Yuri Zhigalkin , New York: In 1999, Bill and Hillary Clintons paid 92,104 dollars of taxes. Despite the thoroughness of the amount, and that the Clintons paid much more taxes than the average American family earns in a year, the year 1999 was not very financially successful for them. For two Clintons earned 416,439 dollars. This is almost 90 thousand less than they earned in 1998. The president’s family lost in income due to the very fallen earnings of Hillary Clinton.

The International Institute for Management Development (IMD), located in Lausanne, published the next annual rating of the 47 largest countries in the level of competitiveness of their national economies . The three leaders have not changed since last year: USA, Singapore, Finland. Places from 4 to 10 in the ranking received, respectively, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Iceland.

The Russian command transferred to the south of Chechnya about one and a half thousand military personnel of the Ministry of Defense and internal troops to conduct repeated operations to verify the passport regime. According to the military, in the southern regions there are up to three thousand Chechen fighters under the command of Basayev, Gelaev and Hattaba. Aviation continues to strike at Chechen positions and conduct intelligence of the area.

The resignation of Yuri Skuratov is commented by the legal observer of Radio Liberty Leonid Nikitinsky. With the resignation of General Prosecutor Yuri Skuratov, one of their most exciting pages of the novel about Russian politics and corruption slammed slammed. In addition, they are not talking about the dead and retirees. In the zoo of Russian politicians and, especially in the menagerie of the prosecutor's office, Yuri Skuratov was certainly not the most vile specime.

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: Hearing that Grozny was open, Raisa Ayubova went to see her apartment, leaving three daughters and son in Nazran. The neighbor Lidia Nikolaevna met her cordially, advised to return with her family. True, the old woman did not protect the home things that Raisa did not save her. Once soldiers arrived, closed everyone who stayed at home in the same apartment, and advised not to go out for two hours for their own security.

Andrey Trukhan, Moscow: Sergey Kovalev devoted his press conference to the State Duma deputy from the ATP to the relations of Russia and the world community. He declared himself a convinced Westernist and made a tour in his entrance word into the difficult history of disputes of Westerners and Slavophiles, but the journalists were not up to history. The relations of Russia and the world community are today considered, first of all, through the prism of the Russian-Chechen conflict.

On Wednesday evening, solemn services were held in all Russian synagogues on the occasion of the main Jewish festival of Passh - Easter , which is associated with the great outcome of Jews from Egypt and their liberation from slavery. The first day of Passha is celebrated until the morning, and each of the feasts should drink at least four glasses of wine. In total, the holiday will last 8 days.

The first semi -final pair of the Champions Football League was compiled by the Spanish clubs of Barcelona and Valencia . The Catalans in their field achieved a devastating account in the match against the English Chelsea - 5: 1. Rivaldo distinguished themselves among the winners - twice, one of the blue, Dani and Klyuvert were scored. The return ball on the account of the player "Chelsea" Flu.

The international film festival in Cannes, which will be held from May 10 to 21, published a list of films included in the competitive program. Among them - Kena Lawch’s “Bread and Roses”, “Dancer in the Poles” of Lars von Trier and “Verololny” Liv Ulman. The jury will be headed by the French film director Luke Besson. In Moscow, at the age of 87, writer Sergei Zalygin died . He was brought the fame of the book "On the Irtysh", "Salt Pad" and "Commission".

The program is leaded by Lilya Palveleva.

The Russian command confirms the transfer of units to mountainous areas in the south of Chechnya, where, according to the military, Chechen detachments are based under the command of Ruslan Gelaev, Vakhi Arsanov and Shirvani Basayev up to 3 and a half thousand people.

The targeted change in the hereditary apparatus of cancer cells can deprive them of the ability to form subsidiaries. This was proved by employees of the Pennsylvania Medical College, who presented their results at the annual conference of the American Association of Oncological Research in San Francisco. Professor of pathologist Danny Velch and his employees instilled in mice with a melanoma, an extremely aggressive variety of skin cancer.

Presenter of the Liberty Live program Vladimir Baburin: The Russian military command with the mouths of General Manilov once again announced the completion of the military unit of the operation in Chechnya. Comments Andrey Babitsky: Andrey Babitsky: Once again, to announce the hooking of the Russian flag over the defeated Chechen Reichstag is already familiar, but this is no less pleasant, judging by the expression, the lesson for the official military propagandist - General Manilov.

The point of view of the Radio Radio Liberty Oleg Kusov, who has just returned from the North Caucasus: Dmitry Volchek talks to him. Dmitry Volchek: Oleg, General Manilov, announced today that "the military part of the operation in Chechnya was completed, since all large gangs were defeated." This, by the way, contradicts his own statements that more than 2 thousand militants opposed the Russian troops in the mountains. So can we say that military operations in Chechnya can stop now?

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia: The troops do not conduct large -scale ground operations in the south of Chechnya today. The tasks of destroying explored bases, firing positions and other objects of armed Chechens are performed by front -line aviation. Over the past day alone, the surroundings of the settlements of Nozha-Yurt, Vedensky, Urus-Martan and Achokhoy-Martan districts were subjected to missile and bombing.