In Chechnya, the commandant of the Kurchaloevsky district Sergey Kislov was killed. According to the Interfax agency, yesterday Chechen fighters fired at the car, which were Kislov and several policemen. There are victims from the Chechen side. In Grozny, the police detained two people today who tried to establish a landmine on the path of the Russian military column. The detainees are residents of the village of Katar -Yurt.

In the capital of Chechnya - Grozny - students and teachers of the university picketed on Friday the building of the government of the republic. They demanded to free five students detained during the audit of passports in the building of Grozny University. On Thursday, the commandant of the Kurchaloevsky district Sergey Kislov was killed. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the car in which Kislov was located was shelling. There are victims from the attackers.

In the Yakut city of Lensk, flooded as a result of the strongest flood over the past hundred years, serious problems arose with food delivery. According to the head of the EMERCOM Operational headquarters in Lensk, the city’s population is in a shortage of food. The water level in the Lena River reached 19 meters, which is more than a third, exceeds a critical mark. More than 12 thousand inhabitants were evacuated from Lensk. The critical situation has developed in the Irkutsk region.

Vitaly Tsygankov, Minsk: Today in Minsk the so -called second All -Belorussian Assembly is taking place. All day, the authorities are detaining protesting oppositionists. About 2 and a half thousand delegates carefully selected by the authorities approved the main provisions of the country's socio-economic development program for the next 5 years. The most attractive point in the program was the promise to bring the average salary by 2005 to $ 250. Now it is about $ 70.

Natalya Golitsyna, London: In England, the incident that happened in the Welsh town of Ril is widely discussed, where the deputy British Prime Minister John Prescott fought with a local farmer who threw a raw egg at him. Highly experts in jurisprudence are now arguing among themselves, whether John Prescott’s response by the act of necessary self -defense or the retaliation campaign was.

The head of the Jewish community of Vienna Ariel, the musician won the case in court against Jorg Haider, one of the leaders of the Austrian ultra -right. The court of the capital of Austria ordered Haider to abstain from "slanderous and insulting statements." Hyder allowed himself a number of offensive attacks against the leader of the Jewish community at the meeting of supporters of the ultra -right Party of Freedom, who met his words with the roar of approval.

In Latvia, about two thousand prisoners announced an unlimited hunger strike, protesting against the ban on grocery gear. The administration of prisons introduced a ban so that drugs would not be transmitted in the premises. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, according to the new system, relatives of prisoners can transfer money to special bank accounts, and prisoners will be able to buy the necessary goods in prison stores. The innovation caused a violent discontent of the prisoners.

The exhibition "The Sakharov Age" opened in Moscow at the Museum and the Sakharov Public Center . The exposition covers the period from 1945 to 1991. The art curator of the exhibition is Yuri Zlotnikov. Funds for creating the exposition are provided by the American Jackson Foundation. The exhibition is open until June 30. Free admission. On May 21, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory-Sakharovsky evening dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the scientist and human rights activist.

Vice Prime Minister of Serbia Headly Koach supported the charges of war crimes that the International Tribunal in The Hague brought to the ex-president of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich. Speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Koruch said that similar accusations could be against Miloshevich in Belgrade - in addition to accusations of corruption and abuse of power.

In the capital of Chechnya Grozny, the police detained two Chechens today trying to establish a landmine on the way of the Russian military column. The detainees are residents of the village of Katar-Yurt. According to the command, last day the sappers found two landmines and several anti -personnel mines, including on the main highways. In Ingushetia, in the border with Chechnya, the Sunzhensky district, the building of the internal affairs department was fired. None of the police were injured.

In connection with the 57th anniversary of the mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars, 15 thousand people gathered on Friday on the central square of Simferopol. A worship was performed in memory of tens of thousands of those killed during forced resettlement to Central Asia. The audience called on the Ukrainian government to grant the Tatars the right to land and improve living conditions for Crimea from Central Asia.

In Yakutia, urgent evacuation of people from settlements located downstream from the flooded city of Lensk has begun - the Russian Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies reported. More than 25 thousand people live in villages under threat of flooding. The evacuation of people from Lensk continues, in the area of which the water level in the Lena River rose 20 meters 13 centimeters. From the flooded village of Chamch, a thousand 400 people were evacuated to the city of Mirny.

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Vladimir Abarinov, Washington: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov arrived in the United States. The main goal of his visit is to prepare an American -Russian meeting at the highest level. Igor Ivanov meets with the US Secretary of State Colin Powell for the third time: earlier they were negotiating in February in Cairo and in March in Paris. However, the heads of state have been communicated only by phone. This situation begins to bother American observers.

In Kabul, a hospital based on Italian money closed, in which local residents who suffered during hostilities were treated. Islamic police came to the hospital. The employees were beaten, three of them were arrested. A plaque on the hospital took place at lunchtime, when both doctors and patients gathered in the dining room. The police beat doctors for eating with women, although the room was fragmented by a screen into the male and female half.