Lukashenko and Gryzlov confirm the course towards integration Speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov yesterday at a meeting of the parliamentary assembly in Minsk was unanimously elected chairman of the Belarusian-Russian union parliament. This was the first such meeting after the Russian elections. There, the new Russian delegation was introduced to the Belarusians.

Latvia fears for the European Parliament Today, the Seimas of Latvia, which will join the European Union on May 1, will once again return to considering the law on elections to the European Parliament. Back in January, after lengthy discussions, deputies granted former KGB officers and persons who were members of the Communist Party after January 13, 1991 the right to run for office in the European Union legislative body.

From April 1, Moscow public transport should become more expensive Next month, Muscovites who prefer public transport will have to pay almost one and a half times more for travel. From April 1, the Moscow government, without any jokes, plans to increase tariffs in public transport. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Moscow mayor, Sergei Tsoi.

The Leninsky Federal District Court of St. Petersburg began closed hearings yesterday in the case of the so-called association of young national extremists “Schultz-88”. The criminal case was initiated in October 2003.

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Tampa" -- "Islanders" -- 1:3, "Montreal" -- "Colorado" -- 4:2 - - Kovalev "M" (0+2), "Detroit" -- "Calgary" -- 1 :4, "Pittsburgh" -- "Washington" -- 4:1 - - Semin "B" (1+0), "Toronto" -- "Boston" -- 1:2 - - Gonchar "B" (0+ 1) , “Minnesota” – “Ottawa” – 5:2, “Dallas” – “San Jose” – 3:3 – Zubov “D” (1+0), “Edmonton” – “ Columbus" -- 3:2 - - Svitov "K" (1+0), "Phoenix" -- "Anaheim" -- 2:3 - - S. Fedorov "A" (1+0), "Vancouver" - - Nashville - 2:2, Los Angeles - St.

President At a meeting with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, he noted that Viktor Khristenko will continue to oversee the process of integration in the post-Soviet space in the Russian government.

The number of victims of the Arkhangelsk explosion is growing Yesterday evening, groups of rescuers and firefighters working in Arkhangelsk were met as before at the ruins of the 4th entrance of building No. 120 on Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov Avenue. It was not possible to complete the search operation, as the Ministry of Emergency Situations initially believed, by 8 a.m. on Wednesday, as well as by the end of the day.

State guarantees for “new” bank deposits will be canceled The initiative of bankers and the government to deprive Sberbank of special deposit insurance conditions quickly found a response among State Duma deputies. Yesterday, work began in parliament on amendments to the law “On Insurance of Individuals’ Deposits”, which would cancel state guarantees for deposits with Sberbank opened after December 27, 2003. For “old” deposits, guarantees remain until 2007.

Yesterday evening, another major terrorist attack occurred in the Iraqi capital: a car bomb exploded near the Jabal Lebanon Hotel (Mount Lebanon). According to preliminary data, 27 people were killed, including children, and almost 50 were injured. The hotel was inhabited mainly by foreigners: Americans, British and Egyptians.

Deputy Galchenko proposes sending parliament, government and court into exile Today, the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building will consider the initiative of United Russia faction deputy Valery Galchenko to transfer the base of various branches of government from the capital to other large cities of the country. The draft law is called modestly, but tastefully - “On the capital of Russia”. In it, Mr.

A large mobile operator has lost its CEO On March 22, the Board of Directors of Sonic Duo (Moscow branch of the Megafon cellular network) will consider the issue of early resignation of General Director Leonid Denisov. Mr.

The Governor of Kamchatka suffered for small nations The Kamchatka communists have fallen on hard times. Following the mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuri Golenishchev, who is charged with abuse of power for disrupting the heating season, the governor of Kamchatka, Mikhail Mashkovtsev himself, may find himself in the dock under the same article. Yesterday, a criminal case was opened against him in connection with unlimited salmon fishing in the rivers of the peninsula.

The return of dance. "Don Quixote" The Golden Mask competition program will begin in full swing only in two weeks. But the first (out of four) ballet performance of the competition has already been shown, the first ballerina (out of two) has already danced. The Novosibirsk Theater showed the premiere of last season - Don Quixote, made by Sergei Vikharev, with Anna Zharova performing in the role of Kitri.

Roman Abramovich took on social responsibility Roman Abramovich responded to everyone who accused him of immorality in connection with the purchase of an English rather than a Russian football club. Sibneft, controlled by Mr. Abramovich, became the title sponsor of the CSKA football club for more than two and a half years.

Gazprom found something to fill the not yet built pipeline to Europe Gazprom continues to actively develop the project for the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Yesterday, at the next special meeting on NEGP with Alexey Miller, the concern decided on the resource base for loading a new route - it should be the Yuzhno-Russkoye field, which was taken away from Itera two years ago.