Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone proposed developing a new agreement that would regulate the relationship between the teams. Ecclestone said that the previous agreement, drawn up 22 years ago, is outdated and it is simply necessary to create a new agreement that would provide for a fairer and more equal distribution of income from the sale of television rights between the stables. Everything would be fine, but Ecclestone made his proposal less than a week before the start of the new season.

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Khabarovsk police calmed outraged spectators with tear gas The performance of the “doubles” of the pop group “Reflex” ended in Khabarovsk on March 3 with mass unrest and a gas attack that followed in response. The audience booed the scammers and expelled them from the stage of the District House of Officers of the Russian Army Far Eastern Military District (ODORA). Music lovers realized that they were scammers only on the fourth song.

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The Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy (MAP) intend to allow commercial banks to conduct business through post offices. At yesterday's extended meeting of the MAP, both regulators announced that they are not opposed to the use of post offices to provide basic banking services, especially in those regions where there is a severe shortage of banks.

Some results are already causing laughter in the stands There are only four rounds left before the end of the regular season, and only four significant places in the standings have not found their owners. It is in these “hot spots” that the most intriguing and fierce struggle is expected in the next ten days. The main drama of the first half of March will play out in the “death group”.

The FSB directorate for the Omsk region announced the detention of a criminal “connected with the activities of an international criminal group.” A 62-year-old pensioner was detained while trying to sell a rare isotope of osmium. Only 1 gram of the substance was found on him, but such an amount is already considered a large batch. On the international market, 1 g of osmium can cost up to 200 thousand dollars.

During March, the government must approve an action plan for the implementation of the second stage of reform in railway transport in 2003-2005, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Railways Anna Belova said yesterday.

Four North Korean fighter jets armed with air-to-air missiles approached an American RC-135S reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of ​​Japan and followed it for 20 minutes. The Pentagon views this incident as an extremely unfriendly and even “provocative” gesture on the part of Pyongyang. As stated by US Department of Defense spokesman Commander Jeff Davis, the incident occurred on Sunday 240 km off the coast of the DPRK in international airspace.

Yekaterinburg authorities found work for Ural metro workers In Yekaterinburg, a scandal surrounding the city subway has broken out again. The local metro is the shortest, but it seems to be the most scandalous in the world.

Watch on Wednesday, March 5, on Channel One at 10:45 p.m. the premiere of a new film from Alexey Pimanov’s documentary series. At the end of February 1953, Joseph Stalin's security personnel served as usual. The owner, as they called the leader, rarely left his Kuntsevo dacha. My health was no longer the same, and any of the country’s leaders could be called here very quickly. In general, the routine of life of a huge state has long been subordinated to the routine of this gloomy green house.

Soviet “tin cans” will say goodbye to Europe “We will not rest until we completely outlaw the hooligans of the seas - those who, using outdated vehicles to transport oil products, endanger the environment,” French President Jacques Chirac threatened these days. Paris has begun a fight to introduce tougher European legislation on single-sided tankers carrying fuel. The descendants of the Gauls experienced first-hand what their downfalls could cost the environment.

Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Memphis - Boston - 110:111, Chicago - Orlando - 89:104, Sacramento - Philadelphia - 107:99, Clippers - New Orleans" -- 108:111. After another defeat, Los Angeles Clippers coach Alvin Gentry was fired. The reason for this was the unsatisfactory results of the team. The Clippers are complete outsiders in the NBA without any hope of somehow improving their tournament position. Gentry's place has now been taken by his assistant, Dennis Johnson.

American instructors are unable to contain terror A powerful explosion occurred yesterday in the Philippines at the international airport in Davao, 980 km south of Manila. As a result, 19 people - including two children - were killed, about 150 were injured, more than 20 of them seriously. According to the Russian embassy in Manila, there are no Russian citizens among the victims.

Early elections against the backdrop of “internal nationalism” Early presidential elections will be held in Latvia next Wednesday, parliamentarians of this small Baltic state have decided. The current president, 66-year-old Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who has held this post since 1999, is considered the undisputed contender for victory. The ruling center-right coalition and the main forces of the opposition are ready to support it.