The first summit of the Caspian Five will not be the last, and this, according to many observers, is the only visible achievement of the meeting at the highest level of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran. They failed, contrary to optimistic forecasts, to sign even the general political final declaration, on which experts of the five countries have been working on for about two years, Interfax reports.

The chairman of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov, on the air of the Echo of Moskvy radio station, said that by May 9, veterans of the capital would receive "tangible assistance" by the capital's authorities. According to him, in addition to a one -time allowance of 150 rubles, other help will be provided to veterans - products and things.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon canceled an agreement on the direction of the UN mission to investigate events in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jennin during the Israeli troops. This decision was announced on Wednesday after a special meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country on Tuesday evening, ITAR-TASS reports. Palestinians claim that several hundred civilians could be killed in the refugee camp, including those whose houses were bombarded or were demolished by bulldozers.

Chechen militants from the group of Khalid Sedaev distribute rumors about the preparatory terrorist attacks during the May holidays. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the headquarters for the leadership of a counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus. The gang of Khalid Sedaeva activated her activities after one of the leaders of the separatists Islam Chalaev was destroyed, whose gang was operating in Grozny. Sedaev seeks to take the formed vacancy.

President Uruguay Jorge Batle said on Tuesday about the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Cuba on the basis that the Cuban leader Fidel Castro “insulted” Uruguay, reports Reuters. The rupture of the diplomitions occurred a week after Uruguay came up with the initiative to get permission from Havana to ensure that representatives of the UN Human Rights come to Cuba to evaluate the situation with human rights. "The tone of insults has become even more sharp, so our answer is simple.

Arsenal radio station won the broadcasting competition in Nizhny Novgorod. As it became known to the Echo of Moscow radio stations, broadcasting will be carried out at a frequency of 107.4 MHz. The population of Nizhny Novgorod is 1.7 million people.

Russian shipowners threaten the physical reprisal of the Sea Port of the Capital of Indonesia in the external raid of the Russian-Ukrainian crew of the Natol vessel under the flag of St. Vinsent and Grenadin. This was announced by ITAR-TASS on the phone from the side of the vessel Second Assistant Captain Dmitry Akopov. The NATO operator of the Russian Marine Transportation Company Valg from the city of Sochi does not pay the crew of salaries and does not supply sailors with food.

The Bureau of the RFU Code of Council at the next meeting of the Premier League and PFL on April 24 fined the following clubs for violation of public order: FC CSKA Moscow √ for 14 thousand rubles (matches of CSKA √ "Saturn -Ren TV" and "Spartak" - CSKA) FC "Rotor" Volgograd √ for 10 thousand rubles (match "Urallan" - "Rotor") FC "Spartak" Moscow √ for 10 thousand rubles (match "Spartak" - CSKA) FC "Alania" Vladikavkaz √ for 5 thousand rubles (match "Alania" - "Anji") FC "Anji" Makhachkala √ for

In Moscow, the unknown threatened to blow up the synagogue building in Maryina Grove. According to the capital’s Central Internal Affairs Directorate, at about 19:40, an unknown man called the synagogue building in the 2nd Vysheslavtsev Lane and said that at 20:00 an explosion would thunder in the synagogue building. People from the synagogue were immediately evacuated. Police officers who set up the cordon came to the scene, Interfax reports. At 20:00, the explosion did not sound.

Swedish scientists warn: potato chips and other familiar products may contain substances that cause cancer. This warning is already called sensational in Sweden. Researchers at Stockholm University managed to establish for the first time after the tests that the preparation of many products familiar to us, for example, fried potatoes, baked bread and in general, when frying foods rich in carbohydrates, the so -called nervous venom - acrylamide is formed.

In a collision with a subdivision of the reservists of the Israeli army near Hebron, the head of the FATH branch of the Palestinian settlement Beni -Naim - Yakub Muhammad Tararia, RIA Novosti was killed. According to Palestinian sources, another Palestinian militant was killed in the clash, the other two were detained.

The main film award of Russia "Nika" may cease to exist. The reason is in the war of ambitions, which has already been going on for five years between the former creative union of filmmakers (SK) and the personal characteristics of Nikita Mikhalkov, Izvestia.Ru reports. By 2002, the Union of Cinematographers as a creative community has already ceased to exist. He was replaced by the UK as a trade union and a hastily invented Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences.

The woman who was captured by the truck driver was released after a prayer for help written in a hostage on the wall of the toilet in the American state of Tennessee, Ananova.com reports. The kidnapper, who kept the woman by force for a year, was arrested. 24-year-old Katina Shaddix told the Dublin police (Georgia) that she left more than 100 messages on the walls of roadside toilets before her cries for help were heard.

On Tuesday, the first match of the Champions League was held between Barcelona and Madrid Real Madrid. The meeting took place at the Nou Camp. From the first minutes of the match, the game took place in a very stressful and nervous rhythm, because the price of the match was too high. Both teams were afraid to make a mistake, since any mistake could become fatal, writes Daily Football .

The State Duma did not support the projects of appeals to the Minister of Justice Yuri Chaika and Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov on the liquidation of the Communist Party and the attraction of her leader Gennady Zyuganov to criminal liability, RIA Novosti reports. Both documents submitted for consideration by the Chamber by independent deputy Alexander Fedulov did not gain 226 votes necessary for the decision to make a decision.