On May 21, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced that Israel is ready to conduct direct negotiations with the Palestinian National Authority to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. Shimon Peres did not rule out that the United States and Russia could participate in the dialogue between Israel and Palestine as co-sponsors of the Middle East settlement.

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On May 21, information was received that the famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo would give a concert in Moscow. As reported by the State Unitary Enterprise "Kremlin", it is expected that the singer will perform on Cathedral Square on July 18. It is possible that the famous tenor’s concert will be for charity.

71 1 min. ... Another royal remains Nicholas II's mother will be reburied in St. Petersburg Vladimir Putin approved the idea of ​​​​reburying the remains of Empress Maria Feodorovna buried in Denmark in Russia. Thus, after 73 years, her last wish will be fulfilled - to be buried next to her husband, Emperor Alexander III, in the family tomb of the Russian tsars in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The funeral is scheduled for next year. The Governor of St.

On May 21, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, after a meeting of the heads of the Cabinet of Ministers with the President of the Russian Federation, said that the city of Lensk (Siberia) destroyed by a catastrophic flood should not be restored, it should be built in a new place. Sergei Shoigu noted that the final decision rests with the government commission.

The Media Union and the Union of Journalists blew the whistle 8 2 minutes. ... St. Petersburg found itself on the threshold of a new wave of all-Russian media passions. At the end of May, the Central Union of Journalists will hold the All Russia 2001 media festival in the city. And in mid-June, the Russian Media Forum 2001 conference will take place on the banks of the Neva.

44 1 min. ... Trade in the zone ended with shooting An unprecedented incident occurred in the Ksani maximum security colony in Central Georgia. The prisoners were unable to divide the drugs, and as a result, a pistol and grenades were used. Six people were killed and five were injured. The National Security Council and President Eduard Shevardnadze became interested in the question of where the prisoners got their weapons from.

On May 21, almost 1,700 prisoners at Riga Central Prison and Brasa Prison began another symbolic hunger strike, protesting against the ban on food donations. As the deputy head of the prison department, Alexander Tocelovskis, told the BNS agency, 1,400 prisoners of the Central Prison and 300 of the Bras Prison began the hunger strike. They have refused prison food and only accept their own food, which they bought at the end of last week in prison stores.

47 1 min. ... Sergei Yushenkov: SPS will be the second edition of Unity — You refused to join the new SPS party - does this mean that you are leaving politics altogether? — On the contrary, I expect to create a right-wing liberal party based on the Liberal Russia movement. It is already clear that the “Union of Right Forces” in its new form will essentially represent the second edition of “Unity”. And Grigory Yavlinsky’s Yabloko will remain left-liberal, social democratic.

On May 20, NTV editor-in-chief Tatyana Mitkova, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, said that now no one is stopping the NTV channel from criticizing the authorities and pointing out their mistakes, and now it is “completely free.” Tatyana Mitkova gave an example - an NTV report criticizing a youth rally in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On May 21, the RTR television company reported the release of three servicemen from captivity in Chechnya. The day before, the soldiers were brought to Pyatigorsk, where FSB representatives talk to them. All three were released without any ransom. They will be sent home soon. One of those released remained in captivity for almost 2 years. He miraculously survived. When Shamil Basayev’s detachment left Grozny, the soldier was forced to be the first to walk through a minefield.

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60 3 min. ... Monday Sunday May 21, Monday In the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. On the same day, Mr. Perez will meet with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II. The Supreme Court of Dagestan begins hearings in the case of the shooting of a convoy of Perm riot police in Chechnya in March 2000.

On May 21, the director of Roshydromet, Roman Vilfant, announced that frosts were expected in Moscow and the Moscow region on the night of May 22-23. Daytime temperatures over the next two days will be between 10-12 degrees Celsius. From 12 to 17 hours on May 21, thunderstorms will be observed in the region.

On May 21, the parents of Dmitry Kholodov, a journalist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, announced that they did not trust the results of the re-examination. “We do not trust the findings of the additional due diligence.” According to them, the main discrepancy between the initial and current examinations is in the amount of explosive material.