For the Chinese, Sergei Ivanov will now have a “second face” On Wednesday, talks took place in Moscow between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and his Chinese counterpart, Colonel General Chi Haotian. The substantive part of the consultations traditionally took place behind tightly closed doors: Moscow and Beijing always sacredly maintain the secrecy of their contacts in the military field.

Multiple world and European champion in ice dancing Anzhelika Krylova, who performed in a duet with Oleg Ovsyannikov, ended her career in amateur sports without saying the last word. The reason for this was a serious back injury received several years ago. The doctors did not hide the fact that if the figure skater remained in the big sport, then one careless movement would lead to paralysis.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. 2nd round. “Colorado” – “San Jose” – 1:0 (series score 4:3). Colorado advanced to the Western Conference finals thanks to a puck from Peter Forsberg, who managed to get past San Jose goalkeeper Evgeni Nabokov in the second period. His counterpart, Colorado goalkeeper Patrick Roy, also performed above all praise.

Argentina makes concessions The IMF achieved the first success in its policy of arm-twisting Buenos Aires: the Argentine Senate adopted amendments to the bankruptcy law. This was one of the Fund's main conditions for helping Argentina's sinking economy. President Eduardo Duhalde and Chief of Cabinet Alfredo Atanasof hastily signed the necessary documents directly at the airport, before flying to Madrid for the EU-Latin America summit.

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In Moscow, the time has come not only to build, but also to repair Officials of the Moscow construction complex this week summed up the results of work for the first quarter. Touched by their own success and not scolded by the mayor, as is usually the case, they vied with each other to thank the mayor for this. But the epoch-making decisions of the Moscow government, announced by the mayor at the city’s economic meeting held on Wednesday, became a cold shower.

“Photography itself” came to the Photobiennale The latest exhibition opened as part of the Moscow Photobiennale - photographs of the legendary Japanese master Nobuyoshi Araki. In Japan, he is considered a revolutionary - he was the first to start shooting nudes. In the Land of the Rising Sun, where there is censorship even at development points, this was courage. The first exhibition was held in 1965, and since then Araki's fame has grown like a snowball.

Budanov's trial may stall again Yesterday in Rostov-on-Don, hearings continued in the case of Colonel Yuri Budanov, accused of murdering 17-year-old Chechen Elza Kungaeva. However, the process, which has barely begun after an almost year-long break, can again be interrupted for an indefinite period. Elsa's parents notified the court of their intention to change lawyers.

Russia and OPEC treat their promises differently The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is not fulfilling its commitments made in December last year to reduce oil production by 1.5 million barrels per day. At the end of April, the quota of ten OPEC countries, established on January 1, 2002, was exceeded by 1.2 million barrels per day.

An entire village was almost completely burned out on Thursday night in the Irkutsk region due to a forest fire. According to preliminary data, the night before the children of residents of the village of Borovoe lit a small fire at the edge of the forest. Suddenly, the fire spread to a dry tree lying nearby, after which the teenagers, frightened, ran away and did not tell anyone anything about what had happened.

A morally stable president is surrounded by bribe takers even at home Little children are little troubles, grown-up children are big troubles. South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's youngest son Kim Hong-gul caused trouble on a very large scale. Yesterday, investigators from the Prosecutor General's Office began interrogating 38-year-old Kim, who was specially summoned from Los Angeles, where he had lived for the past ten years.

The Kavkaz Center news agency, the main mouthpiece of the Chechen separatists, reported yesterday that a Sharia court sentenced three pilots of a Russian Mi-24 helicopter to execution for allegedly being captured by the Chechen field commander Abu Al-Walid.

In addition to diamonds, oil and gas were also found here. YUKOS will acquire a 25% stake in Sakhaneftegaz, which has significant oil and gas reserves in Yakutia and is a virtual monopoly in this republic thanks to the support of the local government. This week, the Federal Securities Commission registered a prospectus for a new issue of shares of Sakhaneftegaz OJSC, the placement of which will increase the company's capital by more than 80% - from 13.3 million to 24.2 million rubles.

Industrial Construction Bank (PSB, St. Petersburg) has postponed the issue of Eurobonds to 2003, said the first deputy chairman of the bank's board, Mikhail Oseevsky. According to him, it makes sense to raise funds by placing Eurobonds in the amount of at least $100 million, but so far the bank and its clients do not have such needs. Previously, PSB management announced plans to issue Eurobonds worth up to $100 million this fall.

But don't pay The US military aid program for Georgia, called Train and Equip, has encountered its first difficulties. As Otar Shalikashvili, the adviser to the US Secretary of Defense on Georgian issues (brother of the famous military leader John Shalikashvili), said, the Georgian side must fulfill its obligations, otherwise the US will simply suspend the program.