At the end of March, IMAX, a company specializing in 3D cinema technologies, will finally open its representative office in Russia. And by the end of this year, the first digital projector will appear in all Russian IMAX cinemas - and there should already be five of them. A source at IMAX told Vremya Novostey about this. The opening of a Russian representative office was first announced in May last year, and the opening itself was planned two months later.

On Tuesday night, an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Kosovo was held in New York, initiated by Russia in connection with the unilateral declaration of independence of the region on February 17 by its interim authorities. Vremya Novostei special correspondent Katerina LABETSKAYA clarified the Russian position on Kosovo with the deputy director of the 4th European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander BOTSAN-KHARCHENKO, who oversees Balkan issues.

Today in Moscow his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. We will talk primarily about military-technical cooperation. Information has leaked to the press that the Algerians are dissatisfied with the quality of the Russian MiG-29 aircraft supplied to them in 2007 and are even planning to return them.

Performances of classical plays are performed on fashion catwalks There is nothing new about performing a classic play on the runway for fashion shows. A long time ago, Kamenkovich staged Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Serious” with the first generation of the “Fomenko Workshop” right at the Slava Zaitsev Fashion House.

Andrey Borodin wants to control a blocking stake in the Bank of Moscow Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Lev Alaluev plan to receive a blocking stake in the bank within two years. Mr. Borodin himself told reporters about this at yesterday's press conference. According to him, this will take from several months to two years. Analysts note that this will be a very profitable acquisition for Mr. Borodin.

DOSAAF's successor will again train conscripts for the army Since 2008, the army has moved to a one-year conscript service period . Now, within 12 months , a soldier must be prepared for service - given him a military profession, which is often difficult, and so that he also has time to serve. This is difficult, if not impossible, to do. After all, during the same year of service the army must also give the soldier a civilian profession akin to the military.

Judge to name price for Paul McCartney's family troubles Sir Paul McCartney's divorce proceedings, which have dragged on for almost two years, are nearing resolution. Within the next few weeks, Judge Hugh Bennett will hand down a verdict on the price the famous musician will have to pay for his four-year relationship with former model Heather Mills.

Rosneft bombarded RAO UES structures with lawsuits Rosneft and RAO UES of Russia entered into a conflict almost the same as YUKOS did a few years ago. The point is that the oil company intends in Tomsk and Kuban to protest the division of regional energy companies into generating, network and sales components. To do this, she filed four claims with the Moscow Arbitration Court - three for Tomsk energy assets and one for Kuban.

Small visa benefits for the border areas of the Kaliningrad region promise big problems for the entire region At his last big press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin told how Russia intends to solve visa problems in the Kaliningrad region . The region was happy about this attention, although the possible solution to the problem itself raises more concern than hope. Let us remind you that the westernmost Russian region does not have land borders with the main territory of the country.

Chronicle of sporting events Yesterday, new ratings of the championship race were published, according to which Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny is one position ahead of the first racket of the world, Swiss Roger Federer. The list of professional tennis players is headed by Serbian Novak Djokovic with 203 points, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is in second place - 155, Spaniard Rafael Nadal is in third position - 114, and Mikhail Youzhny is in fourth - 95.

As promised by the author of the sensational book for teachers “The Recent History of Russia: 1945-2006.” Alexander Filippov, at the beginning of this year a new textbook was published, recommended for teaching in schools . Since Filippov’s manual provoked extensive discussion and was subjected to serious criticism, it was interesting to compare what was taken into account by the textbook’s team of authors (and they promised to make some changes) and what remained unchanged.

Taxes in Russia may be allowed to be paid via machines The Federal Tax Service (FTS) is considering the possibility of allowing Russians to pay taxes through payment terminals. This was announced yesterday by the deputy head of the Main Research Computing Center (GNIVC) of the Federal Tax Service, Yuri Volkov. The proposal to pay taxes "on the street" looks set to become one of the most revolutionary innovations in the field of tax administration.

FAS wants to create a non-ferrous metals exchange in Russia The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), in the event of a merger between RUSAL and MMC Norilsk Nickel, may oblige the companies to create a non-ferrous metals exchange. Now RUSAL is preparing to close the deal to purchase a blocking stake in Norilsk Nickel from one of its shareholders, the head of Onexim Mikhail Prokhorov, and does not disclose its future plans regarding the nickel giant.

The first round of presidential elections in Cyprus ended with a surprise last Sunday: current President Tassos Papadopoulos, who had nominated himself for a second term, dropped out of the race.

Kosovo's independence split the world Yesterday the world began to react to the bomb detonated the day before by Albanian separatists in Kosovo . At the request of Russia, the UN Security Council met for an emergency meeting to discuss the declaration of independence adopted on February 17 by the Kosovo parliament. The discussion promised to be long and heated, and its results will become known only this morning, Moscow time.