Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court Anton IVANOV explained to Vremya Novostey why he considers it necessary to publish lawyer fees. -- Anton Aleksandrovich, what is the reason for YOU's desire to resolve the problem of collecting legal costs? -- Since the beginning of the 90s, a practice has developed in the arbitration system according to which the courts did not recover from the losing party the fee paid by the winning party to the lawyer as a percentage of the claim.

US Senator John McCain, if he were President George W. Bush, “probably would not go to the G8 summit, which is to be held in St. Petersburg in July under the chairmanship of Russia. McCain himself stated this on Sunday on NBC.

Swede Thomas Hammarberg yesterday replaced Spaniard Alvaro Gil-Robles as Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE). 64-year-old Hammarberg, before his election on October 5, 2005, as European Ombudsman, headed the Stockholm Olof Palme Human Rights Center, and in 1980-1986 he was Secretary General of Amnesty International. His specialty was protecting children's rights. He also investigated the crimes of Pol Pot in Cambodia.

Angela Merkel is developing Germany's energy strategy until 2020 Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel held a meeting in Berlin last night with leading representatives of the German economy, at which topical issues of shaping the country's energy policy for the medium term - until 2020 - were discussed. Already on the eve of this energy summit, as it is called here, it was clear that the most piquant topic would be the future of nuclear energy.

Nursultan Nazarbayev took his son-in-law to Moscow Yesterday evening, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Moscow on a three-day official visit. Today, Mr. Nazarbayev will be received in the Kremlin by Vladimir Putin, the second meeting of the presidents this year, they met in January during the inauguration of the president of Kazakhstan, elected to this post for the third time in December 2005.

Chronicle of sporting events A participant in the upcoming Final Four of the FIBA ​​European Cup next weekend, the Moscow region club Khimki, within the framework of the Super League, took revenge on the Kazan UNICS for an away defeat in the first round - 86:81. The match was sold out - 3,500 spectators.

Government members cannot agree on tax policy principles In tax policy there are more unresolved questions than answers, participants of the extended board of the Ministry of Finance admitted. The Ministry of Finance, as it turned out, is dissatisfied with the work of fiscal officers from a subordinate department - the Federal Tax Service.

“Piranha Hunt” on Moscow screens In 1974, an accident occurred in a secret military laboratory somewhere in the taiga, in the vicinity of the Shantara River. The most dangerous chemical weapon (one drop of which would be enough to destroy almost half the world, but at the same time easily neutralized by ordinary fresh water) almost broke out beyond the thick walls of the bunker.

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Real Madrid failed to take revenge on Barcelona The main event of the last round of the Spanish championship was the super match between two superclubs, which occupied first and second places in the standings. However, even if they won, Real would hardly be able to catch up with Barcelona, ​​which now nothing should stop them from winning the championship for the second time in a row.

Niyazov is ready to supply gas promised to Gazprom to China Following Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkmenbashi came to China with a gas proposal. Yesterday, Saparmurat Niyazov and Chinese President Hu Jintao signed a framework agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

Forecast for the coming days In the central zone of European Russia, the beginning of April turned out to be damp, but warm. The average daily temperature was two to three degrees higher than normal. At night and in the morning the earth was shrouded in fog. And in the coming days, fogs will continue in the center of Russia, it will still freeze at night, so on Wednesday night it will reach -1...-6°C, and during the day in the anticyclone the air will warm up to +7...+12°C.

Khabarovsk water intakes are preparing for a new “chemical attack” from China Nitrobenzene, the release of which after an accident at a chemical plant in China frightened residents of the Russian Far East, no longer threatens the water intakes of Khabarovsk. However, with the beginning of the ice drift, tons of other, no less toxic chemical compounds will come to the banks of the Amur from China.

The judges forbade criticizing Schröder Yesterday, the Hamburg Regional Court had its say in the scandal surrounding the employment of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He forbade the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), Guido Westerwelle, from repeating statements addressed to the ex-chancellor that he was allegedly personally interested in the project to build the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP). Thus, Mr.

Television critics summed up the results of March Moscow television critics working in various publications have a tradition of summing up what is happening on domestic television channels once a month on the pages of one of the paper media. Now these assessments will be published in Vremya Novostey. Each participant had to speak on three positions. Firstly, name the most interesting and striking events and programs for the month. Secondly, the worst projects and performances.