The trade union of foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers is headed by a former official of the Ministry of Health Foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers, who suffered many losses in the domestic market last year due to problems with financing the additional drug supply program (ADS) , decided to change their tactics.

Georgia will defend the rights of deportees in Strasbourg Yesterday, Georgia finally decided to appeal to the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights to protect its citizens expelled from Russia . In the Georgian parliament, at the final meeting of the temporary commission to protect the rights of deportees, the Minister of Justice and the Georgian consul in Russia were heard. On Friday, the Georgian parliament will adopt a corresponding resolution on this issue.

Moscow is trying to legitimize the forced seizure of land for the needs of the city The Moscow authorities are openly trying to insure themselves against long-term land disputes with the owners of plots or houses located in the areas required by the mayor's office for development.

Concluding his trip to Arab countries , Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in Amman with a group of Russian journalists, among whom was a Vremya Novostey columnist. The president returned to his speech on February 10 at a security conference in Munich, which the West hastened to call “confrontational.” According to Vladimir Putin, he did not say anything new then.

North Korea is ready to shut down its main nuclear reactor Pyongyang agreed to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for foreign assistance - this is the result of the six-party talks on the DPRK nuclear issue that ended yesterday in Beijing. The appearance of a document on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament agreed upon by all parties - the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan - was welcome news.

Yesterday, the best libero of the men's Champions League of last season and the 2006 World Championship, Alexey Verbov, arrived from Moscow to the location of the seven-time national champion Belgorod Lokomotiv-Belogorye. For the first time since the World Cup ended in early December, he begins training with his team. The forced downtime was caused by a serious injury to the volleyball player.

The court returned the licenses for two areas in the Barents Sea to the Sintez group The Sintez group, believed to be controlled by the senator from Chuvashia Leonid Lebedev , managed to defeat Rosnedra, which deprived it of licenses for the geological study of the Admiralteyskaya and Pakhtusovskaya areas in the Barents Sea. The Moscow Arbitration Court yesterday declared the corresponding order of the department invalid.

The Minister of Regional Development explained what his ministry does Yesterday, Minister of Regional Development Vladimir Yakovlev, the head of the most criticized department in Russia, not counting, perhaps, the Ministry of Health and Social Development, reported to journalists on the state of housing and communal services , the reform of which the department oversees, and on the rest of the work of the ministry.

An examination in Denmark confirmed the exact location of the sunken legend Yesterday, on the anniversary of the death of the legendary steamship Chelyuskin in the Arctic in 1934, an exhibition opened in Moscow, which presented not only the personal belongings of the expedition members and archival documents, but also the results of the latest research at the bottom of the Chukchi Sea, where in the summer of 2006- In fact, the search for the sunken legend was completed.

The Rossiya Association is preparing a bill on debt collectors Leading collection agencies decided to create their own trade union under the Rossiya Association of Regional Banks . In addition, they defined the requirements and rights of participants in this market. In two months, these rules will be formalized in the form of a bill.

The decision on missile defense bases will be made by the Polish government Representatives of the highest government authorities joined the discussion about the deployment of the American missile defense system in Poland . On Monday evening, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski invited the leaders of parliamentary factions - six Sejm deputies - to talk on a pressing topic. The government press service immediately warned that details of the much-anticipated meeting should not be awaited.

The Military-Industrial Commission took up special objects Construction and reconstruction of special and military facilities - this topic became the main topic at the regular meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) under the Russian government held yesterday.

Vladimir Putin made a pilgrimage to the site of Christ's baptism As our newspaper predicted, despite a busy tour of Arab countries and a difficult schedule, yesterday Russian President Vladimir Putin went to Jordan to one of the most important shrines of Christianity - the place on the eastern bank of the Jordan River where the prophet John baptized Jesus Christ.

Yesterday, Taiwanese prosecutors brought corruption charges against opposition Kuomintang Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou. The investigation has been ongoing since November 2006. The 55-year-old politician is considered the main contender for the presidency in the 2008 elections. However, his reputation with voters could be seriously damaged by allegations of misuse of special funds during his tenure as mayor of Taipei, which Ma held from 1998 to 2006.

Kosovo will not receive an army and a seat in the UN Today at noon Belgrade time, the new assembly (parliament) of Serbia , elected on January 21, will convene for its first meeting. After resolving technical issues, parliamentarians will move on to discussing the most pressing topic - a resolution on the status of Kosovo. It is planned to record Serbia's position regarding the proposals of the UN Secretary General's special envoy for the status process Martti Ahtisaari .