Every ruble for vaccination gives six rubles in savings on treatment Frightening the population with bird flu and other sinister variants of a long-familiar virus, combined with active marketing by pharmaceutical companies and increased government funding for the vaccination campaign this year, has produced quite noticeable results. The looming seasonal epidemic could have been much more serious if millions of Russians had not taken care of vaccination in advance.

Mobile electronic devices continue their war against TVs and DVD players with new tactics. The offensive is developing from the east. South Korean Samsung Electronics has released a laptop capable of receiving and playing streaming video over a broadband channel (read: digital radio television signal). Japanese Sony will demonstrate in March and in April release to the market the first video discs for portable game consoles, recorded in a new format unknown to consumers.

Departments Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the type of nuclear missile systems that Russia is developing may appear in service with the Russian armed forces in the near future. “These missile systems will not be directed against any specific countries, they will ensure our sovereignty,” the head of the Ministry of Defense noted.

The military TV channel "Zvezda" begins work Today, February 14, the state commission to commission a new television transmitter broadcasting on Channel 57 is completing its work. After this, people in power will make a verdict on whether another TV channel will appear on the broadcast schedule. The license to broadcast on television channel 57 in Moscow and the region was issued to the Central Television and Radio Studio (CTRS) of the Ministry of Defense on March 9, 2004.

Defeat in Stockholm did not kill our hopes of winning the Eurotour The Russian team failed to win the Swedish hockey games, but secured the right to play in the Eurotour finals. The decisive matches of these competitions will take place on April 22 and 24, on the eve of the World Cup. The opponent of our team, which lost to the Czechs on Sunday - 3:4, was determined late yesterday evening after the result of the Finland - Sweden match became known.

Hybrid cameras capable of shooting TV-quality video, high-definition photos, or both are becoming a target for manufacturers, CNET reports. The first version of such a hybrid will be a five-megapixel digital camera from Casio. It can shoot video with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels and at the same time allows you to take high-resolution photos for printing. JVC went in the same direction with the release of the Everio GZ-MC100 camcorder last year.

The namesakes of the mayor of Chelyabinsk want to lead the city Four Tarasovs at once decided to run for the post of mayor of Chelyabinsk, whose elections will take place on March 20. True, one later abandoned his intention. Tarasov the first is known to most of the townspeople - this is the current head of the city, Vyacheslav Tarasov, who has never hidden his plans to be re-elected for another term.

Ural Orthodox Christians are outraged by the ballet image of Nicholas II Known for its undying desire to adjust secular life in the Urals according to Orthodox canons, the Ekaterinburg diocese again found itself at the center of a scandal. The community, which regularly opposes either “low-quality” advertising on television or “seditious” films, has now begun to teach the life of ballet masters.

By yesterday evening, the 32-story Windsor skyscraper, a Madrid landmark, had almost burned out. Hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze since Saturday decided to let the 106-metre building burn out without allowing the flames to spread to nearby banks and shops. Fearing poisoning from combustion products, city authorities recommended that Madrid residents “batten down” all their windows. The skyscraper was built in 1979 using highly flammable and toxic materials.

A high-ranking Iranian is rushing to Russia Moscow is increasing cooperation with Tehran, despite the worsening relations between Iran and the United States. The Vremya Novostey newspaper learned from reliable Iranian sources that the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, is coming to Moscow.

60 years of the Dresden tragedy Dresden hosted numerous events over the weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the bombing of the Saxon capital by Anglo-American aircraft. Historians are still arguing about the appropriateness of the military action carried out on the night of February 14, 1945.

The case of the murder of deputy Skorochkin was recognized as too old As expected by the Vremya Novostey newspaper , last Friday the Moscow Regional Court dropped the criminal case against those accused of murdering State Duma deputy Sergei Skorochkin. According to investigators, the parliamentarian was dealt with by his business partner from Nizhny Novgorod and a number of residents of the Moscow region. However, the jury has already found them not guilty of Skorochkin’s murder three times.

"The Aviator" won Best Film at BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA Award) is called the last rehearsal for the Oscars. And the nominees on both sides of the ocean really match too literally to find more than one difference. In essence, there is one giant English-language film industry playing in this field, and Europe, wrinkling its nose, only crosses off something too American from the general list.

CNN manager pays for criticizing the military CNN news chief Eason Jordan has resigned amid controversy over his comments about US troops in Iraq. The fateful words were spoken in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It is unknown what exactly Jordan said. There is not and will not be an official transcript of his speech, since the rules of the Davos discussions limit the publication of statements by participants.

One hundred and fifty years ago Vsevolod Garshin was born Garshin lived for thirty-three years. If we take out the not-so-plentiful daily newspaper work, drafts of unfinished works and a volume of letters (who didn’t write them?), then what remains of him is about a dozen stories, essays and fairy tales. One of them is remembered, it seems, by those who not only have not heard the name Garshin, but have not read the fairy tale itself. This is the Frog Traveler.