Sibir Energy, owned by the famous Moscow entrepreneur Shalva Chigirinsky and his business partner Igor Kesaev (owner of the Mercury group, the exclusive distributor of Philip Morris in Central Russia), suffered a final defeat in the corporate struggle with Sibneft (which in the coming days will finally change its name to "Gazpromneft") for control of the Sibneft-Yugra company.

Sofia is hosting one of the most prestigious super tournaments of the year, Mobiletel Masters, in which an uncompromising fight is predetermined by the prohibition of players from conducting peace negotiations. Compared to last year, when it was possible to assemble an outstanding line-up of participants, this time the tournament is weakened by the absence of Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko.

Vladimir Ustinov believes that criminal groups “are everywhere” “Organized crime in Russia has acquired the character of a national threat,” Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov said yesterday at a coordination meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies and the judicial system on the fight against organized crime. The situation, according to the Prosecutor General, is catastrophic - it turns out that almost all spheres of government are infected with crime.

The President of Kyrgyzstan will meet with the parents of Ryspek Akmatbaev Today, President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev will receive in Bishkek the parents of the famous crime boss Ryspek Akmatbaev, who was killed on May 10. This became known yesterday after a meeting between the father and mother of the murdered man with Kyrgyzstan's Secretary of State Madumarov, Prosecutor General Kongantiev and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Abdyldaev.

In two years it will be possible to get a job without a university diploma Domestic business started yesterday with the presentation of a global educational project. On Monday evening, the ceremonial establishment of the non-governmental National Agency for Vocational Qualifications took place, which became, in fact, the first link between those who train specialists and those who hire them.

Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich! The annual increase in postal rates significantly affects the ability of various groups of the population to subscribe to newspapers and magazines. Meanwhile, according to various sources, up to 32% of the circulation of periodicals is distributed in Russia through subscription.

The cold Arctic air brought by the North Atlantic cyclone covered most of the European territory of Russia. The “bird cherry” cold struck, as people say. On Tuesday in the northwestern region there will be some short-term rain in places; during the day the temperature will drop to +8...+13оС. In the central region, in the rear of the cyclone, the north-west wind will lower the temperature during the day to +10...+16оС, and there will be short-term rains in places.

The indictment in the Mavrodi case is planned to be read for a week The Chertanovsky Court in Moscow yesterday began reading the indictment in the case of Sergei Mavrodi, the founder of the most famous and largest financial pyramid in Russian history, MMM. The “main” trial accusing Mavrodi of “fraud committed by a person using his official position on a large scale” began at the end of March.

Due to the monetization of benefits, regions stop funding passenger transportation The reform of social benefits, launched early last year, highlights new problems, the solution of which, it seems, will require additional budgetary funds. However, we are no longer talking about emergency spending of several hundred billion rubles, which the authorities used to quell the protests of benefit recipients in the first months of 2005.

The G8 is expected to contribute to the fight against AIDS In the coming days, a high-ranking “responsible for AIDS” will be appointed in the Russian government. “By the end of May, we must form a coordinating committee headed by the Deputy Prime Minister to coordinate the work to combat HIV/AIDS,” Gennady Onishchenko, chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, said yesterday at a conference on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs recognized the inflated tariffs for the maintenance of detained cars as unfounded Subjects of Russia unreasonably increase tariffs for the evacuation of vehicles and their placement in impound lots.

German intelligence hired informers-journalists The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has gotten into another big scandal. The reason was the publication of a secret report by emergency investigator Gerhard Schaefer, who worked on the instructions of the parliamentary commission monitoring the activities of the intelligence services.

An old plane will ruin a furrow and won’t fly far The actual ban on the import of the latest aircraft equipment into Russia forces air carriers to purchase equipment in the literal sense of the last century. Progress in the civil aircraft industry is developing so rapidly that we can talk about a scientific and technological revolution that has been unfolding in the global aviation industry over the past fifteen years.

Russians are more concerned about gas in their own homes than Gazprom's income. The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) conducted a survey to find out the attitude of Russians to the level of gasification of the country and gas policy. Gasification of the country, identified by the president along with national projects and a priority of state policy, seems to be a pressing problem for Russian citizens.

Russian Morgan Stanley will buy Russian banks “Preparations for the Rosneft IPO are proceeding according to planned plans,” said the head of Morgan Stanley, Rair Simonyan, at a meeting with reporters yesterday.