CONCERTS Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory , conductor Boris Tevlin , soloists Anna Litvinenko (vocals), Alena Baeva (violin), Alexander Zhukovsky (hurdy-gurdy) and Marianna Vysotskaya (organ) will perform works by Shostakovich, Gavrilin, Shchedrin, Butsko, Ledenev, A. Tchaikovsky , Falik, Tarnopolsky, Kalistratov and Volkov. Great Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00.

Schroeder is accused of providing state guarantees for a failed loan to Gazprom The name of the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his new place of work in the North European Gas Pipeline Company controlled by the Russian Gazprom (among its shareholders are also the German E.ON and BASF), which will build the underwater part of the North European Gas Pipeline, was connected another scandal.

FOOTBALL. April 4--5. Champions League. Quarterfinals. Return matches. April 6. UEFA Cup. Quarterfinals. Return matches. Russian Championship. Premier League. 4th round. April 8. CSKA - Tom, Moscow - Luch-Energia, Saturn - Shinnik, Rostov - Torpedo. April 9. "Spartak" (M) - "Lokomotiv", "Amkar" - "Dynamo", "Wings of the Soviets" - "Zenit", "Spartak" (Nch) - "Rubin". St.

The Spaniard once again remained above the passions that boiled over in the race Fernando Alonso completed his performance at the Melbourne circuit with his second victory of the season. Now he has 28 points out of 30 possible. Kimi Raikkonen from McLaren lost just over a second to the Renault driver. Ralf Schumacher finished the race in third place, giving Toyota its first podium of the season.

It was not possible to believe the grace of statistics The American John Templeton Foundation managed to throw $2.4 million down the drain in an original way.

American biotechnology firm ViaGen Inc. announced that it intends to create a business selling cloned horses in the coming years. Champions of yesteryear who took first prizes at the most prestigious races are subject to reincarnation. At the beginning of this year, the company has already managed to create two such clones.

The controversial sending off of CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev became a key moment in the army team's match with Spartak. Typically, the heroes of such episodes do not seek to communicate with the press after the game. However, Igor AKINFEEV was confident that he was right and, under the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium, he immediately announced this to Vremya Novostei correspondent Andrei VDOVINA. — Igor, was there a handball in that episode after which you were sent off the field?

Belarus is preparing energy proposals for Russia Yesterday, Belarus and Russia modestly celebrated a decade of union relations. Rumors have appeared about Alexander Lukashenko's supposed visit to Moscow today. However, Pavel Legkiy, a representative of the press service of the President of Belarus, told Vremya Novostey that he does not confirm this information. These rumors were not confirmed by VN in the Russian presidential administration.

The Ingush refugee camp repeats the fate of the Chechen tents On Friday in Vladikavkaz, the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Southern District, Dmitry Kozak, again discussed with the President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov and the head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov the settlement of the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. The deadline for the “final solution”, established by Vladimir Putin’s November 2003 order, expires in nine months.

Belarusian boxer Sergei Lyakhovich defeated Lamon Brewster and became the new World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion. Despite the fact that Lyakhovich was knocked down in the seventh round, all three referees in their notes gave him preference - 117:110, 115:112 and 115:113. “Laimon hits like a horse’s hoof,” Lyakhovich complimented his opponent. - He showed himself to be a real champion. I knew that he had a very strong blow and an unbending will, but I answered every blow.

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Development of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting of Russia has been announced for today, dedicated to the topic formulated as follows: “Creation of public broadcasting in Russia: from words to deeds.” The Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref has been invited to mark the expected transition and will make an opening speech.

Former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, who entitled his book “Ukraine is not Russia,” looked into the water. The geographic location, political size and geopolitical ambitions of Ukraine are not comparable to those of Russia. It was these circumstances that played a key role in the fact that for the foreseeable historical future, Ukraine will not be a political ally, much less an economic vassal of Russia.

The first prizes in the field of contemporary art were awarded Three events at the end of last week were conducive to the popularization of contemporary art and art institutions in society. The loudest was the presentation of the first prize in the field of contemporary art “Innovation”. It was established by the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation and the State Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA).

Preschool services have become more expensive in Moscow The Moscow authorities' struggle against extortion in schools and kindergartens has led to a logical result. From April 1, the official fee for a child’s stay in the capital’s preschool institutions will increase more than five times. City authorities have long been preparing Muscovites for the inevitability of this step; recently Mayor Yuri Luzhkov signed a resolution providing for a revision of the principle of calculating payments.

Jaruzelski faces prison The troubles of the famous Polish politician Wojciech Jaruzelski did not end with the fact that in the middle of last week, President Lech Kaczynski awarded him the Cross of Exiles to Siberia, and then deleted him from the list of recipients, allegedly because he got there due to a mistake by the presidential staff (see. "News Time" dated March 30) .