Deputies intend to adjust the anti-money laundering law The State Duma is preparing for the second reading of a bill amending the law “On combating legalization of proceeds from crime.” Deputies express concern that these amendments proposed by the president will become a brake on business development.

Pall Mall asks artists to go smoke-free Anyone can offend an artist. But there are few who want to support, especially the young and modest. Therefore, the initiative of the tobacco brand Pall Mall, which has been organizing a competition for young artists for the second year now, cannot but be welcomed. Moreover, at the same time there was also a small attraction, and residents of six Russian cities could observe a rare phenomenon - artistic creativity in front of an astonished public.

One of the main characters in the scandalous Aeroflot case, former deputy general director of the airline Nikolai Glushkov, yesterday refused the services of his lawyer Dmitry Yakubovsky at the trial taking place in the Savyolovsky Court in Moscow. He explained this decision by the desire not to delay the hearings (all defendants in the case remain under arrest), since Mr. Yakubovsky was unable to appear at the trial due to his busy schedule.

The government is thinking about the "citizen" The growth rate of production in the military-industrial complex (DIC) decreased in 2002 to 4.5%. Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov doesn't like it. He informed his cabinet colleagues about this at yesterday’s government meeting, which considered the progress of the program to reform the defense industry. Mr. Kasyanov mentioned that just a year or two ago, growth in this area of ​​industry ranged from 25 to 30%.

Not a single charge has yet been brought as part of the investigation of criminal cases initiated regarding the circumstances of the privatization of the Severnaya Verf Shipyard. This was announced yesterday by St. Petersburg prosecutor Ivan Sydoruk. The prosecutor's office opened several criminal cases against Severnaya Verf on July 1 - all of them relate to events ten years ago and are related to abuses committed in the early 90s during the corporatization of the plant.

The Russian national team received two silver and one bronze medals on the second day of the European Fencing Championship, which is taking place these days in Moscow at SC CSKA. In the men's fight for gold between epee fencers Gabor Bosko (Hungary) and Russian Pavel Kolobkov, the time of the fight expired with the score 10:10. The match was continued to determine the winner. The “golden thrust” was delivered by the Hungarian fencer Gabor Bosko. Pavel Kolobkov won a silver medal.

Three months later, the opposition demands a review of the election result In Budapest, the capital of calm and rather boring Hungary, clashes broke out yesterday.

Residents of large cities are offered a week-long outdoor recreation This coming weekend, all residents of large cities in the central regions of Russia are strongly advised to leave their places of registration. Or simply put, get away from city concrete and asphalt. Forecasters warned of hot and dry weather that will persist here for the next five to seven days.

The Ministry of Justice of Moldova threatened to suspend the activities of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CDPP) if it does not stop holding protests against the “Russification of the country.” The rallies, which began after the decision of the Ministry of Education to introduce the teaching of the Russian language into the curriculum of secondary schools, quickly acquired a political overtones and now, along with language slogans, “Down with the communist government” appeared,

Chechen militants are ready to leave Georgia By mid-July, Chechen fighters must leave the Pankisi Gorge and enter Russia. “This is real information - groups of Chechens numbering from 20 to 40 people are setting up tent camps in the mountains and preparing to leave,” Avtandil Turkiashvili, the police chief of the Akhmeta region, where the gorge is located, told the Vremya Novostei newspaper.

Krasnoyarsk residents may simply not go to the polls The number of candidates for governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory continues to increase. Yesterday, the 25th candidate, Alexander Arkhipov, master of industrial training at Lyceum No. 31 in Krasnoyarsk, notified the election commission of his intention to run for the post of head of this region. This man is 43 years old. He is participating in elections for the first time.

A new world achievement in water polo performance has been established in Portugal. At the European Junior Championships taking place here, the Dutch team beat their Swiss counterparts with a fantastic score of 43:1. The previous achievement belonged to the Turkish youth team, which a year ago defeated the Lithuanians at the continental championship - 37:0. Let us remember that according to the classical rules, a water polo match lasts four periods of seven minutes.

Croatian shooting guard Gordan Giricek, who became CSKA's most productive player last season, is going to sign a contract with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. Giricek’s agreement with CSKA is valid for another year, but the document contains a clause according to which, in the event of a transfer to the NBA team, the army club is obliged to release the Croatian. Today Gordhan flies to America to sign a new contract with Memphis. Ilya TRISVIATSKY

A criminal case has been opened against Swiss air traffic controllers German rescuers yesterday completed a search operation in the area of ​​Lake Constance, in the sky above which a Russian passenger plane Tu-154 of Bashkir Airlines and a cargo Boeing 757 of DHL collided on Tuesday night. As police representatives stated, they managed to find the remains of all the victims of the tragedy (71 people died in the disaster, 52 of them were children).

The Ural plenipotentiary is not destined to have his own residence It has already been three years since Presidential Envoy Pyotr Latyshev arrived in the Urals, but during this time he has not been able to arrange a permanent job for himself.