The Shanghai Six are not dead, but they are dying Even more than Moscow, the new military-political situation in Central Asia worries Beijing, because China has very difficult relations with the United States.

Russian woman sets a world record At a competition in Stuttgart, Svetlana Feofanova updated the world record in pole vaulting indoors, clearing a height of 4 m 71 cm. Now the organizers of the largest international competition in our country, “Russian Winter,” can only bite their elbows - they did not include this event in the competition program .

Our Asian allies are confident of this Russian leaders have repeatedly emphasized that only the leadership of these sovereign countries has the right to give permission for the deployment of American military personnel in the countries of Central Asia. However, in Bishkek, Tashkent, and Dushanbe, the decision to become a military ally of the United States was made only if they were absolutely sure that it would not cause public or hidden irritation in Moscow.

This is the second helicopter lost in recent times by federal forces in Chechnya. On January 27, an Mi-8 carrying senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed in the vicinity of the village of Shelkovskaya. And on Sunday, not far from Grozny, a Mi-24 fire support helicopter belonging to the “Border” operational group of the North Caucasus regional border service department disappeared.

The Olympic Committee asks to postpone the competition using the “sixth button” The leadership of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) considers it expedient to postpone the competition for the right to broadcast on the frequency previously owned by the TV-6 channel.

The political crisis in Moldova is worsening. The decision of the communist authorities to introduce compulsory Russian language lessons in schools caused sharp rejection by the national democratic opposition (the Christian Democratic People's Party, the successor of the Popular Front), which went to demonstrations with calls “Down with the communist government and the colonial policy of Russia.” In response, the authorities suspended the activities of the Christian Democratic Party.

Nikolai Karachentsov played Nikolai Rezanov for the eight hundredth time In order to make a popular musical, you need a well-trained troupe, a suitable plot, a couple of stars and several hits. In order to make a musical in the USSR in the early 80s, it also took the exceptional entrepreneurial spirit of Mark Zakharov.

The first group of rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Dagestan managed yesterday to make their way to the parking lot of passengers of five cars blocked by snow avalanches that came down from the mountains of the Umbetovsky region of the republic. 24 local residents were trapped in the snow at the Kharib Pass in the middle of last week, but were only able to report their misfortune to the mainland over the weekend.

The most fashionable furniture is made of aluminum In recent years, hi-tec style furniture has become increasingly popular. Light, transparent, almost invisible modular systems made of aluminum, wood and plastic, low elegant tables, ergonomic dressing rooms, simple-shaped beds - these are the basis of the collections of factories producing stylish residential furniture. This is furniture that combines perfectly with each other and can perfectly complement any other.

But Russian aviators carefully hide their interest in Bulgaria The Russian airline has announced its intention to buy a controlling stake in the Bulgarian air carrier Balkan Airlines, which has been under external control since March last year, Balkan spokesman Viktor Melamed told Reuters in Sofia yesterday. He refused to name the possible buyer, saying only that the Russian company was the only foreign bidder for Balkan shares. Last week, Mr.

Argentina cancels the double exchange rate of the peso and unfreezes deposits The Argentine government has decided to abandon the dual exchange rate of the national currency, the peso, introduced on January 6 of this year. Instead of a fixed and floating rate, only floating will remain. In addition, all dollar deposits and loans of Argentines will be converted into pesos.

A continuation of the story related to the reconstruction of the Mariinsky Theater will soon follow. Tomorrow, February 6, a discussion of the project by American architect Eric Moss with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is scheduled. Our correspondent Sergei KHACHATUROV asked the director of the International Architectural Studio at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Semyon MIKHAILOVSKY, to assess the situation with the reconstruction project on the eve of its “highest” assessment.

Ice and snow sculpture festivals were held in many European countries; fortunately, nature this December provided craftsmen with an abundance of building materials. True, nature itself in January contributed to the rapid parting of the audience with the melting art. But some of what was melted was remembered, and not only from the works of recognized sculptors - for example, this “amateur performance on the hood.” "TIME FOR NEWS"

Hearings in the criminal case of a mass pogrom at the capital's Yasenevo market, perpetrated by youth extremist groups on April 21 last year, began yesterday in the Moscow City Court. The court did not have time to immediately move on to examining the essence of the charges - the defendants' lawyers filed a motion to disqualify the entire court.

The Eastern port began transshipment of mineral fertilizers Russia's largest complex for transshipment of mineral fertilizers was opened yesterday on the territory of Vostochny Port OJSC in the Primorsky Territory. The terminal, the construction of which cost $3 million, is capable of transshipping up to 2.5 million tons of fertilizers annually. Thus, the enterprise’s cargo turnover should increase by approximately 20% already this year.