participants clearly articulated the lessons learned from the nightmare of the Holocaust by each of the nations: “You decided that you no longer want to be victims, and we decided that We don’t want to be executioners anymore.” Modern German society and its justice react with increased sensitivity to the slightest manifestation of anti-Semitism.

Ufa judge keeps Slavneft on the hook The legal battles around Slavneft, thanks to which in May-June the company’s ex-president Mikhail Gutseriev called himself the current head of the company, have not yet been completed. The Ordzhonikidze Court of Ufa has not yet considered complaints against the decision of the same court, which declared the termination of Gutseriev’s powers and the appointment of Yuri Sukhanov as president of Slavneft illegal.

Bashkir oligarchs were punished with mild fright The verdict in the first major anti-corruption case in Bashkiria was recently handed down by the Kirovsky Court of Ufa. According to the investigation, now former leaders of the largest local enterprises - ex-general director of Bashkir Airlines (BAL) Vilmir Gaziev, ex-head of the foreign trade company Bashimpex Nadir Valeev and six of their partners stole more than 130 million budget rubles.

Italian Grand Prix blacklist Monza, where Formula 1 drivers will compete in the last European Grand Prix of this season on Sunday, is not for nothing called the Mecca of European motorsport. Autodromo Nazionale has seen everything. There are many bright pages in its history: legendary races and records (for example, the Italian Grand Prix of 1971, when Mike Hailwood, who finished 4th, was separated from the winner Peter Gethin by an insignificant 0.18 (!) seconds), victories and defeats .

The telephone company has run out of patience. The VimpelCom company, which provides cellular communication services under the Bee Line brand, announced yesterday the termination of business relations with Mobile Communications Exhibition LLC, better known as the Euroset network of cellular communication stores. Since June last year, Euroset has been a dealer of VimpelCom and has achieved significant success in this field.

"Kinoshock" at the finish line It's raining in Anapa. They begin suddenly, only occasionally preceded by a thunderous cannonade, and it is precisely this that the mobile Niagara falls upon the riotous festival heads. And this is actually not bad, since, firstly, it sobers up in the most excellent way, and secondly, it allows you to return to the TV, in which Hollywood products are hidden.