The government promises tax deductions for those who spend money on in vitro fertilization The government has decided to encourage infertile families who are trying to conceive children artificially. The costs of trying to acquire offspring using a “test tube” are now recognized as social in Russia.

The international performing forum solved problems of prestige with varying success The XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and held under the unofficial motto “raise the fallen prestige to the limit,” ended with a solemn ceremony with the participation of the Minister of Culture Alexander Sokolov, Galina Vishnevskaya and others.

The disruption of Saturday's matches was not a reason to break tradition According to the schedule previously drawn up by the organizers, fourth-round matches were to be played on the second Monday of the tournament at the British Open singles championship. However, last Saturday it rained almost the whole day, so only three matches were played in full. Maria Sharapova defeated Japanese Ai Sugiyama - 6:3, 6:3, Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo defeated Italian Maara Santangelo - 6:1, 6:2.

The big money that has come into big football seems to be turning the best clubs in the world into absurd corporations, where the mechanism for making personnel decisions is often completely unrelated to common sense and business results. First of all, because team management is responsible for results to a much lesser extent than coaches. I will say right away that I have been a fan of Real Madrid for a long time and am writing this text primarily as a fan.

Vladimir Putin began the most unusual visit to the United States Vladimir Putin and George Bush are beginning to take stock. Both will complete two presidential terms next year. Yesterday, the Russian President arrived in Kennenbunkport, a town in Maine where George Bush Sr. and his wife Barbara live.

Unique monuments of the era of Mikhail Romanov in the Kremlin Museums At the anniversary conference for the 200th anniversary of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, which took place in March last year, the curator of the just opened exhibition “Icon painters of Tsar Mikhail Romanov” Victoria Menyailo spoke about the tragic fate of the most ancient Russian shrine - the Church of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael in Khoneh of the Kremlin Miracle Monastery.

It's time for Russia and the United States to stop educating each other The informal meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States that began yesterday at the Bush family estate in the town of Kennebunkport in Maine is unlikely to resolve all the acute problems between Moscow and Washington.

Hamas can change but lose control of Gaza International peacekeepers can stabilize the situation in the Gaza Strip . This is the opinion of the head of the Palestinian National Authority, President of the Authority Mahmoud Abbas. Yesterday he discussed this idea in France, where he was on a visit.

May 29 -- June 29, 2007 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostey and the Medialogy company, are ratings of political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media.

Dmitry Medvedev spoke about all the good things at the meeting of Gazprom shareholders First Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at the meeting of the concern's shareholders, with the support of the deputy chairman of the board Alexander Ananenkov, Alexander Medvedev and Andrei Kruglov, worked for himself and for that guy - the recovering head of the company Alexei Miller.

DIA refused the services of Capital Management Company and Uralsib Management Company Based on the results of the first year of working with its assets, the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) identified two favorites and two outsiders. And it decided to terminate the agreement with the Capital Management Company and the Uralsib Management Company. According to some experts, the activities of a management company cannot be judged in such a short period of time.

The results of the vocal competition surprised many Eight lucky vocalists received their awards from the satisfied jury. But the jury's decision raised questions, the answers to which may not be pleasant to everyone. Why did the second prize among women go to Olesya Petrova, a student of the chairman of the jury Irina Bogacheva, whose modest artistic abilities and completely student vocal achievements did not give her grounds even for a position among the finalists?

These days, the presidents of Russia and the United States are informally discussing, among other things, the acute problems of missile defense and weapons. On the eve of Putin's visit , these issues were discussed at the anniversary meeting of the Russia-NATO Council (NRC), dedicated to the fifth anniversary of this organization and the 10th anniversary of the Founding Act on Relations between Russia and the Alliance.

Experts and politicians discussed why laws are so poorly enforced in Russia Last week, the Academy of Civil Service hosted a two-day all-Russian scientific conference “Monitoring of Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice.” At the first meeting, the conference participants, among whom were members of the Federation Council, State Duma deputies, representatives of the Public Chamber, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Constitutional and Supreme Arbitration Courts, complained about the still

Results of the Moscow International Film Festival Nikita Mikhalkov spoke about this several times during the competition and repeated it again from the stage during the closing ceremony - the MIFF team put together a program of films in record time , each of which could grace any international festival.