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.

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.

...And the State Duma protects the territorial integrity of Georgia President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh came to Moscow on a working visit for the second time since the beginning of the year. The first visit took place at the end of January - after the victory in the elections, but before the official inauguration ceremony. As in January, Mr.

Dynamo and Spartak started the championship with defeats Last year's Russian Championship began mostly with draws. This season, the teams did not need time to warm up - only two peaceful outcomes in eight matches of the opening round. And immediately there were two, if not sensational, then quite unexpected results: both main newsmakers of the off-season lost. There is nothing sensational in Dynamo’s defeat to Zenit. Try to beat Petrzela's team in St.

Domestic producers demand that the government introduce protective duties on imports The situation on the Russian pipe market today is close to critical, industry experts are convinced. The slowdown in production growth occurs against the backdrop of confusion with the supply of pipes from abroad, and primarily from Ukraine.

Jordan is trying to attract tourists with unique attractions Jordan is so small that it is simply amazing how many rare and unique things fit into it. From the capital Amman to the resort of Aqaba in the far south of the country, it is about five hours by car (at a leisurely pace, and some local reckless drivers manage to cover this distance twice as fast). Almost the entire population of the kingdom of five million lives along this route.

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.

Syrian troops will leave Lebanon by the end of April Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to name specific dates for the withdrawal of the 14,000-strong Syrian contingent from Lebanon. After negotiations with the representative of the UN Secretary General, Norwegian Terje Red-Larsen, held in the Syrian city of Aleppo, President Assad promised to present a clear withdrawal schedule this week.

The ability to properly treat the living directly depends on the ability to properly treat the dead. The current Russian government behaves towards the body of Aslan Maskhadov in the best pagan traditions of the country, where the head of state still works in a room turned into a cemetery by his historical predecessors. The Russian authorities are allegedly ashamed of having killed Aslan Maskhadov.

Dynamo became first in the regular season One round before the end of the four-round tournament of Super League teams, the capital's Dynamo team secured the title of winner of the regular season. In order to gain home-court advantage ahead of schedule at all stages of the upcoming playoffs, the “blue and white” had to defeat Siberia away yesterday. The Muscovites solved this problem in the last five minutes of the match.

"Shadowboxing" is coming out One dawn is in a hurry to replace another, giving the night half an hour... The triumphant procession of “The Turkish Gambit” has not yet ended, and a new action movie is coming out - “Shadowboxing” from the company “Central Partnership”. And after it, another Russian blockbuster is coming - “State Councilor” (Nikita Mikhalkov’s Trite studio).

Government This coming week he plans to decide on the mechanism of the deal to merge Gazprom and Rosneft. This was announced by Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref. Departments The head of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref, believes that the United Aircraft Company will be partially or completely privatized in the future.

At the end of last week, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of India Shyam SARAM visited Moscow. Mr. Saram told Vremya Novostei about the purposes of his trip and the prospects for the development of relations between Russia and India. -- How is work progressing on the agreements reached during Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in December 2004? - Thanks to this visit, officials from both countries received clear instructions to remove obstacles to our cooperation.

At the end of the chess super tournament in Linares (Spain), its winner Garry Kasparov announced the end of his professional career. The decision of the 13th world champion came as a real shock to his rivals and fans of the ancient game around the world. Kasparov is a whole era of modern chess.

America intends to fight the oil cartel on its territory OPEC plans to set quotas for oil production in the second quarter at its next conference on Wednesday. As the president of the cartel, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Ahmed Fahd al-Sabah, said last Saturday, the organization intends to maintain production at the current level of 27 million barrels per day.