In today's first semi-final, the Tre Krunur team beat the Finnish team √ 4:2. During the preliminary stage, the Swedes beat their neighbors with difficulty - 6:4. There was no easy victory this time either. Although Cedergren opened the scoring in the first minute of the game, the Finns did not shy away and even took the lead after Holopainen's accurate shots in the 5th and 17th minutes.

Today at noon there will be a rally in support of freedom of speech in Russia on Pushkin Square in Moscow. An application for its holding was submitted by the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Union of Right Forces and the Yabloko party. In an appeal distributed at the beginning of the week, the initiators of the action link the need for it to the events surrounding the NTV television company and its partners in the Media-Most corporation.

According to the first official information from Belgrade, received during a press conference by Serbian Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic, Slobodan Milosevic has not been arrested, Reuters reports. According to the head of the Foreign Ministry, the ex-president said: “I will not go to prison alive.” Dusan Mihajlovic also said that Slobodan Milosevic will not be arrested for war crimes, and therefore will not be extradited to the Hague Tribunal.

Britain is experiencing a campaign of real terror, which is spreading over larger areas day by day. Nightly arson of department stores, breaking into research laboratories, sending hundreds of letters containing explosives filled with nails and razors, and attempting to forcefully stop transport transporting animals. Fighters of the animal liberation front claim that the tactics of their struggle do not lead to irreparable consequences.

British singer Sting will give his first concert in Jordan on April 22, AFP reports. The organizers of this event expect to gather about 5 thousand spectators. The guest of honor at the concert will be the Algerian singer Cheb Mani - together with Sting they will sing the polar song "Rose in the Desert". The concert will take place at a private university in Amman. Proceeds from it will be donated to charity.

Russian citizen Grigory Udovenko pleaded guilty in the federal court of the Eastern District of New York to attempting to smuggle into the United States the largest batch of premium black caviar in the history of this country. This was announced Friday by Tim Healy, a spokesman for the federal Fish and Wildlife Service. According to American law enforcement agencies, we are talking about the illegal import into the United States of approximately 800 kilograms of black caviar worth $2.5 million.

The central event of the tour will be the capital's derby "Spartak" - CSKA. The matches of these teams always took place in a tense fight, regardless of the place occupied by the teams in the table. Last year, “Spartak” and CSKA exchanged blows: the “red-whites” won in the first round - 1:0, in the second round the army team won √ 2:1, and in both cases the refereeing was far from ideal. The match "Spartak" - CSKA will begin on Saturday at 17:00.

If he approves of them, the game could be completely different. Within two weeks, the NBA Rules Committee will consider five proposals to change the rules of the game, the association's leadership announced today. In addition, seven members of the relocation committee will decide on the relocation of the Vancouver Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets to Memphis, Tennessee, for the 2001-2002 season.

There will be no priorities in the reform of the Russian Armed Forces. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, speaking on Saturday in an interview with the TV program “Vremya” of the ORT television channel. The head of the Ministry of Defense noted that the state’s strategic nuclear forces and general-purpose forces are the most important component of national security.

Elena Dementieva was never able to make it to the finals of the Masters series tournament held in Miami. She was defeated by No. 4 seeded American Jennifer Capriatti. Capriatti looked like the absolute mistress of the court and left Elena no chance. In two sets, she allowed Dementieva to take only two games, and the Russian never won in the second game. The match score is 2:6, 0:6, and Jennifer advances to the final.

According to updated data, after the end of the match between Spartak and CSKA, 52 people sought medical help. They all received various injuries during the fight at the stadium. 27 people out of 52 victims were hospitalized. Doctors call the main diagnoses bruises, fractures, dislocations and traumatic brain injuries. Police officers continue to escort groups of departing fans to the metro and Moscow train stations. At the same time, minor clashes continue along the route of their movement.

In the center of Moscow in Bolshoy Kiselny Lane, a strong fire in the building of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia was extinguished. The fire in the six-story administrative building of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia broke out on Saturday at about 10:30, the capital's police department reported. Up to 30 fire engines immediately arrived at the scene. One of the classrooms located on the sixth floor was on fire.

For the first time in the history of the Russian automotive industry, this high title was awarded to the authors of the design program of the KamAZ-master racing team - the spouses Semyon and Olga Yakubov. This is how the work of the creative team, which has no analogues in Russian motor sports, is appreciated.

Former host of the “Time” program on the ORT channel, Sergei Dorenko does not connect his future with television. “At the moment, in order to feed my family, I am working on private projects that have nothing to do with television,” Sergei Dorenko said on Saturday. At the same time, according to the journalist, he receives “a lot of offers to work on television, it’s even difficult to list them all,” reports Ekho Moskvy with reference to Interfax.

There are still fishermen in the Gulf of Finland, carried out to sea on ice floes. According to the commander of the crew of the Mi-8 helicopter that carried out the reconnaissance, Vadim Bazykin, the number of fishermen on board could reach four hundred, ITAR-TASS reports. The fishermen do not show any particular concern about their situation; many refuse to board the helicopter, fearing that they will have to pay for this service.