Hockey. Russian Championship. Playoffs. 1/2 finals. “Avangard” – “Ak Bars” – 3:0 (series score 2:2). Omsk Avangard managed to win the second match on their site, leveling the series score. The hosts managed to realize a numerical majority three times without allowing a single goal into their own goal. The real hero of the match was Maxim Sushinsky, who scored two successful shots.

The Nanterre killer completed his plan Richard Durne, who killed eight deputies and wounded 19 others in the municipality of Nanterre, committed suicide. It is amazing that the 33-year-old killer took his own life directly during the interrogation, conducted in the famous building of the Criminal Brigade of Paris on the Quai d'Orfevre (Commissar Maigret from Simenon's novels worked there).

Deputies did not like tolling Early next week, the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes will discuss amendments to the Tax Code. Initially, it was assumed that all of them (the bill contains more than 100 pages) would be of a “technical” nature and fill the gaps that were identified after the adoption of the code. However, as it turned out, among the amendments there is one that can seriously change the rules of the game for many Russian industries.

The Russian youth football team returned from Portugal, where they played two friendly matches with the national team of this country. The first match ended in a draw - 2:2 (our team scored against Vladimir Bystrov and Alexander Kondrashev), and in the second match the Russians won - 2:0 (Sergei Ovchinnikov, Nikolai Abramov). Before leaving for Lisbon, the coaching staff of the Russian team faced personnel problems.

Vladimir Chentsov, general director of the Vladivostok company Regils, which supplies timber abroad, was killed on the morning of Thursday, March 28, near his home. The 45-year-old businessman was shot dead with five shots at point-blank range from a TT pistol. This happened when he was getting into a company car for a trip to a company-owned warehouse. Chentsov's personal driver, who was in the car, witnessed the murder.

Faced with the threat of the Fourth International Month of Photography in Moscow today (“Photobiennale 2002”), some experience sacred trepidation, others experience extreme irritation. You can understand both. First, the arguments of those who are pro. The festival is unique, the material is exclusive, the status is prestigious European.

Europe and Russia together took offense at America The St. Petersburg Interparliamentary Forum on Combating Terrorism concluded its work yesterday, sending a “friendly, soft response from the United States.” This is exactly what PACE Chairman Peter Schieder called the final declaration of the congress.

Handel's operas on stages in Hamburg and Hannover Two North German cities are connected with Handel in the most direct way: in free Hamburg he made his debut as an opera composer, in neighboring Hanover he briefly served with the Elector, receiving a huge salary for those times. This, however, does not mean that Handel is revered here.

A Yak-40 passenger plane, carrying 23 passengers and 4 crew members, made an emergency landing in Yakutia yesterday morning. The airliner was supposed to fly from Yakutsk airport to the village of Deputatsk, but immediately after takeoff the crew discovered that the front landing gear had not been retracted.

In addition to the Russian team, 24 more participants in the world championship played friendly matches on Wednesday. Including Russia’s rivals in Group “H”. Belgium. The Belgian team chose the Greek national team as their opponents. And at first, the guests felt quite at home in the city of Patras. The top scorer of the Belgian Championship, Sonck, especially stood out on the field: he had an assist and a goal to his name.

Prosecutors resumed the “furniture case” The Prosecutor General's Office yesterday resumed a high-profile investigation into the smuggling of huge quantities of furniture sold in the Grand and Three Whales shopping centers to Russia by the League Mars company. According to the official version, this is due to investigators obtaining new data. Although, obviously, this can also be regarded as a turn in the long-standing conflict between the “security” departments.

The maniac respected only decent women A serial killer suspected of killing at least 20 women was neutralized by officers of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Krasnodar Territory. As it turned out, he was detained in early March, however, there is still no complete clarity in this whole story. On the one hand, the accused - 32-year-old Krasnodar resident Tofik Aroyan - is very reluctant to answer interrogations and confessed to only 12 attacks.

For the first time in the post-Soviet history of Russian basketball, our men's club achieved the right to compete in the finals of the European club tournament. “Lokomotiv” from Mineralnye Vody, having defeated the Greek team “Maroussi” on their site - 75:67, will now fight with the French “Nancy” in the decisive matches for the Korac Cup. In the first semi-final game away, Lokomotiv lost to the Greeks with a difference of 5 points - 86:91.

With the end of the heating season in the Far East, they began not only preparations for the next winter, but also an investigation into financial abuses during the last winter. Law enforcement agencies of several regions at once opened criminal cases on the facts of abuses in the public utilities sector. In most cases, part of the budget money that was allocated for the purchase of fuel and equipment for municipal boiler houses was embezzled by fraudsters.

An investment banker's view of possible developments The upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine are just the beginning of a transition period from post-Soviet stagnation to development. What kind of development will depend on this vote and on the subsequent steps of Ukrainians leading to the 2004 presidential elections. The Ukrainian elite understands this very well. Whether voters understand will become clear on Monday.