A record number of domestic companies are participating in Europe's largest IT exhibition Three years ago, the annual spring CeBIT exhibition in Hannover finally seemed to have lost its chance to compete on equal terms in popularity with Comdex Fall, which takes place in Las Vegas in late autumn, and the summer Taipei Computex exhibition.

In the first match of the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup, CSKA basketball players in Moscow beat Novosibirsk Lokomotiv - 123:78. This victory was the 43rd consecutive victory for the capital's army team, won in official meetings. CSKA's unique series began on May 28 last year with the last game of the super final against UNICS Kazan. This season, head coach Dusan Ivkovic's team won 22 matches in the national championship, 3 in the Russian Cup and another 17 in the ULEB Euroleague.

The country's chief financial intelligence officer reassured Roman Abramovich The head of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (FSFM), Viktor Zubkov, reported to reporters last Friday about the successes of his department last year. It turned out that Russian financial intelligence officers have something to boast about. They did a much better job in the fight against “dirty” money and terrorist financing than in 2003.

Chisinau arrested adviser Anatoly Chubais Today, the Moldovan authorities must bring charges against Valery Pasat, an adviser to the head of RAO UES of Russia, or release him. He was detained on Friday at the Chisinau airport for three days. The deadline expires on Monday. Yesterday it was reported that Mr. Pasat refused to eat in prison. Pasat (who, by the way, remains a citizen of Moldova) has recently lived mainly in Moscow. He flew to Chisinau to visit his sick father.

Saudi Arabia is preparing for the trial of a group that plotted the murder of 80-year-old Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. The piquancy of the case lies in the fact that it was not terrorists who wanted to kill the prince, who, due to the illness of King Fahd, actually rules the country, but the Libyan special services.

The state increases control over ALROSA The federal center has developed a scheme to increase its share in the Yakut company ALROSA, which produces 99% of all Russian diamonds and occupies 23% of the global production of precious stones. As a source close to the company told Interfax, the upcoming transaction will take place in several stages.

Forecast for the coming days The cyclone and its atmospheric fronts will continue to control the weather in most of the European territory of Russia for the next two days. The northwestern region is located in the rear of this cyclone. With northwestern and northern winds it is quite cold: at night -10...-15оС, in some places up to -20оС, during the day -4...-9оС. It will snow both days in most areas.

The experiment on using solar propulsion in space will be repeated in a month Russian scientists, it seems, are not giving up the hope of bringing to life the method of accelerating spacecraft using solar wind energy, invented in the last century by science fiction writers. As the press secretary of the Research and Production Association named after A.N. told the ITAR-TASS agency yesterday.

As a result of Saturday's elections, eight parties entered the Riga City Council - four right-wing and four left-wing. But the right-wing quartet, which includes the parties of the ruling coalition “New Time”, the People’s Party, the First Party, as well as the opposition national-radical association “Fatherland and Freedom”/DDNL, received 31 of the 60 parliamentary mandates. Therefore, the right will rule in Riga self-government, and they will nominate the mayor from their ranks.

Russia's experience in fighting pirates could be useful to America In the United States, on March 3, a briefing “Problems of Intellectual Property in Russia” was held, organized by Congresswoman Diana Watson. The event was attended, in particular, by our compatriots who now live in the USA and represent the interests of Russian copyright holders. Their experience of fighting pirates differs significantly from the American idea of ​​how copyrights should be protected in Russia.

Yukos managers are suspected of involvement in money laundering in Spain The Russian oil company Yukos is once again at the center of an international financial scandal. Last Saturday, Spanish police arrested 41 people and announced the exposure of a money laundering operation worth more than 600 million euros. A few hours later, the Spanish media, citing the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported that the detainees may be related to YUKOS.

The President of Tatarstan agreed to remain in office on time Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev raised the issue of trust with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The move is a win-win: one of the most influential Russian governors does not expect any unexpected decisions from Vladimir Putin, since the issue of the president’s trust in him has already been “generally resolved.” Moreover, according to Mr. Shaimiev, Vladimir Putin personally and “convincingly” asked him to stay for a new term.

Richter's anniversary and other projects of the Moscow Philharmonic The Moscow Philharmonic has been holding a concert subscription “Offering to Svyatoslav Richter” for many years. No Russian musician has ever been given so much time in dedication programs. There is an objective reason for this: the organizers and participants of the concerts are musicians from Richter’s close circle, which is now supported by “December Evenings”.

The French oil company is unable to settle into Russia The French Total, the world's second largest private oil and gas corporation, continues to be plagued by failures in Russia. Apparently, it will not be able to buy a blocking stake in NOVATEK, the largest independent gas producer.

The State Duma of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug approved Yuri Neelov as head of the region The federal authorities spent just over a month re-electing all the governors in the “matryoshka” Tyumen region. Last Friday, the State Duma of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug approved the current governor, Yuri Neelov, as head of the region.