Semyon Mirsky, Paris: “They dared,” the editorial article in the largest newspaper Elsas, “Derner Nouvel d'Alzas,” entering Strasbourg is entitled. So, they dared. They are PACE deputies, who voted for a resolution, in the adoption of which almost no one believed in Strasbourg. The representatives of the Russian delegation believed in its opportunity, with many of which, including Sergei Kovalev and Vladimir Zhirinovsky, I talked. But back to the article.

Lilya Palveveva, Moscow: The Law on Alternative Civil Service tried to adopt the former composition of the State Duma. Now work on him goes in the current Duma and not only in it. Says the Chairman of the Human Rights of the Political Advisory Council under the President of Russia, deputy of the State Duma Valery Borshchov: Valery Borshchov: The Ministry of Defense prepared such a bill. It represents an oppressive impression.

Victor Rezunkov, St. Petersburg : The famous polar explorer, Hero of the Soviet Union, the Vice Speaker of the State Duma, Arthur Chinkarov, officially announced that he refused to participate in the governor's elections in St. Petersburg. He made this statement at the reporting and election press conference of the regional branch of the Fatherland movement. “Two months ago, I would have fought still. During this time, one could understand the moral problems of the city.

Lev Roitman: April 9th - Presidential Election Day in Georgia. Eduard Shevardnadze, who received three quarters of all votes in the elections of the 95th year, is running for the second presidential term. Will he be able to repeat his stunning success of five years ago? What does he offer Georgia, and what does Georgia expect from him? What is expected from Georgia, the neighboring country, including Russia?

Final release The State Duma adopted the law "On the minimum amount of wages": from June 1, 2000 it will be increased to 132 rubles, from October 1 - to 280 rubles, and from January 1, 2001 - to 300 rubles. Currently, the size of the minimum wage is 83 and a half rubles. At the same time, mandatory payments, as well as fines, fees and other payments, will be calculated based on the base amount of 100 rubles.

Evgeny Muslin: It is well known that along with infections that are common almost everywhere (flu, measles, meningitis and others), there are many diseases that affect people in strictly defined areas and never going beyond these areas. Such, for example, is yellow fever, common only in the countries of the Caribbean. However, in recent years, there has been a “exit” of such infections beyond the boundaries of its usual distribution.

Evgeny Bovkun, Bonn: The head of the German delegation in Strasbourg Wolfgang Berend was one of those who proposed to support the proposal to deprive the Russian delegation in the PAC of voting, if Moscow does not comply with Brussels to comply with human rights in Chechnya. Another representative of Germany in the EU - a member of the legal committee Rudolph Binding, called on to strictly condemn the behavior of Russia.

Mumin Shakirov, Moscow: European diplomats are satisfied with the results of the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Zhaimi Gama and the EU representative on the foreign policy issues of Havier Solana to Moscow with Vladimir Putin and Igor Ivanov, and celebrate the good will from the Kremlin in resolving the Chechen conflict, despite various points of view on this issue.

Oleg Kusov, Ingushetia: On the ruins of the Chechen village, Komsomolskoye Urus-Martan district, military orderlies and a team of the Federal Ministry of Emergencies continue to work. They found 460 corpses of Chechens. The military claim that, basically, these are fighters of Chechen detachments. The bodies of people with an uncharacteristic appearance for Chechens are also found. Among them, supposedly, was the body of a blonde woman.

Oleg Kusov, Ingushetia: I have repeatedly heard the complaints of Chechen refugees that the humanitarian aid allocated by him is plundered by various officials. Now these statements have found actual evidence by employees of the Control and Aviation Directorate under the President of Russia.

Presenter Anatoly Strelyany Letter from email: “ Every day I see people running across the street when the light is red.

Presenter Evgeny Muslin The program is broadcast from New York by Evgeny Muslin. A new test for heart disease, prospects for treating spinal cord injuries, as well as the latest medical news are the topics of our today's program.

The program is hosted by Mikhail Sokolov. Participating in the program are Alexander Sali, Chairman of the State Duma Commission for Studying the Practice of Application of Electoral Legislation - Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction, and Viktor Sheinis, one of the developers of the current laws - member of the bureau of the Yabloko party. Mikhail Sokolov: Let's start with the events of this week.

Sergey Khazov, Samara: Last Thursday, speaking to journalists, immediately after the regional legislative assembly supported his resignation, the former Samara governor Konstantin Titov made a statement regarding his political future. “I reserve the right to think about my further actions,” he said.

The results of the week In the Moscow House of Cinema, the Russian premiere of the Direct Warde "East-West" was held , in which the stars of French and Russian cinema-Katrin Denev, Sandrin Bonner, Tatyana Dogilev, Oleg Menshikov, Sergey Bodrov Jr. play. In the fall in the UK and the United States the book "Anthology Beatles", which was written by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star, will be published .