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.

After a rather long period of stability at the level of 31.38 rubles, the Central Bank stopped maintaining the American currency at this mark, moving the bar 10 kopecks lower. According to the results of today's ETS, the weighted average dollar rate fell by 6.26 kopecks and amounted to 31 rubles 31.75 kopecks. I must say, the departure of the Central Bank from the level of 31.38 rubles.

The Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gennady Khodyrev agreed to participate in the new undertaking Anatoly Chubais - the pilot project of RAO UES for reforming the housing and communal services. True, at a press conference, the governor noted that the RAO UES, but a government decree on the creation of the relevant joint-stock company with the participation of leading Russian companies is not enough to implement the project, Rosbalt reports.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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 coalition headquarters declares the new detained general of the Iraqi army. According to the BBC television company with reference to the command of the United States, today the allies managed to capture the next General of the Army of Hussein. At the same time, the military does not report any other details. Information about the captivity of Iraqi generals is not applied to the media for the first time.

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.