Russian-Ukrainian tournament started in Israel The first international Channel One Cup tournament started late yesterday in Tel Aviv. The four best clubs in the post-Soviet space - two each from Russia and Ukraine - will compete for $2 million in prize money, and at the same time try to answer the eternal question of the last fifteen years, whose championship, Russian or Ukrainian, is cooler. The answer, of course, will not be exhaustive.

Local pollution slows down global warming Industrial emissions from China's rapidly growing economy seem to have created a blanket of haze over the country. This was noticed by statisticians from the US Department of Energy, analyzing a huge amount of data obtained from 500 weather stations in China between 1954 and 2001.

Another activist of the Uralmash community, which controlled a significant part of the Sverdlovsk region, may appear before Russian justice. At the end of last week, a representative of the Moscow Bureau of Interpol, Georgy Shonia, announced the arrest of Yekaterinburg resident Alexander Kukovyakin in the United Arab Emirates. Law enforcement agencies became interested in him in December 2004.

On Friday, the symbol of American feminism, Betty Frieden (pictured) , died in the United States on her eighty-fifth birthday. World fame came to her after the release in 1963 of her first book, “The Feminine Mystique,” ​​which became a manifesto of the modern movement for women’s rights. In it, she broke the ban on discussing “women’s issues” in American society, thereby forever changing its usual way of life. However, the list of her achievements is not limited to one book.

In response to the explosions, the North Ossetian authorities decided to strike at the “one-armed bandits” On Saturday, the government of North Ossetia at an emergency meeting adopted a number of resolutions in connection with a series of terrorist attacks that took place in Vladikavkaz near slot machine halls, as a result of which two people were killed and more than 20 were injured. One of these decisions was dedicated to providing financial assistance to victims and their families.

Two-thirds of Russians refuse to believe rumors Despite the well-known distrust of Russians towards the “nationalized” press, the printed word today still evokes less skepticism than information transmitted, as they say, by word of mouth. This is confirmed by the latest research by sociologists from the Public Opinion Foundation, who tried to find out the role of rumors in informing the population of Russia at the beginning of the 21st century.

And Iran leads to a conflict of civilizations In order to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, Washington is ready to use any means, including military ones. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt, he said that “all options are being considered, including military.” In turn, Senate Majority Leader, Republican Bill Frist, announced the readiness of the US Congress to support military action against Iran.

CSKA knocked out Dynamo in five minutes of the second quarter The Super League tournament, which determines the eight teams that continue to fight in the playoffs of the Russian championship, will end only on May 1, but already now we can name the main disappointment of the regular season of the national championship - this is Dynamo Moscow. Last Saturday, the “blue and white” were defeated for the second time in the capital’s derby by CSKA – 74:81.

Forecast for the coming days Most of Russia remains under the watchful eye of anticyclones, and the weather will be frosty and mostly dry. In the central region of Russia, where the weather is controlled by a sedentary cyclone, there is light snow in places, the temperature in the morning is -25...-30°C, in the afternoon -17...-22°C.

Kaliningrad governor promises to restore castles and fights foreign separatists There is no problem that is beyond the capabilities of the new governor of the westernmost Russian region, Georgy Boos - it seems to him that the sea (in this case, the region) is knee-deep. Last Friday in Moscow, at his first press conference in his current capacity, he told reporters about how he was going to rid the sponsored Kaliningrad region of the image of a black hole.

The leaders of Rosnauka are trying to find incentives for the innovative activities of research institutes In the next few days, the Russian capital will turn into a center of international scientific and technical cooperation. Today, a representative international forum on hydrogen energy is opening in Moscow as part of Russia’s G8 presidency.

Queue of competitors We all know from school textbooks that there are nine planets in the solar system. However, this number may soon change. Either we will reach a full ten, or, conversely, we will shrink to eight. Recently, astronomers were able to approximately measure the size of the trans-Neptunian (beyond the orbit of Neptune) asteroid Xena. It turned out that it is even larger than Pluto. Now scientists have to decide what to do with the status of another overgrown asteroid.

Bush radically cuts aid to the elderly Today the US President must submit a draft budget for 2007 to Congress. It will again focus on increasing government spending on national security. In the budget, which will amount to $2.7 trillion, the Pentagon is allocated $439.3 billion - about 16%. In addition, a significant part of military spending is again outside the budget. Additionally, Donald Rumsfeld's department is asking for 120 billion to continue military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Vladimir Ustinov told the security forces about their poor work On Friday, the traditional extended board meeting of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation took place in Moscow, dedicated to summing up the results of the past year. This year, as both President Vladimir Putin, who came to the “hearing,” and Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov himself admitted, turned out to be a difficult year for the guardians of law and order.

Alexander Lazarev and “New Russia” In 1987-1995, Alexander Lazarev was the chief conductor of the Bolshoi Theater. At that time it was not the most progressive place, but there were eventful, non-trivial premieres (there was the unsung Tchaikovsky - “Mlada”, “The Maid of Orleans”; there was the restored Glinka - “A Life for the Tsar”; there was “Prince Igor”, stellar in composition and quality) Borodin) and were remembered, among other things, for their orchestral perfection.