October 21, 2004, 17:22 Politics Woman debate Vasily Sergeev 12 days before the US presidential elections, Bush and Kerry threw their last reserves into the battle for votes. Bush - the “Iron Lady” Rice and Schwarzenegger, and Kerry - Clinton, who had barely recovered from heart surgery, and his wife, the heiress of the ketchup empire, Teresa Heinz-Kerry. The latter immediately ruined everything.

October 21, 2004, 16:07 Politics A journalist was ritually stabbed to death in Minsk Aliya Samigullina Veronika Cherkasova, a journalist from the opposition newspaper Solidarity, was killed in Minsk. At home, she was considered one of the most professional journalists on social issues. The investigation is pursuing two main versions: murder on domestic grounds or due to professional activities. The body of the deceased journalist was found on Wednesday evening in her own apartment in Minsk.

October 21, 2004, 15:59 From the editor Dispute between frightened subjects "Gazeta.Ru" With one decision, the arbitration court answered two questions at once: who was decided to be considered guilty of the banking crisis and what will happen to the non-state periodical press? Although in fact this can be considered one question.

18:34 The son-in-law of the President of Karachay-Cherkessia is wanted In Karachay-Cherkessia, in the case of the disappearance of seven people on Thursday, October 11, five suspects were detained and another one, Ali Kaitov, was put on the wanted list, Boris Karnaukhov, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s Office in the North Caucasus, said by phone from Cherkessk.

Sport Five goals for Yartsev Boris Khodorovsky (St. Petersburg) In the first match of the UEFA Cup group stage, Zenit hosted AEK Athens and won a convincing victory - 5:1. St. Petersburg forward Alexander Kerzhakov scored three goals.

Sport Fetisov called everyone to resign Karl Gagarin The leadership of domestic sports found the worst in the unsuccessful performance of Russian athletes at the Olympics in Athens. Vyacheslav Fetisov blamed the presidents of the federations for everything, and Leonid Tyagachev shifted responsibility to the coaches. On Thursday, in the State Duma , the leaders of Russian sports reported to deputies on the results of the Athens Olympics.

Sport Voronezh has restored its reputation Sergey Andreev The Russian football championship tournament in the second division is coming to an end. Three teams are already known that will join the first division next season. After the successes of Novosibirsk Chkalovets-1936 in the east and Stavropol Dynamo in the south, the Center zone was won ahead of schedule by Voronezh Fakel. Having established a unique achievement: the Voronezh team won all 16 home matches!

October 22, 2004, 10:29 Society Transplantologists are waiting for a living word Elya Vermisheva Soon the law on transplantology may include a “presumption of consent”, which will allow the removal of the internal organs of the deceased only if he gave permission for this during his lifetime.

Sport Safin, Moya and Matvienko Boris Khodorovsky (St. Petersburg) The main contenders for victory in the St. Petersburg Open, which starts on Monday, will be Marat Safin, Carlos Moya and Dominik Hrbaty. It is possible that the winner of the 2004 Kremlin Cup, Nikolai Davydenko, will also intervene in the fight for the main prize of the tournament. Five days before the start of the traditional tennis tournament St.

Almost forgotten after the resignation of Alexander Korzhakov, the Federal Security Service is returning to public business. The enormous potential of the service was primarily in demand in such difficult markets as vodka and construction, and it must be said that FSO has so far justified the trust of its partners.

07:06 Death toll from Typhoon Tokage in Japan reaches 44 According to the latest data, the number of victims of typhoon Tokage in Japan has reached 44, another 37 are still missing. The typhoon caused the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, disrupted public transport, and interrupted the work of some companies. More than 40 thousand residential buildings were left without electricity. Tokage was the tenth typhoon to hit Japan this year and the most powerful in 10 years.

October 22, 2004, 11:59 Business Good times, bad lobbyists Timofey Dzyadko Officials cannot agree on how and when Svyazinvest will be privatized. Analysts believe that potential buyers are lobbying for their interests through various means, so the government cannot establish the terms and conditions for the sale of the state telecommunications holding.

October 21, 2004, 13:00 Society Man is not much more complex than a worm Marina Lemutkina The human genome does not consist of 100 thousand genes, but only 20-25 thousand. Having obtained an accurate understanding of our genome, scientists hope to reach a new level of diagnosing and treating diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

Sport “CSKA did not have enough activity” Vitaly Kutuzov Chelsea players and coaches agree that the English team did not show the best game in the match against CSKA. And the army team is “to blame” for this, as they did not allow the hosts to prove themselves in the match. But everyone is satisfied with the score in England. The English press reacted rather sluggishly to another Chelsea victory in the Champions League. There were no rave reviews or criticisms in the press the next day.

One Spanish family was incredibly lucky. For one and a half hundred years she owned a piece of wood - a detail of the altar - with the image of the Baptism of Christ. Until recently, no one was particularly interested in this work of art, until the current generation of the family decided to take an inventory. A routine assessment procedure at Christie's turned into a sensation. It turns out that this small (23.7 by 18 cm) board was painted by El Greco in 1567–1570.