The Russian government appealed to the London Club of creditors with a request to provide a deferred for 6 months in relation to payments - for a total of $ 850 million, which - on the account of the current service of the debts of the former USSR - should be produced by Russia on June 2. The debt of the former Soviet Union by private Western loan banks, the total volume of which exceeds $ 30 billion, was re-formed several years ago to special bonds.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin interrupted the vacation that he spent in Sochi , and arrives today in Moscow. According to Presidential press secretary Dmitry Yakushkin, presidential decrees on the formation of the government may already be signed today. Yesterday, Boris Yeltsin approved the posts of the first two deputy prime ministers in the structure of the government and appointed Mikhail Zadornov to the first deputy prime minister, who oversees the problems of macroeconomics.

In Kamchatka from Thursday, all restrictions on the supply of electricity were completely removed. This decision was made on Wednesday by the regional emergency commission in connection with the arrival of a tanker with five thousand tons of fuel oil on the peninsula. In Siberia and in the Far East, the situation with forest fires sharply worsened. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the fire approached the regional center and 4 fires of fire appeared in the "Pillars" reserve.

Tennis. In Paris, at the open championship of France, matches of the first circle were played on Tuesday. In men, the most intense was a meeting with the participation of the second racket of the world of American Pia Samprase. Only in the fifth set, 4 hours and 18 minutes after the start of the match, did he manage to break the resistance of Costa Rikantz Juan Antonio Marina.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York. When, during raids on facilities in Belgrade, NATO pilots struck the Chinese embassy, ​​and NATO representatives called this incident a tragic mistake, the CIA began their own investigation of this case, since its analysts also took part in the selection of goals for air strikes. The CIA report is classified. But one fact became known about one fact, and it was confirmed by representatives of the Pentagon.

The annual Pushkin Prize of the Hamburg Foundation Alfred Tepfer was awarded to two Russian poets - Petersburger Alexander Kushner and Muscovite Oleg Chukhontsev. The presentation ceremonies will be held in both cities. The size of the award is 40 thousand German brands. The Pushkin Prize was established ten years ago, laureates are chosen by the Russian-German jury, chaired by Professor Wolf Schmidt.

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Aya Kuga, Belgrade: Large -scale air strikes last night were inflicted on many settlements of Serbia. As they often say here, it is easier to list places where there were no bombing than those where they were. Serbian springs report that Kosovo was covered with a bomb carpet. Only in Belgrade and his suburbs was completely calm at night.

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Andrey Sharry , Macedonia Ohritskoye and lakes in the south -west of Macedonia - these are the largest lakes in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. These places are considered a beautiful natural park and have long become tourist centers. However, the war in neighboring Yugoslavia, according to Skopier, completely destroyed the Macedonian tourist industry.

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Irina is worthwhile, Rome: The only disagreement that appeared between the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dini and his British colleague Cook is the use of NATO ground forces, which are currently near the border with Yugoslavia. According to the Italian side, all fifty thousand soldiers should enter Yugoslav territory only as peacekeeping forces and with the consent of Milosevich. The position of Great Britain is more firm and decisive.

Aya Kuga, Belgrade. Last night, a decision of the Yugoslav parliament on the abolition of martial law came into force. All the decrees of wartime are canceled, however, the deputies of the parliament voted to remain special taxes with which the defense of the country would be financed. Representatives of the ruling regime develop a campaign to restore the country, destroyed by bombing. Sometimes they argue that everything can be updated on their own.

Andrey Babitsky, Moscow: The problem of refugees from Kosovo has the most dramatic prospects if its political decision has not been found within the next two months. This was announced today at a briefing in Moscow by the assistant to the Supreme Commissioner of the UN for refugees, Mr. Seran Essen-Peterson. To date, about eight hundred and fifty thousand refugees are outside Yugoslavia. Their number increases daily by five to ten thousand people.

Andrey Sharry, Macedonia: The Government of Macedonia is considering the question of giving consent to the North Atlantic Union to deploy another thirty -five thousand soldiers in the country. To date, the NATO contingent in Macedonia is, according to official figures, about fourteen thousand people.