Berezovsky's speech in Washington canceled Yesterday, the Kennan Institute of Political Science at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington was forced to cancel an announced speech by disgraced Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky. The center's administration stated that the reason for the cancellation was the delay in issuing a US visa to the foreign lecturer. No one could clearly explain the reasons for this delay.

Bishkek wants to unite the military bases of Russia and the United States Kyrgyzstan proposed to NATO leadership to coordinate joint actions of American and Russian military bases on the territory of the republic. This was announced in Bishkek by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Talant Kushchubekov. According to him, he discussed this initiative in Brussels at NATO headquarters, where it was received with interest.

The European Constitution is being discussed in Brussels Tomorrow the European Union summit opens in Brussels, the central topic of which will be the adoption of a pan-European constitution. Ten countries that will officially join the EU only in May will also take part in the forum with an advisory vote. The immediate adoption of the document and, as a consequence, the significant coincidence of Russian Constitution Day with the day of adoption of the pan-European constitution seems unlikely.

This fall, the events of ten years ago were repeatedly recalled. Most often, those who were defeated then spoke out in the media... There was a feeling that it was these people and their sympathizers who would like to achieve revenge today. First on television, on the pages of newspapers, and then, who knows, maybe in real politics and economics. The main goal of such a counter-offensive would undoubtedly be the revision of the 1993 Constitution.

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The miners who died in Partizansk were recognized as victims of their own mistakes The main reasons for the tragedy that occurred at the Tsentralnaya mine in the coastal city of Partizansk a month and a half ago were poor working conditions and the lack of proper qualifications of engineers. This final conclusion was made yesterday at a closed meeting of the interdepartmental commission on labor protection in the administration of the Primorsky Territory.

The President invited human rights activists to monitor law enforcement agencies Representatives of the Presidential Commission on Human Rights and Vladimir Putin agreed yesterday to strengthen public and state control over the activities of law enforcement agencies. This is the first time that human rights activists have been allowed into the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin in such numbers, and many have not had the opportunity to shake Mr.

On December 12, 1993, the Constitution of Russia was adopted On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Russian Constitution tomorrow, the Basic Law received support from both the first president (which is not surprising) and the current president (which is significant). This, however, did not stop conversations about the possibility, impossibility, necessity or danger of constitutional changes.

A “national populist” entered the government The government elections on December 10, 2003 will go down in Swiss history. For the first time, all 246 deputies of both chambers turned out for the government elections, which are held every four years by a new parliament. The sleepy swamp of local politics was stirred up by the “right-wing nationalist” and “right-wing populist”, leader of the conservative Swiss People's Party (SPP) Christoph Blocher.

The Moscow City Duma approved the law on voluntary police assistants The latest terrorist attack in the center of the Russian capital has made not only federal legislators, who were obviously targeted by suicide bombers, concerned about security issues, but also deputies of the Moscow City Duma.

New Jersey residents are already taking up arms The American state of New Jersey has become a zone of mass bear hunting. Last week, District Judge Reggie Walton allowed the shooting of these animals, which were previously immune and protected by law from hunters' guns, for the first time in years. Now, according to state authorities, brown bears have become so prolific that they have become a hindrance to the normal life of honest citizens.

“Love Actually” on Moscow screens Screenwriter Richard Curtis, who made his directorial debut this year, is one of the giant factories of the British film industry. And half of his track record would be enough for a solid biography for several people: it was he who invented Mr. Bean and Edmund Blackadder, Esq.

The Vladimir Spivakov Festival has ended This time the host party of the festival, if not completely kept in the shadows, then only occasionally came to the fore. The guest list was not voluminous, but it was coherent and impressive. The trio of main characters in the project was led by one of the best sopranos in the world, Jessie Norman, who has now become a rare star not only in Moscow, but also in Europe, where several of her performances have already been canceled in six months.

Tbilisi and Batumi sat down at the negotiating table Yesterday in Batumi the first contacts took place between the leaders of the victorious Georgian opposition and the head of Adjara. Acting President Nino Burjanadze tried to persuade Aslan Abashidze to open polling stations in Adjara on January 4 for the election of the head of state.

The armies of the CIS countries are deciding who they should be with Russia announced a transition within the CSTO to the sale of weapons at domestic Russian prices and free training of military personnel. This became known yesterday during a meeting of the Commonwealth defense ministers.