Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “New Jersey” — “Chicago” — 110:102 OT, “Philadelphia” — “New York” — 124:84, “Indiana” — “Cleveland” — 97:106, “Toronto” -- "Orlando" -- 127:110, "Milwaukee" -- "Detroit" -- 103:98, "New Orleans" -- "Dallas" -- 104:93, "Phoenix" -- "Lakers" - - 124:130, Clippers - Memphis - 100:86, Sacramento - Orlando - 119:107, Golden State - Boston - 119:117. The first match for Phoenix was played by the famous center Shaquille O'Neal.

The government approved a new customs tariff policy A three-year customs tariff policy until 2011 under the slogan “Tariff Escalation” was approved by the government . Minister of Economic Development and Trade Elvira Nabiullina, who proclaimed “a rejection of the fiscal purpose of customs duties,” defeated her opponents. Yesterday, at a cabinet meeting, she personally presented a new approach to the customs tariff rate and achieved recognition on almost all points of her program.

The US shot down its spy satellite Yesterday at half past six in the morning Moscow time, an SM-3 Standard anti-missile missile was launched from the American cruiser Lake Erie, stationed in the Hawaiian Islands. In the allotted “window” of no more than 10 seconds, it hit the American uncontrolled spy satellite US-193, which could have fallen anywhere on the planet, with the exception of the polar regions. Poland and Belarus were considered the most likely fall areas.

The first Youth Olympics will be held in Singapore, not Moscow Yesterday, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge announced the results of the vote on the location of the first Summer Youth Olympics . Of the two candidates who reached the final round of elections, Moscow lost to Singapore by nine votes - 53 to 44.

The Armenian opposition found a “Maidan” in Yerevan Anyone who talks about the lack of democracy in Armenia should be taken for an internship in Russia - for example, to some “March of Dissent”.

Until the end of this week, the weather in most of the European territory of Russia will be determined by a deep and extensive Atlantic cyclone. The northwest region will see the most rainfall on Friday. There is precipitation in the form of snow and rain, wind gusts of 15--20 m/s, during the day -1...+4оС. On Saturday and Sunday in the rear part of the cyclone there will be precipitation at times, on Sunday with snow, and the temperature will fluctuate around 0°C.

The tax scandal in Liechtenstein affects the largest German financial institutions A huge tax scandal in Germany involving illegal accounts of wealthy Germans in Liechtenstein looks set to affect a significant part of the German banking sector. As is known, the first actions of the tax investigation and the prosecutor's office concerned individuals.

Metalloinvest is not against merging with Norilsk Nickel Metalloinvest, which manages the mining and metallurgical assets of entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov and his partners, yesterday officially announced its position on a possible merger deal with MMC Norilsk Nickel . According to the general director of the holding, Maxim Gubiev, the idea of ​​merging the two companies is “interesting” and Metalloinvest is ready to consider various proposals.

The influx of capital does not affect the improvement of the investment image of Russia The perception of Russia in the world and the impact of this perception on the investment attractiveness of the country is one of the most popular topics of economic discussions in recent times. The government even intends to adopt a concept to improve the investment image. As former Minister of Economic Development German Gref said, Russia has a good investment climate, but its investment image is bad .

On the eve of the Moscow CIS summit, Ukrainian President Viktor YUSHCHENKO gave an interview to Vremya Novostey columnist Arkady DUBNOV. — Viktor Andreevich, just the other day you were in Moscow, holding negotiations with President Putin, and now you are here again, tomorrow you will take part in the informal CIS summit .

Its president Mikhail Shishkhanov resigned Co-owner of the Rusagro holding Vadim Moshkovich received control over B&N Bank. As the bank itself notes, with the change of shareholder, the credit institution’s policy will not undergo any changes; the bank’s main activity will remain retail business. No changes are expected in the top management of the financial institution. Market participants call this deal long-awaited. And the entire B&N Bank is valued at $1 billion.

La Sylphide has been updated at the Bolshoi Theater The ballet about the Scotsman James, who on the eve of his wedding ran away from his bride into a magical forest following a white-winged sylph girl, was first staged by the Frenchman Filippo Taglioni in 1832 for his daughter Maria and four years later re-composed by the Dane Augustus Bournonville (both the music and the choreography were different , only the plot remains). Ballet appeared and disappeared many times on the national stage.

The state cannot determine the rules for tax deductions from the sale of real estate Disputes between citizens and tax authorities regarding state-guaranteed tax benefits for everyone selling or buying an apartment are becoming increasingly tense. The explanations of the Ministry of Finance on this topic contradict one another.

Spartak was eliminated from the UEFA Cup, but raised the Russian coefficient The confident victory of the capital's Spartak over Marseille in the return match of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Cup - 2:0 did not allow the Russian team to continue its path in the tournament. Too much was missed in the first game, which ended in the defeat of the Muscovites. But Spartak's victory was not useless.

The Belarusian opposition wants to know who will build a nuclear power plant and why The Russian "E4 Group" stated that the Kiev Scientific Research Institute "Energoproekt", which is part of this holding, has been chosen as a consultant to the BelNIPIEnergoprom Institute - the general designer of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus .