Why do transnational IT corporations support educational and charitable projects in Russia? The main question for multinational companies selling information technology is: where to get new users? In essence, this same question faces the governments of countries that have not yet moved from the industrial phase of economic development to the information phase. Russia is among them - for example, the plan for creating an electronic government was announced only this year.

The US wants to condemn Belarus with the help of the UN Yesterday, details of the diplomatic demarche of the United States and its allies against Belarus became known. On Friday, 33 countries, including the United States, European Union states, Australia, Canada and Japan, submitted to the UN General Assembly a draft resolution condemning Minsk for human rights violations.

Dagestan authorities announced the defeat of the “Buinaksk jamaat” Dagestani special services yesterday reported the completion of another special operation, as a result of which they managed to destroy almost the entire so-called “Buinaksk jamaat”. During the operation, after a fierce seven-hour battle, federal forces destroyed and stormed a house in an elite area of ​​Makhachkala, where bandits were hiding.

“I believe in establishing peace with the Palestinian Authority,” Israeli President Shimon Peres said yesterday during an official visit to Turkey. In addition to meetings with the Turkish leadership, he is scheduled to hold talks with the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. Both leaders will take part in a forum at which an agreement on the creation of a Turkish industrial zone in the West Bank could be signed today.

Results of the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival The 50th anniversary International Documentary Film and Animation Festival has ended in Leipzig. Judging by its age and location, it is easy to understand that it was founded on the territory of the GDR, but over the past almost two decades it has turned into the largest European forum for documentary films. This year the festival presented impressive main and national competitions, numerous special programs and retrospectives.

Environmentalists disagree on the global catastrophe in the Sea of ​​Azov The storm in the Kerch Strait area, which turned out to be fatal for several cargo ships, could also lead to the ecological death of the Azov Sea. In any case, independent environmentalists have already stated that as a result of a spill and settling of oil products to the bottom, the already oxygen-deprived shallow sea will become virtually unsuitable for the life of aquatic inhabitants.

At the short course World Cup that ended in Moscow, swimmer Nikolai Skvortsov almost became the author of the main sensation. One hundredth of a second was not enough for the Russian to repeat the world record in the 200m butterfly, where he finished with a score of 1:50.74. In total, at his home stage he won three distances - 50, 100 and 200 m. Immediately after the completion of the competition, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with Nikolai SKVORTSOV.

Lokomotiv unhooked the head coach and president The day after the final round of the Russian Championship at Lokomotiv there was a change in management. After the most unsuccessful season in the Russian history of the club, head coach Anatoly Byshovets and president Yuri Semin were purged. In one fell swoop, the leadership of the team's owner, JSC Russian Railways, got rid of the leaders of the two factions that were warring in the club.

The death of a fan at the hands of a police officer sparked a riot Italy has again been hit by a wave of riots caused by football fans. Fans of almost all Italian clubs, who would normally be at odds with each other, learned of the death of one of the fans from a bullet fired by a policeman and united in protest against the authorities. The name of the deceased is Gabriele Sandri.

Russia and India will build a plane and fly to the moon The results of yesterday's stay in Moscow by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh allowed, according to leading Indian media, to dispel rumors about a “cold snap” between Russia and India . In the morning, the guest had negotiations with his Russian colleague Viktor Zubkov, and in the afternoon there was a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

Kosovo will hold local elections on Saturday. The leaders of all Albanian parties say that the new composition of the regional assembly (parliament) will be able to proclaim the independence of Kosovo unilaterally. Is Serbia ready for this?

Merkel and Sarkozy talked to children and threatened Iran Yesterday in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her cabinet received guests from Paris. Together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a large delegation of ministers arrived and took part in a joint meeting of the governments of the two countries. The main topic of discussion was the problems of integrating foreigners into public life, common to most European countries.

CLUBS Marilyn Manson (USA). The king of the grotesque - Mr. Marilyn Manson, whose voice has long been recognized as the sexiest in rock music at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, gives two concerts in Moscow at the B1 Maximum club, 20.00. Ash. Igor Nadezhdin, pianist and organizer of the group, lived in Israel for a long time, where the idea was born to assemble a team playing brazil jazz. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K.

Still, the public protest over the screening of Nikita Mikhalkov’s film “55” and his signature on the letter of the four did its job, the director wanted to justify himself. After an unsuccessful attempt made in Vladimir Solovyov’s “To the Barrier” program, where the overwhelming number of television viewers voted against Mikhalkov (and because we don’t like open flattery to our superiors), it was the turn of that same “News of the Week” program, where the notorious anniversary film was shown.

The Arab world is stocking up on planes The ambitions of the Arab Emirate of Dubai , it seems, can become a powerful impetus for the financial and industrial well-being of the world's aircraft manufacturers - the European concern Airbus and the American Boeing. Yesterday, at the Dubai Air Show, both concerns entered into agreements to sell aircraft for a total amount of more than $82 billion, Reuters reports.