In Nizhnevartovsk, the case of a Hizb-ut-Tahrir activist was brought to court In the Ural Federal District, an active struggle began with representatives of the extremist Islamic organization Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which official Tashkent accused of provoking the Andijan events at the end of last week. One of the first to suffer was an activist of the organization in Nizhnevartovsk, Jalolkhon Khodzhiev.

"The Amityville Horror" on Moscow screens The story of one of the oldest houses on Long Island, where an entire family died in the mid-70s, and another almost died a year later, is a classic urban legend of modern American times.

A new American airliner is being designed with Russian participation The presentation of the new, not yet fully designed Boeing-787 passenger aircraft took place yesterday in Moscow. The aircraft manufacturing company Boeing plans to complete the development of this aircraft next year and begin delivering it to customers in 2008.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade will hold a competition for the use of budget money for small businesses Yesterday, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade held a seminar at which representatives of the regions were explained how they can gain access to money allocated from the federal budget to support small businesses. It is planned to spend 1.5 billion rubles for these purposes in the 2005 budget.

Russia may close military bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki in 2008 On Monday, a resolution of the Georgian parliament of March 10 came into effect, according to which the Russian military bases stationed in the country exist in withdrawal mode. This means that Russia will not be able to rotate personnel, conduct exercises and supply ammunition to its military personnel. Tbilisi will refrain from introducing other sanctions while negotiations continue.

The Moscow Metro missed the opportunity to boast of its history To get to the “Our Metro” exhibition, which opened on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Moscow subway at the Polytechnic Museum, you need to go through a real turnstile. Next you can expect to find yourself in a space reminiscent of a subway, especially since the blue stands with silver numbers indicating the year symbolize the carriages.

Clubs "Lounge DJ Festival" . Participation of the "Project of Yana Bedherman", Absienth Quintet, DJ Mike Petite . Shanti , 21.00. JVL Big Band. Jazz. JVL Art Club , 21.00. The architectural project "Formation". Exhibition and a series of master classes in architecture. Today, the master class will be held by one of the most popular Moscow architects Alexander Skokan , and after that a concert of the Drew Babinoff ethno-jazz group will be held. "Apsha" , 17.00. Dmitry Bykov. Literary evening.

The verdict in the Yukos case is still a copy of the indictment Several hundred people gathered yesterday at the Meshchansky District Court of the capital, where the announcement of the verdict in the case of the former head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev began. However, the first day of the “readings” ended unexpectedly quickly - just two hours after the announcement began, a break was announced until May 17.

A virtuoso pianist has appeared in the UK, whose identity cannot be established. UK doctors have been trying for more than a month to establish the identity of the young virtuoso pianist, who apparently lost his memory and was speechless. Everything that he was able to communicate about himself, he did with the help of music - when he found himself at the piano, and even then by accident.

Portugal is looking forward to the UEFA Cup final All tickets have been sold. This is exactly the announcement at Lisbon's José Alvalade stadium that greets late-arriving fans wanting to attend the UEFA Cup final match between Sporting and CSKA. Just for them, a giant television screen was installed on one of the central squares of the city. State television regularly announces that it will broadcast the game throughout the country.

In a fresh, last year production, work by Tonino Benaquista “Malavita” (“Amphora”, translation from French by A. Belyak) the “image-making” theme begun in the novel “Someone Else” continues. In the first case, two men, experiencing a midlife crisis, “on a dare” agreed to change their lifestyle, appearance and occupation. In “Malavita,” an entire American family is forced to hide in the French wilderness under an assumed name, hiding their past and disguising their occupation.

Russian diplomats surprised by reports from Chinese TV channel The clash between the police and Chinese workers in Irkutsk on the evening of May 11 came to the center of attention of the diplomatic departments of the two countries.

The American currency is again worth more than 28 rubles Against the backdrop of the awakening of the dollar on the world market, the American currency is winning back its positions in Russia. Yesterday, for the first time in three months, the dollar surpassed the 28 ruble mark. However, experts are in no hurry to bury the euro - the reduction in the US foreign trade deficit, which pushed the dollar up, may turn out to be very short-lived.

Football. Italian Championship . 36th round. Juventus - Parma - 2:0, Lecce - Milan - 2:2, Inter - Livorno - 1:0, Roma - Lazio -- 0:0, "Siena" -- "Chievo" -- 0:1, "Messina" -- "Cagliari" -- 2:1, "Palermo" -- "Regina" -- 1:1, "Udinese" "-"Sampdoria" - 1:1, "Fiorentina" - "Atlanta" - 0:0, "Bologna" - "Brescia" - 1:2. The leaders are: Juventus - 82 points, Milan - 77, Inter - 68, Sampdoria, Udinese - 60 each.

Newsweek is trying to defuse its information bomb In yesterday's issue of the American magazine Newsweek, the editor of this publication, Mark Whitaker, was forced to admit that a week ago his media lied. To use politically correct language, it published partially erroneous information.