Unfortunately, the lot was ruthless to them, predetermining the inevitable losses even with the most favorable outcome of the fights: in one of the matches of the second circle to the court, Muscovites Elena Likhovtseva and Nadezhda Petrova will be released against each other. According to RIA Novosti, Likhovtseva, sown at the tournament under the 21st number, at the age of 25 can be considered a US Open veteran-for her this is already a 9th tournament on the courts of New York.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov today signed an order to ban the conduct of the Portuguese Corrida presentation in Moscow. This was reported to "Interfax" in the city hall of the Russian capital. According to the mayor, this show is associated with "cruel treatment of animals", which is prohibited by administrative and criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. The mayor of the Russian capital has already stated that he would ban Corrida.

A group of scientists from Novosibirsk defended its colleague Valentin Danilov, who is accused of treason, ITAR-TASS reports.

The main indicators of the draft budget of the Union State of Russia and Belarus for 2002 will be considered today at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the two countries in Moscow, Interfax reports. A meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State will be held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. Prime Minister Vladimir Ermoshin will also take part in it. The budget is provided for in the amount of 3 billion 300 million rubles.

Two cases of fraud in the exchange of large amounts of currency occurred in Moscow, Interfax reports. The first incident happened at the currency exchange point on Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya Street. The criminal took possession of 206 thousand dollars, which the employee of one of the commercial banks transferred the cashier. In the exchange point on Mira Avenue, the victim lost 196 thousand dollars. The search for criminals is underway.

A criminal case has been instituted for three employees of the Patruna-Posts Service of the Internal Affairs Directorate on the fact of exceeding official powers, RIA Novosti reports. On July 15, 2001, a resident of the Leninsky district of the city of Barnaul returned home from fishing in a state of easy intoxication. At the entrance of his house, a man caught up with a police outfit and began to beat him with batons.

The Secretary of State of the Union of Russia and Belarus Pavel Borodin on Thursday during interrogation in the prosecutor's office Geneva will meet with the president of Mabetex, Bedest Pacoli. According to an interview with Interfax, lawyer Borodin Eleanor Sergeyev, the Swiss investigators for the first time officially called the head of Mabetex for interrogation in the so -called "Borodin case". According to the lawyer, the testimony of Pakolly should not damage her client.

Employees of the capital's UBEP, on suspicion of receiving a bribe, detained 67-year-old Evgeny Moiseev, ITAR-TASS reports. Moiseev headed the selection committee of the faculty of gaming sports of the Russian State Academy of Physical Culture. The investigation established that the father of one of the applicants paid the teacher 4 thousand dollars for the successful passing of exams.

An unusual exhibition has opened in the Tokyo Scientific Museum . It presents 78 species of human and animals of excrement. In addition to the exhibits that are placed for glass windows, there is a special table on the expositions on which visitors can touch and smell the copies they like. According to the employees of the Tokyo Scientific Museum, Ananova.com reports, the exhibition is of great educational importance, as it gives knowledge in various fields: history, biology, ecology.

The strategic plans of the NTV television company include the creation of a separate television channel in St. Petersburg, which, first of all, will have information content. This was reported today by the editor -in -chief of the NTV information broadcast Tatyana Mitkova and the director of the St. Petersburg Bureau of the television company Yuri Zinchuk. Tatyana Mitkova explained that in St.

At night, on Wednesday, Israel again entered the troops into the territory of the Palestinian autonomy. According to representatives of the autonomy that Reuters quoted, at least two Israeli tanks appeared in Deir al-Balah in the gas sector. The troops entered the Palestinian territories in the area of ​​the Jewish settlement of KFOR-DAR. In the area of ​​this settlement, in recent months, terrorists arranged explosions several times.

In Kemerovo, two particularly dangerous criminals were escaped from a correctional colony last night, ITAR-TASS reports. The 35-year-old resident of Novokuznetsk Svyatoslav Zamero was sentenced to 14 years in prison, the 27-year-old native of Mezhdurechensk Pavel Grieg was serving a sentence of 12 years. Kuzbass law enforcement forces developed a special plan for the search and capture of the fugitives. However, it was not possible to detain convicts in hot pursuit.

The head of the Foreign Ministry of Cyprus Joannidis Kasulidis denied the message that his country intends to join NATO. Answering Wednesday to the question of RIA Novosti , he said that Cyprus did not apply for an entry into the alliance. Earlier, Reuters distributed a statement by the Prime Minister Denmark of Rasmussen, that Slovakia, Slovenia, three Baltic republics and Cyprus should be accepted at the Prague Summit in 2002.

The actual designer of the first Soviet atomic bomb was now an unknown scientist Viktor Turbiner. This was reported to "Interfax" by a Russian historian, a participant in underground atomic tests at the Semipalatinsk training ground, Mikhail Rudenko. As follows from his investigations, in July 1945, a young aviation engineer Viktor Turbiner met Igor Kurchatov and the future chief designer of the nuclear bomb Julius Khariton. He made the impression of a talented designer on academics.

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma spoke out for the unity of the Orthodox Church in the country, Interfax reports. Speaking on Tuesday in Kyiv at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 950th anniversary of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the president said: “The unity of the Church, an active active and responsible position cement the nation, strengthen the state and political stability, promote the spiritual development of society.