31.03.2005, 11:13:43 version Print | PDA/PDA TV6 channel frame, archive Deputies will rid entrepreneurs of cash registers Russian legislators are ready to abolish the provision on the mandatory use of cash registers for small businesses, reports the Vremya Novostei newspaper . The Tax Subcommittee of the State Duma, having heeded the request to remove the obligation to issue cash receipts, does so contrary to the position of the government.

Askar Akayev, who left Kyrgyzstan during opposition protests, is ready to voluntarily relinquish his presidential powers if a number of his conditions are met. In an interview with BBC News, Akaev named guarantees of personal safety as the main one. “First of all, these are guarantees of security, personal safety, because recently there have been threats of assassination, threats of physical violence, threats of physical removal of me from the political scene of Kyrgyzstan.

The parliamentary commission investigating the terrorist attack intends to publish in its report all photographs of the victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan. According to the RIA Novosti news agency , the chairman of the commission, Senator Alexander Torshin, told reporters on March 31. According to him, the collection of images is already underway. "I think it will be instructive for people to see what we lose as a result of terrorist attacks," he said.

The authorities of Ukraine and Georgia are ready to act as mediators in negotiations between the new government of Kyrgyzstan and President Askar Akaev, who fled the country. This, as reported by RIA Novosti , was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Boris Tarasyuk, who, together with his Georgian counterpart Salome Zurabishvili, is now on an official visit to Bishkek. They met with the Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Omurbek Tekebaev.

Protests took place in the cities of Batumi and Akhalkalaki on Thursday against Georgian demands for the withdrawal of Russian military bases from these cities. As reported to RIA Novosti in the press center of the Supreme Council of Adjara Autonomy, up to 300 members of the People's Patriotic Front of Georgia with posters staged a procession through the streets of Batumi and demanded an end to the anti-Russian policy. “The Georgian and Russian peoples are brothers forever.

The identification of the body of Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, destroyed in Chechnya on March 8, has been completely completed, RIA Novosti reports . According to a high-ranking source in the Russian Ministry of Defense, the corresponding conclusion has already been transferred to the investigative authorities. “The complex medical studies that were carried out in the laboratories of the Russian Ministry of Defense to identify the body of Aslan Maskhadov have been completed.

The state is obliged to recognize “unorthodox conversion to Judaism” (giyur) completed in an “accelerated manner” abroad. This decision was made on March 31 by the High Court of Justice of Israel (HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE).

Hatf-II (Abdali) is capable of carrying any type of warhead weighing up to half a ton to a distance of up to 280 kilometers, or a lighter one - 300 kilograms to a distance of 450 kilometers. Fas.org, the two-stage rocket was designed by “combining” two single-stage Hatf-I rockets, which, in turn, were designed on the basis of the French Eridan rocket, modified by Chinese specialists.

Japanese lawmakers have submitted a proposal to parliament to name a national holiday on April 29 in honor of Emperor Hirohito (1925-1989), who for many is a symbol of militarism, reports Reuters. Chairman of the Council of Ministers Hiroshi Okoda suggested that the new name could cause a wave of discontent in the country, but added that responsibility for the decision rests with parliament. April 29 is the emperor's birthday. After his death, the holiday was renamed "Plant Day".

Estonian brake for Yartsev The Russian football team risks not getting to the 2006 World Cup The Russian national football team was unable to prove the validity of its claims to participate in the final part of the 2006 World Cup, which will be held in Germany. Georgy Yartsev's team barely beat the Liechtenstein team in Vaduz with a score of 2:1, and in Tallinn only achieved a 1:1 draw in the match with the Estonia team. Of course, there are still chances for a trip to the World Cup.

UN election chief Karina Pirelli could face charges of sexual harassment and abuse. According to BBC News, a special commission of inquiry was established after management employees complained about an intolerable work environment. They said they suffered “morally” because of her behavior. Employees claim the department has an "abusive" atmosphere, filled with sexual innuendo and innuendo. In addition, Pirelli allegedly made sexual overtures to her colleague.

Russian human rights activists demanded that Maskhadov's body be released to relatives for burial, the Interfax agency reports . According to the leader of the organization Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia (SKSMR), Valentina Melnikova, “there are no legal grounds to bury Maskhadov as a criminal convicted of terrorism,” since there was no trial against him.

RIA "Novosti". Let us recall that on February 2, Verkhovna Rada deputy Grigory Omelchenko said that China and Iran acquired long-range cruise missiles from Ukraine. In particular, as the investigation established, in 1999-2001, six X-55 missiles were illegally sold from the country to Iran and China. Ukraine got these missiles from the arsenals of the former USSR.

“Leo”, “Sagittarius” and the “peacemaker dove” Will Vladimir Putin be able to reconcile the warring subjects of Middle Eastern politics On Tuesday, March 29, a group of Russian diplomats arrived in Israel to agree on the details of the program for Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to this country.

On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights accepted for consideration the complaint of the widow of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze, who was killed in September 2000, RIA Novosti reported , citing the court's headquarters in Strasbourg. In the lawsuit, Miroslava Gongadze, now living in the United States, accuses Ukrainian authorities of “failing to protect the life of her husband” and “failing to properly investigate” his murder.