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The son of the ex-Prime Minister of Belarus was caught red-handed Former Prime Minister Mikhail Chigir called the arrest of his youngest son a political provocation of the Belarusian authorities. Alexander Chigir was detained by police last Saturday while trying to sell spare parts from a stolen car. The ex-prime minister is sure that this story did not happen by chance on the eve of the presidential elections, where Chigir Sr. intends to stand as a candidate.

Gazprom was offered to independently produce pipes in Ukraine Kyiv has found an original way to negate Russia’s desire to introduce anti-dumping duties against Ukrainian steel pipes. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Yekhanurov actually invited Gazprom to become a co-owner of the Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant (KhTP), because, as Mr.

The main creditor is not allowed into NkAZ The Kuzbass Arbitration Court began yesterday to consider complaints from the Kuzbassenergo company against the external manager of the Novokuznetsk Aluminum Plant (NkAZ) Sergei Chernyshev. And he immediately postponed the hearing, because on February 9, Mr. Chernyshev fell ill with a diagnosis of bronchitis.

Another film with Robert De Niro on Moscow screens George Tillman Jr.'s film "War Diver" (originally called "Men of Honor") is a real gift for jokers and punsters. Of course - they, impudent and caustic, have the pleasure of making fun of a two-hour pathetic picture based on real events. And indeed, it’s not funny - in the fifties, African-American Carl Brocher (Cuba Gooding Jr.) joined the American Navy in order to become the first black military diver in history.

And he left Pulikovsky for Putin The personal meeting expected yesterday between ex-governor of Primorye Evgeny Nazdratenko and presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Konstantin Pulikovsky did not take place. The retired governor defiantly left Vladivostok an hour before the plenipotentiary's arrival in the capital of Primorye.

The mayor's office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are fighting for the post of chief of the Moscow police only in words Tomorrow the Moscow City Duma plans to once again consider the issue of appointing the head of the capital’s Main Internal Affairs Directorate. We can already say with confidence that, despite rumors about new possible candidates for the chief Moscow police officers, the candidacy of the current “eternal acting” will again be proposed to the deputies for approval.

As part of the investigation into the “Gusinsky case,” the Prosecutor General’s Office yesterday continued a search in the accounting department of the Media-Most holding company on Bolotnikovskaya Street in Moscow. Last Friday, searches and seizures of documents took place at the same address - in the accounting and personnel departments of Media-Most.

The Prosecutor General became the object of a presidential audit Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov will have to explain himself about his housing. Vladimir Putin yesterday instructed the Main Control Directorate to check the circumstances surrounding Mr. Ustinov’s receipt of a Moscow apartment. In fact, presidential controllers will have to study the facts published by NTV. Mr.

Yesterday, President of the Russian Olympic Committee Vitaly Smirnov, in the presence of media representatives, officially accepted the invitation extended to the Russian team to participate in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. “We are going to fight for first place. - said Mr. Smirnov.

Last Saturday in St. Petersburg, a brawl between local residents and representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora resulted in a real scandal. The incident occurred at about ten o'clock in the evening near house No. 70 on Babushkina Street. Two dozen young people suddenly attacked three Azerbaijanis standing near the cafe and began beating them. Passers-by called the police, but the patrol squad was late, and the instigators of the massacre managed to escape.

Owners of SNTK shares want dividends Several shareholders of a large Russian aircraft engine developer - the Samara Scientific and Technical Complex named after. N. Kuznetsova - went to court with a demand to invalidate the results of the meeting of shareholders of the enterprise, held last year. They want to achieve payment of dividends on SNTK preferred shares.

It has not yet been possible to take it away from businessmen The Zimbabwean government has made an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the country's acute financial crisis. For less than a day, an order was in effect obliging all commercial and credit organizations “up to special instructions” to sell all hard currency to the central bank or the state oil company.

George Bush launched military reform The US President is embarking on another campaign promise: military reform. "Wherever America has a military presence, our principles must be strong, our power must be unquestioned, and our intentions must not be questioned," the president said in his final radio address to the nation.

Employees of the Department for Economic Crimes of the Eastern District of the capital yesterday seized documents from the Moscow Capital Bank. Detectives believe that the bank's management may be involved in a scam involving funds allocated by the Moscow government for the construction of a large sports and fitness complex.