17.04.2006, 19:07:53 version Print | PDA/PDA Collage Lenta.ru Rogue Anchors Who is not allowed into the largest shopping centers At the presentation of the annual review of retail real estate by Cushman & Wakefield & Stiles & Riabokobylko, there was a clash between large consultants and small sellers. Representatives of small retail chains persistently expressed their desire to become anchor tenants in the largest shopping centers, displacing the traditionally successful IKEA and Auchan.

The entire trip through the exclusion zone takes tourists no more than eight hours, but the visitor will have enough food for thought for many weeks to come. Pictures of destruction and desolation, the victory of nature over man, 20 years after the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant make an indelible impression.

17.04.2006, 16:00:53 version Print | PDA/PDA Zinetulla Bilyaletdinov led "Ak Bars" to the championship title. Photo from site intertat.ru Leopards in gold The Russian hockey championship ended with the victory of the richest team in Russia Kazan "Ak Bars" won the Russian hockey championship for the second time in its history.

Domodedovo International Airport turned out to be the leader in passenger traffic among the airports of the Moscow aviation hub, the company's press service reported on Monday. During the first quarter of 2006, Domodedovo transported 2.749 million passengers. This is 17.2 percent more than in the same period in 2005. The fastest growing popularity was for flights to Rostov-on-Don, St.

The director of a restaurant located on the Moscow Ring Road, on whom an attempt was made on Sunday evening, died in the 1st City Hospital, Interfax reports . As the capital's law enforcement agencies clarified, the Mercedes car, in which the restaurant's director Valery Aganyan and his assistant were, was fired upon by unknown assailants at about 11 p.m., when the victims of the assassination attempt were just leaving the establishment.

Ukraine is ready to sign an additional agreement with Russia to the basic agreement on the presence of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) on Ukrainian territory. This as reported by RIA Novosti . was stated by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Anatoly Kinakh, “Ukraine is ready to sign an additional agreement, which will clearly set out mechanisms for monitoring the fulfillment of its obligations both on the part of Ukraine and on the part of Russia,” Kinakh noted.

The cost of each artillery shell of the new Excalibur system is 80 thousand dollars, reports Strategy Page . These shells will begin arriving in Iraq in the fall of 2006. The cost of the projectile itself is about 40 thousand dollars. This amount doubled due to the need to recoup the costs of its development. The Excalibur program cost more than a billion dollars. The projectile was developed by the American corporation Raytheon together with the Swedish company Bofors.

Militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade group have threatened to launch attacks on Jews outside Israel unless Israel agrees to release Palestinian prisoners, Reuters reports. “This is a call to all our fighters to focus on the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and civilians in our occupied land,” said a message issued several hours before the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

17.04.2006, 20:20:23 version Print | PDA/PDA Space at a concert in Almaty (2001). Photo from attackconcert.com Near space Interview with the leader of the French group Space on the eve of a tour of Russia The French band Space, beloved in the USSR, is seriously preparing for its thirtieth anniversary: ​​a year before the official date, it re-releases ten discs and goes on a tour of Russian cities.

Englishman Carl Bushby and American Dmitry Kieffer, found guilty of violating the state border and sentenced to a fine and deportation from Russia, intend to appeal the court's decision. As the chairman of the district court in the village of Lavrentiya, Yuri Ivanov, told Interfax on Monday , on Monday the foreigners were given the court decision, presented in Russian and English. After studying the document, Bushby and Kieffer decided to appeal the verdict in the district court in Anadyr.

The owner of 85 percent of Elvis Presley Enterprises, which deals with the legacy of the “King of Rock and Roll,” Robert Sillerman intends to ban performances by Elvis impersonators. And there are about thirty thousand of them in the United States alone, recalls the British newspaper The Times.

Private Andrei Sychev, who is being treated at the Burdenko military hospital, continues to be on active military service. According to the Gazeta publication , Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov said that Sychev will be transferred to the reserve “when he is cured.” Andrei Sychev was beaten at the beginning of 2006 by old-time servicemen of the educational process support company of the Chelyabinsk Tank Institute.

On April 27, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow will restart consideration of the claim of the Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) in Moscow against the lawyers of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, as well as against the REN-TV channel and journalist Marianna Maksimovskaya, RIA Novosti reports . The reason for this decision was the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service to involve representatives of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center as interested parties.

Ranaan Gissin, spokesman for interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said that Israel considers the new Palestinian Authority government formed by the Hamas group responsible for the terrorist attacks in Tel Aviv, Ha'aretz reports. “This Palestinian Authority, which clearly defines its affiliation with the terrorist movement, has made more efforts to support terrorists than the previous one, and we intend to act accordingly,” Gissin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed amendments to the laws “On the Federal Security Service” and “On the detention of suspects and accused of committing crimes,” according to the official website of the President of the Russian Federation. The amendments exclude provisions allowing the FSB to operate pre-trial detention centers. Previously, these amendments were adopted by the State Duma of Russia and approved by the Federation Council.