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Firefighters and security guards have been replaced at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater The gathering of the troupe of the Moscow Musical Theater named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko last Friday took place on the premises of the Molodezhny Theater - because the Musical's own building is now being dismantled by builders.

The militants marked the end of last week in Chechnya with another series of major acts of sabotage. In just three days, the losses of the federal forces amounted to at least seven people killed and about two dozen wounded. In addition, the separatists destroyed several pieces of military equipment.

US lawyers are abandoning one of their tenets - client confidentiality. Late last week, at its 126th Congress, the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted amendments to its “code of ethics”, allowing its members to report to the authorities the leaders of the companies they serve. Naturally, provided that the actions of the latter are contrary to the law and threaten to cause significant damage to corporations.

YUKOS, Sibneft and Surgutneftegaz increased the RTS index to 510 points The Russian stock market seems to be gradually recovering from the shock experienced as a result of the recent “attack on Yukos”. The main market indicator - the RTS stock exchange index - on Friday exceeded the psychological mark of 500 points. Analysts attribute the current growth to MAP's approval of the deal to merge Yukos and Sibneft and are waiting for a correction.

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Large-scale exercises have begun in the Far East The incident began large-scale exercises in the Far East. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld notified his colleague Sergei Ivanov in an official letter about the refusal of the US Navy to allocate forces and means to participate in the maneuvers. As the American side stated, information about the exercises was received late.

The US and Canada experienced the 30-hour end of the world The northeastern United States and southern Canada were without power last Thursday and Friday. The largest “blackout” (translated from English as blackout) occurred in US history. Two countries, eight states, 50 million people, and the largest cities of New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, and Ottawa were affected. Almost 100 power plants shut down, including 9 nuclear power plants and 12 hydroelectric power plants.

It was easier for Indonesia to defeat foreigners than its own extremists Indonesia celebrated yesterday's 58th anniversary of independence from the Dutch colonialists under conditions of heightened security measures. 230 thousand police officers, along with soldiers and intelligence officers, were brought to the highest level of readiness.

The list of participants in the election marathon in the Chechen Republic has stopped growing: the election commission no longer accepts applications from candidates. A total of 15 applications were received, but this figure was adjusted on Thursday and Friday. First, the election commission removed two potential candidates from the race - ex-prefect of the Achkhoy-Martan region Shamil Buraev and pensioner Khasan Dadaev.

We believe in the worst, prepare for the best More than 40% of Russians believe it is quite possible that a major financial crisis will recur in the country this or next year. This almost identical result was recorded by surveys conducted on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the events of August 17, 1998 by three leading centers for the study of public opinion - the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), VTsIOM and ROMIR-Monitoring.

The tenth Spartak Cup starts today in Moscow Over the past ten years, the Spartak Cup has become an integral part of the hockey summer in Russia. We have more and more pre-season tournaments every year, but thanks to the active advertising campaign of the organizers, the Spartak trophy draw stands apart. If you take numerous publications seriously, you may get the impression that the “Spartak Cup” is a beacon that illuminates the path of all Russian hockey.

Humanoid machine as part of the official delegation Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went on a European tour yesterday, accompanied by a humanoid robot named Asimo, a "goodwill ambassador." The prime minister's companion is about three years old, he is about the height of a ten-year-old child (140 cm) and looks like an astronaut dressed in a spacesuit. Asimo was born in the Japanese company Honda. Honda began developing a bipedal humanoid robot back in 1986.

CLUBS Anatoly Kroll and his ensemble “We are from Jazz” . Le Club, 20.00. “Days of Wine and Roses” , trio of Svyatoslav Teguchev (saxophone). Cool Train , 21.00. DJ Maryanov and Felix Lahuti (vocals, electric violin). Jazz. “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 22.00. "Ministry of Fear" (USA, 1944). Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Dan Duryea, Percy Warham, Mary Field, Erskine Sandford.

President Issued a decree that ordered all executive authorities to ensure international sanctions against Liberia, as provided for in the UN Security Council resolution of May 6, 2003. At the moment, sanctions include an embargo on the export of rough diamonds, all types of roundwood and timber from Liberia, a ban on the supply of any types of weapons to this African country, and restrictions on foreign travel of Liberian senior officials. The sanctions will remain in force until May 7, 2004.