The government is learning to plan budgets and investments several years in advance Yesterday, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and the head of the Ministry of Economic Development German Gref informed the Russian President about the proposed changes to the Budget Code necessary to reform the budget process. We are talking about the transition to a “rolling three-year plan”: from now on, the federal budget will be adopted not for a year, but for three.

The Academy of Medical Sciences is in no hurry to hand over its institutes to officials The optimistic mood of the ideologists of the national project “Health”, who recently summed up the results of the first year of its implementation, may be spoiled by another high-profile scandal. The leaders of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS) seem to be preparing a new attack on the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Mikhail Zurabov.

TV critics sum up January Television observers from various publications agree on one thing: nothing good can be expected from New Year's programs. No new tricks have been invented, but the channels just don’t have a festive mood and the usual fun. The biggest failures, by all accounts, were “Carnival Night 2” and the TV series “Stalin. Live”. And the biggest success was the film "The Island". And it is clear that the best way to attract attention is censorship.

The New Year's ten-day period for all TV channels is already turning into a familiar conveyor belt: the “lights” are technologically advanced, but no new ideas have appeared. However, the viewer willingly watches what is available, and this does not stimulate channels to create new formats. The main disappointment of the holiday week is “Carnival Night 2” by Eldar Ryazanov on “First”. Why did you even have to take on this?!

History of American ballet at the Bolshoi Theater A week later at the Bolshoi Theater there will be a premiere, “An Evening of American Choreography.” The three one-act ballets should provide a glimpse into what was happening in US ballet in the 1930s, the mid-1980s and what is happening now. The set looks very bright. They will start with Balanchine’s “Serenade” - the first ballet made by a former dancer of the Mariinsky Theater and a former choreographer of the Diaghilev enterprise in America.

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev counted $25 billion in criminal proceeds Investigators from the Prosecutor General's Office yesterday brought new charges against the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev and the former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

1. Positive. “Island” (Russia) is an absolute event. The concept, character and idea of ​​the film, the reaction of critics and the ambiguous perception of the film needed to be understood and discussed together with the creators, experts and the audience (one “Mirror” with Lungin is not enough). It would not hurt to discuss the screening of “Live” (“First”).

"Victory over the Sun" at the Center for Contemporary Art The State Center for Contemporary Art provided an opportunity for artists exploring reality with the help of high technology to speak out. Alina and Jeff Blumis, Dmitry Bulatov, Paul Grandjean, Gabriele Leidloff and Vadim Kosmachev visualize the fragile area of ​​interaction between science and art, penetrating the heart and brain, probing memory and the mechanisms of heredity.

Norilsk Nickel creates an energy holding Norilsk Nickel announced its intention to create an energy holding within its structure that will unite the company's assets in the electric power industry. “It is expected that the company’s assets that have already been acquired and those planned for acquisition will be allocated to this structure,” Norilsk Nickel said in a statement.

The Constitutional Court defended Russian legal proceedings from European criticism The Constitutional Court (CC) demonstrated to Europe the advantages of the Russian legal system. Yesterday, he made one of his most significant decisions, recognizing civil supervision - the review of court decisions that have entered into force in civil cases - as an important step in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens.

Rosselkhoznadzor did not allow independent grain quality evaluators to work Rosselkhoznadzor violates the Law “On Protection of Competition”. This is stated in a statement by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), published recently. Based on the results of the consideration of the case, the antimonopoly service ordered Rosselkhoznadzor to stop violating antimonopoly legislation.

Chronicle of sporting events Volleyball. Super League. Women. 8th round. "Dynamo-Yantar" - "Kazanochka" - 3:0, "Avtodor-Metar" - "Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant" - 3:1, "Leningradka" - "Stinol" - 3:1, "Dynamo" M -- "Tulitsa" -- 3:0, "Zarechye-Odintsovo" -- CSKA -- 2:3, "Uralochka-NTMK" -- "Nugget" -- 1:3. The leaders are: Dynamo M - 8 wins - 0 defeats, CSKA - 7--2, Zarechye-Odintsovo - 5--2. CSKA continues to pleasantly surprise, finishing in seventh place last season.

The regions began to form the party composition of the future State Duma in advance Yesterday The Union of Right Forces party lost the right to participate in the next regional elections - this time to the Tyumen Regional Duma. The reason was a certain technical error: the central apparatus of the party did not transfer the amount of the electoral deposit on time - before February 3rd.

Gazprom approved the list of candidates for the board of directors The Gazprom Board of Directors yesterday approved a list of 19 candidates for the new composition of this body. The elections will be held on June 29 at the annual meeting of shareholders of the concern. This time, all the intrigue was concentrated in the area of ​​nominating candidates for the only place of independent director, and materials with the list were distributed to board members immediately before the meeting.

The monotony of weather on the territory of European Russia has become a thing of history. The beginning of February is characterized by a wide range of temperatures and a variety of weather phenomena. The main object of attention of forecasters is the next Atlantic cyclone, which, with its atmospheric fronts, will divide the European territory of Russia into a relatively warm and very cold part. The most severe frosts on Tuesday and Wednesday will fall on the Russian North.