Armenia continues to live in a state of emergency The Azerbaijani military released yesterday morning its data on casualties as a result of the fighting that took place on March 4 in several sections of the line of contact between the Azerbaijani army and the forces of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh . According to Azerbaijani data, four servicemen were killed. The losses of the Karabakh people, again according to Baku, were 12 killed and 15 wounded.

Venezuela, which entered into conflict with Colombia on the side of Ecuador , put its armed forces on alert yesterday. Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel said ten tank battalions had moved to the Colombian border. President Hugo Chavez gave this order on March 2. At the same time, he threatened to use military aircraft purchased from Russia against Colombia and expelled the Colombian ambassador from Caracas.

New “birth defects” found in the DLO program A crisis is predicted for the additional drug supply program in the second half of 2008. Regional health officials, marketers and representatives of the domestic pharmaceutical industry are already warning the leaders of the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the government about the upcoming problems.

Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport yesterday accepted into operation the reconstructed second runway (Runway-2) and entered into an agreement to participate in the reconstruction of another airport - Irkutsk. Both events were sanctified by the presence of the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation) Evgeny Bachurin, who even personally took to the skies on board the aircraft that made the first (test) takeoff from the updated runway and landing on it.

President Putin recently signed a decree conferring special senior management ranks on a number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Evening of Andrei Khrzhanovsky and exhibition of Irina Zatulovskaya Today the problem is insensitivity to details: in assessments, judgments, formulations. They have almost dismantled the openwork structure of cultural languages ​​into plebeian slogans and wretched slogans.

"Michael Clayton" on Moscow screens The film "Michael Clayton" is called a legal thriller, trying to find a more or less suitable definition for this very confusing and verbose story, which some viewers overcome with great difficulty, while others with genuine enthusiasm.

The Moscow City Duma without a fight renounced the right to endorse long-term targeted programs of the mayor's office The target program for the overhaul of apartment buildings in Moscow, adopted at the end of last year, with a seven-year budget of 490 billion rubles. may become the last high-budget project of the capital's authorities, in the adoption of which city parliamentarians took part.

On the European territory of Russia, the weather, thanks to the Atlantic cyclones, is very warm, typical for the next spring month - April. And cyclones will continue to supply warm and humid ocean air in abundance. On Thursday, the central regions will be between two cyclones, which will minimize the chance of precipitation. In the north-west of Russia, with the approach of the next Atlantic cyclone, precipitation will begin.

The state is unable to calculate the costs of the Games in Sochi The year 2014, when the Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, is getting closer, but it is still not clear how much this ambitious plan will cost. Yesterday, at a parliamentary hour in the State Duma dedicated to the preparation of this sports festival, it turned out that there are no correct estimates of the cost of construction yet.

On International Women's Day, March 8, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Moscow. She will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin and will be the first Western leader to meet with his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, who won the March 2 elections.

The United States is gradually resuming its military presence in Uzbekistan Yesterday a loud sensation almost occurred in the post-Soviet space.

Milan were eliminated from the Champions League The Champions Cup will have a new owner - Milan, tired of life, surrendered its powers, yielding to the pressure of the youth of Arsenal. The defeat at San Siro - 0:2 - marked the end of the glorious era of “red-black” victories. To open a new golden page in the history of the club, its owner Silvio Berlusconi will have to change the composition of the team by three quarters - the proven personnel no longer have any strength left.

The Central Bank intends to adjust banks' contributions to the deposit insurance fund The Bank of Russia intends to prepare amendments to the law on deposit insurance within the next two weeks, according to which banks will begin to contribute funds to the compulsory deposit insurance fund depending on deposit rates.

Chronicle of sporting events The basketball players of the Perm “Ural Great”, from which a group of Croatian coaches led by Drazen Anzulovic recently retreated under existing contracts, dropped out of the fight for the FIBA-Europe Cup. In the quarterfinal series up to two victories according to the “1--1--1” scheme, the Permians lost to the Estonian team “Tartu Rock”.