Yesterday, March 31, the former Chairman of the USSR Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Finance of the USSR and Chairman of the State Committee on Prices of the USSR Valentin Sergeevich Pavlov died in Moscow. Pavlov did not hold the second most important public position - Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers - for very long, from December 1990 to August 1991.

Grigory Gritsenko Yesterday, March 31, the former chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR, the Minister of Finance of the USSR and the chairman of the State Committee on prices of the USSR Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov died in Moscow. The second most important state position of the V, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, V Pavlov did not hold for a very long time, from December 1990 to August 1991.

The humanities are traditionally “stepdaughters” of the natural sciences, and are often not perceived as a science by representatives of the latter. Although the general criteria of scientificity are the same for all research, compliance with them in the humanities is much less often considered necessary, often “reducing” them to the level of speculative metaphysics, while natural science complicates everything and hones the skill of measurement.

Another British soldier, according to Reuters, died in Iraq during the battles near Basra. Thus, according to official figures, the total number of dead British reached 26 people. However, it should be noted that the data of the Iraqi side differ from the numbers called by the coalition at least an order of magnitude. Human losses were not limited to V today from the deck of the Constellation aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, the S-3B Viking bomber fell.

The Vavilov Institute of Plant Furroundness filed a lawsuit against the Supreme Arbitration Court against the Presidential Affairs Management, since due to plans to manage the collection of the Institute, destruction threatens . According to Rosbalt, the Director of the All -Russian Research Institute Victor Viktor Dragavtsev with optimism looks at the prospects of the process, but in case of refusal, he is ready to reach the Strasbourg Court.

Boris Dolgin “What is Iraq to us? This is not our war, ”they say alone. "All to protect Hussein!" - other. “Russia has already lost the war in Iraq - it needs to urgently put up with the United States,” - others, for example, the organizers of the discussion of the theses of the Institute of Applied International Studies yesterday. Almost all the institute’s employees and external experts - were united in the need to calm down, “stop, look around”.

A protracted dispute between two Russian officials from culture - Mikhail Shvydki and Nikolai Gubenko, seemed to come to an end. They finally managed to agree on the fate of the long -suffering “Baldinsky collection” , which, if he does not return to his homeland to Bremen, then at least now he will be exhibited in Russian museums after half a century of basement imprisonment.

Iraq today is the only common topic that most newspapers are concerned about. But, oddly enough, even in this matter, publications diverge in the opinion of which event is more important. By the number of publications, “Izvestia” , as always, leads, prone to general reasoning on this topic. The observer of the newspaper calls for journalists to come to their senses and stop “television games” and “philosophical disputes” on the Iraqi issue.

The case of extradition to Russia of entrepreneurs Boris Berezovsky and Julia Dubova (author of the book “Hot Soldering”, according to which the film “oligarch” was shot) was instructed to lead Judge Timothy Warcman, was reported today in the London World Court for Bow Street. Warcman already has experience in such matters, since December, he has been engaged in other extradition of V emissar Ichkeria Ahmed Zakayev.

“What do we need Iraq for? This is not our war,” some say. “Everyone is in defense of Hussein!” - other. “Russia has already lost the war in Iraq - it urgently needs to put up with the United States,” - still others, like, for example, the organizers of yesterday’s discussion of the theses of the Institute of Applied International Studies.

American soldiers this morning opened fire on a truck at a checkpoint near the city of Samava in the southern part of Iraq, reports Reuters. According to preliminary data, the driver of the car directed him to the checkpoint, ignoring the calls to stop. Then American soldiers opened fire. One of those who were in the truck was killed, three passengers were wounded. A little earlier, a minibus with civilians was also shot at the checkpoint in the unfinition.

According to Pentagon, a well -known reporter and host of the programs of the Fox News television channel, Heraldo River, sent from Iraq to disclose the coordinates of the US Army unit, which he was in, reports Reuters. According to the employee in the Pentagon of Brian Whitman, it was decided to send River from Iraq after the unit commander noticed a violation by a correspondent for the rules for the coverage of war.

The price of May futures contracts for WTI brand oil in the Electronic System of the New York Model Exchange (NYMEX) this morning increased by another 0.9%, to 31.32 dollars per barrel, Bloomberg reports. Yesterday, the price of May futures on WTI rose 2.9%. The quotation of May contracts on Brent to NYMEX rose by $ 1.16, to $ 27.56 per barrel, and on the International Oil Exchange in London V to $ 27.18 per barrel.

The disgraced Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky called the case of his extradition political, and he sees the reason for the investigation of the case of terrorist attacks in Moscow. In addition, inspired by his victory over Forbes magazine, Berezovsky announced today about filing a lawsuit in London = Royal Court of Protection of Honor, Dignity and Business Reputation against Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov.

Tom Bright, commander of units of the American Marine Corps in Qatar, announced today on CNN that the fight with the fighters of the Republican Guard Hussein began in one of the suburbs of Baghdad. In addition, the Third Infantry Division of the United States is fighting on the approaches to the city in the El Mindia area, which is considered strategically important. The Americans are not limited to military targets.