President Signed the federal law "On the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion in relation to taxes on income and capital." This was reported by the Kremlin press service. The law was adopted by the State Duma on April 6, 2005 and approved by the Federation Council on April 13, 2005.

The White House is not yet ready to discuss the president's tax initiatives The Cabinet of Ministers will today consider draft changes in the tax sphere. True, this is not the main issue on the agenda of the meeting: it is the sixth item after the discussion of the transport strategy and the report of the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Mikhail Zurabov, on the progress of implementing the law on the monetization of benefits and a number of others.

Horsepower prices will rise in Moscow The Moscow authorities, although they were left without revenues to road funds, but still did not bother the capital's car owners with tax increases for several years, nevertheless decided to lighten their wallets. Yesterday, the press service of the capital's government reported that Mayor Yuri Luzhkov approved a bill on changing transport tax rates and in the near future this document will be presented to the Moscow City Duma deputies for approval.

The Accounts Chamber has joined the battle around Gazprom and Rosneft As the final decision on the merger between Gazprom and Rosneft approaches, the information confrontation intensifies. On Tuesday, information leaked to the press about tax claims for 2001 against Gazprom's main production subsidiary, Urengoygazprom, in the amount of 2.3 billion rubles. (which will obviously be significantly reduced).

Dmitry Medvedev comments on Vladimir Putin's message The President's Address to the Federal Assembly caused a lot of comments both in Russia and abroad. Yesterday, the head of the presidential administration, Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with news agency correspondents, explained what meaning was put into the presidential message in the Kremlin and what effect they were counting on. Mr.

But you can escape them in the rich West A year after Latvia joined the European Union, there are still more supporters of European integration in the country than Eurosceptics. However, everyone recognizes that the most noticeable consequence of Latvia's EU membership has been the rise in prices. Prices for food, medicine, utilities and, of course, fuel have risen.

Revolutions only appear as points on the axis of history. In fact, the historical time between the beginning and the end of revolutions is extraordinary in intensity and indefinite in duration. If the beginning of a revolutionary explosion can be localized in historical memory, the end is usually blurred in time, causing fierce controversy among historians.

CLUBS Closing of the Sergei Kuryokhin Festival. The evening will open with the St. Petersburg project “SWA and Guests”. In the second part, a worthy response to him will be the performance of the Moscow OVO Theater, as well as Lena Sergeeva (vocals) and other musicians. Today's concert is dedicated to experimental ethnic music. "Home" , 20.00. Jeff Tain Watts Quartet (USA). The last concert of the Moscow tour of one of the best New York jazz drummers.

The mayor of Vladivostok obliged city officials to learn the history of their native city Officials of the Vladivostok mayor's office have to learn a lot of new and interesting things about their hometown. By order of Mayor Vladimir Nikolaev, they must take courses to improve their “historical” qualifications by mid-summer.

Russian weapons have a good, but vague prospect By the end of this year, Brazil will retire its obsolete Mirage III fighter jets from its national air force, the country's Vice President and Defense Minister José Alencar Gomez da Silva (pictured) said on April 26.

American billionaire Kenneth Langone (his fortune was estimated by Forbes magazine at $1.2 billion) recently announced that he was going to buy the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and transfer it completely to an electronic trading system. Now he is preparing and carefully formulating all the positions of his proposal. One of them will be the exchange’s refusal to purchase the Chicago-based electronic trading system Archipelago Holdings Inc. for $3.2 billion.

On the construction and transmission of collective ideas in Russia in the 1970s-2000s If the main event in Russian history of the twentieth century, according to mass sociological surveys of the late 1980s - early 2000s for Russians, is the victory in the Great Patriotic War, then the best time in which respondents would like to live is already around 1993- -1994 after the start of Gaidar’s reforms, privatization, etc.

Moscow defended its General Plan from the feds The General Plan for the Development of Moscow until 2020, according to which the capital has been living and developing for almost ten years, has finally acquired the status of a city law - yesterday Moscow City Duma deputies approved it in the final, third reading.

The tragic farce of Sukhovo-Kobylin became the main play of the season In the Kalyagin theater Et cetera, the play “The Death of Tarelkin” (see “VN” of April 4) was staged by Oskaras Korsunovas; Almost simultaneously, Alexey Levinsky produced a play based on “The Death of Tarelkin” on the Small Stage of the Ermolova Theater. As far as I know, a couple more premieres are expected.

Moscow is preparing to publish the testimony of Russian witnesses for the defense of the highest-ranking prisoner of the Hague Tribunal, Slobodan Milosevic, heard by the Tribunal in November 2004. Vremya Novostei special correspondent Katerina LABETSKAYA talks with one of them, Colonel General and Head of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense from 1996 to 2001, and now Vice-President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems Leonid IVASHOV.