Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov sells Daria Petersburg Company owned by him, which is one of the leaders in the Russian quick -cook products. According to Interfax , the buyer of 100% of Daria's shares is the company Planet-Mennage-Service, which forms the retail network "Gastro-Econ". Tinkov refused to name the amount of the transaction, but emphasized that "she fascinated him." Finally, the transaction will be completed only in May.

The leadership of the NTV television company intends to submit the documents necessary to extend the broadcasting license to extend the broadcast on April 24. This was announced by the First Deputy General Director of the NTV television company Boris Yordan Rafael Akopov, Echo of Moscow reports. The duration of the license for broadcasting the NTV television company expires on June 2, 2002. Akopov hopes that there will be no difficulties with extension of the license.

The delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) are concerned that the growing influence of the Moscow Patriarchate in some cases infringes, in their opinion, the rights of other religious organizations in Russia, Interfax reports. "The state allowed the Russian Orthodox Church to play a special, dominant role in the public and political life of the country," the memorandum said, which the Assembly accepted on Tuesday at a meeting in Strasbourg.

In Moscow, a telephone terrorist was detained, three times reporting the threat of an explosion at the Kursk station, RIA Novosti reports. The last time a 30-year-old woman-bomb reported about the terrorist attack on the station on the Mattle of the O2 duty on April 22 at 8:49 Moscow time. Each time, employees of all operational services of the city went to the station, an evacuation was carried out from the building.

“Collect suitcases!”, - with such an appeal to the Jews of France, was addressed by the Deputy Minister of the Interior of Israel Eli Ishiy, the leader of the Israeli party of Shas. This is the strongest reaction to the unexpected success of the leader of the ultra -right Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election in France, today the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera writes . (The translation of the material can be read on the website inopressa.ru ).

The Australian court sentenced the fisherman for illegal digging of worms to a fine of about 1900 Australian dollars (approximately 1015 US dollars), Ananova.com reports. Peter John Roussel did not appear in the Wynnum Magistrates Court court, where he was charged with the "illegal extraction of red rainworms." The police claims to be caught with 400 dug individuals. While the number of worms permitted by law for personal use is not more than 50.

Most of the Echo of Moskvy responded with the radio station believes that the conflict between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Russia is connected with the battle of two faiths. The express reference carried out the day before, as part of the Ricochet program on interactive phones, showed that 82% of respondents adhere to this opinion, while 18% of respondents believe that the conflict of the Orthodox and Catholic churches is associated with confessional discrepancies.

The first decision of Jean-Mari Le Pen, if he was elected to the post of president of France, will be France's exit from the European Union. This was stated by Le Pen himself, who was published on the second round of the presidential election in France, ITAR-TASS reports. “I am an opponent of supranational and federal Europe, which is trying to drive us into its structures,” said Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right -wing party, the National Front.

The Moscow Komsomolets newspaper publishes today the results of a journalistic investigation after the introduction of its correspondent in the organization of Brrito -Maiden. It turned out that skinheads are training on the basis of riot police. In addition, the widely advertised performances of the Nazis are not canceled, but simply moved.

In Chechnya, two military personnel were killed and 26 were injured of varying severity as a result of a fall from the cliff in the Argun Gorge of the Ural car of the Itum-Kalinsky border detachment. The wounded were delivered to a military hospital, the press service of the North Caucasus Regional Department of the Federal Border Service of Russia said on Tuesday. According to updated data, the incident occurred last Monday, Interfax reports.

President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov wants to give Vladimir Putin Akhal -Teke Hall, RIA Novosti reports. Niyazov invited the President of Russia to visit a stud farm on Wednesday. The Turkmen leader said that Putin can choose any horse of Akhal -Teke breed as a gift.

At least three people, including a 65-year-old woman, were killed and more than 200 were injured as a result of a strong hurricane, which swept on Monday over the northern regions of Bangladesh. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the information of the National Agency of the country of the BSS. A spontaneous disaster fell on the villages in the areas of Lalmonirhat and Netokon.

The Federation Council rejected the amendments and additions adopted earlier by the State Duma to the Law "On Mass Media", RIA Novosti reports. Only 13 senators voted for amendments, 91 against - four, four abstained.

The verdict was sentenced to the editor of the Yekaterinburg newspaper "D.S.P." Yana Vorubova, reports the Russian News Service . The journalist received 1.5 years of correctional labor and was amnestied in the courtroom. The reason for the initiation of the case was the materials published in the newspaper.

For non -traditional sexual orientation, it will soon be possible to go to prison for five years. The parliamentary group "People's Deputy" , led by its chairman Gennady Raikov, prepared amendments to the Criminal Code, which provide for responsibility for sodistry. Raikov, together with colleagues in the deputy group Dmitry Rogozin, Haji Makhachev, Vadim Bulavinov and others.