Strasbourg is trying to cool down Russian security forces Russian deputies, who are gathering at the call of the security forces to return to judges the ability to pass sentences accompanied by the phrase about confiscation of property, may do Russia a disservice.

Spanish films brought to Moscow Today, the Days of Spanish Cinema about Love are opening at the Central House of Writers Cinema - as if for those who did not have enough impressions at the just ended “Faces of Love”. And equally for those who want to make sure that modern Spanish cinema is not limited to the Almodóvar-Amenábar-Medem trinity. The program includes feature films and documentaries, mostly unknown to our film buffs and Hispanophiles.

Parliament implemented the first decision of the Central Committee plenum Yesterday, 39-year-old Marian Lupu, who held the position of Minister of Economy in the previous government, became the chairman of the new Moldovan parliament. He was nominated by representatives of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which won the elections on March 6. The Ambassador of Moldova to Russia, Vladimir Turcan, was tipped for the post of speaker.

Russia will switch to summer time on the night of March 27. On March 27, 2005, at two o'clock in the morning local time, clock hands throughout the Russian Federation are moved forward one hour. "TIME FOR NEWS"

Expectations of high inflation in the US provoked the growth of the national currency During a week of almost continuous decline, the euro exchange rate crossed the $1.3 limit and dropped yesterday to 1.295. There is a dollar rally on world markets, started by the American Federal Reserve System (FRS). By raising the discount rate by the usual 0.25%, the Fed expressed concern about rising inflation in America.

Askar Akayev's regime collapsed Yesterday, the regime of Askar Akayev fell in Kyrgyzstan. Although Akaev himself, as of yesterday evening, has not yet resigned his presidential powers and formally remains the head of state. Also, last night it was not yet known exactly where Akaev was. In the afternoon, the plane he was on board urgently took off from Bishkek and headed for Russia, however, as Interfax reports, in the air, already over Russian territory, it turned around and flew towards Almaty.

On Russian screens - the comedy “From 180 and Above” A new Russian film is coming out on “Shadow Boxing,” albeit in the flyweight category. Against the current favorite from Central Partnership, he is being put into the box office ring by Gemini Film, which has just screened The Turkish Gambit, and before that Night Watch.

On Wednesday, a new Kosovo government headed by Bajram Kosumi was formed, confirming that “building an independent Kosovo” is the priority of the Albanian leadership of the region. The situation is fueled by plans to create a “shadow government” by Hashim Thaci, one of the Albanian leaders and former leader of the political wing of the former Kosovo Liberation Army. There is only one goal - to speed up the region's secession from Serbia.

Georgy Yartsev was again left without key players Before two matches of the qualifying round for the 2006 World Cup, the Russian team suffers one loss after another. If this continues, then the coach of the national team, Georgy Yartsev, will not have enough players for a full application for the game with Liechtenstein, which will take place tomorrow in Vaduz.

World premiere of the opera "Rosenthal's Children" at the Bolshoi Theater At the Bolshoi, they showed Leonid Desyatnikov’s opera, commissioned by the theater (libretto by Vladimir Sorokin, director Eimuntas Nyakrosius), “Rosenthal’s Children,” which extremely scandalized the public even before the premiere. Contrary to the promises of “those who can’t sit still,” nothing extraordinary happened at the first performance of the opera.

CLUBS "Kurekhin." Premiere of a documentary film by Vladimir Nepevny about one of the most significant avant-garde musicians of the late 20th century, Sergei Kuryokhin. After the screening of the film, there will be a concert of musicians - participants of the Sergei Kuryokhin International Festival SKIF-9 Sergei Letov (saxophone), Safety Magic, Samosad Band, Pep-See. March 25 at the “Club on Brestskaya” , 20.00.

All "color revolutions" end sooner or later. The time of routine work is coming for those who won these revolutions and those who did not want this victory. In this regard, it is fundamentally important to look at how Russian-Georgian relations are being built, which were not very warm during the reign of Eduard Shevardnadze and became even more aggravated after the victory of the “Rose Revolution” and Mikheil Saakashvili’s team came to power.

LUKOIL and TNK-BP ask YUKOS for Mazeikui Nafta Russian companies are starting to fight for Yukos' stake in the Lithuanian oil refinery Mazeikui Nafta. Yesterday, the deputy chairman of the board of the disgraced holding, Alexander Temerko (who will most likely be fired from the company in the coming days), told Interfax that LUKOIL and TNK-BP officially contacted YUKOS with a proposal to sell them shares in the Lithuanian enterprise.

The new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Borys TARASYUK is known for actively defending the interests of his country on the diplomatic front. The Kyiv correspondent of Vremya Novostey talks with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. -- Euro-Atlantic integration has been declared a strategic goal of the new Ukrainian government. Why did you say that it is too early for Ukraine to apply to join the EU? - In order not to be refused, Ukraine must carry out serious preparatory work.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spring flood this year will be limited to certain problems Despite the stubborn refusal of spring to arrive in many regions of Russia, the spring flood, which is inevitably bound to happen, this year will not occur without a “global flood.” This conclusion was announced yesterday by experts from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations at a press conference dedicated to the traditional annual forecast of the situation on the country’s