President Vladimir Putin 73 1 min. ... will begin a three-day trip to the Astrakhan region, where he will hold a meeting on the problems of the Caspian region. The head of state will visit a number of industrial and social facilities, and will also visit a brigade of ships of the Caspian flotilla.

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This is the OSCE, the opposition and the Russian media 129 3 min. ... another message Yesterday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivered his annual message in parliament. The head of Belarus immediately warned deputies that they should not expect “sensational revelations and sharp turns” from his speech. However, the message had enough of both.

Queue for Christie's 44 2 minutes. ... auction scandal On Monday, the New York District Court in Manhattan sentenced the former chairman of Sotheby's Holdings Inc. Alfred Taubman to a year and one day in prison and a fine of $7.5 million for participating in a criminal conspiracy with the management of the rival auction house Christie's to inflate commissions from sellers and buyers.

Against Americans, Catholics and Homosexuals 42 1 min. ... patriotism Yesterday, Interfax hosted a press conference of the leaders of the People's Party of the Russian Federation (NPRF) and the Union of Orthodox Citizens (UCC), who told reporters about the upcoming all-Russian action in support of Russian statehood, the Russian Orthodox Church and the traditional way of religious life in Russia. All this is threatened by Americans, Catholics and homosexuals.

Her place was taken by a military lawyer 734 1 min. ... permutations Yesterday, judge Vladimir Strekozov was elected deputy chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia. His predecessor, Judge Tamara Morshchakova, according to Kommersant's information, will remain working in the Constitutional Court as an adviser. The fact that a new deputy chairman should appear in the Constitutional Court became clear back in March last year.

On April 24, it became known that the Voronezh authorities timed the opening of a memorial to the Hungarian soldiers who died here during the Great Patriotic War to coincide with Victory Day on May 9. The monument is opened within the framework of the intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Hungary from 1992 on the arrangement of foreign military graves. As regions.ru reports with reference to “All Black Earth News”, there are about 100 Hungarian military graves in the Voronezh region.

On April 24, United Diamond Corp. representative Vladimir Pavlenko said that the heirs of the Iranian Shah are ready to invest part of the family collection of rare precious stones and antique gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Russian oil and gas projects in the Near and Middle East. Vladimir Pavlenko delivered to Russia, on behalf of the heirs of the Iranian Shah overthrown in 1979, samples of the family jewelry collection, ITAR-TASS reports.

The number of mergers and acquisitions is growing 46 1 min. ... statistics Yesterday, the auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers presented its study of mergers and acquisitions of companies in Eastern Europe. At the end of 2001, Russia turned out to be the leader in the number and volume of such transactions. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) study, the total volume of mergers and acquisitions of companies concluded in Eastern European countries in 2001 amounted to $16 billion.

On April 24, Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes told the country's parliament that over the past 10 years, the country's air force has lost 102 MIG-21 fighters as a result of plane crashes. This message was made in the form of a report on the state of affairs in the Indian Air Force, which is in 4th place in the world in terms of the number of combat aircraft, RIA Novosti reports.

And every third girl is sick with a female disease 29 1 min. ... demography Yesterday, at the board of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Minister of Health Olga Sharapova said that over the past five years the number of diseases affecting the reproductive ability of women has increased. The health of girls is of particular concern. Now in Russia, about 5 million couples cannot have children for health reasons.

As it became known on April 24, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon annulled the previously reached agreement to send a UN mission to investigate the events in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin while Israeli troops were there. This decision was announced after a special meeting of the country's cabinet of ministers took place the night before.

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The Russian national team goes to the World Cup 54 3 min. ... hockey Yesterday, on the eve of the Russian team's departure for the World Championships in Sweden, the team's leadership team together with the President of the Russian Olympic Committee Leonid Tyagachev gave a press conference. It was stated that the team, led by Boris Mikhailov, was ready to win both mentally and physically. For her victory, she was promised a reward of $200 thousand.

On April 24, it became known that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) intends to provide a grant of $200 thousand for the treatment of “seriously wounded Palestinians” in Austria. The selection of Palestinians sent for treatment will be carried out by the authorities of the Palestinian Authority, and a fund specially created by OPEC will pay for their travel, treatment and accommodation.