The prosecutor's office took up the story of "Big Lunch" and "Smart Lunch" A large-scale “war for brands” is flaring up in the fast food market. Passions are running high around a major player in this business - LLC "Kitchen Without Borders", which is engaged in the production and sale of products "Big Lunch", "Smart Lunch", "Business Menu", etc.

Rostekhnadzor intends to license gas stations The Russian retail fuel market is facing a new shock. Yesterday, Rostekhnadzor announced the introduction of licenses for the operation of gas stations in accordance with the Regulations on licensing activities for the operation of explosive production facilities, approved by the government in January. As the department's press service told Vremya Novostei, gas station owners must apply for a new license from Rostechnadzor before the end of the year.

A film about the expulsion of Germans from East Prussia was shown in Germany Yesterday in Germany, on the public television channel ARD, the screening of the two-part film “Flight” about the expulsion of Germans from Silesia and East Prussia in the last months of the Second World War was completed. On Sunday and Monday in prime time, the film, the budget of which amounted to 10 million euros, was watched Almost 30% of viewers, or about 11 million people, including 19% under 25 years of age.

Watch from March 8 on Moscow screens “Love-Carrot” (Russia, 2007, Alexander Strizhenov). A comedy based on a plot as old as the world (“Heavenly Punishment”, “It’s Not Harmful to Dream”, everywhere else) about an outwardly quite successful, but experiencing a serious crisis, a married couple (Gosha Kutsenko and Kristina Orbakaite), who switched bodies in a way unknown to science.

By the middle of the week, the weather in most areas of European Russia will be determined by increased atmospheric pressure. It will spread from a vast anticyclone centered in the Trans-Urals. Light precipitation, mainly in the form of sleet, will occur only at night in the northwestern regions and on the night of March 7 in some places in the central regions. Today, light precipitation in the form of rain and sleet is possible in the southern regions of European Russia.

Chechnya was appointed as a model subject of the federation By appointing Ramzan Kadyrov as president of Chechnya , the Kremlin allowed this republic to win a kind of competition for the title of exemplary subject of the federation that has unfolded over the past couple of years between two of Russia's once most problematic territories - Chechnya and Tatarstan.

Rosneft has almost doubled the reserves of the Vankor field The state company Rosneft yesterday answered a question about why it will not allow anyone near the Vankor oil field in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. As Mikhail Skvortsov, head of the company's geological exploration, licensing and field development department, told Interfax, oil reserves amount to 490 million tons, while at the beginning of 2006 this figure was 270 million tons.

The Federal Tax Service asked citizens to independently determine the amount of gift taxation The state is once again trying to take tax control over the receipt of large gifts . The Federal Tax Service (FTS) reminded that large gifts, if the giver is not a close relative, must pay taxes. At the same time, he warned that the tax inspector has the right to draw his own conclusions about the value of the gift.

The controversial contract is returned for revision Aeroflot is considering a new option for implementing the “frozen” contract for the leasing of six Il-96 aircraft with Ilyushin-Finance Co. (IFK). Yesterday, the general director of Aeroflot-Cargo airline (the cargo subsidiary of Aeroflot), Andrei Goryashko, told reporters that his company was beginning negotiations with IFC on the acquisition of a cargo version of the Il-96-400 aircraft.

Sergei Sobyanin will try to understand the development of the gas market The head of the presidential administration, Sergei Sobyanin, will gather officials and top managers of Gazprom and RAO UES of Russia in the Kremlin in order to discuss in a narrow circle the next ideological crisis in reforming the gas supply system. The meeting, according to Vremya Novostei, will take place today or tomorrow.

The fate of the former head of the Nenets District will be decided by the district court in Arkhangelsk The Prosecutor General's Office yesterday announced the completion of the investigation into the criminal case against the ex-governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) Alexei Barinov and his two alleged accomplices - former deputy director and chief accountant of Arkhangelskgeoldobycha OJSC Sergei Gavrilov and Sergei Goryaev.

Russia collected the biggest harvest of medals in Birmingham Only fifth place was taken by the Russian national team, which actually acted as an experimental squad, at the 29th European Indoor Championships, which took place in Birmingham (Great Britain). But this is if we talk about the medal standings, and first of all we count “gold”. In terms of the total number of awards (15) and points standings, our team became the best at the continental championship.

Small businesses in Moscow celebrate their anniversary on a grand scale Moscow small businesses will receive special attention from the city authorities this year. 2007 will be an anniversary year for the large army of small entrepreneurs in the capital. The history of small business in Moscow begins with the creation of a commission of the Moscow City Executive Committee on issues of individual labor and cooperative activities under the leadership of the then mayor of the city, Yuri Luzhkov.

CLUBS Sean Lennon (USA). The first and only concert in Moscow of the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. At the Ikra club, 21.00. CONCERTS The Fretwork String Ensemble, led by Richard Boothby (violin), plays Jewish music. Kremlin Armory , 19.00. Symphony Chapel of Russia under the direction of conductor Vladimir Andropov , soloist Alexander Gindin . The program includes Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.

Sevilla took the lead in the Spanish Championship There was a change of power in the Spanish Championship: Sevilla, with the help of Alexander Kerzhakov, beat Barcelona and displaced the Catalans from the first line of the standings. This was only Barca's fourth defeat in the championship, and Sevilla joined the ranks of Real and Valencia, who had already accomplished similar feats.