Iraqis - no veto US Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted yesterday that the revised US-British draft UN Security Council resolution does not give the Iraqi transitional government the right to influence the actions of the multinational force (MNF). "The resolution does not talk about the right to veto military operations. US troops will remain under the command of American officers and report to the US Department of Defense and the President," said the head of American diplomacy.

The financial recovery of companies will become a banal debt collection The other day, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree transferring to the liquidated Ministry of Taxes and Duties the right to represent the interests of the state in bankruptcy cases. In practice, this means that instead of financial recovery of enterprises that find themselves in a difficult situation, the state will first of all look for opportunities to collect debts from the organization.

FIRST June 7 , Monday 6.00 Good morning 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 News 9.20 "CROCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON." Action 11.40 Kolobkov conducts the investigation 12.10 “MAESTRO-THIEF”. Hood. movie 13.40 “Jumble” 14.00 “SHORE OF A DREAM”. TV series 15.20 “THEATRAL BLUES”. Hood. movie 16.20 Guess the melody (S) 16.50 Big wash 18.20 “Walking with Monsters.” Doc. series 18.50 Wait for me 19.50 Million Laundry 20.00 “WOMAN’S LOGIC”.

Dementieva and Myskina competed for the title in Paris Elena Dementieva and Anastasia Myskina will meet in the main match of the women's singles competition at the French Open. Yesterday, on the center court of the Parisian Roland Garros stadium, they wrote the brightest page so far in the history of Russian women's tennis, more than confidently defeating their opponents in the semifinals.

No one wants to buy Yukos assets Just as in a hanged man’s house they don’t talk about rope, so Russian oil workers for a very long time and carefully kept silent about what they would do in the event of a sale of YUKOS assets. The confidence that part of YUKOS's assets will go under the hammer is growing stronger among market participants every day.

There was a terrorist attack on the city market An explosion occurred at the Samara clothing market in the Sovetsky district of the city near the Kirovskaya metro station on Friday at 13:04 local time (12:04 Moscow time). An explosive device went off. It consisted of 1 kg of plastic. The explosive device was activated using a fuse cord. The blast wave destroyed 10 containers. The power of the device was 1 kg of TNT equivalent.

Alexander Kalyagin meets not only with the president Yesterday at the Na Strastnom Theater Center, Alexander Kalyagin reported to theater journalists for an hour and a half. In this case, the most appropriate verb was chosen, since it was not the wonderful, witty, charming San Sanych, whom everyone knows and loves, who came out to the audience, but the chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, an official person. Or rather, trying to give itself an official expression.

Human rights activists were offended by the president’s criticism, but did not agree with each other Vladimir Putin's Address to the Federal Assembly, which in particular contained criticism of the human rights movement, split Russian human rights activists into two camps.

The resident did not “corrupt” the President of Kazakhstan. He "worked" with him Yesterday, the final pre-trial hearing in case number S103Cr404 (WHP), better known as “US v. James Giffen” or “Kazakhgate,” ended in the Southern District Court of New York, presided over by Judge William Pauley III. An American court has completed the preliminary stage of consideration of the scandal surrounding the violation of the American Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by US citizen lawyer Giffen.

Forecast for the coming days In the capital on June 4, partly cloudy, no precipitation, daytime temperature +17...+19оС, north-west wind, 3--8 m/s. June 5, partly cloudy, light rain in places, daytime temperature +18...+20оС, western wind, 3--8 m/s. June 6, partly cloudy, intermittent rain in places, daytime temperature +21...+23оС, southwest wind, 3--8 m/s. In St. Petersburg on June 4 there will be mostly no precipitation, the daytime temperature will be +18...+20°C.

NBA finalists will reenact battles from 15 years ago The first game of the NBA Finals will be played on Sunday. The Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons, who became champions of the Western and Eastern Conferences, will compete for the Golden Basket. Frankly speaking, the composition of the participants in the final series turned out to be somewhat unexpected. The thirteen-time NBA champion Lakers did not look very convincing in the regular season.

Malik Saidulaev again gathered for the presidency of Chechnya Yesterday in the afternoon, the election commission of the Chechen Republic received the third notice of intention to participate in the early presidential elections scheduled for August 29. The list, which until now included only Kadyrov’s advisor Vakha Visaev and employee of the prefecture of the Urus-Martan region Mariyat Gorchkhanova - people practically unknown even in Chechnya - was replenished with the name of Malik Saidulaev.

Saudi Wahhabis promised to give money to Kadyrov, not Maskhadov Akhmat Kadyrov said yesterday that he was pleased with his four-day trip to Saudi Arabia, where he was invited by the kingdom's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud.

Norway offers Russia modern drilling platforms Yesterday, journalists accompanying the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry during his official visit to Norway saw for the first time 54-year-old Sergei Lavrov in an unusual outfit. In a bright orange, clumsy suit, the minister looked like either a diver or an astronaut.

Mikhail Fradkov and Vladimir Potanin demand an understanding of salary schemes Only the lazy have not spoken or written about the conflict between government and big business over the past year, especially after the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. However, yesterday it turned out that they found a common language on at least one issue. This happened at the conference “Corporate Governance and Economic Growth in Russia”, organized by the National Council on Corporate Governance (NSCG).