23 1 min. ... Venerable laureate Yuri Davydov was born in 1924. He studied at a military school and fought in the Northern Fleet. He entered the history department of Moscow State University, but did not graduate because he was arrested on charges of anti-Soviet activity. Released in 1954. Author of many historical novels and stories. Laureate of the State Prize (1987), the Triumph Prize.

816 2 minutes. ... Moscow stands to death Registration remains in the capital The decision of the Constitutional Court, which abolished the provisions of the federal government Rules for registration at the place of residence, which limited the right of citizens to freedom of movement, continues to be ignored by Moscow: the judicial authorities refuse to implement the decision of the Constitutional Court.

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27 2 minutes. ... Ozawa missed Japanese gift to the Russian Foreign Ministry Today the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry leaves for Tokyo. There he will have to solve three tasks: convey a personal message from Boris Yeltsin to the Japanese Prime Minister, ensure at least minimal progress in consultations on the peace treaty, and obtain assurances from the Japanese side that the coverage area of ​​the Japanese-American defense treaty in its new edition does not extend to Russian territory.

715 3 min. ... Picasso's daughter paid off her husband The divorce cost her $100 million The divorce process, which has every chance of becoming famous as the divorce of the century, has ended. Paloma Picasso, a fashion designer and owner of an empire producing luxury goods, cosmetics and perfumes, reached an out-of-court agreement with her ex-husband Rafael Lopez-Kambil to pay him alimony.

46 2 minutes. ... The fate of Yugoslavia will be decided at 14.00 The crisis around Kosovo has reached its climax. Today at 14.00 Moscow time the deadline allotted for Belgrade and the Kosovo Albanians to reach an agreement expires. If a peace treaty is not signed in Rambouillet, NATO aircraft will bomb Yugoslavia. If so, a NATO contingent will enter Kosovo. In the few hours remaining before the deadline, Moscow will have to persuade the Serbs, and the West will have to persuade the Albanians.

60 3 min. ... NBA clubs counting losses On the eve of the start of the current NBA championship, many players and coaches expressed concern that the ultra-tight season schedule, “compressed” due to the lockout, could lead to a real epidemic of injuries. Today, two weeks later, we can say: the forecasts are confirmed. The list of injured players is too extensive for the start of the championship. Almost no NBA team managed to avoid losses.

Kommersant newspaper 02/20/1999, 00:00 The Red Cross saved the Nazis The International Committee of the Red Cross admitted that after the Second World War it issued documents to a number of high-ranking Nazis (including Adolf Eichmann, Klaus Barbier, Eric Priebke and Josef Mengele) that allowed them to flee justice in Latin America and subsequently visit Europe. The scandal began with a publication in the Zurich weekly Israelitsche Wochenblatte, which is published by the Swiss Jewish diaspora.

1K 1 min. ... Nine-year-old hostage released from Chechen captivity The youngest hostage, 9-year-old Georgy Ashkalov, was freed from Chechen captivity. The bandits kept the boy in handcuffs for six months, taking him outside only at night. He had to pay a ransom for him, the amount of which was not disclosed. The boy was kidnapped from the village of Galyugaevskaya (Kursk district of the Stavropol Territory) on the night of August 6 last year.

792 14 min. ... TV program TV program [Saturday, February 20] ORT 08.00 "Frog-traveler". Cartoon 08.20 Mikhalkov and his team: Oleg Menshikov. Film "Pokrovsky Gate". Episode 1 09.30 Home library 09.45 Word from the shepherd. Metropolitan Kirill 10.00 News 10.15 Program "100%" 10.45 "Morning mail" with Yuri Nikolaev 11.20 "Pun". Humor magazine 11.50 Relish 12.10 Return of the Tretyakov Gallery.

884 2 minutes. ... Thief in law ran into a policeman The best friend of Vyacheslav Ivankov (Yaponchik), the famous thief in law Vyacheslav Sliva, got into a bad story. While driving his Mercedes-Brabus jeep from the municipal parking lot on Triumfalnaya Square, he crashed several cars and ran over a policeman. The examination found a small amount of alcohol in Sliva’s blood. He himself claims that he does not drink at all, and the accident happened by accident.

53 3 min. ... Mayors vs Governors Another game by Luzhkov Yesterday Yuri Luzhkov gathered mayors of a hundred Russian cities in Moscow. Formally, the meeting was dedicated to “supporting the city economy,” but no one doubts that this congress is a response to Samara Governor Konstantin Titov, who the day before announced the creation of a gubernatorial election bloc.

174 1 min. ... The Duma removes Berezovsky again The State Duma yesterday once again fought with Boris Berezovsky.

106 3 min. ... Sergey Fedorov helps American children and students The past week of the NHL regular season can rightfully be called Russian. Our foreign players regularly scored in almost every match. Another remarkable event in the life of the NHL was the creation of a children's charity fund by Sergei Fedorov, to which he contributed $2 million of the league-record $28 million earned by the hockey player last year. Alexander Selivanov surprised Edmonton Oilers fans again.

303 4 min. ... Three bags of criminal cases taken out of AvtoVAZ Promising that Russian prisons will soon be filled with “economic” criminals, Yevgeny Primakov most likely had in mind the former and current leaders of AvtoVAZ. Based on the facts of the crimes they committed, the Prosecutor General's Office opened a series of criminal cases. It is interesting that Primakov himself pointed out the “scapegoats” last Saturday.