UN recommendations on private sector development to fight poverty are not very suitable for Russia One of the main goals for human development in the new millennium, proclaimed by the United Nations, is the fight against poverty. For Russia, this problem is more than relevant. According to the World Bank, Russia has 19.6% of the poor. Despite the fact that the Russian government plans to halve the number of people living below the poverty line by 2007.

Vladimir Putin and Gennady Fadeev bet $100 million on which diesel locomotive engines are better At yesterday’s meeting between Vladimir Putin and the head of Russian Railways, Gennady Fadeev, two rather scandalous topics were discussed: attracting foreign investment in the industry and the threat of flooding a small railway line connecting the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur Mainlines.

The fate of the all-Russian monetization of benefits is still unclear The monetization of benefits, which caused widespread popular discontent, but nevertheless passed through the Legislative Assembly, is desperately slowing down. The reform should start on January 1, 2005, but in many regions tasked with monetizing benefits for war and labor veterans, there are still no relevant laws, sufficient funds and lists of beneficiaries.

CLUBS "Night Avenue". The group, which released the first Russian (then still Soviet) industrial album and stopped creative activity quite a long time ago, is presenting a new album! In addition to Alexey Borisov (vocals, guitar), Ivan Sokolovsky (keyboards) and Dmitry Kutergin (violin), Sergey Letov (saxophone), Boris Raskolnikov (guitar) and others will take part in the concert. "Home" , 19.30. Tuxedomoon (USA).

The leadership of the capital's police ordered its subordinates to treat Ukrainians well The head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Pronin, instructed the heads of all departments to take control of the implementation of the agreement to extend the period of stay of Ukrainian citizens in Russia without registration. This was announced yesterday by the head of the information and public relations department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Kirill Mazurin.

Evenkia Governor Boris Zolotarev believes that a person in the North, regardless of his nationality, absolutely does not care in which federal subject he is registered. The main thing is that his home is warm, that he has a job for which he receives a decent salary, that there is plenty of food in the store. Vremya Novostey correspondent Alexander KLIMOVICH spoke with Boris ZOLOTAREV about why Evenkia decided to unite with the Krasnoyarsk Territory and about the main problems of the region.

The other day, qualifying competitions for Russian athletes were held at the new indoor speed skating rink in Krylatskoye in Moscow. Based on the results of the tournament, the list of participants who will represent Russia at the opening stage of the World Cup was named. According to the President of the Russian Skating Union, Vladimir Komarov, for the first time in the last few seasons, the formation of the national team went without problems, since the sports principle was taken as the basis.

President He awarded Academician, Secretary of the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ludwig Faddeev the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, third degree. As noted in the presidential decree, Mr.

Nikita Mikhalkov has finally finished working on the script for Burnt by the Sun 2. All those parts that he read last year at the Window to Europe film festival, where the project was presented, will be included in the future film, but during the work the script has grown greatly, now the director plans to make two big films - following the example of Quentin Tarantino with his "Kill Bill".

The director paid for a film about Muslim women Yesterday afternoon, Dutch film director and publicist Theo van Gogh, who made a film about violence against women in Islamic society, was killed in the center of Amsterdam. The killer shot several times at Van Gogh, who was leaving the city government building, and even fired several bullets at the already fallen director.

Nino Burjanadze is ready to join the European Union The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, is creating his own political party on the eve of the anniversary of the Rose Revolution on November 23. The queen of Georgian politics is meeting on the sidelines with representatives of the intelligentsia and officials who could not get along with the new authorities, the informed Tbilisi newspaper Alia reported yesterday.

CSKA missed a penalty and lost So Chelsea visited Moscow. But there was no celebration. Having conscientiously worked 90 minutes of the Champions League match with CSKA, the English club achieved a minimal victory with a score of 1:0, leaving a feeling of slight disappointment. Maybe we shouldn’t have expected a super game from Roman Abramovich’s super club - for Chelsea the meeting with CSKA was just a passing game and didn’t decide anything.

Yesterday, one of the oldest government leaders on the planet, the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, died. The Abu Dhabi television channel, which reported his death, did not indicate the cause of death. But it is known that in recent years Sheikh Zayed was seriously ill, did not participate in summits of Arab countries, and in 2000 he received a kidney transplant.

Russian officials believe that it is no longer possible to raise taxes in the oil industry Officials and experts admitted that it is no longer possible to increase the tax burden on oil companies.

On October 17, a referendum was held in Belarus, in which President Alexander Lukashenko received the opportunity to run in the upcoming presidential elections. The West responded to this with sharp criticism, the US and the EU even started talking about introducing sanctions against Belarus.