The Deputy Secretary General of the Islamic World League will take part in the negotiations with the terrorists who seized the building of the Theater Center on Dubrovka. This was reported to RIA Novosti by an official representative of the Center for Public Relations of the FSB of Russia.

The plenipotentiary representative of Chechnya in Moscow, Adlan Magomadov, expressed the opinion that among the terrorists who seized the building of the former recreation center of the GPP in In Moscow, the majority are mercenaries, Interfax reports. "Among the bandits, the majority are mercenaries, we are in this sure. Firstly, most of them hide their faces: according to our data, only two of the bandits are without masks.

The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement released on Thursday in connection with the terrorist act in Moscow, called on all countries that provide support to terrorists in Chechnya to take measures to curb such activities. This is reported by Interfax. "The mass hostage-taking in Moscow, including women and children, should also become a moment of truth for those who still divide terrorists in Chechnya into 'bad' and 'good'," the statement said.

It is possible that explosives were delivered to the building of the House of Culture on Dubrovka a few days before the hostage-taking, TVC reported. A few days before the hostage-taking, the gymnasium was being renovated in the building of the recreation center of the GPP. Among the workers were residents of Chechnya, TVC notes. According to one version, some of the explosives could have been delivered during this period.

The terrorists who took hostages at the Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow do not yet intend to make contacts with representatives of the authorities and the media information. This was reported to Interfax by one of the hostages named Anna.

NTV State Duma deputy Aslambek Aslakhanov appealed to representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Moscow with a request to come to the scene of the incident, since, in his opinion, the seizure of hostages concerns all ethnic Chechens. It is reported by ORT.

Ambassador of the Netherlands Pieter Tidde Hofstee received a strong protest in connection with the planned presentation of the Chechen Times newspaper in that country today.

In the city of Charlotte (North Carolina, USA), there was a scandal when, within the "John Boy & Billy" local radio station, immediately after the news about the tenth victim of a sniper, Queen's song "Another One Bites the Dust" was played. It is reported by the Charlotte Observer. The program's executive producer Randy Brazell had to go on air with an apology after the radio station was literally bombarded with a flood of indignant letters and calls.

RTR The terrorists released an unnamed professor who formed among the hostages, Interfax reports. The professor said that the condition of his liberation was a promise to transfer to the world community that the building was captured by the "Chechen Mujahideen", which demand the end of the war in Chechnya. He also confirmed that if the assault began, terrorists promise to blow up the building. According to the professor, the columns on which the underwear is kept are tied with explosives.

In Moscow, the head of the criminal police department of the internal affairs "Khoroshevsky" was shot dead, sources in the capital's police department told Interfax on Thursday. On October 24, at 01:00 am, in connection with the hostage-taking, a special plan was introduced in the Moscow police under the code the name "Thunderstorm". All police officers had to immediately arrive at their units and stay there until they receive special orders from the leadership.

Hostage Maria Shkolnikova, who had previously negotiated on behalf of the terrorists, was released from the building of the Palace of Culture, TVS reports. Shkolnikova told reporters: "A lot of people are in serious condition. People are asking for assistance in withdrawing troops from Chechnya. They only rely on those who are outside." On the doorstep of the building, she read out to the cameras the appeal of the hostages to President Putin.

The RenTV television company said that it is the only link between the militants and the outside world: its correspondents are in touch with the hostages. Previously, the militants intended to let the TV group of the company into the building (this particular one. - Ed.), But then changed their minds. The company invites all politicians, officials and heads of special services and their subdivisions to come to their large studio to organize a direct bridge with terrorists.

Relatives of the hostages in the DC appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NTV reports. They ask the president not to make decisions about storming the building. "We are all asking for real help from you," the statement said.

In the hands of the terrorists who seized the Theater Center on Dubrovka, 12 young artists - participants in the musical "Nord-Ost" - may remain. Alexander Tsekalo, general producer of the Nord-Ost project, told reporters about this, as RIA Novosti correspondent reports. According to him, at the moment there is no information that these children have been released. At the same time, Tsekalo noted, some actors, in particular, Alexei Ivashchenko, were able to leave the building.