In Barcelona, at least 250 thousand people took part in a demonstration of protest against the globalization of the economy on Saturday. The manifestation was dedicated to the end of the European Union summit. According to the Spanish police, some demonstrators beat shop windows and banks windows. The law enforcement forces had to use rubber bullets. At least 20 people are arrested, there are wounded. At the Summit, the EU leaders agreed on measures to stimulate the European economy.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that the appearance of the US military in Central Asia is explained by the need to combat threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan such as terrorism and drug business. He said that in the question of the US military presence in this region, Russia is guided by its national interests. This is not a concession from Moscow, Ivanov emphasized, speaking on Saturday on the air of the Mayak radio station.

The leaders of the self -proclaimed Transnistrian Moldavian Republic were not invited to meet the presidents of Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, at which, in particular, the problem of Transnistrian settlement will be discussed. The meeting will be held on Sunday in Odessa. As Interfax said in the apparatus of the President of Moldova, Chisinau refused to include representatives of Transnistria in the Moldavian delegation - since he considers their position destructive.

About a hundred days ago, a little-known politician from St. Petersburg Sergey Mironov was elected to the post of speaker of the upper house of parliament. The press then directly called Mironova the creature of Putin. The press then wrote in chorus that the only dignity of Mironov was the proximity to the president. Newspapers agreed that one such dignity for such a high position would be not enough.

The American envoy in the Middle East Anthony Zinni expressed the hope that in the coming days an agreement on the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinants would be reached. Yesterday, Zinny held negotiations with the leader of the Palestinian autonomy Yasir Arafat, which he called "extremely positive." Earlier, the American envoy also met with Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Momchilo Perishic, who was detained on Thursday in Belgrade on suspicion of espionage, was released from guard on Saturday. The military court did not put forward official charges against him. Materials in the case of Perishch were transferred to investigators. The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister was detained during a meeting with American diplomat John David Neurobor.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov called the "abnormal and unacceptable" situation with the disconnection of Russian television channels in Ukraine. The Foreign Minister, speaking on the air of the Russian radio station "Mayak", emphasized, however, that the shutdown is not a political, but a technical character. According to him, the issue can be resolved by the leaders of Russian television and their partners in Ukraine.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Momchilo Perishic, arrested on Friday, will be questioned today by employees of the Yugoslav counterparty. It is still unknown whether Perishich was brought against the charges. Representatives of the special services claim that they detained Perishic at the moment when he transmitted secret information to the American diplomat - John David Neubor. He was also detained and released after 15 hours.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov denied the reports that appeared in recent days that Russia is ready to support the possible US operation against Iraq. The position of Russia in relation to the settlement of the Iraqi problem remains the same - Ivanov said, speaking live the Mayak radio station.

Over the past day, Chechnya was killed by one soldier and eight were wounded as a result of shelling of a motorcade in the city of Argun. A Chechen policeman was killed in the village of Avtura of the Shalinsky district. In the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, two police officers and the mother of one of them were injured.

In Barcelona today the two -day summit of the European Union has ended. The joint communique, approved by the leaders of the EU states, expressed solidarity with the recent resolution of the UN Security Council in the Middle East, urging the creation of an independent Palestinian state and provide Israel with security guarantees. In addition, the European Union expressed the intention to take control of a peacekeeping operation in Macedonia, which is being carried out by NATO.

Lev Roitman: It is expected that until the end of May 150-200 American military instructors and staff specialists will arrive in Georgia. Their goal is to train one and a half thousand Georgian special forces to the methods of anti -terrorism struggle. Demanding to stop the stay of Chechen militants in the Pankisian Gorge, Russia insisted on conducting military operations there on their own. To force Georgia to agree, Russia even introduced a punitive visa regime.

The jury court in the American city of Houston, Texas, sentenced the 37-year-old Andrey Yates to his life imprisonment, who killed five of his children. Children aged 6 months to 7 years were recessed by their mother in the bath in June last year. Jets will spend 40 years in prison before he can claim an amnesty. The court rejected the appeal filed by the lawyers of the defendant, demanding that she recognize her innocent due to mental illness.

Leading Ivan Tolstoy Marina Efimova: Recently, a documentary appeared in America, and followed by the book "In the hands of others" - about the salvation of Jewish children from Germany and Austria on the eve of World War II. Children were taken out of there from December 1938 to August 1939 on special roads, called Kinderma.

In Chechnya, the Mozdok-Astrakhan gas pipeline is blown up today. As Interfax reports, no one was injured as a result of the attack, the fire that had arisen was extinguished. Gas supply is restored by the bypass branch. In the village of Selmentazen Vedensky district, the Russian military conduct a special operation. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the day before, in the vicinity of this settlement, an attack was attacked on a group of Russian troops.