Rosoboronexport admitted its intention to acquire VSMPO-Avisma The world's largest manufacturer of titanium products, VSMPO-Avisma, seems likely to soon join the list of virtually nationalized Russian enterprises. Last Friday, the head of Rosoboronexport (which established control over AvtoVAZ) Sergei Chemezov said in St. Petersburg that he intends to obtain “the largest possible” stake in the corporation.

Rumsfeld talks about Iraq, but thinks about the USSR Today marks three years since the military invasion of Iraq began. On the eve of this date, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld published an article in the Washington Post newspaper “What We Got in Three Years in Iraq.” The head of the Pentagon included the adoption of a new constitution and the election of a permanent parliament as achievements.

VOLLEYBALL. March 25-26. Final Four of the Men's Champions League. Rome (Italy). The Final Four will take place in the same hall where the decisive matches of the September European Championship were held. Then the Russian team lost to the Italians in the final and won silver medals. The owner of the site at the end of the coming week will be “Sisley” from Treviso. In the semi-finals he will meet with the capital's Dynamo.

Prominent dissident released in Tehran Iranian authorities have released the most famous dissident journalist, Akbar Ganji, from prison. He showed up at his Tehran home on Friday completely unrecognizable to his wife and daughters - sporting a long, scraggly beard and incredibly thin.

The first round of the 15th Russian Championship took place They say the first impression is the most important. And the beginning of the next football championship of our country is no exception. The winter months of waiting and speculation are behind us - whether this or that newcomer will strengthen the team or, conversely, the money paid for the rookie has been wasted by the club's management. The controversy about the rapid development of domestic club football is behind us.

Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug did not divide the post of Duma speaker In the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, the leadership of the regional branch of United Russia, having just won elections to the district duma, came into conflict with the governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, Alexander Filipenko, who headed the party electoral list. Elections to the District Duma took place on March 12.

CLUBS "Golden Helmet". A new club and theater project, invented by Afisha magazine columnist Elena Kovalskaya. Twice a month, “Caska” will hold meetings to which theater professionals and simply theater lovers are invited. Today's party is called "Noodles" and presents Olga Lapshina , the star of the new drama, leading role in such plays as "Captive Spirits", "Seven Saints from the Village of Bryukho", "The Naked Pioneer" and others.

Doctors call on shamans to help the indigenous peoples of the Khabarovsk Territory get rid of their addiction to alcohol Far Eastern narcologists, it seems, have finally lost faith in their own abilities and decided to call on otherworldly forces to fight alcoholism in remote villages. The idea of ​​using a tambourine and magic bells to fight addiction was recently proposed by the chief narcologist of the Khabarovsk region, Lyubov Passar.

Khabarovsk utility companies were unable to pay for their own services A new scandal is unfolding in the Far East in connection with the work of public utilities. Last week, the Khabarovsk District Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case against the former head of the housing and communal services department of the workers' village of Korfovsky, Vera Pankova.

It is not yet possible to extend the Trans-Siberian Railway to Busan The heads of the railway departments of Russia and the two Korean states, who met at the end of last week in Vladivostok, did not find mutual understanding regarding the opening of the Trans-Korean Railway and its connection with the Trans-Siberian Railway. At the bilateral level, Russia and the DPRK agreed to reconstruct a section of the railway from the border between these countries to the North Korean port of Rajin.

Without a sharp increase in funding, the road transport network will be paralyzed The condition of Russian roads and their future is a topic of increasing interest. This can be easily judged by the number of people who were forced to crowd into the aisles of the meeting room during the All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Federal Road Agency: results of 2005, tasks and prospects for 2006-2008” that took place last week.

Belarusian authorities sought to prevent protests The main event of the presidential campaign in Belarus was the significant politicization of Belarusian society. The single opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich believes that such interest in politics has not been seen in the country since perestroika and the collapse of the USSR. This came as a surprise to the authorities, whose all efforts were aimed at preventing mass protests. On Friday, Alexander Lukashenko made a televised address.

The club from Novy Urengoy made the greatest progress in the regular season In our volleyball, unlike, for example, basketball, there are no awards for winning in the regular season. But since it is from this moment that the teams will be divided into “interest groups”, it’s time to hold intermediate results of the season. For the most part, the tournament fate of many teams remained within the limits of last year's results.

A radical way to protect against bird flu has been found in Voronezh Russian officials have once again demonstrated that none of the campaigns announced by the authorities for good purposes can do without excesses on the ground. Yesterday, the administration of the Voronezh region offered the population a radical solution to the problem of bird flu by slaughtering poultry for preventive purposes. First Vice-Governor Sergei Naumov made a similar appeal, ITAR-TASS reports.

United Russia asks to add 40 billion rubles to farmers Last Friday and Saturday can rightfully be considered agricultural days. The problems of the village were discussed at the highest levels - both government and party. The meeting of the Presidium of the Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects, as well as the Supreme Council of United Russia, held on this occasion at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, were dedicated to the agro-industrial complex.