Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Yastrzhembsky refrains from commenting on some Internet publications that the chairman of the Chechen State Council Malik Sydullaev is an "English agent". "The material published on some sites is difficult to comment, since we do not have information confirming or refuting this unexpected information," he said today.

Tbilisi discusses the prospect of possible Georgian entry into NATO. President Shevardnadze, who previously said that Georgia persistently knocks on NATO, unexpectedly stated that his country had another prospect by 2005. With an official visit to Georgia, there are now two military delegations at once: Russian and NATO representatives. The American and Russian military appeared in Tbilisi immediately after the above -mentioned statement by Shevardnadze. “During this time, a lot will change.

So, after a long break, Russia again begins to worry about its best team. Moscow Spartak will try to break through to the Champions League quarterfinals, and 90% will depend on two Muscovites with Munich Bavaria. However, we will discuss these meetings as they approach, and today we will talk about the current football week and try to analyze the current state of affairs. 1.

The Ukrainian surgeon, who participated in identifying the remains of the murdered opposition journalist, asked the refuge in England. He fears for his life. According to the Independent newspaper, the doctor Valery Ivasyuk began to threaten the employees of the National Security Safety Service after he publicly demanded a complete investigation of the case of journalist Georgy Gongadze.

No longer look at the photo of the naked Anna Kournikova. Especially if you are sent by e -mail. We are talking about a new computer virus, which is hiding just under the appearance of a Russian tennis player. According to programmers from Microsoft, this virus may have been worse than what hit hundreds of thousands of computers last year - I Love You. The action of this virus lies in the fact that in addition to Anna’s photo in full screen, the user sees nothing more.

The General Director of Gazprom -Media CJSC Alfred Koch believes that it is necessary to conduct an audit of advertising agencies - NTV partners. He stated this in an interview with Kommersant, which is published in today's issue, NTV reports with reference to Interfax.

Since 2001, the tax authorities will conduct annual away inspections of the largest taxpayers. This was announced by the First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for taxes and fees, Alexander Smirnov at the All -Russian meeting of the heads of tax authorities and federal tax police bodies, held on February 13. The tax official also promised that vertically integrated companies will be checked from below, starting from subsidiaries up to the parent company.

In Vladivostok, the capital of the Primorsky Territory, new resignations in the regional leadership were announced, as well as the upcoming changes that will affect the coastal power structures and the media. What is happening today in the ranks of the coastal authorities, local residents have already christened the "Winter Revolution". Following the governor Evgeny Nazzratenko, almost the entire regional administration resigned: 8 out of 13 vice-governors and committees.

In the gas sector, there was a shootout between the Palestinians and the Israelis. As a result, according to various sources, from 50 to 70 Palestinians received injuries. 20 of them fell into a hospital with gunshot wounds. The shootout began between Israeli soldiers who guarded the Jewish settlement of the Gush Catif, and the inhabitants of the Palestinian camp Khan Unis.

Today, the Kremlin at the meeting gathered the heads of the tax inspectorate and the tax police. According to the NTV correspondent, last year these bodies have gathered 1 trillion for the state. 700 billion rubles ≈ one and a half times more than 1999, for which they received gratitude from the president. Putin, however, called not to be seduced ≈ taxes were collected more, because the economy is growth. And actually the collection of money leaves, according to the president, to be desired.

In Germany, one of the most popular modern Russian writers Victor Pelevin awarded a literary prize. The personnel represented by NTV television company can be called unique, since Pelevin almost never gives interviews, avoids journalists and extremely rarely appears in front of the television cameras. The author of the books "Chapaev and Emptiness", "Generation P", "OMON RA" gives preference to the Internet, with the help of which he regularly communicates with his admirers.

In London, James Bond is an auction of things. The shopping house "Christis" offers over 250 items that have repeatedly rescued "agent 007" during risky operations. Books, posters, clothes, weapons, jewelry and, of course, universal spy devices √ all this comes from a hammer. The British Supershpion James Bond decided to update his wardrobe √ These days in London, another auction of things that served as her Majesty’s agent for the past decades.

Kazakhstan leads among the CIS countries in terms of average monthly salary, recounted at official exchange rates set by the National Bank, to US dollars. This is evidenced by the data of the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS. According to statistics, the average monthly salary of one employee in Kazakhstan amounted to 94 dollars in 2000. And the minimum indicator of the average salary in Tajikistan is $ 8.7 per person.

The statement of the Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Kolotukhin in Berlin, quoted by the Financial Times Deutschland, delighted the negotiator from the German side, a supporter of the tough line of Koch Veser. Although, according to individual experts, the willingness to fork out is just a tactical maneuver. According to the authoritative Wall Street Journal, having agreed to pay now, Russia hopes that the credit of confidence in the future will earn.

A spontaneous rally was held in Nazran due to the death of three inhabitants of Ingushetia. According to the police, about three thousand people have reached the consent of the city of Nazran today. These are residents of Ingushetia and Ingush refugees from neighboring North Ossetia. The rally participants honored the memory of the brothers Adam and Magomed Ganizhiev and Massar Varakhoev, whose bodies were discovered last Thursday in the forest in the suburban area of ​​North Ossetia.