The Japanese authorities decided to allow the ex-champion of the world in chess Bobby Fisher to go to Iceland, where he was given citizenship. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the Ministry of Justice of Japan. Iceland’s citizenship was officially granted to Fisher on Wednesday after the Icelandic Parliament was signed by the Chairman of the Parliament, the Chairman of the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister.

The world's largest Time Warner media corporation is convicted of financial fraud and fined $ 300 million. According to the SEC, Time Warner voluntarily accepted the terms of the agreement with the government proposed to her. In exchange, she was allowed to pay a fine, not officially admitting her guilt, although not denying her. The amount of the fine will be distributed between injured investors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of April will pay an official visit as a guest of Israeli President Moshe Katsava. This will be the first visit of the Russian or Soviet leader to Israel. It is assumed that Putin will arrive in Israel on April 27 and spend two days in the country, said Ron Ben-Iishai, an assistant Katsava, who formally will accept Putin as the head of state.

From Greece, the relics of one of the most revered Christian saints - the Monk Alexy, the man of God, will be delivered to the Russian capital. The shrine will be located from March 29 to April 2 in the Novospassky Monastery of Moscow, on April 3 - in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Blagovers -Info reports with reference to the communication service of the MPC MP .

The famous tennis player Anna Kurnikova and her parents came to an agreement in a dispute on the right to own the mansion in the prestigious area of ​​Miami Beach, Florida. This was reported to reporters by lawyer Sergei and Alla Kournikov David Likok. The lawsuit was conducted since April 2004, when the parents of the tennis player aroused a claim against their daughter with a request to reimburse part of the cost of the house, which, as indicated in the statement, was acquired jointly.

The Moscow CSKA on its site was outplayed by Madrid Real Madrid in the match of the fifth round of the second group stage of the basketball Euroleague with a score of 98:73. Already from the very beginning of the meeting, the army team, who were trying to rehabilitate themselves in front of their fans for defeat in the last round from the Spanish Barcelona, ​​captured the initiative in the match.

The premiere of the opera "Children of Rosental" according to the libretto of Vladimir Sorokin at the Bolshoi Theater was held with a full house. According to Interfax, in general, the situation in the hall was calm, spectators reacted to joking scenes with approving laughter. Still failed to start the performance on time. The safety measures taken just in case delayed the performance for 20 minutes, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Federation Council proposes to reduce the federal standard as permissible to the expenses of citizens to pay for housing and utilities in total family income from 22 to 15%. According to senators, if the fee for the apartment exceeds at least 15% of family income, it can already claim subsidies.

The Ambassador of Sweden to the Russian Federation, Yukhan Moander, will be called on Wednesday morning in the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the terrorist attack near the building on the eve of the evening in Stockholm, where Russian diplomats live, Interfax told Wednesday (DIP) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The defense of Mikhail Artamonov, accused of negligence, resulting in the death of people, in the case of terrorist attacks on Tu-134 and Tu-154 aircraft in the summer of last year, filed a motion to return his case to the prosecutor's office. Recall that an employee of the airport, Artamonov’s airport, is accused of neglecting the passenger aircraft passenger passenger aircraft.

Estonia President Arnold Ruytel will receive a new service car of the 2005 Audi A8 model in return for the previous car of the same brand of 2002, the presidential office reports. The presidential limousine is rented. The Reval Auto AS company selling Audi cars in the Estonian market remains its owner. The initiative to update the Estonian President’s car proceeded from the Reval Auto AS and the local representative office of Audi.

In the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the corpses of two unemployed with numerous stab wounds were found. The information department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Far Eastern Federal District was informed on Wednesday that the bodies were found in the forest five kilometers from the city of Pokrovsk of the Khangalassky district. They belonged to a resident of Yakutsk born in 1961 and a 33-year-old resident of Pokrovsk.

The foreign press commented on the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Russia last week in Paris. According to the French newspaper Le Monde , three musketeers, as well as that of Alexander Dumas, were actually four. In Paris, the Sochi Trio in the person of Jacques Shirak, Gerhard Schroeder and Vladimir Putin took Jose Luis Sapathero into his ranks.

During a field gathering at the training ground near Krasnodar, a grenade explosion occurred on Tuesday. She exploded five meters from combat calculation during the exercises that were conducted near the village of Molkino, Goryachklyuchevsky district of the Krasnodar Territory. "The incident occurred last Tuesday during the field classes of the police detachment.

The Scottish boxer Alex Arthur promises to undress naked and run in this form along one of the main streets of Edinburgh in the event of his defeat from Kreig Dogerty in a duel scheduled for April 8. This, according to allboxing.ru , was said in a boxer camp, which was distributed yesterday, statement for the press. However, the 25-year-old Arthur considers the likelihood of such an outcome extremely low for himself.