CSKA lost before the UEFA Cup final Yesterday CSKA played its last match before the UEFA Cup final. The army team was examined by Zenit St. Petersburg, which hosted the army team in the first match of the semi-final of the Russian Cup. Valery Gazzaev's team, still ten men strong in the first half, fought until the last minute. But still lost - 0:1. You can't envy the army guys now. The matches, which can be called the most important, come one after another.

Leo Kirch accused Deutsche Bank of bankruptcy of his holding Leo Kirch, the head of the former media empire Kirch Gruppe, which went bankrupt in 2002 due to huge debts (estimated at 6.5 billion euros), for the first time voiced his version of the collapse of the enterprise.

A routine passenger bus flight in Khabarovsk ended in tragedy Yesterday morning, a passenger bus collapsed from an overpass bridge in the center of Khabarovsk. There were more than fifty passengers in the overcrowded cabin. When the car drove out to a road junction that connects two central streets of Khabarovsk, the driver suffered an epileptic seizure and lost control of the car.

Maxim Medvedkov calls on transport workers not to be afraid of the WTO Russian officials remain confident that long-term negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be completed this year. And then next year the country will become part of it. Russia has completed negotiations on accession to the WTO with countries that account for more than 85% of Russian foreign trade (including the EU and China).

Acting President, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kuramanbek Bakiyev and the popular Kyrgyz politician, former vice-president of the country Felix Kulov agreed to create an election tandem to participate in the upcoming presidential elections on July 10. This news was confirmed to Vremya Novostei yesterday by Felix Kulov, who agreed not to stand as a candidate for the presidency. According to the agreement he reached with Mr. Bakiyev, if the latter wins the presidential election, Mr.

Forecast for the coming days On the European territory of Russia, the main weather events are associated with a cyclone moving from Minsk to St. Petersburg. In the next 24 hours, the northwestern regions of Russia will be at the epicenter of bad weather. In the central region, rain of varying intensity is possible, with thunderstorms and gusty winds. Air temperature during the day is +13...+19оС.

The bloody riot in Andijan began on Friday the 13th On the night of May 13, an armed anti-government rebellion began in Andijan - one of the centers of the Fergana Valley, in the east of Uzbekistan, more than 400 kilometers from Tashkent.

At the FIDE category 20 chess super tournament in Sofia, in the first round, one of the three games played ended successfully. The leadership was taken by the 14th world champion, Russian Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated the former world champion in the knockout system, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomarev, with white pieces.

Dynamo made a record deal in the history of Russian football Russian Premier League clubs continue the “arms race.” Dynamo Moscow has reached an agreement with Porto on the transfer of two Portuguese national team players Maniche and Costinho. The latter cost the actual owner of Dynamo Alexey Fedorychev 4 million euros, and 16 million was paid for Maniche (his full name is Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro). This is a new transfer record for Russian football.

The sentence of the Vice-Governor of Koryakia Mikhail Sokolovsky was overturned Yesterday it became known that the district court of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug overturned the sentence of former vice-governor Mikhail Sokolovsky.

The State Duma increased the limit for the import of cash currency into Russia Cash payments in dollars can legally return to the Russian economy. On Thursday, deputies adopted in the first reading amendments to the legislation on currency regulation aimed at eliminating a number of problems that arise when paying in foreign currency.

Sociologists have made an unexpected discovery about the tastes of Russians For many years, Russia’s enemies have been laying outright false accusations against our nation, claiming that it is one of the heaviest drinkers in the world. The unexpected truth was revealed only now, when valiant domestic sociologists decided to conduct a survey in honor of the 20th anniversary of the introduction of Prohibition on the territory of the USSR.

Russia's prospects at Eurovision were discussed in Moscow The international song contest “Eurovision 2005” unofficially kicked off in Kyiv on Tuesday. Closed rehearsals began and the press center started working. The opening ceremony will take place on May 16.

The Russians reached the semi-finals after a shootout The Russian team entered the quartet of the strongest teams at the World Championships in Austria. In the quarterfinal match against Finland, the team of head coach Vladimir Krikunov eliminated a two-goal deficit during the match and ended the main time in a draw - 3:3. The extra ten minutes did not reveal the winner, and in the shootout, luck favored the Russians.

The government has allowed Russian Railways not to pay large dividends for now The board of directors of Russian Railways, which is 100% state-owned, determined the amount of dividends based on the results of last year. 10% of the company’s net profit, which amounts to RUB 875.4 million, will be allocated to pay the shareholder. As expected earlier, most of the amount is 870 million rubles.