Collage of faces of ru The process that began today in the Tver inter -municipal court was an event from the ordinary. It is difficult to even imagine the plot in which the classic confrontation of the personality and the state would gain such sharp, clear features. It is difficult to imagine the situation more confusing. Two truths collide - people and power. We reason theoretically: does the state are direct responsibility for the terrorist attack and its tragic consequences?

The girl, found last weekend in the forest near Nizhny Tagil, was returned to her parents, Regions.ru reports with reference to the Novy Region agency. Olga Ryabova, head of the department for juvenile affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region, informed about this. The girl Dasha was found on November 30 in a construction trailer on the territory of the shift camp near the 149th kilometer of the Nizhny Tagil-Kushva highway.

The special services of Georgia have information that the people involved in the kidnapping of the Spanish businessmen Antonio Trevinio and Francisco Rodriguez, as well as the British banker Peter Shaw, are preparing a new kidnapping. "There is information that this group of criminals is trying to carry out yet another kidnapping of a foreign businessman," State Security Minister Valery Khaburdzania told reporters on Monday.

The 72-year-old property owner Rolf Eden, dubbed "the German Hugh Hefner", has pledged $125,000 to any woman he dies while having sex. It is reported by ABCNews. "My real desire would be to die during intimacy," Eden said. "My lawyer knows about the will in which I promise $125,000 to this woman." At 72, Eden says he is "in great shape" and ready for physical love.

Until 2005, no changes will take place in the Russian system of academic degrees. This, as reported by RIA "Novosti", on Tuesday in St.

Eight generals to be tried for Su-27 crash in Lvov Eight generals of the Ukrainian armed forces will be brought to justice in the case of the crash of the Su-27 fighter at the air show in Lviv. This was stated by Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Oleksandr Atamanyuk. According to RIA "Novosti", senior military officials are accused of negligent attitude to official duties and abuse of power.

Filming ORT On Tuesday in the Tver inter -municipal court of the capital, a preliminary hearing was held on the claims of eight former hostages and their relatives who suffered during the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka, the faces of the Central Lawyer Bureau told the Frances. The victims have claims against the metropolitan government with a demand to pay them compensation for moral and physical damage.

On Monday, the People's Artist of Russia, actor died suddenly Moscow City Council Theater Boris Ivanov. On November 29, he was taken to the Botkin hospital with a stroke. The civil memorial service will be held on December 5 at 11.00 in the upper theater foyer, Interfax was told on Tuesday by the administration theater. Ivanov was born on February 28, 1920 in Odessa. Studied at theater school. In 1941, having played a graduation performance, went to the front, was wounded.

A consortium of Russian companies NK Rosneft and OAO Stroytransgaz (STG) has begun exploration work (GE) as part of a development project prospective block 245-South in Algiers. As Interfax was told in the press service of Rosneft, the work program provides for the implementation during the first 3 years of seismic exploration in the amount of 600 km and drilling of 2 wells. The planned completion date for the field work is April 2003.

Shuttle Endeavor undocked from the International Space Station on Monday at 21.05 Moscow time, RIA Novosti reports. He circled the station, filming its surface on photographic and videotape. The ISS Expedition 5 will return to Earth on Endeavor. Commander - Russian cosmonaut Valery Korzun, flight engineer - Sergey Treshchev. From the United States, this expedition includes researcher Peggy Whitson. The expedition has been working at the station since the beginning of June this year.

The number of victims of a fire in a nightclub in Caracas has increased to 50 people. Rescuers found three more bodies under the rubble of the burnt building. Injuries of varying severity received 12 people, according to AP. The dead - two women and one man - died of asphyxiation. The bodies of 60% of the dead have not yet been identified. The police are considering several versions of the fire: a short circuit, an unextinguished cigarette butt, fireworks or a fire in the kitchen.

On Tuesday, December 3, the full version of the legendary film by Sergei Bondarchuk "War and Peace" will go on sale in the United States. According to the NTV television company, the masterpiece of Russian cinema will be released on DVD with translation into seventeen languages ​​of the world. The idea to release the full version of "War and Peace" in the United States belongs to one of the American film companies, which is counting on the great commercial success of the Oscar winner.

Ahmed Zakayev. Photo from the site www.ej.ru The Ministry of Justice of Denmark today rejected the official request of Russia about the extradition of Ahmed Zakayev. According to BBC, the statement of the Ministry of Justice of Denmark says that it did not receive evidence from the Russian side sufficient to make an extradition decision.

The European Commission published on Tuesday a "black list" of merchant ships, primarily oil tankers. According to RIA Novosti, ships from this list are prohibited from appearing in the territorial waters of EU member states due to non-compliance with navigation safety standards. The European Commission's representation in Austria reported that the decision to create this list was made after the accident of the Prestige tanker.

The trial of the second former butler of Lady Diana, who was accused of stealing jewelry, ended before it began. According to AFP, the lawyers who filed charges against 50-year-old Harold Brown said they had no basis to continue the case. They also said the sensational trial of former butler Paul Burrell was the reason for the decision. Prosecutor William Boyce said the Queen's intervention in the Burrell case cast the Brown case in a different light.