Train traffic on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro was interrupted yesterday morning. At 9.00, the driver discovered serious flooding of the tracks on the stretch between the Tsaritsyno and Kantemirovskaya stations. Traffic in this area was immediately stopped. Electric trains ran from Rechnoy Vokzal to Kashirskaya and from Orekhov to Krasnogvardeyskaya. The city authorities allocated several dozen buses to transport passengers.

The first “post-war” meeting of shareholders at Tagmet The annual meeting of shareholders was held at the Taganrog Metallurgical Plant (Tagmet) yesterday. There was no longer any reminder of the recent military actions carried out by its largest shareholders for the enterprise.

The Verkhovna Rada is ready to raise the issue of confidence in the head of government Yesterday, Ukrainian communists collected 150 deputy signatures in parliament, which are necessary in order to put to a vote in the Rada the issue of confidence in the government and the head of the cabinet, Viktor Yushchenko.

“Too Eastern” diplomacy has reached a dead end The news of the postponement of the Caspian Five summit from April 14-15 to the fall apparently came as a complete surprise to many participants in the difficult negotiation process to develop a new status for the Caspian Sea.

Biathletes become all-rounders The Russian Cup, which ended in Abzakovo, drew a line under the biathletes’ season and at the same time became a showcase of the closest reserve team. On April 24, the leadership of this winter sport will discuss the results of the season and name candidates for a trip to the Olympic Salt Lake City. The question is far from idle, because when choosing, it will be necessary to take into account all the trends of modern biathlon.

Time Code by Mike Figgis as part of British Film Week Englishman Mike Figgis ("Stormy Monday", "Leaving Las Vegas", "The Loss of Sexual Innocence") has always loved to take a simple, even elementary story and tell it in the most bizarre and unpredictable way. His Time Code (2000), God knows why called "Time Code" although it is a widely used professional term, takes the idea to its extreme expression: the screen is divided into four rectangles, each of which takes place independently.

14 Russians will play in the Australian Open at once The Australian Open started today in Melbourne. For Russian tennis players, the first of four Grand Slam tournaments in 2001 was unique in its own way. Never before has the representation of our compatriots in the main singles draws been so large: 14 people (six men and eight women), with Marat Safin seeded at the high second number.

Yesterday, representatives of left-wing patriotic forces discussed the presidential message to the Federal Assembly at the President Hotel, on the basis of which they decided to develop a common position regarding the presidential course. According to the leader of the Spiritual Heritage movement, Alexei Podberezkin, “the left-patriotic spectrum is fragmented.” Therefore, the main thing for Russian patriots, Mr.

The government wants to impose new taxes on environmental management The second part of the Tax Code is growing by leaps and bounds. Two more chapters are on the way - on customs duties and taxes on the use of natural resources. The parliamentary version of the chapter on customs duties was approved yesterday by the Duma subcommittee on tax legislation.

The Moscow region also wants to regulate the grain market The Moscow region seems to have decided to get ahead of the federal authorities in monopolizing the grain market. While the “big” Ministry of Agriculture and Food is only discussing the possibility of creating a single grain holding under the reliable wing of the state, the governor of the Moscow region signed a decree yesterday on the creation of such structures.

Four Russian tennis players will take part in the WTA tournament with a prize fund of 565 thousand dollars. On the courts of Amelia Island (USA), Anastasia Myskina, Nadezhda Petrova, Tatyana Panova and Elena Dementieva will compete for victory. Myskina and Petrova have already overcome the first barrier, having beaten Croatian Iva Majoli (6:3, 6:1) and Argentinean Mariana Diaz-Oliva (6:2, 6:4) in the first round, respectively.

Already the second prosecutor of Novocherkassk has been arrested for bribes On April 10, in Novocherkassk (Rostov region), city prosecutor Nikolai Voskresov was arrested. As the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported, he is charged with bribery and abuse of official position. A criminal case against Mr. Voskresov was opened on April 5, but the sanction for his arrest was signed by Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Vasily Kolmogorov only a few days later.

The authorities have worked out techniques to “wind up” public assemblies The Congress of Repressed Peoples, which was supposed to take place on April 17 in Ingushetia, has been postponed for a week. True, as the Vremya Novostey newspaper learned from informed sources, “from Vladimir Putin’s administration” they asked to postpone the congress to the fall of 2001.

The popularity of the Norwegian royal house is steadily declining. In early April, a poll was conducted in Oslo that showed that 51% of the population approved of the idea of ​​holding a referendum on the future of the monarchy. Just a couple of years ago, 98% of those applying declared their loyalty to the king. Last May, this figure fell to 71%, and now only 59% support the monarchical house.

In connection with the Easter holidays, on April 15-22, from 6.00 to 18.00, restrictions on the movement of vehicles will be introduced in Moscow. As reported in the press center of the Moscow City Hall, in the Central Administrative District the movement of cars on Dukhovsky Lane and Malaya Tulskaya Street will be prohibited, and traffic on Luzhnetsky Proezd will be closed.