ARB acquired a credit broker The Association of Russian Banks (ARB) became the founder of a credit broker - the National Credit Agency, which will soon offer its services to individuals and small businesses. It has already created a database of bank loan offers, intends to open several offices in April and invite clients in May. The National Credit Agency was created in December 2006.

Verdi's "Requiem" on gut strings The latest project of conductor Teodor Currentzis was presented on Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Conservatory to an incredible crowd of people. It was impossible to buy tickets at the box office a week in advance, even the offer from hand turned out to be poor - Verdi's popular score, the names of the performers and the occasion (Svyatoslav Richter's birthday) turned out to be an absolute lure for the public.

Medicines will be equal in price The income of pharmaceutical distributors participating in the additional drug supply program (ADS) may significantly decrease in the near future. It is planned to “squeeze” wholesalers as part of a set of measures to optimize the costs of the ill-fated federal program .

The Chinese couple regained the championship title At the World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, the first set of awards was competed for by sports pairs. The leaders of Chinese pair skating, bronze medalists of two Olympics, Xu Shen and Hongbo Zhao, regained the title of world champions, becoming its three-time winners.

Vladimir Dyatchin became world champion, beating his opponent by 0.06 seconds At the World Championships in Melbourne, Russian athletes continue to replenish their medal stock. The past day brought the Russians three more awards - two golds and a bronze. Open water swimmers and domestic synchronized swimmers distinguished themselves.

Former prosecutors will answer for the offended Russians before the Strasbourg court The administration of the President of the Russian Federation will no longer answer to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for humiliated and insulted citizens. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring this function to the Ministry of Justice.

The name and surname of the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov will now sound different. “In various documents, including international ones, I am called differently, so I would like to be called after my late father, Emomalia Rahmon,” said the 54-year-old politician, who has headed the Central Asian republic since 1992.

The President of Karachay-Cherkessia is again threatened with unrest In addition to Dagestan, the elections on March 11 this year turned out to be very confusing in another North Caucasian republic. On this day, voters were supposed to decide the fate of municipal authorities in the two main cities of Karachay-Cherkessia. But they didn’t decide. Elections in the capital Cherkessk were completely canceled due to numerous violations and the elementary lack of a map of electoral districts.

The head of Russian diplomacy was offended by the New York Times Yesterday in New York, the UN Security Council began discussing a new resolution on Iran behind closed doors. At the center of the discussions are amendments introduced by non-permanent members of the Security Council - South Africa and Indonesia - to the already seemingly agreed upon text.

Chronicle of sporting events Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Columbus" -- "Chicago" -- 5:2 -- Fedorov "K" (0+1), Svitov "K" (0+1), Zherdev "K" (0+1), "Montreal" -- "Boston" -- 1:0, "Philadelphia" -- "Florida" -- 1:4 - - Afanasenkov "Phil" (1+0), "Toronto" -- "New Jersey" -- 2:1, Tampa -- Islanders -- 4:3 (OT) - - Vic. Kozlov "A" (0+1), "St. Louis" -- "Ottawa" -- 2:4, "Minnesota" -- "Phoenix" -- 3:2, "Calgary" -- "Detroit" -- 2:1 - - Datsyuk “D” (1+0).

CLUBS Nouvelle Vague (France). The core of the group consists of two multi-instrumentalists - Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. According to them, Nouvelle Vague is something between bossa nova and new wave. Now the group performs once every three days, so a concert in Moscow is a great success. As part of the "Days of Francophonie" . "B2" , 21.00. Russian-French poetry evening. Participants Karol Darikarer, Jean-Baptiste Par, Mikhail Aizenberg, Timur Kibirov. Bilingua , 19.00.

The Ukrainian coalition ousted Yushchenko and the opposition Yesterday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the “orange” opposition behind him experienced political humiliation. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the ruling Anti-Crisis Coalition appointed the leader of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (PPPU) Anatoly Kinakh, who recently left the ranks of the opposition, as Minister of Economy .

The causes of the accident at the Ulyanovskaya mine will be announced in two weeks The Ulyanovskaya mine, which killed 108 miners as a result of a major accident , will be restored by July of this year. This was stated yesterday by an official representative of the Yuzhkuzbassugol coal company, which is the owner of the mine.

The Nika film award will announce its winners on Friday On March 23, at the Nika Award ceremony, Eldar Ryazanov will resign as its president, and Alexey Batalov will accept them. This will certainly be accompanied by sincere and heartfelt celebrations of both, since the Nika Academy today has made the past its banner, and in the name of this past, honest, uncompromising, full of service to art and loyalty to comrades, it is at war with today’s - cynical and corrupt, selfish and mediocre - time.

"United Russia" allowed Senator Sergei Mironov to remain "St. Petersburg" The first meeting of parliamentarians in the legislative assembly of St. Petersburg after the elections did not bring any sensations - the current head of the Senate, leader of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, was again elected as a representative from the northern capital in the Federation Council . The issue of Mr. Mironov’s status in the Federation Council will be resolved in the near future. As Mr.