And he promised to talk to the FSB Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who is currently on a visit to the United States, last Friday made a strong bid to confirm full membership in the Financial Eight. Taking a brief break from an IMF conference in Washington to talk to reporters, he told the press that dollar instability and the high US trade deficit were calling into question the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency.

Iran is not going to suspend work with uranium “Uranium enrichment, nuclear research and development activities are irreversible,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said at a press conference in Tehran yesterday. According to him, demands for Tehran to suspend nuclear work “are not on the agenda.” Mr. Asefi's words came a few days before the UN Security Council meeting on Iran scheduled for April 28.

Rosimushchestvo calls for Aeroflot to be enlarged at the expense of state assets in the industry As it became known last Friday, Rosimushchestvo proposed to the Russian Ministry of Transport to consider the possibility of consolidating all state assets in the field of civil aviation by including them in the authorized capital of Aeroflot OJSC.

Almost two-thirds of the population do not trust Russian banks The poorer and less educated Russians are, the more they distrust financial institutions. This conclusion can be drawn from a study prepared by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). Bankers interviewed by the newspaper also note that the low level of financial culture prevents the population from understanding what can actually be obtained from credit institutions.

JP Morgan Bank pays for IPO irregularities Large American bank JP Morgan Chase & Co. became the first credit institution to voluntarily settle the so-called telecom boom lawsuits, which were brought in connection with violations of the rules for initial public offerings (IPOs) of high-tech companies. Last Friday, the bank's management agreed to pay $425 million to affected investors in order to get off the relevant blacklist of financial institutions.

Residents of Koryakia are being transported from areas destroyed by the earthquake A powerful earthquake that literally paralyzed an entire Russian region could happen again. Thousands of residents of Koryakia, who have been literally living on the streets since Friday, in severe frost, will have to spend several more anxious nights.

Domestic transfer systems enter a price war Money transfer systems have their own GTO standards: who will offer a wider geography of transfer, who will transfer money faster and cheaper. So far, domestic systems have been more successful in delivering them, since the consumer chooses them. Money transfers are one of the most dynamically developing and fastest growing market segments.

On Easter, Muscovites were treated to fourteen goals Spartak head coach Alexander Starkov is ready to resign. After the match with Moscow, in which the red-whites led with a score of 3:0, but only managed to achieve a draw - 3:3, Starkov hinted at his possible dismissal, noting that everything should be decided this week. “The pressure that is put on me and the whole team affected the game.

Opposition leaders in Nepal continue to demand democratic change from 58-year-old King Gyanendra (pictured) . Thousands of people defied a curfew in the capital Kathmandu yesterday to once again take to the streets, demanding the resumption of parliament, the convening of a constitutional assembly, a new fundamental law limiting the power of the monarch and the start of negotiations with Maoist rebels. More than 100 thousand people took part in Saturday's demonstrations.

"Antigone" at the Taganka Theater The ancient story of a girl who, despite the king’s ban, decided to bury her murdered rebel brother and paid for it with her life, has appeared on stage hundreds of times since the time of Sophocles.

Despite the obvious importance of developing small businesses in Russia, domestic banks only began to actively lend to this sector of the economy only last year. So far, the volume of loans issued to small businesses is only $6-7 billion, while the market requires several times more. However, according to Sergei SUCHKOV, member of the board of Vneshtorgbank 24, there is a real boom in small business lending ahead.

The cause of the fire at Moscow State University could have been arson Two people were killed and seven were burned as a result of a fire that occurred early Friday morning in one of the dormitories of Moscow State University. Lomonosov. The alarm was raised at half past five in the morning by students who were studying at their computers that night.

Schumacher's victory at Imola was reminiscent of his defeat last year Michael Schumacher's victory at Imola was Ferrari's first success since last season's US Grand Prix. Despite the second place, Fernando Alonso and the Renault team continue to firmly occupy leading positions in the individual and team standings. Juan Pablo Montoya finished third in a McLaren.

Regions do not know how to properly report on the implementation of national projects The federal authorities do not trust the regions' reports on the implementation of national projects. In the Ural Federal District, presidential envoy Pyotr Latyshev does not believe the governors' reports so much that he went on a series of trips to municipalities. The main goal is to find out how things really stand with national projects.

About 5 million Russians took part in the celebration of Orthodox Easter The unity of spiritual and secular power is becoming a distinctive feature of modern Russia. The presence of the highest officials of the state at festive services has ceased to seem something unusual. And the President’s Easter congratulations fit well into the minds of Russians on the same shelf as the Patriarch’s Easter address. Moreover, they were talking about approximately the same thing.