Veto of US resolution For the first time in 35 years, Moscow and Beijing jointly prevented the UN Security Council from adopting a draft American resolution criticizing the authorities of Myanmar (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. A grateful Myanmar said the US had "failed in its ill-conceived attempt" to interfere in the country's internal affairs.

The US offers Russia its anti-missile umbrella The Americans “want to cooperate” with Russia in the field of missile defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Eric Edelman stated this desire of the US leadership. He assures that the State Department and the Pentagon are preparing for intensive consultations with Russia on missile defense. First of all, according to plans to deploy a dozen interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic.

The Spanish Prime Minister will continue negotiations with the separatists More than a million Spaniards took part in demonstrations yesterday against the terrorist attacks of the separatist organization Basque Homeland and Freedom (Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA). The demonstrations, supported by more than 500 parties, were carried out on the initiative of trade unions in Spain.

Kaliningrad deputies want to nominate a candidate for governor themselves The Legislative Assembly of Russia's westernmost region could give itself the presidential power to nominate a candidate for governor. First Deputy Chairman of the Kaliningrad Region Parliament Konstantin Polyakov told Vremya Novostey about this. “The corresponding proposal has already been sent to the regional government.

During the period of Vladimir Lukin’s mandate, the number of complaints increased by a third Long lines at clinics and illiterate doctors, as well as the draconian Housing Code, as last year, are the main “figures” in the annual report on the human rights situation in Russia, which yesterday Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, after familiarizing the president with it, presented it to the public. “There have been no radical changes,” Mr.

Speaker Pelosi Talks to Syria Against President Bush's Will Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi dealt a powerful blow to President Bush's Middle East policy. An influential Democratic politician arrived in Syria, with the authorities of which the Republican US administration completely refuses to talk. Mrs.

The President of Belarus is ready to move closer to the West in retaliation against Russia The President of Belarus made an unexpected and sharp attack yesterday after a compromise had just been reached with Moscow regarding Russian oil supplies. Alexander Lukashenko, during voting in local elections, sharply criticized Russia’s actions in the oil conflict with his country and promised to move closer to the West.

An accident occurred during the construction of the accelerator due to an error in calculations The completion date for the largest facility for physics experiments, the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, is under threat. The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that on March 27, one of the accelerator magnets partially collapsed during testing.

Only politicians can resolve the conflict Yesterday, alarming rumors spread in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the decree on its dissolution was announced by the country's president on Monday evening . Viktor Yushchenko is allegedly about to introduce direct presidential rule, and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is already forming blacklists on his orders.

Europe is looking for ways to rapprochement with the SCO A meeting of German experts with representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held at the German Society for Foreign Policy in Berlin, in which SCO Secretary General Bulat Nurgaliev took part. Europe's economic and political breakthrough into the Central Asian region has become one of the priorities of Germany's EU presidency. And here a “cautious rapprochement” with the SCO is important.

ENI and Enel bought Yukos assets - a little for themselves, a lot for Gazprom A consortium of Italian energy concerns - ENI and Enel - won yesterday the auction for the sale of Yukos gas assets, offering $5.83 billion. Moreover, just hours before the auction, the future winner signed a special agreement with Gazprom, which provides for subsequent resale to the Russian concern the main part of the purchased assets.

Lukashenko Jr. grew up on the scandal with Russia The elections to local authorities, held yesterday in Belarus, attracted much less attention than the personnel appointments of Alexander Lukashenko. “The election results will not have a serious impact on the balance of political forces,” Belarusian independent sociologist Oleg Manaev explained to Vremya Novostei.

Liverpool and Gerrard thank patriotic driver After the first quarter-final matches of the Champions League, we can already confidently name one of its semi-finalists. Liverpool, having defeated local PSV 3:0 in Eindhoven, practically guaranteed themselves promotion in the tournament bracket. And although the history of the league knows examples when teams won back such a handicap even in a half, the coach of the Dutch club Ronald Koeman should not hope for such a thing.

The turnover of the RTS exchange market decreased by a third The first quarter of this year was not very successful for the RTS - the volume of its exchange market decreased by 31%. The stock exchange explains this drop as a seasonal factor. Analysts suggest that investors are leaving the RTS due to its insufficient liquidity. From January to March of this year, the trading volume on the exchange market amounted to 4.258 billion rubles. versus 6.2 billion in the fourth quarter of last year.

The President of Ukraine lost his powers Today, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will appeal to the Constitutional Court to regain at least part of his lost powers . On Friday, parliament overcame the presidential veto on the law on the cabinet of ministers, which deprived the head of state of any remaining political influence. 366 deputies out of 370 voted for this decision.