Yesterday, Karen Shakhnazarov's film "A Horseman Named Death" was released - a large-scale and expensive (budget - $ 2.6 million) film adaptation of Boris Savinkov's (V. Ropishin) story "The Pale Horse", which was released in 1909, autobiographical the history of a Socialist Revolutionary, writer and terrorist who took part in the murder of the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Moscow Governor-General.

The Law “On Insider Information” will be finalized in the State Duma At the parliamentary hearings on the draft federal law “On Insider Information” held yesterday, those present were informed that the government had received feedback on the proposed draft, which, citing the relevance of the problem and world practice, recommended adopting the law in the first reading, taking into account the proposed comments.

The Prime Minister has his own defense policy assistant The well-known politician and general Andrei Nikolaev, who lost the elections to the current State Duma and was in the shadows for some time, was yesterday appointed assistant to Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The appointment order was signed by the head of the government apparatus, Dmitry Kozak.

President Saakashvili opened the new parliament Yesterday, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili reappeared in parliament with a rose - a symbol of the November revolution. This time, as the legally elected president, he opened the first meeting of the parliament of the new convocation. Saakashvili said that a “unique” situation has developed in the country: the president, the government, and parliamentarians are all reformers.

Deputies are preparing changes to the law on compulsory motor liability insurance One of the authors of the current law on compulsory motor vehicle liability, State Duma deputy Vladimir Tarachev, spoke at yesterday’s conference “OSAGO: Results and Prospects” about amendments to this law and the Tax Code. The first amendments to the law on compulsory motor liability insurance, as State Duma Deputy Speaker Georgy Boos recently stated, will be submitted for consideration on May 11. According to Mr.

The Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Kyiv, once again announced the agreement on a scheme for repaying Ukraine’s old gas debt to Russia. “The main nuances of the scheme are that Ukraine receives a significant discount when repaying debt.

The head coach of the Russian football team, Georgy Yartsev, announced the squad for the friendly match against Norway, which will take place on April 28.

Investigators looked into Yukos again After almost a six-month break, excavations have resumed at YUKOS. Yesterday, employees of the Main Directorate for Tax Crimes (GUNP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs visited the company’s central office on Dubininskaya Street and took away several boxes of documents. After this, the police went to the building in Ulansky Lane, which was previously occupied by YUKOS, and now houses the MFO MENATEP.

CLUBS "Night Snipers" Project by Diana Arbenina. April 23 and 24 in “B2” , 23.30. Fedor Chistyakov (vocals, button accordion, guitar) with the program "Blues of the Cuban Negro". April 23 at the “Club on Brestskaya” , 22.00. Doo Bop Sound (St. Petersburg). A mixture of acid jazz with funk and jazz rock. April 23 at Cool Train , 9:30 p.m. Manana Menabde (vocals; Georgia - Germany) and “Exotic band” Oleg Kireev (saxophone). April 23 at Cool Train , 11:30 p.m. Vyacheslav Butusov and “U-Peter”.

The Sats Theater has grown to “adult” dances The Natalia Sats Children's Musical Theater released the premiere - an evening of one-acts "Rhythms of Love". Before that, there were no “adult” performances in the ballet repertoire - the Sats Theater, having allowed significant music to enter the stage in opera (“Eugene Onegin” and “Madama Butterfly”), in ballet collected the works of Soviet composers who wrote specifically for children.

An Istanbul trace has appeared in the “Los Angeles horror” case The sensational story about the bloody affairs of the “Russian mafia” in the United States in 2002, when bandits kidnapped five businessmen at once and, after receiving large ransoms, killed the hostages, is becoming increasingly surrounded by new scandalous details. Former Russian Yuri Mikhel is also considered one of the organizers of this crime.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vijendra KAUL, came to Moscow on a visit to establish cooperation with the Russian Accounts Chamber. Mr. Kaul told the Vremya Novostey newspaper about the specifics of Indian government audit. -- We are engaged in external audits of government structures and companies where state capital is more than 50%. I have a whole army of officials under my command - 58 thousand people. We conduct about 80 thousand audits per year.

Sony expands film business with purchase of Metro Goldwyn Mayer The world-famous company Sony is close to purchasing the film studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. (MGM) for $5 billion. American media reported this on Wednesday. Along with the Japanese corporation, two large financial companies are participating in the negotiations - Texas Pacific Group and Providence Equity Partners. It is assumed that each of the participants will invest approximately equal shares in the joint acquisition.

The World Hockey Championship starts tomorrow in the Czech Republic. The hottest time of the year is coming for hockey fans. Tomorrow the world championship starts in the Czech Republic. For ten years in a row, our fans have been greeting the arrival of the hockey spring in high spirits, believing that the national team will win world gold, but, alas, May disappointment sets in every time. Let us remind you that the last victory of the Russians at the world championship dates back to 1993.

Russia and the European Union are looking for ways to reach each other Yesterday a real European landing force landed in Moscow. The Russian capital has not seen such a representative delegation of the European Union for a long time, if ever. European Commission President Romano Prodi brought with him seven more high-ranking officials.