Politicians and experts doubt that Putin will become president in 2012 Last Monday, at the Hannover Industrial Fair, Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time uttered the words “third term” in relation to himself. Literally, the head of state said the following: “I will not change the basic law. But according to the Constitution, you cannot be elected three times in a row.” However, he noted that the Russian Constitution does not prohibit being elected for the third time in a row.

The end of the Yukos trial coincided with the updating of food standards behind bars For the first time, a dessert appeared on the Russian prison menu - “dry fortified jelly” or 25 grams of dried fruit. In addition, now, at the expense of the state budget, every prisoner is entitled to a toothbrush, 30 grams of toothpaste per month, soap (women - 100 grams per month, men - 50) and, finally, 25 meters of toilet paper monthly.

A memorandum on the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline was signed Bulgaria, Greece and Russia yesterday in Sofia finally signed a memorandum on the construction of a pipeline from Bulgarian Burgas to Greek Alexandroupolis, which will become an alternative to transporting raw materials through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.

In this matter, it’s like in sports: people engage in it until a certain age, and then either become bosses, or, which happens much more often, simply change their field of activity. There are rare exceptions to this rule. One of them is Mikhail Donskoy, the head of the DISCO company, a programmer with decades of experience in his specialty and world fame. One of his software products is "Kaissa", the world champion among chess programs (1974).

The SES will have to be built at Russian expense The contours of the Common Economic Space (SES), over the creation of which Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan have been fighting for two years, are not emerging. The main troublemaker is Kyiv.

Forecast for the coming days Another North Atlantic cyclone invades the north of the European territory of Russia. There will be snowfalls and windy conditions in the north. And cold air from the northwest penetrated into the central regions of European Russia the day before. With the cold came thick clouds and rain. True, the cold is relative, because the average daily temperature is only around the climate norm.

Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug ask the Constitutional Court to resolve the dispute with the Arkhangelsk region The Constitutional Court of Russia will soon consider the request of the deputies of the assembly of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) regarding the compliance of the Basic Law with the norms of the federal law “On the general principles of the organization of legislative and executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” as amended on July 4,

The Georgian opposition hopes to have the opportunity to personally tell George Bush, who is arriving in Georgia on May 10, about the miscalculations in the foreign and domestic policies of the current Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. In addition, on May 16, the 47-year-old leader of the largest opposition Labor Party in Georgia, Shalva Natelashvili, will give a report on this at the American Nixon Center. But first, Shalva NATELASHVILI spoke to Vremya Novostey about the painful issue.

Watch from April 14 on Moscow screens “The Bald Nanny: Special Assignment” (USA, 2005, Adam Shankman). A ferocious marine (Vin Diesel - “XXx,” “The Chronicles of Riddick”) is forced to protect the five offspring of a scientist kidnapped by attackers. There is a possibility that they will encroach on children, so a big guy with a shaved skull, big fists and special training can come in very handy.

The dismissals of coaches in the Super League led to nothing There are two matches left to play before the end of the regular championship of the men's super league, but now it is possible to sum up its results and name the composition of the pairs of the quarter-finals of the playoffs. On April 14, Ural Great meets in Yekaterinburg with the championship outsider Evraz.

Russia still doesn't know what to do with its natives The fifth congress of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia is taking place in Moscow. After the first day of meetings, representatives of the northern peoples and the officials who came to greet them stated that in recent years life in the North and Far East has not become better. And they agreed that the state would continue to support small peoples.

The Ministry of Agriculture may be responsible for the fight against terrorism From 2006, the Russian budget will be formed on the basis of principles that have never been used in either Soviet or Russian economic history. The estimated principle of financing ministries and departments will give way to a program-targeted one. Simply put, money from the treasury will be allocated primarily for specific programs with clear goals, prescribed ways to achieve them and expected results.

Moldovan official became interested in passive corruption and sweets Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Valery Mostovoy was detained on suspicion of passive corruption in Moldova. Employees of the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption took it when they received two bottles of champagne and six boxes of chocolates as thanks.

Andrey Fursenko promised to employ bachelors Students from the capital's universities came out to protest against education reform yesterday. About 4 thousand people gathered on the Hunchback Bridge near the White House with flags of various political parties, symbols of their university and slogans calling for maintaining accessible and free higher education, increasing scholarships to a living wage and preventing students from being drafted into the army.

SUAL is going to implement several megaprojects in Russia and the CIS The President of SUAL Holding, Brian Gilbertson, presented the company’s development program for the near future at the Russian Economic Forum in London. SUAL, according to him, intends to cooperate more closely with its direct competitor - RUSAL. In addition, the company entered the Ukrainian market and bought the Zaporozhye Alumina and Aluminum Refinery (ZALK).