The Russian naval base in Kamran will be transferred to Vietnam until July 1, 2002. This was stated by the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, Interfax reports. Now in Kamrani there is preparations for the transfer of the entire infrastructure, including the runway and pier. The official statement on the start of the process of withdrawing a Russian base from Kamrani was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in October 2001.

In Yekaterinburg, in an abandoned house on Roza Luxembourg Street, piles of letters from local residents President Vladimir Putin were discovered in the vicinity of the Luke club. It is reported by "Region-inform" . The promotion of the collection of letters to the president is held in the Urals by a participant in the election campaign in the regional Duma block "Unity √ Fatherland". Candidates even developed special forms that citizens fill in, dissatisfied with something.

A soldier of one of the units of the Sochi border detachment, returning from a night outfit on Monday morning, opened shooting at his colleague - ordinary Alexei Lopatkin. The victim in serious condition is located in the Khostinsky district hospital of Sochi, RIA Novosti reports.

On April 2-3, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a series of meetings and negotiations with the chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers Silvio Berlusconi, who arrives in Russia on a visit. This was announced by the press secretary of the President Alexei Gromov, RIA Novosti reports. On April 2, Putin and Berlusconi will meet in Sochi, and on April 3 they will be negotiated in Moscow.

Since the beginning of the counter -terrorism operation in the North Caucasus since August 1999, the losses of the federal forces amounted to 3 thousand 220 military personnel to the dead. According to Interfax , informed sources in Russian law enforcement agencies were injured by 8 thousand 972 military personnel.

The Council of the Christian Interfaith Advisory Committee (CMC), which includes representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian faiths, approved the text of the letter to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the chairman of the State Duma Gennady Seleznev and the chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov.

The on -board magazine, in which the pilot of the American bomber, dropped the first atomic bomb, described his experiences, will be sold at the environment at the auction. It is expected that its price can reach 215 thousand pounds, writes Daily Telegraph , the translation of the article of which is published by Inopressa.ru . "God, what we have done!" - Such an entry was made by Captain Robert Lewis, a pilot of the B-29 bomber, seeing a mushroom-shaped cloud over Hiroshima.

The international terrorist Osamu Ben Laden was seen alive in the East Afghan province of the host two weeks ago. This, as reported today by the Ash Shark Al-Ausat newspaper, said one of the Afghan field commanders Kamal Khan. He said that his people recorded the movement of Ben Laden at the head of the equestrian detachment of about 80 people, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Chairman of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of the United States, Bishop Bellville Wilton Gregory, sent congratulations to Metropolitan Tadeusz Kondrusevich , bishops and Catholics of Russia in connection with the transformation of apostolic administrators in the diocese, the Blagovers-Info agency reports.

The head of the British defense company BAE Systems John Veston resigned. As Reuters reports, his decision to leave his post was a complete surprise for everyone. In the place of John Veston, who worked in BAE Systems structures for more than 30 years and led the company for four years, the main operating director of the company Michael Turner will be appointed.

At the Yuzhcheshsky training ground, Bohin near the city of Tabor, the teachings of Czech and American landing units are held. Interaction is being worked out with joint landings into the territory of objects protected by a potential enemy in the course of possible international peacekeeping operations, ITAR-TASS reports. During the exercises, two American paratroopers were injured. This was reported on Monday late in the evening of Czech television, RIA Novosti reports.

In South Africa, Gays and Lesbians, partners of civil servants, will receive pensions in the event of the death of a “breadwinner” along with widows and widows, RIA Novosti reports.

On Tuesday, an interview with Ariel Sharon of the Qatari company Al-Jazeera was canceled, reports Reuters. Observers express the opinion that the decision to cancel the interview was made after a corresponding request to the leadership of the channel by the leaders of the Palestinian autonomy. The leadership of the channel apologized to its viewers and stated that the interview of Sharon did not take place due to technical problems.

In London, the presentation of the musical "We will ask you rock" ( We Will Rock You ) took place. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" . In the Dominion Theater, Super -Musical was introduced on Tuesday by its creators, the most famous American actor Robert de Niro and Queen group. According to the presentation, 7.5 million pounds were spent on the creation of the musical and six years of tireless creative work and searches. Only computer equipment for presentation cost 1 million pounds.

The Main Directorate of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus protested the acquittal of the officers accused of the death of fighters of the Sergiev Posad riot police. According to the lawyer, the protest was filed for an acquittal of the lawyer, the protest was filed by the state prosecutor Oleg Batursky, RIA Novosti reports.