A Russian Federal Property Fund official was stabbed to death in Novosibirsk Acting officer killed in Novosibirsk the head of one of the departments of the Russian Federal Property Fund (RFFI) is 53-year-old Sergei Korolko. The killer waylaid him at the entrance of the house in which an official sent to Novosibirsk was renting an apartment. The criminal stabbed the victim eight times and fled.

Chronicle of sporting events At the men's tennis tournament in the Spanish city of Valencia with a prize fund of 395,750 euros, of the four Russian participants, only Marat Safin managed to get into the second round. Safin, who received a wild card from the organizers, prevailed over last year's winner of this tournament, Russian Igor Andreev, in the opening match - 7:6 (6), 6:4.

The Avangard goalkeeper suffered from attacks from Ak Bars defenders Kazan Ak Bars, led by Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, yesterday made a serious bid for the championship. In the first match of the super final series up to three wins, the Tatarstan club confidently beat Omsk Avangard - 6:1. A repeat meeting will take place today, also in Kazan. In the city, whose annals have already entered the second millennium, there was a colossal excitement around the matches of the super final.

Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Moscow with his Albanian counterpart Besnik Mustafay. The head of the Albanian Foreign Ministry arrived in the Russian capital on a three-day working visit. Russia and Albania declared the need to “raise trade and economic ties to the level of political dialogue.” The parties discussed prospects for resolving the Kosovo problem. “Our approaches in nuances do not coincide in everything,” noted Sergei Lavrov.

NASDAQ bought 15% of shares of the London Stock Exchange American exchange operator NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. found a way to get close to the most inaccessible trading platform in the world - the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Yesterday it became known that Americans bought a 15% stake in the London Stock Exchange, becoming its largest shareholder as a result. The next largest stake of 6.6% belongs to the Barclays group.

The Moscow City Duma has reduced the number of applicants for municipal housing Yuri Luzhkov has repeatedly stated that Moscow is not going to abandon the practice of providing free municipal housing to those on the waiting list. However, the city authorities, following federal legislators, are actively trying to reduce the list of applicants for social rented apartments.

The court prohibited the publication of voting results In Ukraine, the legitimacy of the new Rada, elected on March 26, is being questioned. Yesterday, the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine prohibited the Central Election Commission from publishing the final voting results. “If we are following the legal path,” then this court decision is “normal,” Viktor Yushchenko said yesterday.

Conditional and early Yesterday, the Central District Court of Minsk decided to release the famous Belarusian politician Mikhail Marinich on parole. “I really hoped that this would happen, but I was secretly afraid that he would not be released early,” his son Igor Marynich told Vremya Novostei. The exact release date of 66-year-old Mikhail Marynich is still unknown. This is expected to happen in the coming days.

Dynamo received the ULEB Cup and a pass to the Euroleague The capital's Dynamo team won the third European Cup for basketball Russia this season. After the March victories of girls from Spartak near Moscow and Perm Ural Great in competitions under the auspices of FIBA ​​- the European Cup and the Challenge Cup, respectively - the “blue and white” celebrated their triumph in a more serious tournament, the ULEB Cup.

Vnesheconombank management proposes to simplify the path to development The story of the creation of a new state bank in Russia, engaged in large investment projects, was continued yesterday. The head of Vnesheconombank, Vladimir Dmitriev, proposed creating a federal bank for foreign economic activity and development on the basis of VEB with an authorized capital of $3 billion.

Minsk did not offer Gazprom the main Belarusian Energy Minister Alexander Ageev said yesterday that the creation of a joint venture with Gazprom on the basis of Beltransgaz is not among the projects proposed by Minsk as part of the negotiation process on the price of Russian gas. “We proposed five serious projects that are of interest to both Gazprom and us,” he told Interfax.

Vladimir Putin relieved Vladimir Potanin of doubts The head of the Interros holding, Vladimir Potanin, is becoming one of Vladimir Putin’s most frequent interlocutors “from the oligarchs.” The last time they met face to face was at the Sochi residence of the head of state in December, and on March 29, Mr. Potanin participated in a Kremlin meeting of business representatives with the president.

Roman Abramovich joined the leadership of Russian football Yesterday, at a meeting of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, it was finally officially confirmed what newspapermen and fans were already tired of gossiping about: Guus Hiddink is becoming the head coach of our national team. RFU President Vitaly Mutko received the authority to sign an official contract with the Dutch specialist.

The consortium of Enel and ESN-Energo will be allowed to manage the North-West CHPP RAO UES of Russia, a year before the end of the contract for managing the North-West CHPP by the consortium of Italian Enel and Russian ESN-Energo, intends to announce its extension for another year. Tomorrow, as Vremya Novostei learned, one of the top managers of the energy holding will most likely report this.

IT companies are promised the lowest taxes in the Russian economy A “special regime” may soon appear in the Tax Code. On Tuesday, the tax subcommittee of the State Duma supported a bill providing benefits for IT companies. The bill introducing a special tax regime for enterprises in the information technology industry provides programmers with very serious benefits.