The number of alcohol poisonings has sharply decreased in Russia Russians began to drink less industrial alcohol , so the death rate from alcohol poisoning in Russia has decreased by almost half over the past two years. Such data is provided by the National Alcohol Association (NAA), assuring that the majority of the population is getting used to drinking cheap, but still legal products.

The 2008 presidential election will be sterile. There will be no real oppositionists at them . As a result, the keeper of the course Dmitry Medvedev, the systemic oppositionist, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, the eternal understudy of power from the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the “democrat” Andrei Bogdanov will take part in the elections.

In St. Petersburg, for the first time, they began to sell land into private ownership to citizens For the first time, the St. Petersburg Property Fund began auctioning off land plots in the northern capital as property for individual housing construction. Until now, the city has not worked with individuals, and land for development has been provided only for rent. We are talking about vacant plots of the dacha type, located in areas built up with gardening or other settlements.

Four aircraft engine-building holdings are being created in Russia . They will unite about 40 enterprises. This was first announced on August 11, 2007 at a meeting chaired by Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg at the plant named after. Klimova.

Russians were spared oppositionists in the presidential elections The latest intrigue of the current election campaign ended yesterday with a predictable decision by the Central Election Commission: ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was denied the right to run for the highest government post.

Tax amnesty passed without queues The Federal Treasury has summed up the results of the tax amnesty . The Russians legalized almost 30 billion rubles. income hidden from taxes, transferring an additional 3.6 billion rubles to the budget. income tax. The amnesty never became widespread. It seems that only those taxpayers against whom cases of tax evasion were opened last year reported for hidden income. The amnesty allowed them to avoid trial and conviction.