Supervisory authorities hinder the prosperity of the banking business The main obstacle to the development of the banking business is excessive interference from supervisory authorities, according to bankers from Russia and 53 other countries. According to a study by the London-based Center for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, banks fear excessive government regulation more than loan defaults or fraud.

CLUBS Graham Bonnet (UK). Concert by a member of the groups Rainbow and Alcatrazz as part of the Heroes of Rock festival. "B2" , 20.00. Igor Ivanushkin (double bass). Concert in the new club Jazz Town (Taganskaya square, 12/4, building 5) , 20.00. Sergey Manukyan (vocals, keyboards). Manukyan's weekly Tuesday fusion concerts have resumed in the M-bar that survived the fire, 20.00. Grant Hayrapetyan. Traditional Armenian music performed on the Armenian kemanche violin. Bilingua , 22.00.

Mikhail Zurabov shared with the president his observations on the progress of benefit reform The optimism of the leaders of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, who are responsible for providing beneficiaries with medicines, does not seem to have suffered even after summing up the results of the first month of the reform.

Forecast for the coming days In the last week of winter, temperatures in the central region are slightly behind the climate norm. And in the coming days, the gap between the norm and the actually expected temperature will increase even more. In the middle of the week, on the Defender of the Fatherland holiday, in central Russia it will be 5-8 degrees colder than usual. At night the temperature can drop to 20°C.

George Bush called on NATO and the EU to remind Russia of democracy Brussels is no stranger to distinguished guests. Their presence usually does not disrupt the normal flow of life in the capital of Belgium. But on the occasion of the arrival of the US President, the city went into a state of siege. At the entrances to NATO headquarters, the royal palace, the European Commission and the Council of the EU, steel hedgehogs entangled in barbed wire bristled.

Power Machines did not fulfill the plan for concluding contracts Top managers of Power Machines admitted at yesterday's press conference that government agencies' delay in the decision on the merger deal with Siemens has a negative impact on the business of the country's largest manufacturer of equipment for power plants.

Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan agreed on three Armenia is concerned about a joint project between Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan to build a new railway bypassing Armenian territory. We are talking about the project Qazvin (Iran) - Rasht (Iran) - Astara (Azerbaijan). This route, within the framework of the North-South International Transport Corridor (ITC), will bypass Armenia, which is blocked by Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The battle for the New Economic Policy enters a decisive stage Yesterday afternoon, at a traditional meeting with members of the government, President Vladimir Putin asked cabinet members to talk in more detail about tax initiatives that should improve the situation of business in the country. The president and ministers discussed tax initiatives behind closed doors.

Over the years, the Patriotic War of 1812 is perceived somewhat romantically. Knowing that everything ended in victory (and quite quickly), we can hardly sense the real drama of the situation: the enemy’s rapid advance into the interior of the country, the surrender of Moscow, Emperor Alexander’s publicly declared readiness to “grow a beard and retreat even to Kamchatka,” a categorical refusal to negotiate about the world, the scale of military operations was exceptional at that time.

The launch of NTV's final analytical program is postponed due to technical reasons NTV executives seem to be trying to create an artificial stir around the channel’s new final program “Sunday Evening,” which the famous showman Vladimir Solovyov is going to host. Mr. Solovyov's much-hyped new project, which forced him to sacrifice his morning program "Orange Juice," failed to air over the weekend.

The army in the political life of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was called a military-police empire; many high government posts were occupied by dignitaries wearing general epaulettes; emperors preferred a uniform to a frock coat... The influence of the army, especially its command staff, is undeniable. The Russian officers and growing generals were rightly considered the support of the fatherland and the throne.

The Indian delegation came to Moscow for Yuganskneftegaz Having not received any initiatives from the Russian authorities to sell a stake in Yuganskneftegaz, the Indian delegation led by Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar brought a specific proposal to Moscow. Mr. Ayar himself announced this immediately upon his arrival in the capital of Russia, emphasizing that the proposal was accepted by the Russian side for consideration.

The Russian army is not in danger of starvation Mothers of officers (and at the same time mothers of soldiers) can rest easy - everything is fine with food in the army. Budget money for food, unlike many other military expenditure items, has been allocated, as they say, silently, one hundred percent over the past few years. Taxpayers and journalists were assured of this yesterday by the head of the Central Food Administration of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Anatoly Petrichenko.

Russian oil will flow to the Middle Kingdom through Kazakhstan The Kazakh authorities yesterday made a rather sensational statement. The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Shkolnik, told reporters that at first exclusively Russian oil will flow through the oil pipeline to China from the Karaganda region, which will be completed by the end of this year. Moreover, according to him, “responsibility for filling (the pipeline. - Ed.

The head of the expert council of Business Russia, Anton DANILOV-DANILYAN, told Vremya Novostey about the course of the discussion at a meeting in the Ministry of Finance. — The problem at the meeting in the Ministry of Finance arose due to the fact that the business association, including Business Russia, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, did not come up with a single block of proposals.