Wrestling Federation is looking for money for girls Another six medals - two gold and four silver - were won by Russian freestyle wrestling masters at the European Championships in Budapest. The main sensation of the current tournament, according to many, was the performance of our teams.

Russia is restoring ties with Central Africa Yesterday, Hadji Omar Bongo, President of the Central African state of Gabon, came to Russia on an official visit. This is the first visit to Moscow of the 66-year-old veteran, who took the presidency back in 1967. By African standards, Gabon is a very prosperous state. GNP is $4.4 billion, exports are $2.5 billion, resulting in per capita income of $4,000.

Another cache of explosives belonging to the youth extremist organization “New Revolutionary Alternative” was found in Moscow last weekend by MUR officers. In April last year, operatives detained one of the NRA activists, the head of the organization’s technical department, 23-year-old Andrei Sokolov. A revolver was found in his possession, and during a search of the house, the police found explosives and brochures on subversive matters.

The bandits, who imposed tribute on the traders of the capital's largest shopping complex, were neutralized the other day during a joint operation by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Economic Crimes (GUBEP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Economic Crimes of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate. Some time ago, operatives learned that Luzhniki businessmen were subject to a large tribute.

The Opera de Paris ballet was brought to Moscow for the weekend There wasn't a full house. The first gala concert “Stars of the Opera de Paris” in the Kremlin, which coincided with the opening of the Theater Olympics, was held in a half-empty hall. Tickets costing from two hundred to seven and a half thousand rubles were sold freely, and no one stormed the Kremlin checkpoint, usually besieged by a crowd of balletomanes. What a contrast with the Paris Opera tour ten years ago.

A strong fire started yesterday at about 21.00 in the center of Moscow in a building on Bolshaya Lubyanka, 21, which is occupied by a number of units of the Russian FSB. As it turned out, the sauna, located in the basement of the house, caught fire. Several fire crews were brought to the scene, but the results of their actions were immediately classified.

Henrietta Yanovskaya staged Agatha Christie at the Youth Theater The main thing in Tyuz's latest premiere, of course, is the location, for there is no country in Europe that forces Russians to reproduce the national flavor with greater meticulousness than England.

The Russian youth team (under 18 years old) won the World Hockey Championship held in Finland. In five of the six matches of the tournament, the Russians celebrated victory, losing only once to the Swedes in a meaningless group match. And the best scorer of the World Cup was forward of the Russian national team Ilya Kovalchuk.

The Ministry of Defense, Interros and OMZ are fighting for an order to repair Algerian corvettes Until the fall of 2001, in accordance with the agreement concluded between Russia and Algeria in the mid-90s, two Algerian warships - built in Soviet times at the St. Petersburg Almaz plant - should arrive at one of the Russian ship repair yards for repair and complete modernization. Project 1234E corvettes. Three St. Petersburg shipyards can bid for the order, which is estimated at $100 million.

The World Bank is preparing new loans for Russia World Bank Country Director for Russia Julian Schweitzer said yesterday in Moscow that the Bank's project performance continues to improve. Based on the results of a six-month review of the project portfolio, 80% of them have a satisfactory performance rating. The last time such indicators were achieved was before the 1998 crisis.

The idea of ​​the Duma redistribution did not inspire the “alliance of four” All summer the Unity party and the Fatherland movement will be preparing for unification. The plan for future work will be discussed by the coordination council of the two organizations, which will meet for its first meeting on April 26. Yesterday, the “bears” and “compatriots” met separately: the political councils of both organizations nominated eight representatives - members of the unification council.

The presidents of Sibal and Sibur, Oleg Deripaska and Yakov Goldovsky, signed an agreement on long-term cooperation in the field of mechanical engineering. According to a joint press release from the companies, Sibur “becomes a strategic partner and supplier of products” for the automotive enterprises controlled by Sibal. Sibur includes the Yaroslavl and Omsk tire factories; in addition, the holding's enterprises produce rubber and polypropylene products.

Putin and Rakhmonov are not afraid of the Taliban The two-day working visit of the President of Tajikistan to Moscow took place in a very warm but modest atmosphere - minimal communication with the press, maximum communication with the President of Russia. It was absolutely private and took place during leisurely walks along the alleys of the Ogarevo country residence, where Vladimir Putin received Emomali Rakhmonov on Sunday evening.

Last year, cellular experts were concerned that the number of its subscribers around the world was not growing as quickly as planned. The investment turned out to be far from being as profitable as investors expected. Some of the world's telecommunications giants have announced curtailment of production plans and staff reductions. President of VimpelCom JSC (Bee Line network) Joe Lunder believes that all this does not concern Russia.

Yesterday, Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the masters of world directing who came to Moscow on the occasion of the III Theater Olympiad. During the protocol meeting, Kirill Lavrov raised not a protocol, but a very pressing issue about tax benefits for patrons of the arts. The president promised to look into it and said that the most important of all arts for us is theater, since it was it that prepared the country’s breakthrough to a “democratic free society.” "TIME FOR NEWS"