A Ukrainian media tycoon has become the owner of Moscow News 52-year-old Israeli citizen Vadim Rabinovich will have to defend freedom of speech in Russia and defend liberal freedoms.

The country of morning freshness is moving into a technological gap Last week, a group of journalists from around the world (including a Vremya Novostei correspondent) visited South Korea at the invitation of the local Ministry of Information and Communications. The Koreans demonstrated their information technology achievements. The conclusion from what we saw and heard in Seoul is that our IT industry does not suffer the same fate as the domestic automotive industry.

The most prestigious photo competition in the capital is taking place at the House of Photography When I was a child, I had such a beautiful book, either published by the Planeta publishing house, or by Moskovsky Rabochiy. It was called “Moscow yesterday and today.” Published in the genre of a photo album. Many, many color and b/w photos about the everyday life of our beloved capital.

Bill Gates agreed to pay $775 million Last Friday, Microsoft agreed to pay $775 million to avoid prosecution from another well-known American corporation, IBM. The dispute between the two titans of the IT industry goes back to the 90s, when a US federal court found Microsoft guilty of using its exclusive market position, thanks to which the monopolist forced computer manufacturers to equip their devices with its programs.

Russia and China bolster trade friendship The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Russia, which ended yesterday, culminated in the signing of eight documents, mainly related to the economy. The unity of the two countries in the field of world politics was reflected in the Joint Declaration on International Order in the 21st Century. In the declaration, Moscow and Beijing demonstrated dissatisfaction with the Western model of the world order, based on the leadership role of Washington.

Law enforcement agencies will have to master a record defense order Year after year, Russia is increasingly concerned about its own security. This is especially noticeable in the state defense order, the parameters of which were commented in detail yesterday by Vladislav Putilin, director of the economics department of defense and security programs of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

The Moscow City Duma wants to ban parking in courtyards The capital's authorities are going to present the capital's car owners with a tough choice: everyone who has not yet acquired a garage or parking space to store their four-wheeled friend will have to either sell it or buy the above-mentioned real estate. Those who dare to violate this “sell or buy” principle will face serious penalties and the prospect of losing their movable property.

Pensioners corrected the government The government surrendered under the pressure of rallies and demonstrations of pensioners, which covered a significant part of Russia. Adjusting Federal Law No. 122 (on the monetization of benefits), which has become the most “famous” in the modern history of the country, will cost the federal government an additional 105 billion rubles. As Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said yesterday at a conference call at the Russian Pension Fund, 90-100 billion rubles.

Russia received observer status in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), thus becoming its eleventh observer. This happened late last week in the Yemeni capital Sanaa at the 32nd conference of foreign ministers of the 57 states that are members of the OIC. The Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also took part in the conference as a guest.

Throughout the end of the last working week, the community was captivated by the development of the scandal surrounding Minister Alexander Sokolov, who accused the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, subordinate to him, of corruption, and the head of FAKK, Mikhail Shvydkoy, who announced his intention to go to court. The beginning of a new week in this sense also promises a lot of entertainment, because the deadline for filing claims is coming.

The individual European Championship among men finished in Warsaw. Its winner was the Romanian Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, who did not suffer a single defeat, and in the last round he won with black pieces against Alexander Belyavsky, competing under the flag of Slovenia. Teimuraz Radjabov from Azerbaijan was half a point behind Nisipeanu. Based on the results of additional fights, Armenian Levon Aronian won the bronze medal.

Severstal gained control over the most liberal TV channel Another oligarch loyal to the authorities received an invitation to the all-Russian media market. The owner of Severstal Group, Alexey Mordashov, who was a confidant of candidate Putin in the last presidential elections, received control of a 69.89% stake in the Ren TV channel.

Dagestan terrorists themselves found special forces On Saturday, a group of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB of the Russian Federation, led by the deputy head of the department for combating organized crime and terrorism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yuri Demidov, arrived in Dagestan from Moscow to investigate another major terrorist attack.

President By his decree he appointed arbitration judges in a number of constituent entities of Russia. Lyudmila Tonkikh and Sergey Melnik were appointed respectively as deputy chairmen of the arbitration courts of the Lipetsk and Omsk regions for a six-year term of office. Ivan Limonov was appointed judge of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Ural District; judges of the 13th Arbitration Court of Appeal - Irina Lopato, Lyudmila Marchenko and Irina Masenkova.

The first stage of the prestigious commercial series “Golden League” took place in Paris. At the famous Stade de France, Russian athletes won three victories: Tatyana Lebedeva in the triple jump (15 m 11 cm), Svetlana Cherkasova in the 800 m run (1 min. 57.52 sec) and Olga Egorova in the one and a half jump (3.59 .47 sec). However, the last discipline - women's 1500 meters - is not included in the current Golden League program.