Saturday's tragedy is not the only one that occurred in Transvaal Park. At least three people died there earlier. The first to die, a few days before the official opening of the water park in June 2002, was a Turkish worker who decided to try out the steep descent. They said that he simply did not know how to swim and, having flown out of the attraction's pipe, choked in the pool. As the investigation established, death occurred as a result of an accident.

Law enforcement agencies of Krasnodar conducted a special operation, the purpose of which was to determine the level of vigilance of the population.

The head of Alcoa is going to buy RUSAL plants The President of the world's largest aluminum giant Alcoa, Alain Belda, discussed on Friday with the Governor of the Rostov region Vladimir Chub the details of the American company's acquisition of one of the leading Don plants - the Belokalitvinsky Metallurgical Association (BKMPO). Today, 85% of BKMPO shares belong to Russian Aluminum, but Mr.

The Poiret couple monopolized the “gold” of the world championship The Biathlon World Championships ended yesterday in Oberhof (Germany) with the victory of Frenchman Raphael Poiret in the 15 km mass start race. The day before, his wife, Norwegian Liv Gret Poiret, excelled in a similar discipline, where the distance was 2.5 km shorter.

AvtoVAZ prepares customers for the future, GAZ changes the past The desire of domestic automakers to ensure that the cars they produce are also liked by their consumers is growing stronger every day. In the struggle for the minds and wallets of their compatriots, industrialists armed themselves with advertising. AvtoVAZ commercials have already been launched into rentals; next up is the Volga advertising campaign of the Gorky Automobile Plant, which will start in a few weeks.

Russians won the European Winter Cup The Russian women's athletics team won the European Winter Cup in Leipzig (Germany) for the second time in a row. Our men's team also performed quite well, leaving only the French athletes ahead. These competitions only appeared on the international calendar last year and should become traditional.

Igor YAKOVLEV, full member of the Academy of Political Science, president of the Content-Press company: — President Putin’s speech at Moscow State University is perhaps the most important event of the past week. Vladimir Putin had to outline his political platform. We know that this is not a system for the current president; he often tries not to bring his attitude towards certain political and economic processes to the last point.

Radu Poklitaru promises three productions in two theaters by spring Only the capital shook its head and got a little used to the fact that at the Bolshoi Theater the corps de ballet now represents the balcony, Lady Capulet glances predatorily at Tybalt, Juliet drags the dead Romeo by the leg across the stage, and Mercutio wears a bandana - in general, only the previous production by Radu Poklitaru has entered the current repertoire, the Moscow Chamber Ballet is in a hurry to announce its news.

Transvaal Park: construction using unique technologies and in record time Transvaal Park was built in record time and opened on City Day in 2002 - it was assumed that the entertainment complex would become a memorable gift for Muscovites for the holiday. And so it happened: the gift will be remembered forever.

The Association of the German Automotive Industry (VDA) published disappointing data: in January 2004, car production in Germany fell by 11%. 207 thousand new cars were sold in the country - this is the lowest figure in the last ten years. The weakening euro has a significant impact on the cost of German cars compared to Japanese and Korean brands. Export remains the main source of support for German automakers, but even here things are not going entirely smoothly.

Transvaal fell apart because it was poorly built Only today, at best, by noon, rescuers plan to complete the removal of the rubble in the building of the entertainment center (water park) "Transvaal Park" on Golubinskaya Street, 16, in the south-west of Moscow, where part of the roof collapsed on Saturday evening - more than 5 thousand. sq. meters of concrete-metal sheet.

Lukin became the ombudsman, and Mizulina will represent deputies in the Constitutional Court The State Duma on Friday approved two appointments as part of the program for the employment of democratic personnel, promised by the president to the Yabloko and Union of Right Forces parties after their defeat in the parliamentary elections. First Deputy Chairman of Yabloko Vladimir Lukin became the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia. The president nominated him for this post last week.

Secular authorities demand that athletes not violate the principle of gender equality In Norway, a “sexual conflict” is flaring up between the authorities and the International Ski Federation (FIS). The stage of the continental ski jumping cup, which is scheduled to take place on March 6-7 in Vikersund, is under threat. The Federation planned to hold a men's jumping competition on a 185-meter springboard here.

Lukashenko threatens Moscow with severance of contractual relations The one-day cessation of Russian gas supplies to Belarusian consumers last Thursday prompted Alexander Lukashenko to make another verbal attack against Moscow. This time, the usual rhetoric was supplemented by demands to allow Beltransgaz to re-export and produce gas in Russia, as well as threats to break the entire contractual system between Russia and Belarus.

The African Cup went to the Tunisian team The African Cup of Nations held in Tunisia ended with the victory of the hosts - in fact, the championship of the continent. The Eagles of Carthage won the most prestigious trophy for the first time in history. In the final, Roger Lemerre's team beat another representative of the Maghreb - northwest Africa - the Moroccan team with a score of 2:1.