CSKA and Lokomotiv entered into a settlement agreement The central match of the third round of the Russian championship was the meeting between CSKA and Lokomotiv. The vice-champion and the national champion parted amicably. And it looks like both teams were quite pleased with it. In Italy, such matches are usually called “superclassico”. The teams of Yuri Semin and Valery Gazzaev decided to play in Italian: all attention to defense, and in attack - how it goes.

The most important Russian exhibitions of the Fashion and Style in Photography festival The fourth Moscow International Festival “Fashion and Style in Photography 2005”, organized by the Moscow House of Photography, again, like the three previous times, spread throughout the city. But there is so much material that large exhibition venues are forced to host several unrelated exhibitions at once.

The Pope left the Gemelli clinic, realizing that he had only a few days left Since February 1, 2005, the Pope, suffering from a whole list of serious illnesses, spent most of his time in the Gemelli hospital. The body of the 84-year-old pontiff did not suffer complications from influenza due to Parkinson's disease. In addition, due to the onset of acute laryngotracheitis with spasmodic phenomena, doctors had to perform a tracheotomy on John Paul II to give him the opportunity to breathe.

St. Petersburg has become a cradle of counter-monetization Unprecedented and the most widespread unauthorized street protests in the last 15 years last weekend shocked St. Petersburg and completely paralyzed the city center, which, as the participants of the demonstrations themselves joyfully admitted, “has passed into the hands of pensioners” who are seeking the unconditional restoration of all benefits.

Before our eyes, the death of one man - Pope John Paul II - is mourned by a billion other people. And this, among other things, is an important reason to think about the nature of power. About the reasons for her strength and weakness.

Thousands of candles are lit at the grave of Karol Wojtyla in Krakow No one can replace the deceased Pope John Paul II for the Poles. This is not only a matter of personality, but also of the era. Poland, together with John Paul II, went through the most important trials in its history, inextricably linked with Russia. "We Poles should be proud that such an exceptional person as John Paul II was born in Poland," Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski said yesterday.

The Russian Defense Minister made a report to the “world government” The quintessence of the Russian Defense Minister's five-day visit to the United States, which ended over the weekend, can be considered, perhaps, not even the meeting with President George W.

Moscow and the Moscow region promise to create a common free travel zone for beneficiaries The “gap” between beneficiaries in Moscow and the Moscow region, which provoked several high-profile protests, may be eliminated today. The authorities of the two constituent entities of the federation intend to come to an agreement on Monday on preserving the right of regional pensioners and disabled people to free travel on public transport in the capital.

Vitaly Mutko heads Russian football Russian football has received a new leader. The extraordinary conference of the RFU, as expected, elected Senator Vitaly Mutko as its president by an overwhelming majority of votes. Mutko's presidential powers will last until 2008, when new elections will be held. But the main character of the conference was not the new president, but the Maltese representative from UEFA, Joseph Niksoud.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, died on Saturday at 21:37 local time in his chambers in the Vatican. He was 84 years old, more than 26 of which he spent on the papal throne. Shortly after the announcement of the pontiff's death, applause was heard in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

Kim Clijsters upset our girls in Miami Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters became the winner of the first category BTA tournament with a prize fund of $3.1 million in Miami. In the last four meetings, Kim played against girls from the top ten of the world rankings and did not lose a single game to her opponents. Among the athletes defeated by Clijsters are three Russians.

Minsk and Moscow are looking for a new integration formula Today, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko meets in Sochi with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Minsk claims that preparations for the visit began in January, but it was announced only on March 18, after a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Transfer Evgeniy Kiselev to housekeeping work The supervisory board of the Moscow News newspaper announced its recommendations, adopted a week ago, to the owners on resolving the conflict around this famous publication. Let us recall that the conflict arose after the editor-in-chief and general director of MN, Evgeny Kiselev, fired leading journalists, who, in turn, accused him of incompetence and asked him to leave the post of editor-in-chief.

The next 265th Pope will be elected according to new rules, which are formulated in the apostolic constitution, signed by John Paul II himself in 1996. The traditional procedure for electing the head of the Catholic Church has been slightly modernized. However, over the two thousand years of history of the Roman episcopal see, the procedure for determining a new pontiff has changed many times.

The Russian aviation market needs 600 Western aircraft The European aircraft manufacturing concern Airbus last week published a very optimistic forecast for the development of air transport in Russia. The concern's experts calculated that over the next 20 years, the volume of transportation carried out by Russian airlines will grow by an average of 6% per year. Globally, this figure is expected to increase by only 5.3% per year.