The English word Ring has several meanings: with these four letters native speakers call both a ring and a circle. The dictionary suggests there is at least one other, less common interpretation - "an association of speculators, merchants, manufacturers" - which fits perfectly at Spielberg's Dreamworks, where director Gore Verbinski remade Hideo Nakata's now-classic Japanese horror film, which was released seven years ago. back. However, the first two meanings are quite enough to get confused.

The exhibition “Golden Deer of Eurasia” opened at the Historical Museum Deer from the Bashkir mounds have finally reached Moscow - the most striking archaeological discovery of recent decades, a stunning discovery of national culture, amazing works of art. The superlatives in describing deer miss one strange thing: The Golden Deer are funny. And the Ufa archaeologist Anatoly Pshenichnyuk, who found this miracle (25 centuries old), laughed. From surprise, of course, but also from happiness.

President Instructed the government to urgently develop a program of additional social support for veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The draft of this document was presented by Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, it is necessary to conduct “all-Russian monitoring” among veterans, “to reach every” participant in the war and find out what he needs. In particular, this concerns medical care for veterans.

The prosecutor's office opened a case against Alexander Krasnov A criminal case for abuse of power, as the newspaper Vremya Novostei learned, was opened by the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office against the head of the Presnenskaya city government, Alexander Krasnov. As the official himself said, he became a suspect on February 21, when he was summoned to the city prosecutor’s office and handed a copy of the relevant resolution signed by Moscow prosecutor Mikhail Avdyukov.

Russian tennis player could be arrested in France for tax evasion 37-year-old former Russian tennis champion Andrei Chesnokov found himself in the dock at the Paris Tribunal. He is accused of concealing at least 1.5 million euros from the French tax authorities while living in France from 1994 to 1995. The final decision of the tribunal will be made on April 2. But it is already clear that things are bad for the famous tennis player. He faces a heavy fine and imprisonment. However, Mr.

Russian insurers should not allow foreigners to participate in compulsory motor insurance and are obliged to fight for this promising market. This statement was made yesterday by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Banking Committee Vladimir Tarachev. According to the deputy, foreign insurers should not be allowed into the auto insurance market for at least the next five years, otherwise this market segment, developed by national companies, may end up under the control of non-residents.

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Tampa" -- "Anaheim" -- 2:0 - - Alekseev "T" (1+0), "Ottawa" -- "Minnesota" -- 0:3, "Boston" -- "Dallas" -- 5 :5 -- Zubov "D" (1+2), "Pittsburgh" -- "Los Angeles" -- 3:5 -- Frolov "LA" (0+2), "New Jersey" -- "Rangers" " -- 3:3 -- Kovalev "P" (0+1), P.

The Ministry of Finance is not going to give up its position on tax reform issues It seems that the Ministry of Finance intends to stand, as they say, to the death, defending its position in the battle over taxes. This can be judged by yesterday’s speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance Alexei Kudrin at a conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia and the Expert Institute at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Now, Mr.

This year's energy crisis begins in the Volga region Only Russia began to forget what the energy crisis was when it broke out with renewed vigor. And in the most progressive regions from the point of view of energy engineers - in Samara and Saratov. RAO UES of Russia claims that the pre-election year is to blame: political forces intend to earn points in the energy sector and are finding all sorts of tricks to prevent the regions from paying for heat.

The Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation yesterday overturned the decision of its own criminal colleague to send for a new trial the case of Viktor Tikhonov, who was accused of complicity in preparing an attempt on the life of Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev. Last fall, the Novosibirsk Regional Court sentenced the brother of four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov to four years in prison.

Baku divides the sea and prevents illegal underwater migration “We hope that this year the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea will be signed,” said the head of the Turkmen delegation Khoshgeldy Babayev yesterday in Baku at a meeting of the five-party (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia and Turkmenistan) special working group to develop a Caspian legal convention.

Nizhny Novgorod tax authorities and the regional administration have different views on Belgian investments The reconstruction project of the Bor Glass Factory became the subject of a lawsuit between the Nizhny Novgorod department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties and the Belgian concern Glaverbel.

The new head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry will be Silvan Shalom, better known not in diplomatic, but in international financial circles. Perhaps this is why, for the first time in the country’s history, a member of its government, Dan Meridor, announced Tel Aviv’s intention to attract international mediators to establish a truce in the occupied territories, and in particular to end the violence in the Gaza Strip.

Smolny punished RAO UES of Russia with rubles The conflict between the administration of St. Petersburg and RAO UES of Russia over control over the city's energy sector resulted in financial losses for the energy holding. Yesterday it became known that the most modern North-West CHPP in Russia, which has been in operation for only two years, is still bringing nothing but losses to its owners.

Moscow plans to complete the exchange of documents by October 1 Muscovites will stop issuing new Russian passports earlier than residents of other regions. This was announced yesterday by the head of the passport and visa department of the capital's Main Internal Affairs Directorate, police colonel Alexander Barabanshchikov. According to him, the massive campaign to exchange Soviet documents for Russian ones will end by October 1, 2003.