The Israeli authorities decided to use the possibilities of the Internet in the process of obtaining entry visas to this country by Russian tourists. "In the near future, Russian tourists will be able to submit the relevant applications and get a form of the necessary questionnaire through the Internet, as well as send this questionnaire to the embassy," the representative of the Israeli Foreign Ministry told Interfax.

The 10th World Russian People’s Cathedral opened in the hall of church cathedrals of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Tuesday, chaired by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II . The main theme of the church-public forum will be "Vera. Man. Earth.

Volunteered the powers of the World World Boxing Council (WBC) champion (WBC) in heavyweight, Ukrainian Vitaly Klitschko, who announced the end of his career on November 9 last year, denied the information that he was supposedly going to return to the ring. The press service of the Klitschko brothers notes that such rumors are "just the desire to find a sensation where it is not." “My decision to complete the sports career is final.

A full -length film about the legendary Simpson family will be released in the summer of 2007. According to the results of a sociological survey, the Americans are guided in the history of the Simpsons family better than in amendments to the American Constitution.

A 31-year-old resident of Malaysia decided on April 1 to play the police with a false message about the bomb laid out of the aircraft. He called and stated that the plane, which executed an internal flight, was mined. Explosives unsuccessfully searched for more than four hours. They didn’t find a bomb, but the special services managed to calculate the “joker”, which was immediately detained, ITAR-TASS reports. “He must pay a high price for his act,” said Malaysia Minister Chan Cong Choi.

The meeting of representatives of the National Olympic Committee of the North and South Korea ended to no avail, which discussed the issue of creating a unified team to participate in future competitions, including the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. This meeting took place within the framework of the 15th General Assembly of the NOC Association that ended in Seoul, which includes committees of 205 countries of the world.

The main favorite in the struggle for the chair of the President of the Russian Hockey Federation, which Alexander Steblin released a few days ago, may become Vladislav Tretyak in the coming days. According to Sport-Express , this week has a three-time Olympic champion, and now the chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Youth of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the meeting "at the top" should take place.

The trial of the fan of the Zenit football club (St. Petersburg), which remains in the hands of the Spanish Themis, is postponed for an indefinite time before the conclusion of a medical examination. It should establish the severity of bodily harm inflicted by Spanish by the Spanish policeman - this is precisely what the Russian is accused. This was reported by ITAR-TASS by the Consul of the Russian Federation in Madrid Dmitry Verchenko.

"MK" spoke about the "fortress theater" of the Gulag. All -powerful chiefs of zones organized "fortress troupe" in their camps - for entertainment and for prestige. Among the most remarkable "Zekkovsky" art colleges is the theater created in the northern administration of the camps of railway construction (SULCHS). MK met with its participants. As theater expert Alexei Morov recalled, he landed in the zone back in 1945, according to the 58th article.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that Abkhazia and South Ossetia will never become part of Russia, but Georgia is ready to provide Abkhazia and South Ossetia with a wide autonomy and give the opportunity to participate in decision -making regarding the whole country. In an interview with the newspaper "News Time", the President of Georgia talked about how he sees the problems of conflict territories, joining NATO, a ban on the export of wine.

According to the UN, Russia, in which 12.1 million immigrants now live, is in second place after the United States. According to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, this situation has developed because Russia is at the intersection of migration flows and also actively encourages migrant arrival, although even the Russian government does not call the Russian migration policy favorable, the Gzt.ru newspaper writes.

In accordance with the Federal Law "On Political Parties", the party was obliged to submit consolidated financial reports on the receipt and expenditure of funds for 2005 in the CEC of Russia no later than April 1, the newspaper "New Izvestia" writes. Almost all of thirty -six registered parties met on time. This is taking into account the fact that at the time of the provision of reports, the Rosregistration notified the CEC of the liquidation of the United Russian Party Rus.

Russian tennis players Dinara Safina and Vera Dushevina on Tuesday won the starting matches of the WTA Bausch & Lomb Championships tournament with a $ 600,000 prize pool in American Amelia Alenda. Already in the first circle, the lots brought in one couple of two Russians: Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Bychkova. Dushevin won with a score of 6: 2, 6: 1. The first barrier and Dinara Safin had been won. Japanese Sinobu Asagoye could not give worthy resistance to the young Muscovite - 6: 2, 6.

In the Chita region, a drunken 24 -year -old local resident killed a girl - a disabled person of the II group. According to the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Chita region, the murder occurred on April 4 at night in the city of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky. The crime occurred in the apartment of a 19-year-old acquaintance. The young man attacked a girl with a hammer during a quarrel.

President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov arrived in China on an official visit. The current visit of Niyazov to China is the third in the history of interstate relations. The last time the President of Turkmenistan visited China in September 1998. Turkmenbashi plans to sign a number of intergovernmental agreements in Beijing until April 7. But the matter was not limited to the economy, “New Izvestia” write. The Turkmen president decided to introduce the Chinese people to the beautiful.