The IT and communications industry maintains its growth rate Starting the next calendar year with an information technology event in Russian political life is a kind of tradition. In January 2005, President Putin conferred with representatives of the IT industry and members of the government in Novosibirsk, and in February 2006, he chaired a meeting of the State Council Presidium in Nizhny Novgorod.

Russia wants to complete the construction of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr Yesterday, the UN Security Council informally resumed discussions on the Iranian nuclear issue . Last Friday, members of the European trio, Great Britain, France and Germany, presented an updated draft resolution calling for the imposition of sanctions against Tehran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Bankers and insurers create an atmosphere of cooperation Immediately after the widely publicized banking and insurance conflict between Uraltransbank and the ROSNO company, the association of regional banks “Russia” and the All-Russian Union of Insurers signed a cooperation agreement. In their opinion, this will allow such conflicts to be resolved without washing dirty linen in public.

The history of the extermination of Jews is being discussed in Tehran The international conference “Holocaust Review: An International Vision” concludes today in Tehran. The organizer of the scandalous event was the Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIR) under the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Shell made Gazprom an offer that is hard to refuse The main participant and operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, Royal Dutch Shell, made a knight's move. The Russian environmental authorities' attack on operator Sakhalin Energy and its contracting partners brought swift and unexpected results.

The American Federal Reserve sets policy for the coming quarter US financial markets are preparing for today's Federal Reserve meeting, at which the heads of the US Central Bank are expected to announce the future course of the country's monetary policy and the key interest rate. Last night they reacted very sharply to the words of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who said at a video conference of Israeli businessmen that he expected “several years” of dollar weakness , Reuters reports.

Lazio beat Roma in the Rome derby The main event of the European football weekend took place in Rome, where for the first time this season two teams from the Italian capital - Lazio and Roma - came face to face. This match has been on the lips of every resident of the Eternal City for a whole month - two weeks before the “classico” the conversations begin, heating up every day, and two weeks after its completion they gradually fade away.

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Columbus" - "Ottawa" - 6:2 - Fedorov "K" (0+1) , "Chicago" - "Edmonton" - 4:1 - Arkhipov "Ch" (1+0), Rangers - Florida - 2:1. Sergei Fedorov's teammates in Columbus scored five of the six goals against the Senators while realizing a numerical majority. Ottawa suffered its third defeat in a row, and the Blue Jackets extended their winning streak to four matches.

Exhibition “Russian Trophy” for the 20th anniversary of the creative activity of Olga and Alexander Florensky The Russian artist is still inspired by the garbage dump and the dacha. At the dacha there is a creative atmosphere, relaxation, flowers, grass, silence and birdsong. The trash heap is a treasure trove of everything that can be used for artistic overproduction.

The Prosecutor General's Office questioned Moscow partner Alexander Litvinenko Investigators from the Prosecutor General's Office, as part of the investigation into the scandalous “Litvinenko case,” yesterday finally interrogated the former head of the security of Boris Berezovsky, and now Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoy.

Anti-tobacco commercial removed from air in UK The search for polonium-210 across the UK, which has been ongoing for more than a week, has already led to the fact that the very name of this rare chemical element may fall into the category of taboo vocabulary. Already now, officials are trying not to mention him again, even if they are not talking about the fate of retired security officer Alexander Litvinenko.

In Russia they don’t know how to write tax bills Most of the bills prepared for consideration in the State Duma do not meet legal requirements. The Ministry of Justice officially notified this in a press release late last week. Specialists from the Ministry of Justice noted the most violations in tax rulemaking: 90% of documents providing for amendments to the legislation on taxes and fees are rejected by them.

The number of members of the party in power is reflected in their quality United Russia is actively recruiting governors, mayors, and famous athletes to the party. However, then some converts have to be disposed of urgently. The newspaper Vremya Novostey decided to find out what criteria United Russia adheres to when admitting new members to the party. Yesterday, the mayor of Tomsk, Alexander Makarov, was removed from his post by the court.

CONCERTS Magic Mushroom$. The Ivanov Brothers , Franck Vaganet from Belgium (saxophone), American Shenda Ruhl (vocals), Moscow Virtuosi string quartet, DJ Vitaly Zamyatin , Dmitry Sevastyanov (drums), Anton Rumyantsev (saxophone), Yuri Genbachev (percussion) and Anna Pashinskaya ( harp). As part of the Magic Mix festival. Mansion of receptions and celebrations of Peter Smirnov , 19.00. "Piano Masterpieces" Andrey Diev will perform works by Schumann, Brahms and Shostakovich.

Russia's policy towards unrecognized state entities on the territory of Georgia has undergone significant changes since 1999. Russia de facto abandoned unconditional support for the territorial integrity of Georgia, largely lifted the blockade on Abkhazia, ensured that residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia received Russian citizenship, and invested and continues to invest significant financial resources in the socio-economic rehabilitation of these regions.