Applicants for Yukos assets are studying the terms of participation in auctions The YUKOS Creditors' Committee yesterday published the terms and procedure for bidding for the sale of assets. As expected, the bidding will be held in the form of open auctions, which will begin in March and will last until the end of the bankruptcy proceedings. “The first message about the start of trading will probably be published tomorrow (i.e. today, February 22 - Ed.

UK prepares for visit of Russian investigators A senior official from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, who has arrived in the capital of the United Kingdom, is discussing with his British colleagues the details of the upcoming visit of a group of Russian investigators.

Renova is going to mine uranium in South Africa, and Harmony is going to mine gold in Russia The Renova group of companies, controlled by Viktor Vekselberg, decided to strengthen its presence in Africa , where it entered more than two years ago: yesterday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the South African Harmony Gold Mining , one of the ten largest gold mining companies in the world.

The investigation into the terrorist attacks on airplanes in 2004 moved into the civil plane The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd began consideration of a civil claim by a group of relatives of passengers on a Tu-154 plane that crashed in August 2004 as a result of a terrorist attack . The defendant in the case is East-Line Aviation Security CJSC , the security service of Domodedovo Airport, from where the deceased airliner took off on its last flight.

Dmitry Kozak proposed an alternative to Ramzan Kadyrov Russian Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak will propose to the head of state three candidates for the post of head of Chechnya, which has been vacant since Alu Alkhanov resigned on February 15.

Congressman Lantos vows to repeal Jackson-Vanik Amendment Against the background of the obvious deterioration of Russian-American relations, there was a politician who decided to reduce the degree of mutual accusations and mistrust. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, 79-year-old Tom Lantos, intends to make every effort to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which is discriminatory for Russia.

The Stavropol Regional Court issued a verdict in the case of the former head of the service for control of legal drug trafficking of the Federal Service for Drug Control (UFSKN) in the Stavropol Territory, Sergei Ponarin. The court found him guilty of repeatedly accepting bribes and sentenced him to nine years in a maximum security colony. According to investigators, Ponarin imposed tribute on companies involved in the sale of confectionery poppy seeds.

Bill Gates forbade his daughter to use the computer for a long time Bill Gates is trying to prove that he is not only the owner of a huge empire producing software for personal computers, but first and foremost a caring father. The founder of Microsoft and the man whose name has become a symbol of the computer era, forbade his own children to use a computer unless absolutely necessary. According to Reuters, Mr.

DIA offers to make life easier for both depositors and banks The stable situation in the banking system and the high volume of the insurance fund allows the Deposit Insurance Agency to simultaneously increase the amount of compensation to private depositors of problem banks and reduce the burden on credit institutions , which are obliged to pay quarterly funds to this fund. DIA General Director Alexander Turbanov announced this yesterday.

Premiere at the Oleg Tabakov Theater-Studio “The Marriage of Belugin” in “Tabakerka”, staged by Sergei Puskepalis, is a joy for fans of the most traditional and at the same time lively, not at all museum theater. The play, written by Ostrovsky in collaboration with Nikolai Solovyov, is slightly shortened (the hero’s first bride has disappeared from the stage, she is only mentioned) and analyzed carefully and sensitively.

The IOC Evaluation Commission went to the mountains The assessment commission of the International Olympic Committee met the morning of the third day in Sochi, a city that is a candidate for hosting the 2014 White Olympics, in the mountains. The Olympic Charter prohibits commission members from communicating with journalists and expressing their own opinions.

Belgrade and Pristina are not ready for compromise The final round of negotiations between the delegations of the Serbian government and the leadership of the Kosovo region began yesterday in Vienna. They discuss the plan of the UN Secretary General's special envoy Martti Ahtisaari (pictured) to determine the final status of the region. Discussions are expected to continue intermittently until March 2. On March 10, Mr.

Yulia Tymoshenko is preparing an algorithm for changing power Yesterday, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) and the presidential bloc “Our Ukraine” blocked a meeting of the Rada . The pretext for the political rebellion was the refusal of the ruling Anti-Crisis Coalition to consider Mrs. Tymoshenko's bill on limiting utility tariffs , as well as to introduce amendments to the 2007 state budget by President Viktor Yushchenko to increase minimum wages and pensions from April 1.

A native of St. Petersburg again became the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mokretsov was appointed head of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) yesterday. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin introduced the new head to department employees. “This is not the version of a security officer, this is an intellectual, a thoughtful person, very professionally versed in taxes,” these are the words Kudrin described Mr. Mokretsov in a conversation with journalists.

Russian premiere of monodrama to Schoenberg's music The cycle “Masterpieces of Austrian Symphony of the 20th Century”, organized by the Center for Contemporary Music and the Austrian Cultural Forum, began in the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Its goal is to present works by classics of the world musical avant-garde. At the first concert dedicated to the music of Arnold Schoenberg, the Russian premiere of the monodrama “Waiting” took place.