The Ministry of the Federation does not divide refugees into friends and foes Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Oleg Mironov met yesterday at the Moscow office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees with representatives of refugee communities from foreign countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Congo and others.

The traditional Federation Cup football tournament among civil servants of the Russian regions, organized with the support of the Alliance Sports Club under the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the trade union organization of the Russian Presidential Administration, the Government Office and the Presidential Administration, the Rosich sports club and the AVM-Sport company, has ended. The general sponsor of the competition was Vnesheconombank, and the sponsors were Korn and Co.

OPEC intends to cut production again The International Energy Agency published a report yesterday predicting a drop in oil demand due to high oil prices and a general slowdown in the global economy. In an attempt to keep prices at current levels, OPEC intends to cut production for the second time this year. The decision is expected to be made tomorrow in Vienna at a summit of the largest oil exporting countries and will come into force on April 1.

Granddaughter of Yitzhak Rabin insulted in Germany It was supposed to be an ordinary charity party in the Munich restaurant Y Julieta. Its organizers from the local Jewish community, long before the event scheduled for last Sunday, agreed on everything with the owner of the establishment and sent out invitations to 150 guests. The main guest was to be Noa Ben Artzi, the granddaughter of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Regions ordered to share land revenues The sale of land lease rights, as well as state-owned land plots themselves, will begin from this year to bring income not only to local budgets, but also to the federal one. This will happen thanks to the presidential decree “On the distribution of funds received from the sale of state-owned land plots or the right to lease them to citizens and legal entities” (No. 262 of 03/05/2001).

On June 15, the world tour of the British pop group Depeche Mode will begin in Montreal. Members of the famous trio announced this on Tuesday at a press conference in Hamburg. Exciter Tour - under this name there will be concerts in 25 countries around the world, the group’s first long tour in the last three years. Its program will include compositions from the new album Exciter (Mute/Reprise) and “classic” songs from past albums.

It turns out that Belarus lives according to the precepts of the IMF The World Bank is developing a new strategy for cooperation with Belarus and is ready to provide the republic with a loan of $200-300 million in 2002-2004. This was stated yesterday by the director of the Belarus and Ukraine department of the World Bank, Luca Barbone. The money will be used to finance social programs, including those aimed at eliminating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The President of Azerbaijan addresses the brotherly people Heydar Aliyev is seriously considering the possibility of restoring the integrity of the state by military means and returning 20% ​​of the country's territory occupied by Armenian armed forces. This is the essence of most of the comments that appeared on the feeds of world agencies after the Tuesday speech of the President of Azerbaijan at a meeting of the Turkish National Assembly. Mr.

Galatasaray fans beaten by French fans When a football match takes place at the Parc des Princes stadium, even the uncompromising Parisian police turn a blind eye to the cars parked in unimaginable disorder.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder promised to help Russia if debt problems threaten its economy in the future. We are talking about 2003-2004, which marked the peak of payments on the obligations of the USSR and Russia. In a conversation with Russian media executives on Wednesday, responding to a question from the Vremya Novostey newspaper, Mr.

Moscow City Duma deputies agreed on payment rates for heating and hot water supply. The resolution determines that from April 1, 2001, citizens who have the only housing and are registered in it will pay 2 rubles. 60 kopecks per square meter of total area. Those who have more than one living space will transfer 5 rubles monthly. 40 kopecks per sq. meter. Using hot water will now cost 47 rubles. 60 kopecks per person. "TIME FOR NEWS"

An armored personnel carrier was seized by employees of the North Caucasus Regional Organized Crime Control Department from a resident of the high-mountain village of Fiagdon in North Ossetia. The combat vehicle was simply standing near a private house. Detectives note that the BTR-60 was in good condition. It had a heavy machine gun with ammunition and a walkie-talkie. A criminal case has been initiated against the owner of the armored personnel carrier.

The government intends to leave the Duma without privatization Today, at a government meeting, amendments to the current privatization law will be considered. The seemingly modest issue was in fact the subject of a serious intra-governmental conflict and may well provoke a new scandal in relations between the White House and the Duma. We are actually talking about a fundamental change in privatization legislation.

Milk producers are invited to form a holding company There is little milk in Russia. At least domestic cows are underperforming. The shortage is made up by importing milk powder, which does not make Russian producers and processors very happy.

For several days now, the city of Kachkanar in the Sverdlovsk region has been engulfed in a dysentery epidemic. Since the beginning of March, 132 people have been hospitalized in local hospitals, and there is a danger that, despite emergency measures, the number of patients will rise. Three milkmaids from a suburban dairy farm were responsible for the spread of a severe infectious disease.