Alexander MELMAN, "Moskovsky Komsomolets": 1. What you liked. "Life Line" ("Culture"). Oh, what kind of people there are still in the Soviet country! It needs to be appreciated. This month there were wonderful Nikonenko, Terekhova, and even earlier Budraitis. What a beauty! "Country duty officer" ("Russia"). As long as Zhvanetsky is with us, as long as he is in shape, we are not afraid of anything. “Let them talk” (“First”) about the Koptsev case.

Hockey. NHL. Playoffs. First round. "Tampa Bay" -- "Ottawa" -- 4:8 (series score 1:2) -- Volchenkov "O" (0+1), "Anaheim" -- "Calgary" -- 2:5 (1: 2), "Edmonton" -- "Detroit" -- 4:3 2OT (2:1) -- Samsonov "E" (0+1), "San Jose" -- "Nashville" -- 4:1 ( 2-1). Each team used a numerical majority three times in the Tampa Bay-Ottawa match. The second pick of the 2001 draft, visiting center forward Jason Spezza made four assists.

The results of the presidential elections in Belarus on March 19 were not recognized by the West, but Moscow again declared its support for Minsk. Could Western pressure on the Belarusian authorities become an incentive to accelerate the integration of Belarus and Russia? Russian Ambassador to Belarus Alexander SURIKOV spoke about the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in an interview with Vremya Novostei.

The purpose of this letter is to make public some facts demonstrating an unfavorable, I would say, threatening situation in our art education. We are talking about dismissal from the Moscow State Art Institute. V.I. Surikov, the famous painter Pavel Fedorovich Nikonov, who served as a professor. Nikonov did not pass the competition at the institute's academic council: 16 council members voted against him, 14 voted for him. Rector of the Institute A.A.

Villarreal gave way to Arsenal in the Champions League final The “Yellow Submarine” finished its campaign in the Champions League. Villarreal failed to win the semi-final return match against Arsenal - 0:0, and due to the victory in the first meeting, Arsene Wenger's team will play in the decisive match for the main trophy of European football on May 17 in Paris. “Yes, we reached the semi-finals, but who will remember this in a year.

CLUBS Carlos Casas , a famous Spanish filmmaker and musician, comes to Moscow to present his works and get acquainted with the art of young Russian artists.

Elena Afanasieva, “Echo of Moscow”: 1. Pros. “Battle for Space” is a significant step taken by Channel One to bring all domestic TV to the international level. For the first time, our TV channel did not just buy a BBC film and did not “bring shells” for a venerable Western producer, but participated as equals in the creation of a large-scale, high-quality project that allows us to take a fresh look at our recent history.

The Presnyakov brothers, Oleg and Vladimir, philologists from Yekaterinburg, write plays that are staged all over the world. Perhaps today they are the most fashionable domestic playwrights.

In most of the European territory of Russia, the weather will continue to be formed under the influence of an anticyclone formed in the cold Arctic air. With the northern and northeastern flows that formed at the heights, new portions of cold continue to flow deep into the European territory of Russia, maintaining partly cloudy but cool weather. Average daily temperatures in most of the European territory of Russia continue to lag behind the climate norm by two to six degrees.

Domodedovo and Transaero are expanding at the expense of each other Transaero Airlines celebrated yesterday five years of its presence at Domodedovo International Airport. Before moving there, that is, during the first ten years of its existence, Transaero managed to fly from two other leading airports of the Moscow air hub: Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo.

About 700 chess players gathered in Dagomys at the same time The last ten days of April can undoubtedly be called a showcase of European chess - the famous Black Sea resort complex "Dagomys" hosts the Russian chess championship among clubs, as well as the national championships among women's and children's clubs, in which about 700 participants take part.

Rallies and shootings are taking place again in Dagestan The Dagestan prosecutor's office yesterday opened two criminal cases in connection with the unrest in the Dokuzparinsky district of the republic, where the day before there were clashes between the police and residents of the Usukhchay regional center. The villagers, according to various sources from 300 to 700 people, blocked the highway and demanded the resignation of the head of the local administration.

Yulia LARINA, “Ogonyok”: 1--2. An event is an anti-event. The TV is gradually turning into a home cinema. Screening by Channel One and Rossiya of high-quality films (both feature films and documentaries: “On Verkhnyaya Maslovka”, “First on the Moon”, “Space as a Premonition”, “Pilgrimage to the Eternal City”, etc.), of course, pleases. It’s great that movies are now discussed with the audience in the studio.

Conversbank bought a little-known British banking holding company The international financial group Conversebank acquired the British banking group Pointon York Limited (PYL). This marked the first time that a Russian financial institution acquired a British banking asset. As is known, among other EU countries, the financial regulatory authorities of Great Britain set perhaps the most stringent requirements for the buyers of their banks.

The prosecutor's office is not backing down from the general director of Mayak PA Vitaly Sadovnikov, who risks incurring criminal liability for the consequences of the 1957 accident. Yesterday, the department of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation for the Ural Federal District rejected the application of the suspect's lawyers to terminate the investigation into the case of Mr. Sadovnikov under an amnesty. Let us remind you that the director of Mayak is accused under Art.