The demolition of cottages on the banks of the Istra Reservoir did not take place again An attempt by the Ministry of Natural Resources to organize a demonstration demolition of elite cottages in the protective zone of the Istra reservoir ended in another farce.

Europe and Russia solve the problems of visas and Kaliningrad The Putin-Bush summit in Bratislava had barely ended when Moscow began preparing for a new responsible summit meeting. On May 10, Vladimir Putin will meet in the Russian capital with the leaders of 25 European Union countries. Yesterday in Luxembourg, which holds the EU presidency for the current six months, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed preparations for the summit.

The Moscow Drama Theater tour opened with “Masquerade” Bolshoi Drama Theater named after. G.A. Tovstonogov brought seven performances to Moscow. Three of them - Lermontov's Masquerade, Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House and Michael Frayn's Copenhagen - were directed by Temur Chkheidze.

FIDE has proposed a new option for identifying a single world champion Last weekend in Tbilisi, the FIDE Presidential Council made, according to the head of world chess, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a “historic” decision: the Prague agreements to identify the world champion as part of the unification cycle were canceled and a match-tournament of eight participants was appointed, played in two rounds with a classic seven-hour control of thinking time.

Belarus again wants to fine a Russian company The seemingly quiet conflict around the property of the Russian Transnefteproduct, located on the territory of Belarus, flared up with renewed vigor. The tax authorities of the republic put forward further claims against Zapad-Transnefteprodukt in the amount of $13 million and went to court. Property located in Belarus has long been a headache for Transnefteproduct.

Zubkov's crew won silver at the World Championship The best season in the history of Russian bobsleigh ended on a positive note. The four crew of the newly crowned World Cup winner Alexander Zubkov won silver medals at the World Championships, held on the track in Calgary. Previously, the best result of our bobsledders at world championships in the period after the collapse of the USSR was bronze, won by the crew of the same pilot Zubkov two years ago in Lake Placid.

March in Moscow begins with snowstorms and frosts Despite the calendar, spring in Russia will not come on March 1. The coming week, as forecasters predict, will be frosty and snowy. According to Roshydromet, the average daily air temperature in the first days of March will not just be lower, but significantly lower than the climate norm - by as much as 7-8 degrees.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has had his deputies cut Vladimir Putin yesterday appointed by his decree two deputy ministers of internal affairs - Andrei Novikov and Mikhail Sukhodolsky. At the same time, the president relieved six generals from similar positions: Sergei Shchadrin, Evgeniy Solovyov, Mikhail Pankov, Mikhail Ignatiev, Sergei Verevkin-Rakhalsky, Vitaly Mozyakov.

CLUBS Zemfira. The main lady of Russian modern rock presents a new album called “Oil”. Artplay , 20.00. "St. Petersburg orphans" . A project by Ksyusha Arsenyeva and Yulia Belomlinskaya , performing songs that were previously sung in courtyards to the accompaniment of a barrel organ. March 1 at the Bilingua club, 22.00. March 2 in “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. JVL Big Band. Jazz. JVL Art Club , 21.00. Alexey Kuznetsov (guitar). Concert of one of the patriarchs of Russian jazz.

Today, the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov, together with the heads of the Foreign Ministries of the leading world powers, will take part in the London international conference on providing assistance to the Palestinian Authority. How can the world community support the Palestinians? Javier SOLANA, High Commissioner for Foreign Policy and Security of the European Union, answered this question to Vremya Novostei newspaper columnist Elena SUPONINA in London.

Contractual relations between Chechnya and Russia may be formalized by the middle of the year Chechen President Alu Alkhanov promised next week to submit a draft agreement on the division of powers between the republic and the federal center to an intermediate authority - Russian Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak. According to Mr.

President At a meeting with senior officers on the occasion of their appointment to higher positions and assignment of the highest military ranks, he noted that units and formations of constant readiness “should constitute the most mobile element of the armed forces.” “It is necessary to vigorously continue work to equip the army and navy with the latest weapons and military equipment.

The fate of the collection of painting masterpieces, illegally taken from Bremen during the war by Captain Baldin, again came to the center of public attention after the Minister of Culture Alexander Sokolov announced that Russia would not give the “Baldin collection” to Germany, but instead would return the silver as moral compensation. , which belonged before the war to the family of the German Prince of Anhalt, repressed by the NKVD.

The head of the FAS "agreed" on the law "On the Protection of Competition" with experts Today, the revised draft law “On the Protection of Competition” will be submitted to the government. For almost a month, interested departments, mainly the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), tried to improve the document, which was reviewed and “basically approved” by the Cabinet of Ministers on February 3.

An increase in pension as compensation for the reform The Russian government is hastily trying to fulfill its promises to increase pensions, thereby trying to remove another reason for discontent among millions of beneficiaries. The head of the Russian Pension Fund, Gennady Batanov, announced yesterday at a press conference that following the promised increase in the basic part of the pension by 240 rubles. From March 1, there will be another indexation - already on September 1 of this year.