The company's external observer begins work The monitoring procedure is beginning at YUKOS, and today court-appointed external monitor Eduard Regbun intends to visit the company's office. As soon as YUKOS receives a court decision, the arrest imposed back in 2004 will be lifted from the holding’s property. Theoretically, management receives the right to sell assets whose value does not exceed 5% of the book value of all company assets.

The battle for the stabilization fund may change the mechanism for forming the Russian budget Paradoxical as it may seem, it seems that the high inflation recorded at the beginning of the year (4.1% in January-February) worked into the hands of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. It is the curbing of “runaway” consumer prices that has now been declared an absolute priority at the highest political level.

German intelligence services contributed to the discussion of the Iranian atom Today in Berlin there will be a meeting of foreign ministers of countries that are members of the UN Security Council with the participation of Germany. The main topic will be the Iranian nuclear program.

Valentina Matvienko addressed her annual message to the deputies of the Legislative Assembly Yesterday, the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, in her annual message to the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, reported on the work carried out and spoke about the plans of the city government. True, she talked much more about the past than about the future. “We are simply returning what is St. Petersburg to St. Petersburg.

Dmitry Medvedev asked banks to make housing more affordable First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Dmitry Medvedev yesterday called on Russian bankers to more actively participate in the implementation of national projects, in particular the “Affordable and Comfortable Housing” program.

The governments of Germany and France have not heard anything about the upcoming merger of EADS and Thales The virus of mergers and acquisitions that has engulfed large Western concerns seems to have reached the European defense industry. Yesterday the first rumors appeared on this matter. Their source was the Hamburg weekly Stern.

Tymoshenko fears rapprochement between Yushchenko and Yanukovych Last night, Ukraine almost learned the results of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada. The processing of 98% of the protocols of precinct election commissions did not change the list of leaders - these are the opposition Party of Regions, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), the presidential bloc "Our Ukraine", the Socialist Party and the Communist Party.

The President invited businessmen to become teachers In the era of “equidistance,” business now uses the annual meetings of representatives of the business community with the president not so much to propose something, but to “catch signals.” Now the main signal is an invitation to private capital to finance government tasks, formalized in national projects. Moreover, the state itself is increasingly involved in business.

Chile disputes with Bolivia and Peru Chilean President Michelle Bachelet took office in mid-March, but in that short period of time her country's relations with two neighbors - Bolivia and Peru - have already deteriorated. The Bolivian leader spoke of territorial claims against Chile, and the Peruvian presidential candidate - and the most likely contender for this post - accused Chile of seeking to upset the military balance in the region.

Khartoum brings Damascus and Beirut closer together The summit of the League of Arab States (LAS), which includes 21 countries and the Palestinian Authority, concluded yesterday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The meeting participants adopted a declaration, which was read by the Arab League Secretary General, 69-year-old Egyptian Amr Musa, whose powers were unanimously extended for a second five-year term.

At a major tennis tournament in Miami, where men and women are playing for the same prize fund - $3.45 million each, the world's first rackets Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo continued their victorious march, and both knocked out the Russians. The Swiss got the better of Dmitry Tursunov - 6:3, 6:3, the Frenchwoman left no chance for Nadezhda Petrova - 6:3, 6:1.

Russians have painted a portrait of Putin's ideal successor The current president, Vladimir Putin, is quite successfully pursuing a course towards increasing Russia's role in the modern world and strengthening state institutions. And his successor should generally follow the same course, only be tougher on some issues. This opinion was expressed by the majority of Russians during a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) in March.

All Moscow universities, except Moscow State University, have recognized the unified exam A seemingly impossible thing has happened in the capital's university community. All rectors of Moscow universities, with the exception of Moscow State University, decided to accept applicants based on the results of a unified state exam. True, so far only in one subject - history. But the first step in itself is already sensational.

The future on the banks of the Neva was outlined to the Constitutional Court Members of the Constitutional Court, it seems, will not wait for the “royal living conditions” with which the authorities secretly promised to sweeten their move to St. Petersburg.

Norway offers visas in exchange for fish The Norwegian voyage of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov began with a gas presentation and, in fact, ended with it. After intergovernmental negotiations that took place yesterday in Oslo, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said that his cabinet is ready to do everything possible to include the Norwegian gas concerns Norsk Hydro and Stat Oil among the participants in the project to develop the Shtokman gas field. Mr.