Correspondent: Petersburg. Trinity Square, formerly Revolution Square. Noon. According to the official statement, the rally was dedicated to protecting freedom of speech. But, naturally, recent events in Moscow have made this concept and the action launched in support of NTV almost synonymous. The impersonal wording of the rally acquired an absolutely clear focus. Since August 1991, St. Petersburg has always reacted very sharply to any changes in the political life of the country.

Stock reports as of April 7, 2:19 Index Change Dow Jones 9733.93 - 1.86% NASDAQ 1727.03 - 3.25% PTC 166.17 - 0.7% American stock markets Trading on April 6 ended the week on the American stock market with powerful sales of shares. Reacting to the more deplorable than expected content of the report on the state of unemployment in the United States, business activity indices rushed down. The Nasdaq lost more than three percent to settle at 1,720.29.

Correspondent: "Russians, bring back Stalin!" √ shouts this Serbian woman at a rally in support of Slobodan Milosevic, who has been in the Belgrade central prison for a week. After the fall of the previous Yugoslav regime, many supporters of Milosevic's policies in the Balkans remained in Serbia. And now they are demanding the release of their leader from prison. Similar demonstrations are going to be held in the Yugoslav capital every Saturday.

April 8, 21:00 I greet everyone who is watching NTV at this moment. The program "Results" is on air. In the studio Evgeny Kiselev. At the beginning of this dramatic week, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the traditional annual message to the Federal Assembly. Read more about what was said in this speech, which is considered to be the program of action of the executive branch for the next year, and what was not said, in the material by Alim Yusupov .

Correspondent: The NTV Public Council, created less than a year ago, has been meeting all this time as an anti-crisis center. This week the occasion was a meeting of shareholders of the television company, the legality of the decisions of which was questioned by the NTV workforce.

Friday, April 6, 2001. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation established the following official exchange rates: Currency Quantity Well Change US dollar 1 28.86 0.0 Euro 1 25.90 - 0.24 Italian lira 1000 13.37 - 0.13 German mark 1 13.24 - 0.13 French franc 10 39.48 - 0.38 Pound sterling 1 41.18 - 0.27 Japanese yen 100 23.06 - 0.09 Monday, April 9, 2001.

Correspondent: Today almost all Kiev newspapers are discussing the main news of the outgoing week. Arshin headlines "The former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, who has recently experienced two arrests, has appeared in public for the first time. She is still at large." She came to the National Salvation Forum, which Yulia Tymoshenko created immediately after her resignation, straight from her hospital ward.

April 8, 4:09 The Italian football Serie A match between Lazio and Roma, which was supposed to take place at Rome's Olympic Stadium, was canceled after the first six minutes of the game. Let us note that the rain, which in the literal sense of the word poured down in buckets, is to blame for everything. Referee Stefano Braschi spoke with the team captains: Alessandro Nesta and Lilian Thuram and the three parties came to a consensus.