The 13 armed Chechens detained on the Chechen section of the Georgian-Russian border on August 3 and 4 can be handed over to the Russian side in the coming days, Georgian Prosecutor General Nugzar Gabrichidze said. "The study of documents sent by Russian colleagues on this group of Chechens has almost been completed both in the Prosecutor General's Office and in the Ministry of State Security of Georgia," Gabrichidze said Wednesday in an interview with Interfax.

The United States will allocate $1.9 million to Russia this fiscal year to strengthen the capacity of Russian law enforcement agencies to combat drug trafficking and other forms of transnational organized crime. These funds are being provided as part of an intergovernmental Russian-American agreement on cooperation in law enforcement and drug control, which will be signed on Wednesday in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Lokomotiv played a draw with Brugge. The ball went into the goal of Sergei Ovchinnikov, but the goal was not counted due to a foul by the Belgian attackers. The match ended dry - 0:0. "Juventus" defeated Kyiv "Dynamo" Kyiv with a devastating score of 5:0. Dynamo President Igor Surkis apologized to the team's fans for the game of his players, Kommersant reports. "Even despite certain difficulties caused by injuries to the leading players, it is impossible to stoop to such a level," said Mr.

Mikhail Kasyanov. Photo by ar The State Duma adopted the government draft budget for 2003, reports ORT. With the 226 votes necessary for the decision, the document was supported by 308, 117 voted against, 3 deputies abstained. At first, the State Duma adopted the appropriate draft resolution as a basis, then it was adopted as a whole.

An alleged member of the al-Qaeda terrorist network who filmed New York landmarks on a video camera was released from jail Wednesday on a $146,550 bail. Last July, Spanish police arrested three Arabs who were found in possession of a videotape showing detailed views of New York's top landmarks, including the WTC skyscrapers, Reuters reported.

The European Court of Human Rights accepted the claim of Myroslava Gongadze for consideration, Interfax reports with reference to the online publication Ukrainska Pravda. Widow Gongadze accuses the Ukrainian authorities and the investigating authorities of mistakes and delaying the investigation into the murder of her husband, journalist Georgy Gongadze.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the creation of the State Committee for Combating the Illegal Training of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. This was reported to Interfax on Wednesday in the press service of the head of state. The structure of the structure is carried out by the Deputy Minister of the Interior, the chairman of the State Committee.

The main topic of the plenary session of the State Duma on Wednesday will be the budget. According to RIA Novosti, the deputies will consider the government's draft federal budget for 2003 in the first reading. In the first part of the plenary session, Mikhail Kasyanov will read out a report "On the Basic Principles of the Financial and Economic Policy of the Government of the Russian Federation for 2003" and answer the deputies' questions.

A 596-meter television tower collapsed in Nebraska. According to AP, the incident killed two workers repairing the roof of a building at the base of the tower. Three other people received minor injuries. The wreckage damaged the cars below. The cause of the crash is not yet known. The TV Tower, built in the late 1960s, was the tallest structure in Nebraska. In addition, it was taller than the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Empire State Building in New York.

The Israelis have established a new settlement in the West Bank, according to Ha'aretz. The Rehalim settlement is located on the territory of an Israeli military post near Nablus. It has 14 houses where 25 families (about 100 people) move. Israeli Defense Ministry officials said the ministry was not informed about the construction and did not give permission for it.

Russia cannot use military force on the territory of Georgia, according to today's resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow". As noted in the fifth paragraph of the draft resolution, Article 51 of the UN Charter and Resolution 1269 of the UN Security Council do not give Russia, like any other state, the right to fight on the territory of another country.

A prisoner in a Brno prison faces an extra sentence for hiding a mini-radio in his body, writes Mlada fronta Dnes. The jailers heard a woman's voice coming from his cell. They went inside, but apart from this man there was no one there. But the voice continued to say something. After listening, the guards realized that the voice was coming from the prisoner's backside. He had to be searched. A mini radio was removed from his anus.

On Wednesday evening, two armed terrorists broke into the office of a Christian charity in Karachi and opened fire on people who were there. As a result, 6 people were killed and two others were injured, police told Reuters. One of them soon died in the hospital. The other is half paralyzed from a head wound. Three of the dead are Christians. The police explained that both Christians and Muslims worked in the organization "For Peace and Justice" ("Idare-e-Amn-O-Insaf").

The court of the Central District of Krasnoyarsk did not extend the detention of scientist Valentin Danilov, accused of spying for China. As Elena Evmenova, the defendant's lawyer, told Interfax, Danilov will be released from custody either on September 27 in the evening or on September 28 in the morning. (The term of his detention ends on September 27. - Ed.) The date of the court hearing on the merits of the case is not yet known.

Filming NTV The bodies of two more dead were found as a result of the gathering of the glacier in the Kenalon Gorge of North Ossetia. In total, to date, the bodies of 12 victims of natural disaster were found, ITAR-TASS reports. The bodies were found on Wednesday afternoon during search and rescue operations. They are sent to the Vladikavkaz morgue. There, an identification of victims of the impact of the elements is carried out.