To the Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Lyubov Sliska Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nadezhda Gerasimova Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Svetlana Zhurova Chairman of the Committee on Health Protection of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

Americans, Czechs and Poles are preparing for Putin's arrival at the NATO summit In the coming days, the Czech Republic and Poland will hold decisive negotiations with the United States on the deployment of American missile defense system bases on their territory. Today, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will discuss this topic in Washington with President George Bush.

The international liquidity crisis has led to banks becoming short of money. The Russian financial system is no exception ; the press is full of reports about a reduction in the volume of bank loans and an increase in interest rates on bank loans. However, banks that have long been working with the real sector of the economy turned out to be protected from the crisis. So says vice-president of the Moscow Industrial Bank Yuri PTITSIN. — How did your bank cope with last year’s crisis?

Gazprom delivered a new ultimatum to the Ukrainian government The Ukrainian government’s disregard for the gas agreements between Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko on February 12 led to another dire warning from Moscow. The Russian President called his colleague in Kyiv and complained about the unsatisfactory pace of implementation of the gentlemen's agreement of the heads of state.

Benefit recipients will have to wait for the restoration of the Russian pharmaceutical industry The Ministry of Health and Social Development has actually admitted that the funds budgeted for the implementation of the Additional Drug Supply (ADS) program for 2008 are insufficient .

I now know the funniest TV show of all time. It is called “Pre-election debates of candidates for the presidency of the Russian Federation.” No, really. You won't see this either in the theater or in the circus. One lifelong defender of the working people, plus two underhanded candidates, appointed as candidates as a result of behind-the-scenes intrigues, are waging a fierce public fight for no reason.

Today in Minsk the funeral of 48-year-old Irina Kazulina, the wife of ex-presidential candidate of Belarus 52-year-old Alexander KOZULIN, will take place . The funeral service began yesterday evening in one of the central churches of Minsk. To participate in the mourning events, Kazulin received three days of leave in the colony, since in 2006 he received five and a half years in prison after protests during the presidential elections.

Rosprirodnadzor has launched a new offensive against the “obnoxious” summer residents of the Krylatsky floodplain The scandalous epic with attempts to liquidate the garden societies “Rechnik” and “Ogorodnik”, which for about half a century have been defending their right to exist on the lands of the Moskvoretsky natural historical park in the Krylatskaya floodplain of Moscow, has received a new development.

The Kremlin website published a decree of President Vladimir Putin on awarding the medal “For Courage” to five employees of the Russian Embassy in Iraq.

Russian clubs are doomed to play each other in the Euroleague At the quarterfinal stage of the FIBA ​​Women's Euroleague, Russian clubs had to play each other. In the first match on Tuesday, the strongest team on the continent based on the results of last season, Spartak near Moscow, without much tension on its site in the Sports Palace in the city of Vidnoye, dealt with the capital's Dynamo - 96:67. The second meeting of the day was a repeat of the October World League final.

The capital's police have come up with a new way to combat xenophobia The capital's police officers came up with a method of combating skinheads that is non-standard from the point of view of logic and legal norms - with the help of general photographing and fingerprinting of young people. In this way, law enforcement officers responded to President Vladimir Putin’s promise to “constantly and constantly” combat manifestations of xenophobia , which he gave at the CIS summit on February 22.

The Ministry of Culture is still searching for the boundaries between erotica and pornography The Ministry of Culture, apparently, is not yet going to force the introduction of stricter measures to control the spread of erotica in Russia. The corresponding law, prepared by the department, is now being approved by the government.

Georgians do not believe that their richest compatriot could die “so easily” Tomorrow Georgia will say goodbye to its richest citizen, 52-year-old Badri Patarkatsishvili , who died on February 12 in London from a heart attack. The deceased's fortune is estimated at almost $10 billion. The oligarch will be buried in his Tbilisi residence, which is called “Arcadia” - after Patarkatsishvili’s real name.

Watch from February 21 on Moscow screens "Oil" (USA, 2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) . Apparently - one of the main films of this season, an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Actor, two prizes just at the Berlin Film Festival (including the Silver Bear for directing) and countless regalia from all sorts of film critical associations. However, even without any awards, the film would clearly go down in the history of world cinema.

Nizhny Novgorod authorities are writing new dates in history and organizing sales for the sake of election turnout The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod region have a clear guideline. Namely: to ensure in the region a turnout in the presidential elections of at least 65% of the total number of voters. To achieve this goal, they demonstrate remarkable creativity . For example, they modify the unclear dating of historical events, tying them to events that they believe are even more historical.