Lev Roitman: In Russia, the level of registered unemployment is below 3%, in Moscow - less than one. For comparison: in America - four with small, in Germany - 11%. But the modest Russian 3% are two million people, fates, the most difficult thing for people for 40. Is it normal? The opinion of the Muscovite, Marina Katys spoke with him on the eve of the program: "As a rule, the restrictions imposed on free vacancies are the age of 35 years, in particular, I have a friend who did not find work.

In this issue: Patients of the Vologda hospital for life -prisoners are discussing new initiatives of Yeltsin and Seleznev; Bryansk Communists, by exception, increase each other's salary; Girls and boys of the Tula school #3 will no longer be able to study physics together; The "folk phone" Yeltsin ruined the Ivanovo weaves; The Chechen border through the eyes of a simple person; The terrorists went forward along the valleys and after the hills - from Chechnya to Dagestan; Krasnoyarsk: In whose

Representatives of the Kosovo Liberation Army flew out of Protina to France today. According to the latest messages, the time of opening of the International Conference on Kosovo, which was supposed to begin this afternoon in Rambuya - near Paris, was postponed at 6 a.m. local time.

14 thousand employees of 400 educational institutions continue strikes , demanding timely and worthy wages. The salary debt to teachers in the Krasnodar Territory, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and the Kaliningrad Region has already been fully repaid. In the Kurgan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl regions and St. Petersburg, a decision was made to increase salaries to employees of education.

Researchers from the University of Alabam determined the primary source of the human immunodeficiency virus. For thousands of years, a biological carrier of the predecessor of the AIDS pathogen for thousands of years, which live in the tropical forests of equatorial West Africa. The virus, most likely, acquired a new owner only at the beginning of the 20th century, when local tribes began to intensively hunt for monkeys.

Host Savik Shuster In this issue: Patients of the Vologda hospital for life prisoners discuss the new initiatives of Yeltsin and Seleznev; Bryansk communists, as an exception, raise each other's salaries; Girls and boys of Tula school #3 will no longer be able to study physics together; Yeltsin's "People's Telephone" ruined the Ivanovo weavers; The Chechen border through the eyes of a common man; The terrorists moved forward through the valleys and hills - from Chechnya to Dagestan; Krasnoyarsk:

At the Bolshoi Theater, Ekaterina Maksimova was honored in connection with the anniversary of the ballerina . Maksimova herself performed on stage in an eight -minute ballet. The first volume of the new large academic collected works of Pushkin, prepared by employees of the Pushkin House in St. Petersburg, was handed over to the printing house. In total, 20 volumes are planned, including texts, options, drawings and comments.

Russian customs began on Thursday to levy export duties for oil and oil products . Duties are introduced for 6 months and amount for raw oil 2 and a half euros - or approximately $ 2 80 cents - per ton. The rate can be doubled in case of an increase in average European prices to a level of about $ 75 per ton or more. The second of the largest banks in France - "Societe Generale" announced on Monday the upcoming purchase of the fifth largest bank of the country - "Paribas" .

Leading Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: In Russia, the level of registered unemployment is below 3%, in Moscow - less than one. For comparison: in America - four with small, in Germany - 11%. But the modest Russian 3% are two million people, fates, the most difficult thing for people for 40. Is it normal?