The fifth anniversary of the “death” of the independence of the NTV television company was celebrated today by activists of the defense movement, Echo Moscow reports. Right at the Ostankino television center, they arranged an unusual unauthorized action. Movement activists jumped into two rubber boats and sailed to the middle of the Ostankino pond.

A new rule has appeared in Moscow clubs and cafes: “persons of Caucasian nationality” are not allowed into them. The newspaper " Moskovsky Komsomolets " writes about the case of Muscovite Masha, who decided to celebrate her birthday in the "Stop!ka" bar on Obruchev Street.

The Federal Court of New York granted the request of the temporary manager of the Yukos Eduard Rebgun to make a temporary ban on the management of the company to dispose of assets. This was reported to the Rebgun oil information (Ani) agency, reports Gazeta.ru .

Late in the evening of April 13, 2006, in the city of Volzhsky Volgograd Region, a group of young people armed with metal rods and sticks attacked a gypsy family of seven people located in tents on the banks of the Akhtuba River, and began to beat them. According to various sources, from 10 to 15 people participated in the attack on the gypsy camp, presumably local skinheads. As a result of the attack, a man born in 1964 and woman born in 1961 They died on the spot.

The temporary manager of the Yukos Eduard Rebgun filed a lawsuit in the United States about the voluntary bankruptcy of the oil company. Rebgun asks the New York Court of Bankruptcy on Manhattan to impose a temporary ban on all operations with the company's foreign assets. Thus, the temporary manager wants to prevent the sale of foreign assets of Yukos. We are talking about 53.7% of the shares in the oil refining complex MAZEIKIU NAFTA in Lithuania.

Silvio Berlusconi sent a letter to the leading Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, in which he again offers to create a wide coalition, even on time, RIA Novosti , the Novo -Gentrist Bloc. "An agreement is possible, possibly partial, possibly for a limited period in order to solve the country's problems associated with constitutional terms, economics, international relations," Berlusconi said.

The opponents of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko began the campaign of the symbolic court over Lukashenko, calling his 12-year presidency a "political Chernobyl", Reuters reports. One of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition Anatoly Lebedko, who is currently in Lithuania, called on international organizations for the protection of human rights to support the idea of ​​a "public court" over Lukashenko.

Hiddink will become the head coach of the Russian national team On Friday, the long -awaited signing of the contract between the Russian Football Union and the Dutch coach Guus Hiddin will take place. “Everything is ready. On Friday, I will come to Moscow to participate in the official presentation and sign a contract for a period of two years, ”Hiddink said.

RAO "UES of Russia" prepared the financial statements of the company RAO "UES of Russia" for 2005 in accordance with Russian accounting standards (RAS). Accounting balance for December 31, 2005 The short -term receivables of the company of RAO UES of Russia last year decreased by 1.4 billion rubles from 23.92 billion rubles to 22.52 billion rubles.

Angola asks the head coach Chelsea Jose Mourinho for help in preparation for the World Cup. The national team of this African country for the first time in its history entered the final part of the World Cup, and many expect that it may well become a sensation of the upcoming competition. Now they want Jose to help the Angola team in preparation for the championship three weeks before the start of the championship.

Moldova and Serbia and Montenegro confirmed the willingness to provide each other with mutual support in the permission of the Transnistrian and Kosovo conflicts. According to the press service of the Moldovan Foreign Ministry, this was stated during the meeting of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European integration of Moldova Andrei Stratan with the Minister of International Economic Relations of Serbia and Montenegro The P. Ivanovich.

In the northeast of India, a flash of malaria was recorded, as a result of which at least 35 people died. This was reported by representatives of local authorities. According to them, additional medical brigades will be sent to Assam. The destruction of mosquitoes, which are the fluids of the disease, will also begin. According to AP , about 20 thousand residents of the state fell ill with malaria, but the authorities say that it is too early to talk about the beginning of the epidemic.

Today, US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice said that the UN should take decisive measures against Iran. She called on the Security Council to adopt a resolution providing for the introduction of sanctions and the beginning of a military operation. As Reuters reports, Rice called on members of the Security Council to recall the seventh head of the UN Charter, which gives the right to accept any actions against a particular state, if we are talking about a threat to peace and security.

Three tons of weapons were destroyed at the Guryevsky Metallurgical Plant, including more than a hundred cutters, machine guns, rifles, pistols, knives, caste, daggers taken during police operations in 2005, the press service of the HUVD of the Kemerovo region reports. According to the interlocutor of RIA Novosti, the weapon under the enhanced security has passed the path of 160 kilometers from the Kuzbass MUE to the plant.

“The logic of choosing a jury, at first glance, is impossible to explain. On the second, too. No matter how you look, what kind of literary party the logic is guided by - everywhere, and “right”, “on the left”, and “center”, and even in the “Women's League” there is a more obvious candidate, and not one. It remains to suggest the existence of an internal intrigue, a hidden plot in the jury itself.