102 3 min. ... Truly he has come Parishioners of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior spent Easter night together with the President of the Russian Federation and his wife On the first Easter night of the new millennium, from April 14 to 15, a festive service was held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, led by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus'.

31 2 minutes. ... Missing pilot given title of hero-martyr posthumously The scandal continues around the American EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft, which made an emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan. Washington is demanding Beijing return the plane immediately. Beijing expects to receive substantial concessions from the United States for EP-3, primarily in the Taiwan area. The harshness appeared in American statements late last week after Beijing released the 24 EP-3 crew members.

On April 16, NTV editor-in-chief Vladimir Kulistikov announced that Tatyana Mitkova would become the new editor-in-chief of NTV. It is possible that Tatyana Mitkova will become the editor-in-chief of the new NTV, which continues to broadcast on the “fourth button.” This turn of events is allowed by Vladimir Kulistikov, who was appointed editor-in-chief of NTV by decision of the new board of directors.

On April 16, a telephone conversation took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliev. During the conversation, issues of resolving the conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh were touched upon, taking into account the recent negotiations between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders in Key West (USA). Heydar Aliyev noted the great importance of the contribution of the Russian delegation to the negotiation process in Key West.

On April 16, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, who is on an official visit to Moscow, discussed with Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov the issues of the joint fight against crime by the security forces of the two states. According to the information department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the parties also discussed issues of combating drug and weapons trafficking.

28 2 minutes. ... Pakistan collects dirt on Benazir Bhutto While her companions suffer Pakistani authorities have launched a campaign against ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Last week, Islamabad demanded that Washington extradite Ms Bhutto's ally Admiral Mansoor-ul-Haq and then obtained London's consent to hand over information about her husband Asif Ali Zardari. Thus, the leadership of Pakistan is trying to prevent the former prime minister from returning to big politics.

Everyone went to Channel 11 298 3 min. ... Saturday's events on NTV reached St. Petersburg. Starting today, the NTV channel will not broadcast local programs - “Wake up, Peter!” and "Today in St. Petersburg." This was the decision of the management of the Gras+ ​​company, which was producing these programs for the NTV television company. The St. Petersburg branch of NTV has never had a direct relationship with the television company itself.

12 1 min. ... "Kommersant-Vlast" Are you happy about the release of Pavel Borodin? You can answer this question on the website of the magazine "Vlast" at http://vlast.kommersant.ru. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 67/P dated April 16, 2001, page 12

1K 2 minutes. ... Vladimir Putin reached height 776 On Saturday, Vladimir Putin visited Chechnya. The President laid flowers at the site of the death of the Pskov paratroopers and promised the military to solve the problem of paying “combat troops.” Putin promised local officials nothing but money. This visit has been long awaited in Chechnya: representatives of civil authorities and the military have long been hoping for the president's intervention in funding issues.

The prosecutor's office looked into the circumstances of the sale of the Pskov energy company 15 2 minutes. ... The Prosecutor's Office of the Pskov Region opened a criminal case regarding the sale of the property complex of the municipal private state unitary enterprise "Pskovoblenergo" to the company "Pskovenergoinvest".

12 1 min. ... Russian beauty will appear in the evening Miss Russia 2001 will be announced today Yesterday the opening of the largest Russian beauty contest, Miss Russia 2001, took place in the Academichesky Concert Hall. Famous European and American television crews and filmmakers came to Moscow to film this extraordinary aesthetic event (read interviews with them in the following issues of Kommersant).

8 11 min. ... The most liquid Russian stocks Shares Number of transactions (pcs.) Trading volume ($ million, rub.) Settlement price* ($, rub.) Change. per week (%) Spread** (%) Min. per week ($, rub.) Max. per week ($, rub.) Min. in 52 weeks ($, rub.) Max.

53 1 min. ... The appraiser's license was valued at one thousand rubles At the end of the week, the government adopted a resolution “On licensing of appraisal activities.” Appraisers of the market value of property will now be charged 1 thousand rubles. and will require confirmation of their professional qualities. Licensing of appraisal activities is provided for by the Federal Law "On Appraisal Activities in the Russian Federation", adopted in August 1998.

20 2 minutes. ... The USA has become a refuge for the widow of journalist Gongadze and enemy of President Kuchma The United States has granted political asylum to the wife of missing Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze, as well as former state security officer Nikolai Melnichenko. Kyiv regarded this as an accusation of the lack of democracy. The US State Department announced the decision of the American authorities to the Ukrainian Ambassador in Washington, Konstantin Grishchenko, on April 13.

On April 16, reports appeared that the next court hearing in the case of Colonel Yuri Budanov would take place on April 17. The mother of the Chechen girl, of whose murder Yuri Budanov is accused, asked to postpone the April 16 hearing. The woman referred to her poor health. Read more about this in tomorrow's issue of the Kommersant newspaper.