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Earthquake in Turkey
In the north-west of Turkey, where a destructive earthquake occurred on August 17, which led to the deaths of more than 14 thousand people, today an underground impetus was recorded by a force of 5.2 points on the Richter scale. Its epicenter, as before, was in the city of Izmit, reported by the seismological observatory of the University of Bosphorus. According to BBC, one person died, 70 were injured.

Passenger transportation tariffs will not grow
Tariffs for passenger transportation by rail will not grow by rail, only the cost of cargo transportation will be slightly increased. Railway transport is the only monopolist who did not raise tariffs for passenger transportation for almost a year and a half, ITAR -TASS reports. This year, ticket prices for passengers will remain unchanged and only the cost of cargo transportation will increase by 12%.

The Prime Minister of Serbia arrives on Wednesday to Moscow at the invitation of the mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov
Prime Minister of Serbia Mirko Maryanovich arrives on Wednesday to Moscow at the invitation of the mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov. This was reported to ITAR-TASS today by sources at the Embassy of the Union Republic of Yugoslavia in Russia. The head of the Serbian government, sources noted, will take part in the events that will be held in Moscow on the occasion of the City Day.

Islamic University opens in Moscow
Islamic University opens in Moscow in the near future. As ITAR-TASS reported today in the spiritual department of Muslims of the European part of Russia, a state license for its institution has been received. The university will receive the status of a non -state secular higher educational institution. It is planned to start classes only in a year. Now the university faculties are being formed, it is coordinated by subjects with the Ministry of Education. The university will also include the Muslim higher spiritual college, which has been operating in Moscow for five years. The new academic year will begin there on October 1.

The President of the Russian Federation signed a decree on the creation of trusteeships
Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on the creation in state and municipal educational institutions of the Board of Trustees, the press service of the President of the Russian Federation said today. The decree notes the need to create in state and municipal educational institutions of the trusteeships. At the same time, this refers to "establishing public control over the use of targeted contributions and voluntary donations of legal entities and individuals for the needs of educational institutions."

Communists will go to the polls themselves
There is a fairly high probability that the Communists will go to the parliamentary elections as part of the electoral association "Communist Party of the Russian Federation", and not in the patriotic bloc "For Victory". This was reported to "Interfax" by an informed source in the leadership of the Communist Party.

The first stage of the Riga overpass is opened in Moscow
The first phase of the Riga flyover is open on Tuesday in Moscow. According to the correspondent of Interfax, the mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov took part in the official opening ceremony. The length of the new flyover will be 370 meters. It will organize a 4 -lane movement - two stripes in each direction. The second stage of the Riga overpass is planned to be completed in 2000. In addition, after the reconstruction on Tuesday, part of Mira Avenue from Riga Square to Kibalchich Street was opened. On this section of Mira Avenue, a 10-lane movement was organized, 4 underground pedestrian crossings were built.

The American Standart Commercial Tobacco on September 9 will put into operation a tobacco processing factory in the Lomonosovsky district of the Leningrad region
The American Standart Commercial Tobacco, one of the world's leading companies in the processing and sale of tobacco raw materials, will put the tobacco factory in the Lomonosovsky district of the Leningrad region on September 9, 1999. As Interfax was told in the press center of the Government of the Leningrad Region, the investment of the American company in the project will make about $ 18 million in the project. The plant is designed to produce 20 thousand tons of tobacco raw materials a year. The plant’s products are planned to be supplied to domestic tobacco industry enterprises.

Yuri Luzhkov and Sergey Stepashin - not enemies
Today, at a meeting at the Moscow City Hall, ex-Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov discussed the campaign’s strategy. Stepashin appreciated the meeting with Luzhkov as "a good normal conversation." “We are political opponents, but not enemies,” he emphasized. “We must conduct a political struggle honestly, without dirt, without compromising evidence.” Answering the question of journalists who, with whom Yabloko and Stepashin will conduct such consultations, the former prime minister called first of all NDR and the “right -handed business”. According to Stepashin, such negotiations are excluded with the Communist Party, since the Communists are "our main political opponents, but, I emphasize once again, not enemies."

MICEX cancels from September 1, bidding on foreign currencies included in the euro zone
MICEX canceles from September 1, bidding on foreign currencies included in the euro zone. The exchange cancels trading in foreign currencies of the euro zone, taking into account the adaptation of Russian banks and their customers to the introduction of the euro, the report said. The exchange also takes steps to develop the market of this single European payment means. Bidding on the French franc, Italian lyre, German and Finland brands are canceled. Now, from September 1, the MICEX will take auction in seven foreign currencies - the US dollar, the euro, the English pounds, the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen, the Ukrainian hryvnia and Kazakhstan tenge.

The Petersburg television and radio company was a warning for the show of the transfer of Alexander Nevzorov on the Promotion of the "right -handed"
The North-Western Department of the Ministry of Press, Teleioes and Mass Communication was warned by the Petersburg television and radio company for showing Alexander Nevzorov on the youth promotion "You are right", which in the city on the Neva held the pre-election block of right forces. The warning is about the correctness of this program on the air, the acting acting reported today Head of the North-Western Department Vladimir Leviev. For the show of this program, the ministry was warned by public Russian television (ORT).

Yeltsin promises to increase the financing of the coal mining industry
Next year, the state will increase the financing of the coal mining industry to fifteen billion rubles. This was promised today at a meeting with the heads of mining regions, President Boris Yeltsin. In the draft budget for 2000, only 6 billion was allocated for the needs of the coaling industry. Underfinancing of the industry will inevitably lead to social shocks in the mining regions, one of the participants in the Kremlin, Governor of the Kemerovo Region, Aman Tuleyev, noted in an interview with Interfax.