Only a personal gas station can guarantee “safe” gasoline for the driver. At least every fourth gas station in the Moscow region poses a serious threat either to the car or to the wallet of its owner. Such preliminary conclusions were made by employees of the Main Directorate for Economic Crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation as part of the large-scale operation currently underway in Russia to inspect gas stations.

Norilsk is preparing for mayoral elections There are less than two weeks left before the election of the mayor of Norilsk, the second largest city in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the patrimony of one of Russia’s largest metallurgical holdings, Norilsk Nickel. On April 20, residents of the “pearl of the Arctic” will have to make their choice. However, most local political scientists no longer doubt that a second round cannot be avoided.

The Russian Internet Academy (RAI) will sum up the results of the competition for the 2003 National Internet Prize and hold an award ceremony on April 16. The ceremony will be broadcast on Channel One on April 20. The prize was established in 1999 and is awarded to the authors of the best network resources on the Runet.

The referee of the match CSKA - Spartak Valentin Ivanov will be disqualified for two matches. Ivanov received his punishment for an unreasonable penalty in the game between the army team and Spartak, thanks to which CSKA managed to equalize the score and turn the tide of the match. The decision to disqualify Ivanov was made by a judicial expert commission, which includes five representatives of the College of Football Referees and two representatives of the Russian Premier League.

The New Manege hosts regular exhibitions of the Fashion and Style Photography festival. Even if you love photography, as I do, the annual invasion of thousands of photographs in Moscow, either in the form of a photo biennale (in even years), or specialized “Fashion and Style” festivals (in odd years), becomes a serious test of a bright feeling. Even if the festival opens with a lavish retrospective of hardcore glamor star Helmut Newton. Because the person is weak.

Following a meeting with the administration, Governor of the Samara Region Konstantin Titov gave instructions to disband the regional regional energy distribution company and reduce electricity tariffs for Samaraenergo consumers. At the meeting it was noted that as a result of the commission’s revision of tariffs for Samaraenergo products in 2003, “the highest electricity tariffs in the Volga Federal District” were established in the region.

For the first time in 10 years of its work in the region, the Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry refused to accept a foreign delegation. In early April, the commercial attache of the US Embassy and the US Trade Mission approached the chamber with a request to organize a visit. However, due to the events in Iraq, they were refused. The meeting scheduled for mid-April did not take place.

Maurice Béjart's new troupe danced in Moscow There were no decorations, only at the back of the stage the logs formed a sloping path to nowhere. The soundtrack carried dark and languid Indian chants. Fifteen radiant teenagers ran in a crowd, suddenly jumped into the air, spun on one leg, throwing the other one over their knee, and happily screamed in bad voices.

The fate of Iraq is decided in Down Yesterday in Belfast (Northern Ireland) at the residence of British Prime Minister Tony Blair - Hillsborough Castle in County Down - an Anglo-American summit was held to decide the fate of the still unconquered Iraq. The formal reason for the “summit meeting” was the fifth anniversary of the 1998 agreement on the Ulster settlement (the so-called Good Friday Agreement).

Despite preliminary favorable forecasts about gradual warming and gradual melting of snow, a second wave of floods arose on the small rivers of the Volgograd region. Almost all small and medium-sized rivers in the northeast of the region showed a sharp rise in water, the main reason for which was significant warming (up to plus 12 degrees), which caused intensive melting of snow, at a time when most rivers had not yet gotten rid of the ice cover.

American soldiers swept through Baghdad Baghdad is being tightly encircled by coalition forces these days. At the same time, encirclement is accompanied by raid tactics. Suddenly appearing in some area of ​​Baghdad, the Americans (they are mostly stationed near Baghdad, the British remained in the south, in Basra) strike and leave. Yesterday, fighting broke out near the Ministry of Information building, as well as on two important strategic bridges over the Tigris River.

Roma communities want to have their representatives in government bodies Yesterday, Roma people all over the world celebrated their national holiday. The first world congress of this dispossessed people, held in London in 1971, decided that April 8 should be considered International Roma Day and celebrated on a grand scale.

Housing and communal services are dying, but they are not giving in Today the State Duma will consider in the third reading the law on reforming the housing and communal services. However, no one is mistaken or hopeful that this will give a start to real modernization of the utility sector. Its real reform has been postponed, and for many reasons, of which the upcoming elections are simply what lies on the surface.

Deputies agreed with the government, but not on everything Government amendments to the law on the production sharing agreement (PSA) and the corresponding part of the Tax Code, as promised by Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko, arrived in the State Duma and were considered yesterday at a subcommittee of the budget committee.

According to the Pentagon, since the start of the war in Iraq, 111 US-British coalition troops have been killed, including 81 Americans and 30 British soldiers. According to the former Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, Colonel General Vladislav Achalov, the real losses of the allies are “underestimated by more than three times.” Neither warring party provides data on Iraqi military losses.