Milan dealt with Deportivo in cold blood After the first quarterfinal matches, Milan and Porto can prepare for the full-time semifinals. It would take a miracle for the reigning Champions Cup and UEFA Cup holders to not meet in the next round on April 22. The greatest interest was caused by the match between Milan and Deportivo. The Spanish club has already managed to knock out the Italian Juventus from the league.

Spain mourns the dead Spain said goodbye yesterday to the victims of the explosions that took place on March 11 in commuter trains in Madrid. 190 people died. Another 13 plastic bags contain remains that cannot be identified; the exact number of victims has not yet been established. Most of the victims are residents of the poor suburbs of Madrid, students, and immigrants.

Muscovites are offered to pay for water meters from the family budget Yesterday, Mosvodokanal General Director Stanislav Khramenkov urged residents of the capital to install at their own expense devices that measure the amount of water consumed and thereby save on utility bills. According to him, the opportunity to pay only for the liquid actually poured from the taps was given to citizens by a recent decree of the capital’s government regulating the water consumption accounting system.

Valery Shantsev believes that the rise in transport prices will only affect non-residents Yesterday, the city's vice-mayor, Valery Shantsev, was delegated by the capital's government to make excuses to Muscovites for the imminent rise in prices for public transport. Having called a press conference, he said that the April Fool's tariff increase was “economically justified.” According to him, the increase is caused primarily by inflation, rising prices for automobile fuel, oils and spare parts.

Admiral Kuroyedov gave the West a reason to scare itself with a “second Chernobyl” The accusations made by Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov against the flagship of the Northern Fleet, the cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, yesterday came down to simple “everyday talk.” The Russian Navy's main headquarters said that an inspection carried out by Fleet Admiral Kuroyedov revealed a failure to comply with "most articles of the ship's charter." And then there is a “standard” list of shortcomings

The rightists believe that her new party will take the place of Yabloko Former co-chair of the Union of Right Forces party Irina Khakamada wrote a statement yesterday about leaving the Union of Right Forces. On the same day, Khakamada submitted documents to the Ministry of Justice on the establishment of an organizing committee to create a new party, Free Russia.

Al-Rantisi promises to teach Israel an “unforgettable lesson” The leader of the Palestinian radical group "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Hamas) became Khaled Meshal, the head of the organization's Politburo, living in Damascus. And in the Gaza Strip, 56-year-old Abdel Aziz Ar-Rantisi (pictured) was elected head of the organization.

Today the government will determine what the country will be like in 2007 Today at a government meeting the scenario conditions for economic development for 2005-2007 developed by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade will be considered. This is the basic document on the basis of which the main parameters of the federal budget will be calculated in the coming months.

The President launched the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Employees of the Russian special services, primarily the Ministry of Internal Affairs, received a powerful dose of adrenaline yesterday after watching the evening television news. At an interregional meeting in Essentuki on combating crime, terrorism and extremism, President Vladimir Putin promised new large-scale changes to these departments.

An exhibition of applicants for State Prizes of the Russian Federation has opened The exhibition is an interesting atavism. An annual reminder that the state once had a clear (sometimes even too clear) position in the field of fine arts. In the water that has flowed under the bridge since that time, the principles disappeared without a trace. It turned out that both a horse and a tremulous doe can be harnessed to the process.

Forecast for the coming days The calendar says March, but the weather in the center of the European territory of Russia is like April. Since mid-March, spring has confidently come into its own, ahead of the deadlines set by the climate. In the next 24 hours, spring will continue its confident progress. The Mediterranean cyclone is rushing to help her.

There are fewer and fewer vacancies in federal structures Fewer and fewer vacancies remain in the reformed executive authorities. In the federal services and agencies, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has only ten boxes left to fill, and only if we take into account the structures under the Ministry of Justice, which reports directly to the president.

Intelligence agencies are trying to unravel the mystery of the appearance of “unidentified” office equipment in Moscow The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced yesterday an investigation into the largest case in recent years involving the smuggling of computers, office equipment and digital equipment into Russia. Investigators believe that over the course of several years, shipments of goods worth hundreds of millions of dollars were delivered to Moscow without paying customs duties.

The emir will decide the fate of Russian intelligence officers Russia and Qatar are gradually emerging from the clinch they entered shortly after the mysterious murder of Chechen separatist leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiev in Doha on February 13. Political warming has already had a positive impact on those specific people who were drawn into the conflict between the two states.

President He presented five state awards to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the widows of the victims. The widows of Senior Sergeant Abdulkhalik Kurbanov and Sergeant Major Mukhtar Suleymanov received the Stars of the Hero of the Russian Federation for their participation in the operation to destroy the field commander Gelayev.