The struggle for real control over Chechnya continues Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov promised that he would kill Shamil Basayev. He published this promise in Moskovsky Komsomolets. Moreover, in his own article, and not in an interview. Until now, the son of the Chechen president who died last year has not resorted to such methods of communicating with the press, and in general has not been particularly talkative.

Kemerovo police are honing new methods of working with the press Yesterday, the Kemerovo SOBR very clearly demonstrated to local journalists what it was like to be a hostage to terrorists. Two buses carrying representatives of the Kemerovo press, heading to a press conference at one of the departments of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, were seized by unknown masked men, and then held in an abandoned building for two hours.

Pyongyang has once again puzzled the world community. On February 10, North Korea declared itself a nuclear state and announced its withdrawal from the six-party talks on the nuclear crisis, which took place with the participation of the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan.

The period of trades and transfers has ended in the NBA Last night, the NBA trade deadline passed. As a rule, many exchanges and transfers are completed on the fly, but some clubs prefer not to wait until the last minute. A day before the deadline, the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia 76ers completed a major deal. The clubs exchanged three for three. Among those who left the Pacific coast for the Atlantic is the long-time leader of the Kings, striker Chris Webber.

After the death of Eduard Gorokhovsky, his new exhibitions are held The next exhibition of the classic Moscow unofficial art Eduard Gorokhovsky in the Fine Art gallery is called “Russian Writers” and was announced as the first show of portraits of Akhmatova, Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Gogol and Chekhov, made in the mid-90s, but not made public before. The compositional center of the exhibition was, in fact, elegant and at the same time cocky images of the greats, glued from colored paper.

Departments The number of unemployed in Russia exceeded the number officially registered by 3.2 times. According to the report of the Federal State Statistics Service, the total number of unemployed in January 2005 was 6.236 million people, and the number of officially registered people was 1.938 million people. The number of unemployed registered in January 2005 is 5.7% less than in January 2004 and 0.8% more than the number of unemployed officially registered in December 2004.

CLUBS Client (UK). The produced project of Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) is a synth-pop duet of two girls: Sarah Blackwood and Kate Holmes . Concert to celebrate the birthday of the Zebra-square restaurant. February 25, 22.00. "Mine surveyor Kunst". Ethnic music of Africa and Jamaica with Russian-language lyrics. February 25 in “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. February 26 in the “OGI Project” , 22.00. "Chizh & Co". February 25 and 26 in “B2” , 23.30. "Dobranoch." Balkan music.

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Bush still trusts Putin If it were correct to ask who won the summit in Bratislava - Russia or the United States - I would risk calling the Russian president the winner on points. Despite George Bush's repeated statements that he would directly raise the issue of the failure of democracy in Russia with Vladimir Putin, the press heard nothing of the kind from the American president yesterday.

Chelsea lost to Barcelona in a match of two opposites Before the start of the Champions League playoffs, Chelsea was considered its favorite. But now the shares of the English club have gone down. The reason for this was the defeat from Barcelona - in principle, expected, but no less sensational for that. Two leaders met - the Spanish and English championships, two undoubtedly fashionable teams, although each of them had their own idea of ​​style.

FAS opposed the creation of a single aviation holding company The head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) Igor Artemyev yesterday criticized the idea of ​​merging the Russian aircraft industry into one company. Just two days earlier, this idea was supported by Vladimir Putin at an off-site meeting of the State Council in Zhukovsky near Moscow. The President called this a “final decision” and instructed the government to prepare a decree on the creation of such a company. Yesterday, Mr.

The Ministry of Finance is ready to simplify the procedure for merging banks The government, which has been promising for several years to simplify bank mergers and thereby stimulate what it believes is the necessary consolidation of the banking sector, appears ready to get down to business.

Regional authorities want to limit funds. Mass information At the end of last week, a regional conference “South of Russia: priorities of information strategy” took place in Sochi, almost unnoticed by the national press. The meeting went beyond corporate interests and brought together more than 80 participants, including representatives of almost all leading media outlets of the Southern Federal District.

Rules for approving housing renovations are changing in Moscow The simplification of the system for approving apartment redevelopments, promised by the capital's authorities, in fact only affects Muscovites who have decided to redecorate their homes. In order to obtain permission for all major changes to a typical dwelling, affecting load-bearing walls or involving the transfer of engineering equipment, it will still be necessary to spend a lot of time and money.

Roman Kozak and Konstantin Raikin went to battle with Kosmetika A row of white light chairs (familiar airport furniture), with six blue glowing screens above. The lines of departing and landing flights shudder and creep up on them. Broadcast announcement: flight to Barcelona is delayed due to technical reasons.