Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian cannot forget his meeting with Vladimir Putin Today marks two years since the inauguration of Taiwan's new president, Chen Shui-bian, whose rise to power symbolized the end of half a century of Kuomintang rule. The beginning of his presidency was not easy - the economy began to decline, relations with mainland China worsened, and parliamentarians almost dismissed Chen Shui-bian.

Next up is Garzelli. A major doping scandal preceded Saturday's Giro stage. A doping test of four cyclists at once showed the presence of the substance NESP, which is classified as a drug that masks the use of erythro- and darbopoietin. Among those caught were the Russian Faata Zakirov and the Italian Stefano Garzelli, who was leading in the overall standings at that time.

The EU Agriculture Commission, according to the SovEcon center, decided to provide export subsidies in the amount of 5 and 4.99 euros/t for the export to third countries of 234 thousand tons of wheat and 32 thousand tons of barley, respectively. Subsidizing European exports will not only increase them, but also avoid large-scale purchases of grain for intervention funds in anticipation of the expected high harvest in the EU.

The supervisory board of the Russian diamond monopolist ALROSA approved dividends for 2001 in the amount of 3 thousand rubles per share. The annual meeting of shareholders, at which the decision on the payment of dividends will be made, will take place on June 29 in Mirny (Yakutia). At the end of 2000, ALROSA paid dividends in the amount of 2 thousand rubles. per share.

Anti-globalist Manu Chao played globally in “Gorbushka” Promoters and the press were preparing intensely for the arrival of “the first European superstar of the 21st century,” as Manu Chao is called in the West. The anti-globalist musician made such demands to the receiving party that just hold on.

He has no serious rivals left in junior welterweight Luckily for us, Saturday's fight ended without surprises in the ring of the Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas. Russian welterweight boxer Konstantin Tszyu, although he was unable to give the African Ben Takki a horizontal position, nevertheless won a convincing victory on points, retaining the title of absolute world champion. Bets before the fight were accepted at a ratio of 5 to 1 in favor of our boxer.

Thousands of passengers spent the weekend at airports A computer glitch at the air traffic control center in Swanwick, Hampshire, which controls much of the airspace over England and Wales, caused chaos at UK airports on Friday. Thousands of passengers gathered waiting for flights. British Airways was forced to cancel 87 flights, including several to Moscow.

Perestroika is being imposed on Arafat The Palestinians surprised the world with their thirst for democratic reforms in their autonomy. Permanent leader Yasser Arafat admitted for the first time that he made mistakes. The local parliament, which has scheduled elections for a new Palestinian president for early 2003, will prepare a draft change this week. The number of ministries will be reduced and a prime minister will appear. This is very unusual.

Russian judoka became four-time European champion The European Judo Championship, which takes place in the Slovenian city of Maribor with the participation of athletes from 41 countries, brought the Russian women's and men's teams only five medals out of a possible 16. It is quite difficult to explain such an inexpressive performance of both our teams, since with the exception of three weight categories out of eight for men and two for women, in all others two or more candidates were declared.

The Ministry of Property takes on increased obligations to fill the budget The Ministry of Property Relations intends to present the 2003 budget with a tidy sum of 100 billion rubles. For comparison: this year it is planned to earn about 64 billion rubles.

A hunt for foreigners has been announced in Azerbaijan Last week, the Azerbaijani parliament adopted in the second reading the draft law “On the protection and use of the Azerbaijani language.” The question is posed bluntly: someone who does not speak their native language cannot be considered a true Azerbaijani.

Leaders have embarrassed the party Exactly a month later, on June 18, the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will have to decide whether Gennady Seleznev should leave the post of Chairman of the State Duma. Neither ordinary communists nor their leaders have a common opinion on this. Moreover, any solution to the issue will entail consequences that are important not only for the Communist Party, but also for the entire political system of the country.

MUR employees yesterday found out almost all the circumstances of the scandalous robbery of a cash-in-transit vehicle that took place in Moscow on Friday evening. According to detectives, apprehending the two robbers who remain at large is a matter of days. The emergency occurred at about 10 pm, when a cash-in-transit vehicle stopped by the Dmitrovsky branch of the First Investment and Commercial Bank on Kostyakova Street to collect money.

The ministry believes this is a global problem Last Saturday, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov received a delegation from the Moscow diplomatic corps led by Swedish Ambassador Sven Hirdman. Diplomats are deeply concerned about the increasing number of attacks on foreigners by members of extremist racist groups. In particular, according to the Africana.ru server, at least seven brutal and unmotivated attacks on Africans occur every month in the Russian capital.

Belgorod has figured out how to get rid of imports of chicken and pork The governor of the Belgorod region, Evgeny Savchenko, promises to increase the production of poultry and pork in the Central Federal District (CFD) eightfold by 2005. To do this, he, together with the Institute of Agricultural Economics, prepared the concept of the Development Program for pig farming and poultry farming in the Central Federal District.