From November 26 to December 4, 2004 Center for Sociological Research of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov conducted a study to study the opinions of citizens about the federal target program “Electronic Russia”. The results are quite interesting. The share of urban residents of Russia who know how to use a computer is 60% (among young people - 87.2%).

The Santiago Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the house arrest order against Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet. This warrant was issued several hours earlier by Judge Juan Guzman. He has been persistently pursuing the general for about five years now for crimes committed during the rule of the military junta in 1973-1990. Then, from the dungeons of the secret police DINA, more than three thousand Chileans who opposed the dictatorship disappeared without a trace.

Forecast for the coming days Today, a powerful cyclone will hit the north-western region with snowfalls and blizzards, where they will continue on Thursday, the wind will increase in gusts of up to 15-18 m/sec, temperature -2 ... + 3оС.

Pirate fishing in Russia is becoming more risky Today, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, a meeting of the government commission to combat violations in the field of intellectual property will take place. Among the issues included in the agenda is a discussion of the state's anti-piracy action plan for the next year.

CLUBS The sixth international voice festival “Deep Throat, or Dangerous Ligaments”. The festival traditionally features musicians demonstrating the most unexpected capabilities of the human voice. This year the festival is focused more on the traditional vocal culture of different peoples of the world than on the mainstream and avant-garde.

Two performances by Thomas Ostermeier The thirty-six-year-old head of Berlin's Schaubühne am Leniner Platz is the most famous and, as they now say, the most successful of the European directors of the new generation. At the NET festival, he showed “Nora” (“A Doll’s House”) by Henrik Ibsen and “Concert by Request” by Franz Xaver Kretz - a one-man show in which the performer does not utter a single word.

The idea of ​​​​building so-called technology parks - tax reserves intended for breeding and growing high-tech companies - seems to have found understanding among our officials. Unlike India, where technology parks are built from scratch, we are creating them in places where highly qualified engineers traditionally live. For example, in Chernogolovka near Moscow and in Dubna. “Technopark” is quite an apt name when it comes to Indian technology parks. These are actually parks.

Taras CHORNOVIL, the new head of staff of the single candidate from the government, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, talks about the balance of power on the eve of the re-election in Ukraine. With Taras, the son of Vyacheslav Chornovil, one of the founders of the national-democratic party "People's Movement of Ukraine", Yanukovych's headquarters pins hopes on increasing the prime minister's rating in the western regions, where they voted predominantly for the opposition leader.

Vladimir Putin met with Tarja Halonen Yesterday, the fourth meeting in the last two years between the presidents of Russia and Finland, Vladimir Putin and Tarja Kaarina Halonen, took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna near St. Petersburg. The leaders discussed bilateral relations, paying attention to specific cooperation projects, in particular in the energy sector.

Vladimir Putin no longer has a confidant at Baltika One of the symbols of successful Russian business and Vladimir Putin’s confidant in the presidential elections, the president of the Baltika brewing company Taimuraz Bolloev overnight lost a significant share of his influence.

NET festival is over For six years now, its organizers have been bringing to Moscow or collecting around the capital what they consider “new and European.” And every year after the closure, critics try to catch the features of this new one.

NHL stars played in Russia for three days in a row For three days in a row, a team of NHL stars played in Moscow and St. Petersburg in matches against various Russian teams.

Under the leadership of Andrei Savelyev, major changes have occurred in one of the largest private banks in the country - MDM Bank. MDM has significantly adjusted its retail strategy, in particular by abandoning “risky” mortgage lending. Under Mr. Savelyev, who in May replaced Vladimir Rashevsky as chairman of the bank’s board, MDM easily survived the summer banking crisis and even capitalized on it by purchasing two portfolios of car loans from competitors.

President At a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, he inquired about the measures that the Cabinet of Ministers intends to take to stimulate the development of high technologies in Russia. Mr. Zhukov confirmed the government's plans to reduce the unified social tax from January 1 next year for all industries by 10%.

The parliamentary elections held in Taiwan on Saturday showed that the people are tired of the radicalism of the authorities. The ruling coalition led by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) received 101 seats. The Kuomintang opposition alliance took 114 parliamentary seats. Since the 2000 presidential election, which brought victory to DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian, the Kuomintang has suffered one defeat after another.