At their meeting on Tuesday, the presidents of the Russian Football Premier League clubs considered the issue of limiting the number of foreign players competing in our national championship. A wide variety of proposals were made, and it was not possible to reach a consensus. The working commissions of the RFU and RFPL were asked to develop their projects by the fall to limit the number of foreign football players.

President At the initiative of the American side, I had a telephone conversation with US President George W. Bush. In relation to the preparations for the upcoming Russian-American summit in September 2003, the heads of state discussed practical aspects of interaction in issues of non-proliferation, the settlement of regional conflicts, the fight against international terrorism, as well as bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic sphere.

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Railway workers were not ready for Kaliningrad transit The slowness of the Ministry of Railways in implementing the Russian-Lithuanian agreements on visa-free transit led to the fact that dozens of people were removed from Kaliningrad trains at the Kena border station.

French court protected Russian planes The Supreme Court of Appeal of the Parisian suburb of Bobigny yesterday announced a decision in the case of an attempt to arrest Russian fighters based on a claim by the Noga company at the Le Bourget aerospace show in 2001. The tribunal invalidated Noga's claim against the management of the Paris airport. The essence of the lawsuit was to accuse ten individuals and two French firms of deliberately obstructing the execution of legal orders.

The Russian “furniture business” ended up in the international “laundry” In the near future, Russian law enforcement agencies may finally become involved in the scandalous international investigation into money laundering through the Bank of New York.

Chelsea fans are looking for Chukotka on the map Governor of Chukotka Roman Abramovich bought a controlling stake in Chelsea Village Plc, which owns the Chelsea football club. The Russian oligarch paid 59.3 million pounds sterling ($98.5 million) for 50.09 percent of the shares. In addition, the businessman intends to pay off all the club’s debts, amounting to about $145 million. Roman Abramovich plans to become the sole owner of Chelsea by purchasing the remaining stake.

The debutant helped win the saber tournament At the ongoing European Championships in Bourges, France, Russian fencers won two more gold medals. Our saber fencers achieved success. In the men's individual championship, Stanislav Pozdnyakov defeated his teammate 19-year-old Alexey Yakimenko in the final, and in the women's team tournament, Elena Nechaeva, Natalya Makeeva, Sofia Velikaya and Irina Bazhenova rose to the highest step of the podium.

The officers of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, detained last week, finally found out what they were accused of.

The public sports channel is only available in Russia If in Russia the first specialized sports channels appeared only in the mid-90s, then in the West the history of such television broadcasting goes back several decades. So, by and large, our television companies did not have to invent anything: it was enough to correctly copy the European broadcasting scheme and adapt it to the Russian viewer.

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American court acquits Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch and three other US investment firms won a US lawsuit against investors who, on their advice, invested in risky technology stocks and lost their investments due to the subsequent collapse in the hi-tech stock market.

In recent years, before the creation of specialized channels, sports programs were not popular on Russian television. Bets were placed on Russian football, major competitions such as the Olympic Games and world championships. But with the advent of the federal sports channel, this market will be redivided. Channel One Sports have become a rare guest on Channel One. Even in the Vremya program there was no place for sports news.