Aviation scientists are against new technical regulation rules A large group of heads of scientific organizations, general designers and scientists sent a letter to the country's leadership, in which they speak out against certain provisions of the federal law “On Technical Regulation”.

Aliyev inherited power and his father's fists The Baku City Hall has banned the Azerbaijani opposition, which does not recognize its defeat in the presidential elections, from holding a protest rally scheduled for today on Victory Square. As Fuad Agayev, deputy chairman of the National Independence Party, told VN, the mayor's office refers to the bloody clashes on October 15-16. Yesterday police cordons were placed at all entrances to the capital.

The restless Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has once again launched an offensive against the “arrogant” world Jewry. On October 16, at the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in his homeland, he already declared that “Jews rule the world,” which caused a wave of criticism.

RAO UES of Russia is going to reduce electricity tariffs for voters Anatoly Chubais promised three weeks ago that soon the whole country would learn about something grandiose. The Vremya Novostey newspaper became aware of the sensation prepared by the head of RAO UES: from November 1, it is planned to reduce electricity tariffs for the population in the four largest energy systems - Mosenergo, Lenenergo, Nizhnovenergo and Permenergo - by 20%.

The Ministry of Justice seeks leniency for the weaker sex The Russian Ministry of Justice promises to significantly ease women's lot in places of deprivation - unless, of course, the Duma delays the discussion of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. A package of amendments aimed at liberalizing the penitentiary system was submitted by the presidential administration to the State Duma on September 23 and was recently adopted by the lower house in the first reading.

It is not only possible to be an honest person and a billionaire at the same time, but it is also necessary. So says David Rockefeller, a representative of the third generation of the legendary American dynasty of billionaires and the grandson of its founder. Yesterday he presented his book “Banker in the 20th Century” to Russian journalists. Memoirs". Writing this biographical work took ten years. On its pages the reader can learn both about the details of Mr.

The board of directors of Sibneft recommended that shareholders allocate 6.9 billion rubles ($230.6 million) for the payment of interim dividends based on the results of work for the nine months of 2003. Earnings per share will be RUB 1.46. ($0.049). The issue of dividends is planned to be considered at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the company on November 20.

In the Far East, they don’t have time to catch drug dealers The leadership of the Main Directorate of the State Drug Control Service (GNK) for the Far Eastern Federal District summed up the first results of the work of its unit. Last week, as you know, the new intelligence service celebrated a small anniversary - 100 days from the date of its creation.

Moscow deceived or Moscow was deceived? The “warm blanket of petrodollars,” which for 30 years now has given the domestic establishment the opportunity to indulge in dreams of exorbitant growth rates, is by no means a product of domestic production. This is a gift from Africa, presented to our leadership by such an unsympathetic figure - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, that it is not customary to remember all this.

Modern high-rise buildings must withstand a direct hit from a Boeing In the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, architects and investors once again discussed the future of skyscrapers.

Valentina Matvienko began the fight for the quality of gasoline in St. Petersburg Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko intends to deal with traders of low-quality fuel, as well as those who evade excise taxes to the city budget. City operators fear that this could provoke a new redistribution of the St. Petersburg gasoline market, which has always been characterized, on the one hand, by crime, and on the other, by its proximity to the authorities. First of all, Ms.

The White House yesterday once again reminded the Pension Fund of its responsibilities and obligations. Less than two weeks before the “deadline” - the date by which Mikhail Zurabov’s department promised to send out notifications to citizens about the status of the funded part of the pension - only half of the future pensioners received letters of happiness.

A bomb was planted on a brand promoter An attempt was made on the life of the president of the major advertising agency New Found Quality (NFQ), Boris Goldman, in Moscow on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 21.30 near the office of his company on Dmitry Ulyanov Street. When the 48-year-old businessman left the beauty salon and got into his Toyota Land Cruiser jeep with a security guard, an explosion was heard under the bottom of the car.

A poetry festival opened in Moscow The third international festival “Biennale of Poets in Moscow 2003” opened yesterday at the Meyerhold Center. Its organization was attended by the Creative Projects Fund, the Russian PEN Center, the Union of Young Writers "Babylon", the magazines "Arion" and "New Literary Review", the club "Project O.G.I.", the embassies of France, Canada, Israel, Belgium, Croatia, etc., as well as the Russian Book Union.

Europeans have proven that problems can be solved not only by force The visit of a high-ranking European delegation to Tehran ended yesterday with success. After negotiations with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the heads of the foreign affairs departments of three European countries - France, Great Britain and Germany - got what they were counting on - they managed to overcome the impasse regarding Iran's nuclear program.