Sergey Ivanov promotes innovative economy locally Having thrown off the burden of responsibility for hazing and other outrages in the army, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is actively working on the topic of innovative economics, which is advantageous from the point of view of the potential successor to the president. Russian industry began to produce, still on a small scale, high-tech and competitive products.

The new fiscal year 2007, which began yesterday in Japan, will bring an increase in the number of divorces among older couples, with the wives initiating the divorce. Japanese families are strong - there are only two divorces per thousand weddings. But yesterday new laws came into force, allowing you to claim half of your spouse’s pension upon divorce. Now the “children” of the post-war demographic explosion are beginning to retire.

Shares from Sberbank's additional issue began trading on the RTS Trading in shares of the additional issue of Sberbank in the amount of 2,586,948 pieces started on the RTS last Friday (they will begin on the MICEX today). At the end of the day, they lost half a percent (that is, they were trading no lower than the market) - the cost of one security decreased by $20, to $3,565. This is not the worst result, considering that in general, profit-taking and volume there were few purchases.

The Kemerovo governor believes that the tragedy at the Ulyanovskaya mine could have been deliberately staged Governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev (pictured with the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu during an inspection of the site of the tragedy) made a sensational statement on Saturday.

“Perestroika” in Turkmenistan is postponed Yesterday in Turkmenistan they celebrated the national holiday “A drop of water is a grain of gold”, established by the late Turkmenbashi. He ordered it to be celebrated on the first Sunday in April, and it was only by pure chance that this year it coincided with the “April Fool's Day” celebrated throughout the world.

Volleyball players from the capital's Dynamo failed their home Final Four Friedrichshafen won the title of the best club team in the Old World. In the decisive match of the Moscow “Final Four” of the Champions League, held in the new sports palace on Khodynskoye Field, the German club beat the French “Tour” - 3:1 (25:20, 26:24, 23:25, 25:19) . On the first day of the tournament, both matches ended in victories for teams that were not considered favorites.

Our swimmers have one more medal than at the last championship On the last day of the world aquatics championship in Melbourne, Russian swimmers won three medals - two silvers and a bronze. Thus, our team returns from the World Swimming Championships with four awards - two silver and two bronze.

Former Prime Minister, leader of the opposition united front “For a Decent Future of Kyrgyzstan” Felix KULOV was in Moscow for several days. What makes this trip very intriguing is the fact that Mr. Kulov, who has recently been frequenting the Russian capital, is preparing in the coming days to lead mass actions aimed at removing the President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, from power. Yesterday in Moscow, Vremya Novostey columnist Arkady DUBNOV met with the leader of the Kyrgyz opposition.

Russian Industrial Bank will join Svyaz-Bank One of the possible contenders for the purchase of Svyazinvest, the Telecominvest holding, continues to consolidate and enlarge its financial assets. The next step will be the long-awaited takeover by Svyaz-Bank of the Russian Industrial Bank (both are controlled by RTK-Leasing, an affiliate of Telecominvest). Market participants associate the upcoming merger not only with the need to reduce operating costs and increase the capital of the merged bank.

Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. Super League. Men. Lokomotiv-Rostov - CSKA - 82:77, Spartak St. Petersburg - Khimki - 64:81, UNICS - Dynamo M - 75:61. Leading: CSKA - 19 wins - 3 losses, UNICS - 17--3, Khimki - 18--4, Dynamo M - 16--6, Lokomotiv-Rostov - 15- -6. The capital's Dynamo team, under the leadership of Serbian coach Dusan Ivkovic, has been unsuccessful in the regular season for the second year in a row.

Tomorrow the UN Security Council will begin discussing the final status of Kosovo, a Serbian region that has been under UN administration since 1999. By modern standards, the crisis in the post-Yugoslav space has lasted an incredibly long time - already seventeen years old. And every time it seemed that everything had already been decided.

Having been re-elected for a third term, Sergei Mironov proposed the same thing to the Russian President The leader of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, became speaker of the Federation Council for the third time on Friday. To celebrate, he once again suggested that Vladimir Putin remain for a third term, and the presidential term itself be increased to five or seven years. On the one hand, Mr.

Norman Parkinson is the main character of the spring photo festival The opening of the “Fashion and Style in Photography” festival was shocking: the audience saw the main pearl - the long-awaited retrospective of one of the most famous English fashion photographers and celebrity portraitists, Norman Parkinson. The works were selected from London's Norman Parkinson Archive, and the exhibition was organized by the Moscow House of Photography, the British Council and MasterCard.

Before the match with its principal rival, Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA suffered serious losses. The army's defense, considered one of the most reliable in the Premier League, was missing two main players - Alexey and Vasily Berezutsky. CSKA coach Valery Gazzaev, in the absence of his brother defenders, relied on the experienced Deividas Semberas and the young Anton Grigoriev.

"A Just Russia" was removed from decision-making in the parliament of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg United Russia members did not allow A Just Russia to take leading positions in the city parliament of St. Petersburg. To do this, they openly blocked with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party. Moreover, this alliance promises to become strategic for the entire duration of the parliament of the current convocation.