Pharmacists asked the State Duma for more than the government promised The pharmaceutical lobby has begun preparing State Duma deputies to introduce protectionist amendments to the law “On Medicines” and the Tax and Customs Codes, formulated by the Ministry of Health and Social Development, to the lower house.

The director of the poultry farm was caught in fraud with federal land The Investigative Committee (IC) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as Vremya Novostey learned, opened a criminal case against the director of the federal state unitary enterprise “Organization of scientific services for the Kuchinsky breeding poultry plant” (Balashikha district of the Moscow region) Zinaida Varentsova.

Yesterday, the appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found ex-Bosnian Muslim Bosnian commander 41-year-old Naser Oric innocent of war crimes against the Serbs, overturning the tribunal's verdict handed down in June 2006. Oric was then sentenced to three years in prison for atrocities against Serbs who died near Srebrenica in the Bosnian wars of the 1990s.

Two rounds were played at the tournament in Dortmund The next two rounds were played at the tournament in Dortmund. The short distance of the tournament does not require participants to play for extreme results, and with a certain degree of probability it can be assumed that “plus two” is enough to win it. Therefore, it was not surprising when, with the appearance of three candidates at once, after victories in the second round, the applicants for the first prize began to play more cautiously.

Pilots are resigned to paying for their own success It's been a while since Formula 1 drivers threatened the organizers with a general strike. The reason for the dissatisfaction of motorsport stars is the decision of the International Motor Sports Federation to increase the cost of the so-called super licenses, which give drivers the right to drive Formula 1 cars.

New Pixar cartoon on Moscow screens There’s no escape, a review of the Pixar cartoon “WALL-E” must begin with a retelling of the content, although this very content has been rushing from all holes for weeks now.

Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the Civil Forum Dmitry Medvedev, who was registered as a Russian presidential candidate on Monday by the Central Election Commission, yesterday gave a 36-minute speech about the values ​​of civil society, democracy and the rule of law. The speech at the Civil Forum held by the Public Chamber was actually the first part of the candidate’s presentation of the election program. As Mr.

First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Oleg Morozov spoke about the priorities of the chamber’s work for the spring session First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma, member of the United Russia faction Oleg Morozov yesterday told reporters about the legislative priorities of the parliamentary majority, and also assessed the start of the spring session.

Mikhail Kasyanov's chances of becoming a presidential candidate are approaching zero On March 2, 2008, Russians will have to choose their president from only four candidates for the highest government post. This can be said with almost complete confidence after yesterday's meeting of the Central Election Commission. Let us remind you that now the Central Election Commission is deciding the political fate of two self-nominated candidates .

Under pressure from environmentalists, Vladimir Putin moved two objects of the 2014 Olympics to another location Yesterday in Sochi there was a sensation: a meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with environmentalists on issues of environmental support for preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games ended with the decision to move the construction of two Olympic facilities from the Pear Ridge to another site - the luge and bobsleigh track and the Olympic mountain villages.

The Ministry of Regional Development proposes to abolish land tax preferences The idea of ​​abolishing land tax relief seems to have taken root in the minds of municipal and federal officials. As soon as Moscow began the process of abolishing benefits for a number of federal institutions, and in particular research institutes , it was immediately proposed to expand the initiative to the entire country.

Venus Williams became the first Wimbledon finalist On Thursday, the finalists of the women's tournament were determined at Wimbledon. The first of them was the current champion title holder, American Venus Williams, who beat Russian Elena Dementieva in two sets - 6:1, 7:6 (7:3). Before the semi-final match, Dementieva said that in order to defeat Williams she needed to try to take the lead. However, in the first set everything turned out differently.

The Ministry of Finance intends to limit the imagination of deputies in tax reform Today, the government's tax package must undergo final reading in the State Duma. Much has changed in the package compared to the original version, especially with regard to tax benefits for citizens.

The permanent head of diplomacy was dismissed On both banks of the Dniester they continue to discuss the reasons and consequences of the resignation of the head of the Transnistrian Foreign Ministry Valery Litskaya . The president of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Igor Smirnov, recently dismissed him from his post without any explanation. The duties of the head of the diplomatic department are entrusted to the first deputy minister, 29-year-old Vladimir Yastrebchak.

Entrepreneurs never tire of convincing the authorities of the benefits of business The IV annual Congress of National Business has completed its work in Moscow. Congress participants summed up the results of the “It’s Time to Take Action” action, held jointly by the United Russia party and the public organization Business Russia. The purpose of the action, opened in June of this year, was to promote business and encourage the population to start their own business.