The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to adjust the development strategy of the pharmaceutical industry The economic crisis may turn out to be a catalyst that will provoke a massive launch of production lines of foreign pharmaceutical companies in Russia. And it will even allow domestic companies to buy a certain amount of innovative drugs in the West for further exclusive production.

New jazz and old rock Erik Truffaz. Mexico; Benares; Paris (Blue Note). French trumpeter Eric Truffaz does things that would not be forgiven for a lesser-known artist. For example, Truffaz’s new album is something incomprehensible. Three CDs with local names - Mexico, Benares, Paris - sold together or separately. It’s not like there’s a lot of music in each: only “Paris” has a timing approaching a standard disc, the rest are more like EPs.

Chavez is preparing for the next elections A fiery critic of Washington and a supporter of rapprochement with Moscow, 54-year-old Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been in power for ten years now, can now run for this post an unlimited number of times. This right was granted to him by his victory in the Sunday referendum, where, according to preliminary data, over 54% of voters voted for the corresponding amendment to the constitution.

CLUBS Big band of Igor Butman. Igor Butman Club , 20.00. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by the group organizer Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. CONCERTS Konstantin Lifshits (piano). V.-A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, S. Frank, F. Chopin. Conservatory , 19.00. Author! M. Bronner, E. Denisov, O. Subbotina, D.

On the European territory of Russia, due to the efforts of southern cyclones, damp and warm weather is still maintained. In the next 24 hours, in the center of Russia, under the influence of the cyclone, there will be precipitation again, heavy in places, wet snow may stick to wires and tree branches, the south wind will keep the warm air with a daytime temperature of -4...+2oC.

The rescue of the St. Petersburg bank VEFK cost the state 40 billion rubles The state, represented by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), has already spent 40 billion rubles on the rehabilitation of the St. Petersburg bank VEFC. This is the largest amount that the agency has allocated to support the business of one bank. It is also noteworthy that an investor has not yet been found for VEFK, the first of the Russian banks to fall under DIA reorganization.

Alexey GORDEEV, acting governor of the Voronezh region. Born on February 28, 1955 in Frankfurt an der Oder (Germany). In 1978 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, in 1992 from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russia. Doctor of Economics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He began his career in 1980 in the repair and construction trust of the Moskvoretsky district of Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev replaced four governors in one day Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, for the first time in modern history, dismissed four governors at once - the Oryol, Voronezh, Pskov regions and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. And three of them were ahead of schedule. At the same time, the head of state appointed new acting governors, whose candidacies were submitted to the regional legislative assemblies for consideration.

New experimental exhibition at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art Ten years ago, the capital's first museum of contemporary art opened. Its core was the collection of the President of the Academy of Arts, Zurab Tsereteli. The museum aroused very conflicting feelings at first. The main reproach was the displacement of genres: the museum was accused of presenting not the objective process of the life of art in the 20th century, but the subjective tastes of the creator.

The company mothballed all its enterprises in the country Norilsk Nickel follows its chosen strategy and continues to close low-profit capacities. Yesterday, the nickel giant announced that its subsidiary, Norilsk Nickel International, had mothballed production at its remaining two plants in Western Australia, Black Swan and Lake Johnston, as of February 16.

The past week has not added clarity to the revision of the 2009 budget, and perhaps has driven this process into an even greater dead end. It is no coincidence, apparently, that in his television interview President Medvedev decided not to touch upon this topic, limiting himself to three general phrases.

Prosecutors have found new accomplices in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya A new scandal erupted yesterday at the trial of the murder of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot on October 7, 2006 in the entrance of her house on Lesnaya Street , taking place in the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS). At the end of the trial, the prosecution made a final speech to the jury, but the public never heard it.

Today marks one year since the declaration of independence by the Serbian province of Kosovo . The United States and leading countries of the European Union have recognized Kosovo as an independent state, but Russia, China, India and other influential world powers continue to consider this region an integral part of Serbia. The head of the Kosovo government, 40-year-old Hashim TACHI, told Vremya Novostey columnist Pyotr ISKENDEROV about the situation in Kosovo.

Red & White Holdings (RWH), which represents the interests of Russian entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov and his partner Farhad Moshiri, has increased its stake in the English football club Arsenal. Now she has more than 25% of the shares of Arsenal Holdings, which manages the club. According to the RWH message posted on the website of the specialized exchange Plusmarkets, she managed to collect 15.6 thousand shares of the company (62.2 thousand in total).

Isinbayeva conquered a height of 5 meters indoors At the traditional “Pole Stars” competition in Donetsk (Ukraine), two-time Olympic champion Elena Isinbaeva (pictured) conquered the height of 5 m indoors for the first time in history. The result of 5 m 00 cm is a new world record for indoors and the 25th world record (in total in open arenas and indoors) set by the Russian woman. The previous achievement for the halls lasted a year. It belonged to Isinbayeva and was equal to 4 m 95 cm.