Russian President Vladimir Putin came to the Alexander Garden to chat with war veterans after a festive concert at the State Kremlin Palace. Perhaps, along with veterans, Vladimir Putin is tasting the field kitchen - tables are set in the park for them. According to RIA Novosti , the war veterans will be offered "People's Commissars" 100 grams and buckwheat porridge from the field kitchen. A snack on the table is also in a fraudulent simple: apples and salty cucumbers.

In Pyatigorsk, the Stavropol Territory, a maniac was convicted, recognized in 19 rape. According to regions.ru , 31-year-old Vadim Bratko in the past was already convicted of similar sexual crimes. In the summer of 2001, about a dozen undisclosed criminal cases instituted on the facts of sexual violence in relation to minors accumulated in several departments of the police of Caucasian mineral waters. The victims of an unknown man were children aged 10 to 14 years.

The final of the UEFA football Cup between the German Borussia and the Dutch Faienord may not take place. This is due to the fact that on May 6 in Rotterdam - the city in which the final match is planned to hold on May 8 - the leader of the Dutch right -wing nationalists Pim Fordein was shot . According to RIA Novosti, the mayor and head of the city police, as well as the Prosecutor General intend to gather on Tuesday on May 7 to discuss safety measures in Rotterdam.

A terrible tragedy occurred on the territory of one of the schools in Mexico City. Pupils and their parents were present at the ceremony of raising the state flag in one of the local schools. Suddenly, the driver of the van, who stood near the schoolchildren, turned on the ignition, and the car headed towards the children. They did not even have time to run away. As a result, two children died on the spot, another 20 people received injuries and injuries.

The consumption of a large amount of tea sharply reduces the likelihood of death with heart attacks. This conclusion follows from the results of the study of American specialists in the field of heart disease published on Monday. According to NTV-INTERNATIONAL , doctors from Massachusetts conducted observations for more than 2 thousand patients who suffered a heart attack.

At 300-400 million, the UN experts are estimated by material damage caused as a result of the Israeli military operation "Protective Wall" in the Palestinian territories. This assessment was made by a special representative of the UN Development Program on the territory of the Palestinian national autonomy of Tim Rottermel, RIA Novosti reports. In his opinion, it will take up to one and a half years to restore the destroyed by Israelis.

Pakistan denied reports of the American press that the international terrorist of Usama Ben Laden is hiding in Pakistani territory, ITAR-TASS reports. “We are very vigilant on the borders,” said the official representative of the Pakistani Foreign Ministry Aziz Ahmed Khan.

The best literary work in the history of mankind is recognized by the novel by Cervantes "Don Quixote". Such is the result of a special survey made by the Nobel Institute in Oslo today, the Russian News Service reports. The jury included the largest writers of our time, representatives of 50 nationalities.

A new network virus appeared on the Internet. This time, the authors of the postal worm used the name of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the image of the famous heroine of the Internet Multi Masyani, the Region-inform reports . Like most of its predecessors, the virus is distributed through the Internet in the form of files attached to infected letters. The worm is a Windows application and has a size of about 107K.

The Vachovski brothers - the creators of the famous blockbuster "Matrix" - live in the residence of the Fox film company in Sydney and shoot "the matrix rebooted" (part two) and the "revolution of the matrix" (part of the third). Recall that the first part of the famous blockbuster brought 459 million dollars of cash fees around the world.

A person suspected that on Monday evening he shot the offense leader Pim Fordein, is an activist of movement in the environment. According to RIA Novosti , this 32-year-old citizen of the Netherlands was previously known to the police as a repeated participant in various protests against the development of animals for fur in the country in the country.

The outstanding conductor Evgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002) was buried today at the Vagankovsky cemetery. According to ITAR-TASS, the widow of Nina Svetlanova, famous musicians, singers, as well as numerous admirers of his talent, escorted the widow of the maestro on the last journey. Svetlanov is buried opposite the Church of the Resurrection. Nearby is the grave of his mother - artist of the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR Tatyana Svetlanova (1895-1981).

The Irkutsk Catholic Bishop of Jerzy Mazur , who is prohibited from entering Russia, began to communicate with his flock in the Irkutsk Catholic Cathedral of the Higher Heart of the Mother of God by phone from Poland, Interfax-Eurasia reports. As the agency was informed in the Office of the Irkutsk Catholic diocese of St. Joseph, they had to resort to this due to the fact that believers still want to hear their bishop. The voice of E.

Egypt Air (flight 843), the Boeing passenger plane, suffered a catastrophe near the capital of Tunisia, AP reports. According to Reuters, the plane crashed uphill 6 kilometers from aeroport at 18:30 Moscow time. According to eyewitnesses, the aircraft-Boeing-737-500, also known as Boing-735-fell in the capital's area of ​​the frill. According to AP, there were 56 passengers and 8 crew members on board. (According to CNN, - 55 passengers and 5 crew members).

Pensions will almost certainly increase on August 1, 2002. This opinion was expressed by the Minister of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Alexander Pochinok, speaking live radio "Echo of Moscow" . “You can confidently predict that from August 1, 2002 the size of pensions will be indexed,” the minister promised.