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The second, more intense, raid on Yugoslavia is completed. The Americans and the British report that their planes returned to the bases - the Yugoslav agency Tanyug reports about the two shot down NATO aircraft north of Belgrade. One of the main goals was the military plant in the Tonsist (160 kilometers south of Belgrade).

The Americans react sharply to the statements of the Russian side regarding their policy in Yugoslavia. The Clinton administration, assuming that the Kremlin’s evil reaction is addressed rather than an intra -Russian audience, hopes that the interrupted relationships with NATO will soon resume.

Governor of St. Petersburg Yakovlev, who accused the Kommersant newspaper of political orders, in response to Kommersant’s intentions to submit to him to insist on his accusations and protect the purity of Patriotic aspirations of Prime Minister Primakov and "his efforts to withdraw the country from the crisis."

The searches and recesses in the offices of Aeroflot are resumed. By half past twentie, investigators visited ten facilities, including the central office of Aeroflot. According to Interfax, investigative actions in all cases related to Berezovsky were resumed.

The Ministry of Economy believes that in the 1st quarter inflation in Russia will be about 17.5%, not 11.6%, as previously predicted. Apparently, the first deputy prime minister Maslyukov is not aware of this data. Speaking on Thursday before Germany’s business circles in the German economy in the Russian Federation, he said that "hyperinflation fears were left behind." In his opinion, in March, inflation will decrease to 3.5%, against 11.5% in December.

As reported on March 26, Radio of Russia, the USA, Great Britain, France and Germany, with which Yugoslavia broke diplomatic relations yesterday, asked Russia to represent their interests in Belgrade. At the same time, according to reports from the Yugoslav capital, at today's meeting of the country's government, it was decided that the authorities will reconsider diplomatic relations with other countries that directly or indirectly participate in the military campaign in Yugoslavia ..

Representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the searches and the removal of documents on ten facilities related to Aeroflot were “associated with the investigation of the foreign economic activity of the former leadership of the airline”.

War in Europe. Chronology "Polit.ru" March 15, Monday In Paris, the second round of negotiations between the Serbs and Kosovo Albanians begins. No one signed a conciliation document: the Albanians do not want to disarm the army of Kosov’s liberation, the Serbs are not ready to agree to the placement of NATO contingent in Kosovo.

Evgeny Primakov opened a meeting with representatives of the Duma factions and deputy groups. He stated that he would characterize the deputies with a government vision of the situation in Yugoslavia and will tell about the country's line in this situation.

According to the Echo of Moscow, Senator Helms introduced a draft resolution to the Senate, calling for the removal of Milosevich from the authorities. He stated that the main goal of the resolution called "Act on the democratization of Serbia" is to eliminate the regime "killers and the overthrow of the bloody power of Milosevich." For this, in his opinion, America should allocate $ 100 million, which will take measures to ensure the coming of the democratic government in Yugoslavia.

Primakov sent an instruction to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to prepare a draft presidential decree on the suspension of the activities of the Provisional Extraordinary Commission under the President of the Russian Federation to strengthen tax and budget discipline. The agency of oil information (Ani) became known about this from sources close to government circles.

A few hours ago, a new missile blow began on Yugoslavia. The operation involves the F-16 aircraft, F-117A "Stealth", as well as the fighter-bomber of the F/A-18 deck aircraft and the Canadian CF-18 of the same type with them. According to sources of news agencies in NATO, this blow will be several times more intense than yesterday. Up to 20 cruise missiles were launched from the surface ships of the USF, 2 were running unsuccessfully and fell nearby.

Yesterday, an adviser to the Security Department of the CIS of the Department of Military Cooperation and Security of the CIS Alexander Litvinenko was arrested. This was done by an investigator on especially important instructions of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office Barsukov.

The governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev made a special statement about the accusations of the slander, which was brought to him by the Kommersant Publishing House In today's issue of the newspaper Kommersant, a statement by the editorial board of the publication was published, which reports the intention of the Kommersant ID to sue the governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev for slander.