Honored Artist of Russia Stanislav Sadalsky became an honorary citizen of Georgia. Dual citizenship in Georgia is allowed only by decision of the head of state. The Georgian consul in Russia Zurab Pataradze informed the actor about the corresponding decree of Mikheil Saakashvili. In an interview with Georgian television companies, the 55-year-old actor, who has starred in more than 70 films, said this was “big news” for him.

The North-Western embassy joined the fight against companies that defrauded shareholders Created at the end of last year in the Kaliningrad region under the leadership of the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District, Alexander Datsyshin, a special working group on the problems of defrauded shareholders began to have a significant administrative impact on local officials and law enforcement agencies.

Due to the fire at the plant, all industrial facilities in the Greater Urals will be inspected The fire at the Yekaterinburg plant "Agrospetsmontazh" will cause large-scale inspections of all industrial facilities in the Greater Urals. The reason is the scale of the tragedy.

Last year was a good year for the IPO market Global companies are increasingly increasing their capitalization through IPOs. Data published by British research group Dealogic shows that last year broke a record for the volume of initial public offerings in the world. The total volume of funds raised amounted to $213.9 billion. This was largely due to the activity of China, the United States and a number of European countries.

A new terminal is opening at the airport The terminals of Sheremetyevo Airport will soon be designated not by serial numbers, as now, but by letters, following the example of the largest airports in the world. General Director of Sheremetyevo International Airport (SIA) Mikhail Vasilenko said yesterday that the transition to the international system will begin not with “A”, as would be natural to expect, but with the letter “C”.

Channel One goes deeper into cable networks It seems that television, which once attracted not only families but also neighbors to their screens in our country, is switching to working for separate target audiences that differ in both age and interests.

The succession crisis of the Romanov dynasty ended with the “golden age” of Catherine the Great If desired, the “female age” on the Russian throne can be counted not from the accession of Catherine I, the widow of Peter the Great, in January 1725, but, say, from 1682, when the formal right of supreme signature belonged to the regent princess Sofya Alekseevna, who ruled under the nominal tsars Ivan and Peter Alekseevich.

The 57th Berlin Film Festival opens today Today, the festival palace on Marlene Dietrich Square will host the opening of the Berlinale, the largest international film forum, which for decades has been fighting with Cannes and Venice for supremacy in the festival trio. Festival director Dieter Kosslick, who took over from Moritz de Hadeln in 2001, is as optimistic as ever.

In Chile, the Russian team will perform without Davydenko and Yuzhny Today in the city of La Serena, located five hundred kilometers north of Santiago on the Pacific coast, the match of the first round of the Davis Cup World Group begins between the Chilean national team and the current trophy holders, the Russians. Our team will perform in a weakened lineup - without the third racket of the world Nikolai Davydenko and the semi-finalist of the recent ATP tournament in Zagreb Mikhail Youzhny.

A new cultural empire is born in the Middle East On February 12, the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Mikhail Shvydkoy, is expected to visit one of the largest and richest cities in the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi. There, in the fall, it is planned to carry out the next tour of the mega-exhibition “Russia!”, an ambitious project of the empire of the Guggenheim Foundation and its director Thomas Krenz.

CLUBS "Bob Marley's Birthday" Among the participants is the legendary Lee Scratch Perry - a man from the pantheon of musical gods. Perry can be put on a par with Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley and James Brown. If it weren't for him, there would be no Bob Marley! In addition, Shammah (Cameroon-Switzerland), Sunny Freeman & Rockers Band , “Karibasy” , “V.P.R.” will take part in the concert.

US approves deal to buy Oregon Steel Mills The US Foreign Investment Commission approved the purchase by the Russian Evraz Group of 100% of the shares of the metallurgical company Oregon Steel Mills (the transaction is carried out through a 100% subsidiary of Evraz, Oscar Acquisition Merger Sub Inc), the Russian company said in a statement. Then Evraz plans to incorporate Oregon Steel into its structure under the name Evraz North America.

Teams from all over the world prefer to meet in England For one day, the capital of England turned into one huge football ground. On Tuesday, four test matches took place in London. The Brentford club's Griffin Park stadium hosted the national teams of Nigeria and Ghana, Australia and Denmark played at the home arena of Queens Park Rangers, Loftus Road, and the Cravane Cottage field, where Fulham usually plays, was tested by national team players Greece and South Korea.

The Moscow City Duma dispelled the illusions of citizens regarding the possibility of holding a referendum Muscovites were offered to finally delegate their rights to solve key problems of city life to the executive and legislative branches. Or more precisely, the representatives of United Russia who now occupy the majority of seats in the Moscow City Duma and City Hall.

Russia may allow foreign credit institutions to enter its market Russia will become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of this year, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref said yesterday. “We see this period as ideal. This is a very tight deadline and we will have to work hard to make it a reality,” he said.