The constant use of aspirin reduces the total mortality from cardiovascular diseases by sixteen percent, and mortality from acute myocardial infarction by twenty -two percent. In addition, aspirin by about ten percent reduces the total number of strokes, but at the same time almost doubles the likelihood of hemorrhage into the brain. These are the conclusions of American doctors from the University of Tyulein in New Orleans.

The cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich arrives in Moscow to participate in a concert in honor of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who is 80 years old on December 11. In the concert, which will be held on December 15 in the Great Hall of the Conservatory, Rostropovich will be performed by the first cellular concert of Saint-Sansa and "Variations on the topic of Rococo" Tchaikovsky.

The first round of elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg was the victory of Yabloko, the second was the block of Yuri Boldyrev. The right -wing block "Consent" was not very successful. The failure of NDR is obvious. Anatoly Chubais sums up the result. Anatoly Chubais: Among the candidates who have passed on the second round, the alignment is not very simple. So far, the main thing can be said - who failed. The Communists failed, and the bandits failed.

The draft federal budget of Russia for 1999 , approved today at a government meeting, is designed on the basis of foreign loans for a total of about 7 and a half billion dollars. This was announced today in Moscow by the Minister of Finance Mikhail Zadornov. At the same time, according to him, the draft budget provides for the costs of indexing wages and cash allowance for a total of 42 billion rubles. At the current rate, this is more than $ 2 billion.

Lev Roitman: Before me is the fresh human rights report of the Human Raits Raits Vech. From the golobal geography of this report, I chose three countries for today's conversation - these are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan. It will be about the advance of the authorities on the principle of freedom of speech, freedom of information, freedom of opinion. In Russia, the authors of the report refer to the data of the Moscow Claus Protection Fund.

The players of the Moscow Spartak on Wednesday in the last match of the Champions League group tournament met in Madrid with Real Madrid. This game began with a minute of silence in memory of the day before the fan of the Real Socedad Club 28-year-old Aitore Sabalette. The Spartakians to enter the quarterfinals of the League needed a victory. However, Muscovites failed to achieve the desired result.

The Russian government approved the budget draft for the 99th year today. According to the Minister of Finance Zadornov, the project provides for attracting external borrowings in the amount of 7 billion 200 million dollars, 16-17 percent of GDP will be spent on the payment of external debt. The budget deficit is determined in the amount of about 5 billion dollars - approximately 2 and a half percent of GDP. The government expects to partially cover it due to emission.

Presenter Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: I have before me the latest human rights report from Human Rights Watch. From the global geography of this report, I have chosen three countries for today’s conversation - Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. We will talk about the authorities' attack on the principle of freedom of speech, freedom of information, freedom of opinion. For Russia, the authors of the report refer to data from the Moscow-based Glasnost Defense Foundation.

Presenter Mikhail Sokolov The first round of elections to the legislative assembly of St. Petersburg was a victory for Yabloko; Yuri Boldyrev’s bloc came second. The right-wing bloc "Consent" did not do very well. The failure of the NDR is obvious. Anatoly Chubais sums it up. Anatoly Chubais: Among the candidates who made it to the second round, the situation is not very simple. For now, the main thing we can say is who failed. The communists failed, and the bandits failed.

The Russian government is currently considering the draft federal budget for 1999. According to the Minister of Finance Zadornov, the project provides for the involvement of external borrowings in the amount of approximately 7 and a half billion dollars, 16-17 percent of GDP will be spent on the payment of external debt. The minister considers the main task now - to achieve a gradual reduction in public debt.

From January 1, 1999, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, maximum levels of increasing electricity tariffs for the population are introduced. In particular, for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions, these tariffs will not exceed 50 kopecks per kilowatt hour.