The head of the Institute of Socio-Economic Investment Design, Leonid Baron, was killed In Moscow, a well-known economist, general director of the Institute of Socio-Economic Investment Projecting (ISEIP), 39-year-old Leonid Baron, was found murdered in his apartment yesterday.

RUSAL presented a program to increase competitiveness in times of crisis RUSAL continues to fulfill what its main shareholder Oleg Deripaska promised back in December last year.

At the trial in the Politkovskaya case, the FSB lieutenant colonel recanted his testimony The ongoing trial in the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) regarding the murder of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya is becoming increasingly unpredictable. It has been a rare meeting so far without scandals. Yesterday, the events in court became simply indistinguishable from the theater of the absurd.

The surviving Latvian government faces elections The situation in Latvia remains unstable, although Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis retained power and promises to cope with the economic crisis. But another factor intervenes: on June 6, Latvians will elect deputies to self-government bodies and the European Parliament. The election campaign, taking place against the backdrop of a crisis, is aggravating the situation.

The mayor of Smolensk lost his party card and the trust of United Russia The crisis spares no one, not even United Russia. First, the party in power had to cut costs on its good deeds - such as the construction of stadiums and playgrounds. Now life forces us to curb our appetites for the upcoming elections to the regional legislative assemblies of a number of subjects in March.

CLUBS Zhan Tatlyan. Old as well as completely new songs in Russian, Armenian, French and Yiddish. Variety Theater , February 6, 19.00. Jazz Express “Peter-Moscow”: Alexey Popov (saxophone), Lera Gekhner (vocals), Alexey Podymkin (piano), Sergey Vasiliev (double bass), David Tkebuchava (drums). Igor Butman Club , February 6, 19.00. The Wailers. The legendary group will headline a big reggae festival on Bob Marley's birthday at CDK MAI , February 6, 20.00. Konstantin Nikolsky.

About the film "Russia 88" Today, in the “Forum” section of the Berlin Film Festival, the film “Russia 88” by Pavel Bardin (son of a famous animator) will be shown. There will be a lot of debate about this film; it is of interest primarily because of its theme: this is the first Russian film about neo-Nazis. 88 -- coded "Heil Hitler", the letter H is the eighth in the German alphabet.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development calmly responds to criticism of its strategic plans The Ministry of Health and Social Development has finally begun an open discussion of the “Concept for the development of healthcare in the Russian Federation until 2020”, developed in the quiet of ministerial corridors.

Ruslan Chagaev is confident in his triumphant return to the elite On February 7, in the German city of Rostock, 30-year-old heavyweight Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan will hold the second defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) world champion belt. His opponent will be 33-year-old fighter from Costa Rica, Carl Davis Drummond, currently ranked tenth in the WBA rankings. For Chagaev, this fight will be the 26th in his professional career, for Drummond - the 27th.

A Chinese citizen proved in the European Court the illegality of the confiscation of his money by the Russian authorities The European Court of Human Rights yesterday came to the defense of a Chinese citizen, recognizing that money was illegally confiscated from him, with which he was going to purchase goods for his business in Khabarovsk. Moreover, as the ECHR established, the confiscation was applied under the “smuggling” article of the Criminal Code, which does not provide for this sanction.

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At negotiations in Moscow, the Russians and the Kyrgyz recently signed agreements to provide Bishkek with free financial assistance of $150 million and a preferential loan of $300 million. The Kyrgyz debt to Russia in the amount of $180 million was also written off and an agreement was reached on Russian investments in the amount of 1 .7 billion dollars for the construction of the Kambarata hydroelectric station.

Polish peacekeepers could serve life in Afghanistan An unprecedented trial began in the Warsaw Military District Court. Seven Polish soldiers from an elite air assault battalion are accused of killing civilians. It all happened on August 16, 2007 in the village of Nangar Khel in southeastern Afghanistan. There, in the morning, two vehicles from the Polish-American convoy of the International Security Forces in Afghanistan (ISAF) were damaged by a mine explosion.

The Kremlin is pleased with the Moscow summits The EurAsEC and CSTO summits that took place in Moscow the day before apparently satisfied the Russian leadership so much that the Kremlin considered it useful to once again comment on the results of the meeting of the CIS heads of state. Yesterday, their results were summed up by Russian Presidential Assistant Sergei Prikhodko.

FAS will fight inflation with administrative resources The Federal Antimonopoly Service employs “not evil people,” they simply do their job, the head of the department, Igor Artemyev, is sure. Mr. Artemyev told how successfully the antimonopoly officers did their work last year and what they will do this year at a press conference.