Women's Euroleague Final Four starts today In the town of Vidnoye near Moscow, at the site of the local Spartak, a tournament of the four strongest women's teams of the Old World begins on Friday. For the first time, two Russian clubs were included in the elite quartet. The “red and white” team was accompanied by the current Russian champion CSKA Samara (formerly VBM-SSAU).

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced yesterday the division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs into two independent departments - the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Security. Blair explained that "the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is aimed at strengthening the fight against terrorism." This task has been assigned to the Ministry of Security.

From Monday there will be no foreign traders left in Moscow markets Three days before the introduction in Russia of a complete ban on the work of foreigners in market trade, the capital’s authorities decided to warn citizens about the need to rebuild the existing way of life.

Chronicle of sporting events All five Russian women unanimously passed the barrier of the second round of the singles tournament at the European Table Tennis Championships taking place in Belgrade. The silver medalists of the team competition are in excellent spirits and continue their more than successful performance in the Serbian capital.

Parisian prosecutor against Russian-Israeli multimillionaire The Prosecutor General of Paris, Jean-Claude Marin, filed an indictment against 55-year-old Arkady Gaydamak, a multimillionaire of Russian origin living in Israel. He is suspected of illegal arms supplies to Angola and corruption.

There will be no ban on Il-86 flights Egyptian authorities have extended permission for Russian Il-86 aircraft to fly to this country until September 15. Deputy head of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority Imad Salam reported this to RIA Novosti yesterday. So, there will apparently not be a sharp rise in prices for travel packages, which tour operators working in the Egyptian direction feared, this season.

Most of the bank's additional share issue can be purchased by foreign funds In addition to the two largest Russian state banks - Sberbank and VTB - another credit organization intends to offer its shares to investors. In April-May, Vozrozhdenie Bank will conduct an additional placement of securities. And although the sale of shares will take place by open subscription, it is already clear that Vozrozhdenie has preliminary agreements with buyers.

Moscow and Washington are trying to reach an agreement Moscow was very pleased with the Americans’ agreement to hold consultations and even begin joint work with Russia on creating a common missile defense (BMD) system .

On March 27, the long-awaited signing of the border agreement between Russia and Latvia took place in Moscow, the text of which was initialed by both parties 10 years ago.

Russia has a new type of defense minister The month and a half that Anatoly Serdyukov spent as Minister of Defense did not resolve the mystery of the appointment of the former successful furniture seller and head of the Federal Tax Service as responsible for the defense of the state.

Georgia has denied involvement in illegal arms supplies to Russia Yesterday, the Prosecutor General's Office unexpectedly made its contribution to the aggravation of relations between Georgia and Russia . A seemingly ordinary speech in Rostov-on-Don by Deputy Prosecutor General for the Southern Federal District (SFD) Ivan Sydoruk became the reason for proceedings that in the near future threaten to result in another interstate scandal.

Dissatisfaction with the Ahtisaari Plan is growing in Moscow The closer the start of discussions in the UN Security Council on the status of Kosovo , scheduled for April 3, the more passions are heating up. At stake are the principles of international law and the post-war structure of Europe. Never before in modern European history has autonomy received the right to secede from a UN member state without the consent of that state itself.

Mechel buys Yuzhno-Kuzbasskaya GRES RAO UES of Russia has fully complied with the order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service issued in 2005 when creating Territorial Generating Company No. 12.

Roscosmos had to make excuses for frightening the pilot of a Chilean airliner The top officials of Russian cosmonautics, an industry based on precise mathematical calculations, demonstrated yesterday that they are not very strong in political calculations. The day of the off-site meeting of the State Council Presidium in the homeland of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in Kaluga, where the future of the domestic cosmonautics was discussed, was overshadowed by an international scandal.