The advanced group of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations must today carry out President Putin’s instructions to deliver a convoy with humanitarian aid to the Palestinian city of Jenin. If the operation is successful, in early May a combined detachment from Mr. Shoigu’s department will be sent to the territory of the Palestinian Authority to provide medical and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians and clear roads.

Putin left filmmakers to figure it out on their own Yesterday, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation was supposed to hold a joint press conference between the presidents of the Nika Film Academy, Eldar Ryazanov, and the National Film Academy, Vladimir Naumov, at which Mikhail Shvydkoy promised to reconcile both organizations. However, the planned meeting did not take place due to the illness of Vladimir Naumov.

Even when injured, David Beckham does not leave the front pages of football publications. The England and Manchester United midfielder, who broke his leg in the Champions League quarter-final match against Deportivo, leads a more than active life. This week, the editors of the popular women's magazine Marie Claire announced that Beckham will become the first man whose image will grace the cover of the publication. A little later, a British football player was involved in a car accident.

This season, perfumers decided that humanity is starting to get tired of high-tech, artificial smells, and an abundance of metal and plastic. People are drawn to nature, natural materials and smells that carry the charge of nature and the well-being of nature. All perfume houses as one this spring gave preference to clean green scents, which will help you feel light and airy even in large noisy and polluted cities.

The Senate doesn't like parties The Federation Council is against regional elections being held using a proportional-majority system. The Upper House yesterday rejected an amendment to the law on the general principles of organizing power in the constituent entities of the federation, which ordered all regions to elect legislative assemblies like the State Duma: half of the deputy seats should be up for grabs between political parties, the other half between single candidates.

Valentina Matvienko recommends governors to be more economical Delays in paying salaries to public sector employees may lead to the need for budget adjustments, Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko said yesterday in the Federation Council.

The Russians went to the world championship Yesterday at 18:00 the Russian team flew to Sweden, where the World Championship starts on April 26. Only on the day of departure did the coaching staff, led by Boris Mikhailov, finally decide on the composition. Spartak's Sergei Zinoviev, Ufa's Konstantin Gorovikov and Dynamo's Alexander Savchenkov remained at home. On Tuesday evening, Moscow army soldier Alexander Drozdetsky left the base in Novogorsk.

The oil company LUKOIL, which discovered gigantic oil deposits in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, now estimated at 3.3 billion barrels (450 million tons), is ready to attract large Western oil companies to their development. “During the crisis of low oil prices, when all Western companies curtailed projects in Russia, we ourselves, with our own money, carried out exploration in the region, which gave excellent results,” LUKOIL Vice President Leonid Fedun told reporters.

The Moscow Garrison Military Court has completed the trial of the criminal case of the former chief financier of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel General Georgy Oleynik. Yesterday the court heard the defendant's last word and scheduled the announcement of the verdict for April 29. Mr. Oleinik is accused of exceeding his authority by signing payment orders in 1996-1997 to transfer a total of $450 million to Ukraine, allocated by the Ministry of Finance to the military department.

"Art Moscow" 2002: parade of provincials The VI International Art Fair “Art-Moscow” presented its first surprises even before its official opening. At the press conference, the director of the Expo Park company, Vasily Bychkov, announced two news: one encouraging, the other sad. The joy is that the current “Art Moscow” is the largest in terms of the number of participants. 29 galleries arrived, eight of them foreign.

India has joined the ranks of countries that intend to bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. This was stated by the country's Sports Minister Uma Bharti, who noted that India was inspired to take this step by the example of Beijing, which received the 2008 Olympics. In addition to Delhi, 26 applicants have already declared their claims to host the Olympic Games, including Paris, Moscow, London, Berlin, Madrid, Istanbul, as well as eight US cities. Even Iraq wants to invite the 2012 Olympics.

The deputy found supporters in the camp of enemies Viktor Paliy, the former head of OJSC Nizhnevartovskneftegaz, and now a deputy of the Tyumen Regional Duma, continues to fight with his old enemies - the owners of the Tyumen Oil Company (TNK), who fired him in scandal in 1997. It is to Mr. Paliy that TNK attributes the initiative to the strike of oil workers in the city of Nizhnevartovsk, working at one of the largest oil fields in Western Siberia - Samotlor.

In Brussels, Mikhail Kasyanov made preparations for May Members of the Cabinet of Ministers are diligently preparing the presidential May. Mikhail Kasyanov yesterday worked in Brussels in the field of negotiations with the European Union on the eve of the EU-Russia summit, which will be held in Moscow on May 29. In the Belgian capital, Mr.

Tennis players are playing two ATP series tournaments this week. In Houston, the prize fund was 400 thousand dollars, and it was contested by all the strongest American tennis players, who are not yet in a hurry to exchange American clay for similar European surfaces. Only young Andy Roddick managed to attend the tournament in Monte Carlo, but after losing in the quarterfinals he crossed the ocean in the opposite direction.

Wimm-Bill-Dann will produce mineral water The largest Russian manufacturer of juices and dairy products, the company Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD), has officially announced its entry into the drinking water market. For this purpose, a plant in the Novgorod region will be completed in the fall. WBD is trying to catch up with the fastest-growing consumer market, which, however, is already divided between the main players.