The second round of governor's elections is held today in the Altai Territory and in the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. In the Altai Territory, the current head of the region Alexander Surikov and the pop artist Mikhail Evdokimov entered the second round in the second round. In the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the district prosecutor Boris Chuev and the current governor Vladimir Loginov will fight. In both cases, the advantage in the first round was behind the current leaders of the regions.

Further construction of the NATO military structure in the Baltic countries will require changes to military construction plans in Russia. This was announced today by Interfax Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Ivanov during a technical stop in Oslo on the way to the United States. As Ivanov said, four NATO aircraft patrolling airspace do not radically change the situation.

In the south of Moscow, a fire arose in the production facilities of the asphalt-concrete plant, RIA Novosti reports. According to a source in the metropolitan UGPS, the fire occurred at about 20.00 in the production facilities according to the aders Balaklavsky Prospekt house 28. Currently, the fire area is about 100 square meters. The container with diesel fuel is on. 15 fire brigades take part in the extinguishing of fire. There was no information about the victims.

Alexander Cherkasov Today, April 4, 2004, it would have turned seventy years old Kronid Arkadyevich Lubarsky. He died eight years ago. The anniversary article and the necrologist are different genres, but, apparently, Lubarsky really did not have the past time. Today we publish an article written in 1996 by Alexander Cherkasov for the “Russian Bulletin on Human Rights”, whose editor was Kronid Arkadievich. A person to whom the past time is not applicable.

In France, two militants of the separatist group were detained. This is written by Gazeta.ru. As the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Angel Asubes, said on Sunday, a large number of weapons and explosives were seized during the operation.

In St. Petersburg, there is an action of supporters of democratic forces against the adoption of a new law on rallies and demonstrations. As the Echo of Moscow reports, a little more than a dozen people gathered on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt - the traditional place of the democrats.

This Sunday, Christians around the world celebrate the entrance of the Lord to Jerusalem, known in Russia as Palm Sunday. Typically, representatives of Western and Eastern Christian traditions celebrate this day at different times - a week before Easter, which is calculated according to the lunar calendar. However, this year, Orthodox and Catholic Easter coincided.

According to Echo of Moscow , this happened in the area of ​​the city of Basra. A fire arose, on its extinguishing, according to preliminary estimates, it can take several hours. Recall that today in the Iraqi city of Baakuba, most of the Muslims-Shiits mosque was destroyed by the explosion. One person was injured.

At 20:00 local time (11:00 Moscow time), the polling stations of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug completed work. Electoral commissions have begun to count the votes. According to the latest data from RIA Novosti, the total turnout of voters exceeded 63.8%. The most actively voted by residents of the Penzhinsky district (71.3%). In other areas, the turnout was somewhat lower: Karaginsky - 54.6%, aluratic - 66.5%, Tigille - 65.8%.

This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Yakovenko, RIA Novosti reports. At the same time, he noted that the North Atlantic Alliance is a military machine where serious armed forces are concentrated, and this is an important factor in building relations in the field of security.

Today, April 4, 2004, Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky would have turned seventy years old. He died eight years ago. An anniversary article and an obituary are different genres, but, apparently, the past tense really did not suit Lyubarsky. Today we are publishing an article written in 1996 by Alexander Cherkasov for the Russian Bulletin on Human Rights, whose editor was Kronid Arkadyevich. A person to whom the past tense does not apply.

Due to the fact that the Orthodox celebrate the Palm Sunday today, the police are especially vigilant today. Parishioners are checked with the help of metal detectors, the territory of the cemeteries is examined by dog ​​handlers with dogs, the Echo of Moscow reports. On the streets of the capital, 6 thousand guards of order are carried out today. Police outfits are exhibited near the temples and at the entrances of the cemetery.

On the night of April 4, at the 91st year of his life, the People's Artist of the USSR, composer Nikita Theological, died. This was reported to the Echo of Moskvy radio stations by the wife of the composer Alla Sivashova-Bogoslovskaya. N. Bogoslovsky was born on May 22, 1913 in St. Petersburg.

Ideally, each minister should have only one deputy, said Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The head of government emphasized that in the future, perhaps it will be so - each minister will have one deputy who will replace the minister in his absence. So far, ministers have two deputies - one for the implementation of "content", the other for organizational work.

The official Tashkent announced the elimination of the main forces of the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan, which is allegedly part of Al-Qaeda. This was reported on the air by the Radio station "Echo of Moscow". The Uzbek Foreign Minister Sadyk Safaev made the corresponding statement today. Recall that supporters of the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan are accused of the country's authorities of carrying out several terrorist attacks in Tashkent and Bukhara last week.