The rules of the National Basketball Association, which have already been actively adjusted in the last two seasons, can be supplemented again. Moreover, some are very radical. In the upcoming negotiations with three television companies receiving the right to broadcast the NBA matches, the leadership of the association intends to reach an agreement on a change in the format of the first stage of the Play-Off.

On Tuesday, the Chairman of the Government of Russia Mikhail Kasyanov presented the subordinates of the new head of state sports Vyacheslav Fetisov. According to the correspondent of the Moscow Bureau of NTV-International , government officials basically approve of its purpose.

During the May holidays, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs will serve in enhanced mode. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry, reports RIA "Novosti" . According to the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the strengthening is introduced from May 1 to May 5 and from May 8 to 10.

On Monday, in the morning, several locomotive brigades conduct a strike at the Kursk station of the capital and refuse to conduct electric trains along the routes. This was reported to "Interfax" in the Office of the Moscow Railway (IMF). The administration of the Kursk station reported that the strikers interfere with the normal organization of trains and several electric trains have already left the schedule.

On Monday, the Federation Council and the presidential office received a report by Vladimir Ustinov on the state of legality in Russia and the work of the Prosecutor General in 2001. According to the law, the Prosecutor General’s Office prepares such reports annually, however, the current message is not limited to the repetition of the materials of the annual collegium and the on -duty transfer of statistical data.

"Utah jazz" √ "Sacramento Kings" - 86:91. Account in the series 1: 3. Having lost on its Sacramento Kings site, the team of the Russian legionnaire Andrei Kirilenko Utah Jazz was the first of them all the applicants from the further struggle of the playoffs. Thus, jazzmen go to the pain of the path to them, already painted for them √ For 17 times in a row, they participated in the playoffs and at the same time have never won the prestigious trophy of the NBA.

The chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation did not exclude that the famous terrorist of the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev was no longer alive. Like his named brother Hattab , Shamil Basayev, most likely, was killed in Chechnya. Recall that at one time the father of Basayev - Salman Basayev - declared Hattab his adopted son.

Today, Vitaly Solomin had to have a holiday - the premiere of the entreprise performance based on the legendary play by Agatha Christie "The Mousil". The actor carried out this production and was preparing to perform one of the main roles in it. But suddenly a collapsed illness confused plans: with a diagnosis of stroke, the artist was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute.

The bailiffs returned all the unique exhibits to the AZLK Museum, the director of the museum Viktor Voronov told Interfax. The bailiffs who came on April 24, having drawn up an act, seized 23 unique exhibits of the exhibition of the enterprise, including such rarities as Ford-a, the price of which in Europe is $ 3 million. By order of the main bailiff of Moscow, Vladimir Zamyachkin, the cars seized from AZLK on April 29 were returned to the museum.

In the Palestinian leadership there will be serious changes, says on Tuesday the Saudi television show Al Jazeera, referring to informed sources. Earlier, the appointment of Yasir Arafat of the collective leadership of 5 members in case of death, death, exile or captivity of the head of PNA was reported. The same information was confirmed on Monday by the AS-Sanara Palestinian newspaper, RIA Novosti reports.

The bandit groups in Chechnya are not able to conduct full -scale hostilities today, said Akhmad Kadyrov, head of the Chechen administration, speaking on Monday evening on Monday evening. According to him, "scattered gangs are not able to capture not only the formidable, but even a small settlement." The rumors that the first or ninth of May plan to capture a number of settlements, he called the propaganda "duck" of the emissaries of Maskhadov.

US President George Bush signed an order to create a special “Mental Health Commission under the President of the United States”, RIA Novosti reports. This was reported by the press service of the White House. According to her, the task of the new service will be to improve the existing system of treatment of mental illness in state and private medical institutions.

Fifteen books of the XIX-XX centuries representing historical value were abducted by unknown from the Central Specialized Library of the Moscow Union of Artists. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Tuesday in the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate. It happened the day before. The criminals hacked the castles of the service entrance and entered the unguarded premises of the library, which is located on Verkhnyaya Maslovka Street, 9 Moscow detectives are searching for criminals.

The leader of the French Right Party, the National Front of Jean-Mari Le Pen is seriously afraid of his life. Political opponents may well make an attempt on him, the leader of the National Front is sure. “My rich experience makes me fear the worst,” Le Pen said. “Some journalists are already wondering what will happen to France after they kill me.” Why should it be killed and who needed it - Le Pen still keeps such details in secret.

About a hundred inhabitants of the Nadzalavsky district of Tbilisi, who suffered as a result of the earthquake on April 25, were blocked today by the railway line. They require the authorities to take urgent measures to repair their damaged houses or provide new housing, ITAR-TASS reports. Hundreds of buildings in this area of ​​the Georgian capital were in disrepair and pose a danger to living.