The New York Times 37 6 min. ... US Warns Russia of Need to Verify Treaty Compliance The US warns Russia about the need to comply with concluded agreements JUDITH MILLER JUDITH MILLER The George W. Bush administration has told the Russian government that Washington is cutting planned spending on many new disarmament projects.

As it became known on April 9, the Moscow football club Lokomotiv loaned out its Georgian striker Zaza Janashia for three months. Janashia will play for Lokomotiv from Tbilisi. Lokomotiv Tbilisi ranks second in the Georgian championship table and has not yet lost its chance to compete with Torpedo Kutaisi for gold.

On April 9, an improvised explosive device went off in the building of the Supreme Court of the Republic of South Africa. A homemade bomb exploded in one of the rooms on the 4th floor of the Supreme Court of South Africa in the capital of Pretoria, RIA Novosti reports. The building suffered material damage, the extent of which is not reported, and there were no casualties.

Fabio Capello, who recently extended his contract with Italian football 21 1 min. ... Fabio Capello, who recently extended his contract with the Italian football club Roma until 2005 (the coach will receive $3.4 million a year), said that upon expiration of the agreement he intends to end his coaching career. “Three more years and that’s it, I’m completely fed up with football,” said the coach. “After that I don’t want to work with any team.

Yesterday, German media mogul and billionaire Leo Kirch declared bankruptcy KirchMe 131 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, German media magnate and billionaire Leo Kirch announced the bankruptcy of KirchMedia, the most profitable division of the KirchGruppe holding, one of the world leaders in the field of television broadcasting and the sale of rights to television broadcasts. The second division of the holding, KirchPayTV, also went bankrupt.

On April 9, the Atlantis spacecraft successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida. The crew of the space shuttle will deliver to the International Space Station and mount on its surface the central part of the truss for attaching solar panels, as well as the batteries themselves. Let us remind you that the shuttle launch was supposed to take place on April 4, but due to non-technical problems, the launch was postponed.

On April 8, the AP news agency reported that the Israeli military again conducted searches at the offices of two Arab television companies. The premises of Abu-Dhabi TV and Nile TV were searched for weapons and militants. According to the agency, the offices of television companies in Saudi Arabia and Egypt were searched. There were no official comments on the incident from the Israeli side.

Russian tennis players will play at home 79 3 min. ... After the victory over the Swedes, the Russian tennis team had an excellent chance of finally winning the Davis Cup. After all, she will also play the next match with the Argentines (it will take place on September 20-22) at home. And if he gets to the final, he will play either the French or the Americans in Russia. In general, the situation couldn’t be better.

Australian police have arrested a man who took hostage schoolchildren and a teacher at Kootingal Public School, located in the suburbs of Tamworth in northern New South Wales, on the morning of April 9. According to police, a 31-year-old man burst into a classroom with a knife, where there were 10 students and a teacher. Threatening the children, he demanded that the authorities fulfill their demands. The school building was surrounded by police, and about 200 students were urgently evacuated.

On April 9, the OVR faction in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, due to political disagreements, decided to expel deputy Alexander Fedulov from its membership. The decision was made unanimously. Let us recall that the exclusion of Mr.

As it became known on April 9, a bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation giving Russian citizens the right to marry starting at the age of 14. The current Family Code of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility for persons under 16 years of age to enter into marriage “in the presence of special circumstances.” However, the list of such circumstances and the minimum age at which permission for early marriage can be obtained is not defined by federal law.

Aslan Maskhadov’s archive was captured as a result of a special operation carefully planned by the Regional Operational Headquarters. This was announced on April 9 by the head of the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Zdanovich . According to him, more than 100 copies and instructions on the use of poisons - arsenic and sublimate - were found in the archive, and the poisons themselves were packaged in bags.

The World Swimming Championships ended in Moscow 45 2 minutes. ... The sixth World Short Course Championships, held in the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex pool on April 3-7, did not bring the Russian team the predicted result of 15 medals. The Russians won only seven awards - two silver and five bronze. So the audience had to mainly enjoy the performances of foreign swimmers who set 7 world records and 25 world championship records.

On April 9, it became known that a radiation leak had occurred at the Fugen experimental reactor in the Japanese city of Tsuruga. No other details were provided. It is only known that the leak occurred along with the release of steam from a pipe in the cooling system, in which a crack formed. The reactor was urgently shut down and the extent of the radiation leak was being determined.

Scandal at the Biennale of Contemporary Art 389 3 min. ... Russia's participation in the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Sao Paulo (Brazil) was not without scandal (Kommersant wrote about its opening on March 27). The scandal was the result of intensified competition between two state organizations - the NCCA and ROSIZO, which oversee the representation of Russian art at major international exhibitions.