A Chinese ship suffered an accident on Tuesday on the Amur. At about 20:00, six kilometers from Khabarovsk, a passenger ship, which was heading to Khabarovsk from China, ran aground. There were 56 people on board the ship, most of them shuttle crews. After an unsuccessful attempt by the crew to cope with the situation on their own, rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ambulance and disaster medicine doctors were called to the scene.

Another scandal surrounding scams with budget money is flaring up in the capital. This time, the special services opened a criminal case into the theft of more than 350 million rubles allocated for the construction of a large sports and recreation complex, which, according to the plans of the capital’s government, was to become one of the best in the country.

Kremlin Cup 2000. The strongest participants in the men's tournament (preliminary information ): Marat Safin (Russia, No. 2 in the ATP ranking), Evgeny Kafelnikov (Russia, No. 5), Byron Black (Zimbabwe, No. 29), Fabrice Santoro (France, No. 34), Mark Rosset (Switzerland, No. 35), Maxim Mirny (Belarus, No. 42), Jiri Novak (Czech Republic, No. 44), Andrey Medvedev (Ukraine, No. 48). The strongest participants in the women's tournament (preliminary information): Martina Hingis (Switzerland, No.

Agricultural land may soon be put into market circulation. Yesterday, the State Duma, after a two-hour debate, adopted in the first reading an amendment to the law “On Mortgage (Pledge of Real Estate)”, lifting the ban on mortgaging agricultural land. This actually means the recognition of private property rights to this type of land.

Everyone can consider themselves winners following yesterday’s meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on reforming the Ministry of Railways. But not a single triumph of yesterday was final. The Prime Minister formulated the goals and principles of reforming the railways in such a way as to combine the proposals of all parties with divergent views.

Moscow corrects the “memoir” of Gore - Chernomyrdin The Russian delegation, headed by Security Council Secretary Sergei Ivanov, completed its visit to Iran yesterday and returned to Moscow. Russian-Iranian contacts are traditionally a highly classified topic, so official information about the current visit is more than scant. What is known is that Mr.

Presidential Administration in Concerns for the Health of Smokers Presidential Administration Manager Vladimir Kozhin finally admitted: the talk about the lawsuit “Russia against transnational tobacco corporations” is not empty. “There is such a thing,” he said . According to the official, on behalf of the government, the presidential affairs department is working with one of the law firms in the United States: “Claims are being prepared, the amount is quite impressive.” The details are foggy.

Ex-oligarchs are again afraid of “falling alone” Equidistant from the ex-oligarchs, the state may soon receive a serious business partner (and, perhaps, an equally serious opponent - it depends) in the person of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

A large batch of explosives was seized on Tuesday by employees of the capital's Regional Organized Crime Control Department. Back in September, operatives tracked down an arms dealer - Mikhail Garanin, an unemployed and twice-convicted man. During a search of his apartment in Chertanovo, police found a package in a carefully equipped hiding place in the loggia. It contained 5 kilograms of the explosive trinitrotoluene. The owner stated that he found the package on the street near his house.

Nigeria is rocked by ethnic passions Violent ethnic clashes have paralyzed Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital and largest city. The unrest has been going on for several days. According to official figures, one hundred people have already died, although eyewitnesses claim that in reality there are much more victims. The Yoruba and Hausa, representatives of the largest nationalities inhabiting the multinational state, came together in battle.

Joe Lunder spoke about his rights and responsibilities “VimpelCom General Director Dmitry Zimin will now mainly focus on our development in the regions, on external relations, for example with the government. I will be in charge of the company's business.

Today Vladimir Putin will meet with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Putin summoned his colleague to an audience in Sochi the day after Sunday's parliamentary elections in Belarus. True, the Lukashenko administration strongly emphasizes the planned nature of the meeting: “It was agreed upon long ago. After the elections, the Belarusian president freed up a little, and he had time to meet.” The planned nature of the meeting is questionable.

Yesterday in Yerevan, former Minister of Internal Affairs, former adviser to former President Ter-Petrosyan on national security, and now political secretary of the Union of Socialist Forces of Armenia Ashot Manucharyan, in fact, accused the country's President Robert Kocharyan of involvement in the terrorist attack a year ago, when there were The Prime Minister and Speaker are shot dead. There were no open accusations, but this follows from everything that was said.

A retrospective of Jos Stelling's films is ending The title of Stelling's last feature film, No Trains, No Planes (1999), was suggested, oddly enough, by Hemingway. Once, responding to a request from a less experienced colleague for help with the title of a new book, Hemingway asked: “Are there going to be drums in the book? No? And the fanfare? No too? Wonderful!

Today the first temple-car departs from the Yaroslavl station A mobile railway church car dedicated to the icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria (Guide) was donated to the Russian Orthodox Church by the Ministry of Railways. Now the unusual vehicle belongs to the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra. Yesterday, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II consecrated it on the platform of the Kievsky railway station. “Several years ago, the missionary ministry of the church began to be revived.