Gazprom, as the owner of Mosenergo, replaced the company’s top management a month ago. There are many versions circulating as to why this was done, quite quickly and provocatively. However, the gas concern’s future activities in the capital’s electric power industry raise even more questions. After all, it is unclear whether Gazprom will continue the intensive construction of power units and how it will ensure the reliability of energy supply.

On April 28, Apple updated its line of iMac all-in-one computers. The new computers feature faster 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors on the Montevina platform. The amount of RAM has doubled and is 2 GB. The 24-inch iMac also features the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 graphics card with 512MB of video memory for the first time. Every updated iMac comes with Mac OS X Leopard and iLife 08, which supports apps like iPhoto and iMovie.

The Museum of Fine Arts cares about the future of Russia Family life began exactly with the fall of Adam and Eve. We are convinced of this by the exhibition “In the Family Circle” created as part of the “Cherry Forest” festival with the sponsorship of Bosco di Ciliegi, which is open in the halls of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts until June 1, 2008.

Vladimir Putin's last foreign policy contact as the current president of the country was devoted to the implementation of energy projects in Europe. Yesterday the head of state received Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis in Moscow. In their presence, Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko and Greek Development Minister Christos Folias signed an agreement on cooperation in the construction and operation of the Greek section of the South Stream gas pipeline .

Ultranationalists and people from the Caucasus have found a common enemy A week before Easter, the Russian-language sector of the Internet was filled with messages that the youth of Moscow's Caucasian communities were going to dance the Lezginka en masse on this day near the walls of the Kremlin.

NLMK received permission from the FAS to purchase 100% of the shares of Maxi-Group The Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK), whose main shareholder is entrepreneur Vladimir Lisin, only on the second attempt managed to obtain permission from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to purchase 100% of the shares of Maxi-Group . In February, the FAS refused NLMK to complete the transaction due to the fact that the company did not submit all the necessary information to the antimonopoly authority.

The US put pressure on Pyongyang with Syrian plutonium If Israeli warplanes had not destroyed the Syrian nuclear reactor in September 2007, it could have produced enough plutonium for one or two nuclear bombs this year.

Yuri Luzhkov will open the fountain season on Wednesday If for most Muscovites the summer season began with the first warm days of spring, when they could finally go out to the countryside or out of town with pleasure, then for the capital's utility workers the warm season will officially begin with the May holidays. Since the thermometer has not dropped below 8 degrees Celsius for the last three days, a gradual shutdown of the city heating system began on April 29.

“Friend of the Bride” (USA, 2007, Paul Wyland). A completely digestible and sweet romantic comedy that finally elevates Patrick Dempsey (Enchanted) into the big league of Hollywood hero-lovers. So, the still quite convertible macho Tom is quite happy with life and changes young ladies like gloves, not forgetting that he has a real faithful girlfriend Hannah (Michelle Monahan - “Kiss Bang Bang”, “Mission Impossible 3”, “The Girl of My Nightmares”) .

Professor Alexey SUKHAREV is the creator of the first Russian-American company - software developer Auriga. While the company is one of the top five leaders in the Russian outsourcing industry, it is becoming more difficult for it to maintain market share every year. Why, the president of Auriga told in an interview with Victoria MUSORINA. — In 2005, you said that no one knows the exact figures of the Russian IT outsourcing market. How can you rate it today?

Alexander Lukashenko is pleased with the rise in prices for Russian energy resources Minsk will pursue an independent policy and achieve serious success in the economy, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday in his annual address to parliament . The leader's emotional speech lasted about two and a half hours.

The Public Chamber spoke out against the closure of media outlets without court approval The Public Chamber stood up for the fourth power, the press, protecting it from the second power, the legislature. The OP has created a working group to examine the legislative initiative of the young United Russia member and former press secretary of Nashi Robert Schlegel , which will allow the media to be closed for libel even without a court decision.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Oleg NETEREBSKY told Vremya Novostei correspondent Mikhail MOSHKIN about why almost every strike in Russia is illegal and how this situation can be changed. —What doesn’t suit you about the current labor legislation? -- Including the fact that these laws leave virtually no opportunity for workers to go on strike legally .

Sberbank announced IFRS results for 2007 Sberbank yesterday published its operating results for 2007 under IFRS. The financial statements were presented to analysts, investors and journalists by the head of the bank, German Gref, and the deputy chairman of the board, Anton Karamzin.

VEB has calculated income from pension funds The state management company, whose functions are performed by Vnesheconombank on behalf of the government, suffers from a lack of opportunities for investing the funds of Russians entrusted to it. Yesterday, VEB told how much income it has already received by investing pension savings , and what is needed to increase this income. “The income report is very tricky,” Alexander Popov, director of the trust management department, warned journalists.