The number of mobile communications users in Russia at the end of 2002, according to the international research company IDC, reached 16.8 million. IDC expert on the telecommunications and Internet market Simon Baker noted that this estimate is slightly lower than that of a number of other sources.

Two months have passed since the three major Internet providers reconsidered their relationships with smaller service providers. However, forecasts for rising prices for the end user in this market segment did not materialize.

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Rangers” – “Atlanta” – 1:4 – Kovalchuk “A” (1+0), Vyach. Kozlov "A" (0+3), "Montreal" - "Washington" - 1:1, "Pittsburgh" - "Chicago" - 5:3 - Kovalev "P" (3+0), Nikolishin "Ch" (1+0), Zhamnov "Ch" (0+1), "Toronto" -- "Colorado" -- 0:3, "Boston" -- "Philadelphia" -- 1:0, "Columbus" -- "Islanders" -- 4:1, "Ottawa" -- "Buffalo" -- 4:3 (OT) -- Happy "O" (0+1), Volchenkov "O" (0+1), " Florida" -- "Carolina" -- 3:2 (OT) - - V. Bure “F” (0+1), Vic.

Neighbors of the nuclear power plant are seeking the return of preferential energy tariffs The administration of the Rostov region, the local legislative assembly and nuclear industry workers have united in the fight for the return of benefits on electricity payments for residents of the 30-kilometer zone around the Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (VNPP).

Now the State Customs Committee wants to promote trade and improve the border This year, customs will have to collect 50 billion rubles more in payments than last year. Instead of 588 billion - 638. That is, in the near future, customs will remain one of the main suppliers of budget revenue for the state. True, customs officers themselves say that in 2003, collecting money is no longer an end in itself for them.

The Czechs will never find a replacement for Vaclav Havel The Czech Parliament on Friday again failed to elect a new head of state. This was the second round of voting provided for by the constitution, and parties had the right to nominate new candidates.

The Internet suffered the biggest attack in its history The global computer network is very fertile ground for specific terrorism. Internet users in many countries were convinced of this last Saturday. The global community is faced with the largest attack on the World Wide Web since its existence. On January 25, serious interruptions in the work of the Network were observed in Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and South Korea was left without the Internet for several hours.

International control at Russian facilities is carried out by the OPCW. The problem for Russia is to ensure that this expensive undertaking is of reasonable sufficiency. To inspect one chemical weapons destruction facility, you need to spend $1.5 million a year. It would be wiser to direct funds for unnecessary control of the destruction of the reactionary masses to the destruction of chemical weapons.

Unjustified increase in gasoline prices The Antimonopoly Agency once again filed claims against LUKOIL. According to officials, in the regions where the company operates, fuel prices are rising faster than in other regions of Russia.

The first owner of the President's Sochi dacha has been found Until recently, it was believed that Bocharov Ruch, the famous residence of the Russian President in Sochi, would turn exactly 50 years old in 2003. But more recently, local archivists discovered documents testifying to the more venerable age of this estate, which also finally explain why it is called that way. The dacha on the Black Sea coast became the residence of the Russian president after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Palestinians are asked not to fight for a year On the eve of tomorrow's elections in Israel, the Self-Defense Army conducted a “counter-terrorism operation” in the Gaza Strip. The reason for the next “action of retaliation” was a rocket attack by Hamas militants on Saturday night at the Jewish settlement of Sderot, in the north of the sector. The fighting left at least 12 Palestinians dead and more than 50 wounded. About 50 tanks, supported by helicopters, took part in the invasion.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan again took up the constitution of the republic At the end of last week, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan once again took up the statement of Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Zvyagintsev that 37 articles of the republican constitution contradict federal legislation and the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation began searching for “renegades and degenerates” A series of new searches and interrogations in the sensational case of the theft of $41 million from the Central Bank of Turkmenistan was recently carried out by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to intelligence services, most of the stolen money was “rolled” through two Moscow banks - the Industrial Expert Bank (Index Bank) and the Russian Deposit Bank.

MTS does not like the parliamentary order of the Bee Line company Increasing competition between the capital's leading cellular operators was also reflected in the receipt of large orders from government organizations. The VimpelCom companies - the Bee Line brand and Mobile Telesystems (MTS) - last week took turns announcing the fulfillment of large orders for the Duma and the Moscow government, without denying themselves the pleasure of making claims against each other.

The Baltic countries do not trust their people The Lithuanian Seimas has determined the time for holding a national referendum on joining the European Union. The named date, May 11, does not suit everyone. Thus, ex-Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskienė proposes holding a plebiscite in the fall, like Estonia and Latvia. She fears that the rural population is not ready to “make the right choice” and needs thorough “educational” work.