Valery Gazzaev decided on only three details The Russian national team began preparing for the next match of the qualifying round for the 2004 European Championship. Gazzaev's team will have a meeting with the leader of our group - Switzerland. Just a couple of months ago, the Russian team was considered the undisputed favorite in the fight for first place in the group. But now a defeat from the Swiss will put an end to all hopes of making it to the continental championship.

Aeroflot detained someone else's plane Yesterday, bailiffs arrested in Sheremetyevo and handed over “for safekeeping” a medium-range passenger aircraft Tu-204-100, leased from the Kavminvodyavia airline, a source in aviation circles told INTERFAX. According to him, the actions of the bailiffs were caused by the need to execute a court decision to collect a debt from the Perm corporation Avialeasing, which owns the aircraft, in favor of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines.

The Belarusian government intends to push foreign beer out of the market On Tuesday, a program for the development of the brewing industry in Belarus was approved. It is expected that in the near future the state will transfer its stakes in three Belarusian breweries into trust management for banks. The goal of this program is to modernize the beer industry, thanks to which Belarus intends to oust foreign competitors, namely Russian and Ukrainian companies, from the market.

The oldest emigrant newspaper wants to become the leading publication for the diaspora One of the most famous Russian-language foreign publications, the weekly newspaper “Russian Thought” has found new owners. Although the deal was finalized at the end of last year, this became known only recently.

Information for the “narrow circle” End. Start on page 1 In addition, several months ago it was known that on June 16 in Vienna, at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Supervisory Governors, a report on the inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities would be presented, which should confirm or refute suspicions that Tehran is preparing to create WMD. The likelihood that the verdict will not be in favor of Tehran seems very high to Russian experts.

US unfreezes funding for chemical weapons destruction Yesterday, US President George W. Bush ordered the unfreezing of funding for the destruction of chemical weapons in Russia. $416 million will now be spent on the construction of a plant for the destruction of toxic substances in the village of Shchuchye, Kurgan region, where it is planned to dispose of about 2 million artillery shells and Scud tactical missile warheads filled with toxic substances.

France is on strike again You won't be able to get to Paris again. It is no less difficult to move around in a city drenched in dull autumn rain. Public transport barely works, because there is another strike in the Fifth Republic. And all because of the same reform of the pension system, which the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin is pushing with bulldozer tenacity. Yesterday morning, traffic jams stretched for 150 kilometers on the approaches to Paris.

Yesterday, rumors spread in Tatarstan about the mysterious disappearance of one of the leaders of the Kama Automobile Plant - deputy general director of KamAZ OJSC and head of KamAZ-Metallurgy, Victor Faber. As it turned out, on the morning of May 27, he left Naberezhnye Chelny in his car on a business trip to Kazan, and since then nothing has been known about the businessman.

Digestive performance in French “My car is like a person,” says Belgian performance maestro Wim Delvoye, a muralist well known for his unconventional creations. The new unit, with which Mr. Delvoye intends to surprise the world, is called by its creator “Cloaca” and consists of transparent pipes, flasks and containers with acid. The device completely reproduces the human gastrointestinal system. “Cloaca” eats, like a person, three times a day, and consumes a lot of water.

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SARS, which is keeping Canada at bay, could disrupt the presentation of individual NHL awards. The ceremony is traditionally scheduled to take place on June 12 in Toronto, where thirty-two deaths due to SARS have recently been recorded. However, the leadership of the league, represented by its vice-president Frank Brown, still claims that there is no talk of postponing the event. But if the disease spreads, this issue will have to be revisited.

The State Duma postpones consideration of the law “On insurance of deposits in banks” Another attempt to introduce a bank deposit insurance system in Russia is failing - the State Duma Council yesterday postponed consideration of the bill of the same name until the fall on the initiative of the OVR faction and with the full support of the government.

On Friday, a board of the Ministry of Economic Development will be held on the topic “Federal target program “Electronic Russia (2002-2010)”: implementation results and main directions for the medium term,” and the first meeting of the interdepartmental commission coordinating the progress of the program is scheduled for mid-June.

President Signed the decree “On approval of the list of dual-use equipment and materials and related technologies used for nuclear purposes, subject to export control.” The decree is aimed at the effective implementation of the provisions of the federal law “On Export Control”.

New Russian artists feel at home in Germany When the gala reception given by the Düsseldorf magistrate on the occasion of the opening of an exhibition of contemporary Russian artists came to an end, and twilight thickened over the Rhineland city, when the daytime thirty-degree heat subsided and the coolness of the night blew, when the lights of cafes and pubs lit up welcomingly and comfortably, then on the square in front of Düsseldorf In the Kunsthalle one could observe a strange, enchanting