Cosmopol Film Distribution’s rental company represents the “first blow” within the framework of the action “Unknown movie imperia brings a double blow”. Today in the capital's cinema "Prague" is the premiere of the film "Shiri". This is a spy militant of the South Korean director Zheh Gyu Kan, "sunk" at the box office at home of the Hollywood blockbuster "Titanic", who won several main Korean film aircraft and received the largest number of foreign press reviews in the history of Korean cinema.

The costs of the federal budget for the preparation, conduct and summarize the general census of the Russian population, which will be held in October 2002, amount to 3.2 billion rubles, NTV reports with reference to Interfax. According to the Chairman of the State Statistics Committee of Russia Vladimir Sokolin, some of these funds have already been spent in the framework of the test census, held in October of this year.

Today, two passenger aircraft flew out of Tbilisi to Moscow, operating a daily flight between the capitals of the two countries. According to the dispatchers of the Tbilisi Airport, the Boeing plane, which accommodates 110 people, flew to Moscow today with 23 passengers on board, NTV reports with reference to Interfax. A decrease in the number of passengers is due to the fact that Georgian citizens did not manage to issue entry visas to Russia.

The Japanese Prime Minister Josiro Mori carried out on Tuesday the reorganization of the government of the country. The government’s resignation occurred two weeks after Mori hardly won the vote under the draft resolution of mistrust to the government, as well as after the unit in the ranks of the ruling liberal democratic party (LDP).

The match between the teams of Spain and Australia will take place in Barcelona on December 8-10. In personal meetings, the vast majority of the Australians √ 3: 0. However, as the captain of the Spanish team Javier Duarte said, his wards "are ready to give worthy resistance to the Australians." He believes that his team can count on success. The receiving side always has a small advantage, and, in addition, Spanish players are traditionally strong on the ground.

Respect for people and the environment must prevail in the tourism industry over the pursuit of profit, said the Vatican's permanent representative to the World Tourism Organization, Archbishop Piero Monni. According to the Vatican news agency Zenit, the archbishop spoke at a meeting of the planning committee in Madrid. He emphasized that tourism is one of the most effective ways to achieve mutual understanding between peoples.

In one of the markets of Pyatigorsk in the Stavropol Territory, an radio -controlled explosive device was discovered the night before. According to NTV with reference to Interfax, the explosive device was found on the Lira market at about 17:30 Moscow time. According to sources in the interior of Pyatigorsk, the explosive device consisted of a 66 mm mortar mine packed in a plastic bottle. It was activated using a radio remote control from a car alarm.

In St. Petersburg on the territory of the kindergarten N 58, located on Konnaya Street, 32 (Central District), a Trotilly checker was discovered on Tuesday evening. This was reported in the North-Western regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, NTV reports with reference to Interfax. The bomb was found by employees of this kindergarten at about 18:00.

Communists expect that “religious movements” will come to recognize socialism. This was stated by the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov at the VII Party Congress in Moscow, reports the Blagovest-info agency. As expected, the statement was supported by a reference to V.I. Lenin.

Today, President’s envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District Konstantin Pulikovsky said that there was no energy problem in Primorye - there is a crisis of power, and the head of the regional administration Nazdratenko states that the situation in Primorye is not as bad as the journalists portray it.

France President Jacques Shirak may be at the center of the new financial scandal. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to "Interfax". Events unfold against the background of the meeting of the heads of state and governments of the European Union, which opens on December 7 in Nice. And it should be made on it very painful decisions on the EU reform. This problem is at the stage of coordination between EU members, and today there are great disagreements on many issues.

The Izvestia newspaper today publishes an open letter from famous Russian cultural and art figures who oppose the use of the music of the old Soviet anthem, to the President of Russia. According to representatives of the creative elite, no new text will be able to erase the words that intended to the music of Alexandrov, glorifying Lenin and Stalin.

To achieve this goal, they are even ready to freeze the heat -loving Mexicans. On February 28, the US team will hold a match of the final qualifying tournament of six teams in the Concafe Zone. Today, the venue of this game was determined √ collapse, ohoo. According to the media, the northern city was chosen in order to provide the Americans with an advantage.

For the first time since the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada, Christian priests joined the Muslim religious leaders in the call not to make a memorial prayer for the dead Muslims and Christians serving in the Israeli army. This was announced by the Lebanese magazine "As-Safir" with reference to the Israeli newspaper "Ahronot".

From today, the visa regime of crossing the Russian-Georgian border is introduced. According to the NTV correspondent in Tbilisi, many of those who, for family or other circumstances, often have to cross the border, this innovation seems additional inconvenience. Since yesterday, hundreds of people lined up at the Consulate of Russia in Tbilisi, waiting for the paperwork for entry into the Russian Federation. Today, despite the operational actions of employees, the queue is not reduced.