In two or three months, Russians will be able to follow the most important sporting events via public sports channel. Vyacheslav Fetisov, chairman of the State Committee for Sports of the Russian Federation, said this on Sunday, answering a question from Interfax at the end of a meeting of the Council for Physical Culture and Sports under the head of state.

The State Duma adopted in the second reading a package of four bills on the reform of the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation, RBC reports. The first reading of the package passed on 26 July. We are talking about amendments to the laws "On natural monopolies", "On the peculiarities of managing and disposing of property of railway transport", "On railway transport in the Russian Federation" and the "Charter of railway transport of the Russian Federation".

George Bush. Photo by ar The administration of George Bush prepared a list of the most dangerous terrorists, whom the CIA can freely destroy if their capture is uncommon, or if the elimination of terrorists will contribute to the minimization of victims among the civilian population. This was reported by the New York Times by senior sources in the US intelligence services.

The Norwegian cargo ship "Tricolor" sank in the English Channel, carrying almost 3,000 new luxury cars, BBC reports. 55-ton "Tricolor" after a collision with a 20-ton freighter from the Bahamas. Brand new BMWs, Volvos and Saabs turned out to be irretrievably lost. The Tricolor team - 24 people, mostly Filipinos - was rescued and is now in France. The ship lies at a depth of 25 meters and interferes with passing ships, but so far experts do not see any way to raise it.

A British Navy flotilla will be sent to the Persian Gulf in early 2003, BBC reports. This was officially confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom. The flotilla will include 6 ships, including the Ark Royal aircraft carrier, a destroyer, a frigate and a submarine. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the transfer is carried out in accordance with long-established plans for routine exercises that will take place from February to August 2003 and end in the Pacific Ocean.

About 300 people gathered on Sunday afternoon near the building of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation for prayer standing in support of the introduction of the basics of Orthodox culture in schools. According to Interfax, the protesters held slogans in their hands: "Stand up for the faith, Russian land!", "Return Orthodox culture to the Fatherland!" anti-church lobby", etc.

The author of a number of detective novels, Victoria Solomatina, who writes under the pseudonym Victoria Platova, filed a lawsuit against the Eksmo publishing house with the Zamoskvoretsky Court. As the writer's lawyer Irina Tulubyeva told the RIA Novosti agency, her client intends to obtain recognition of her right to a creative pseudonym. Platova wrote 11 novels over several years of cooperation with Eksmo, including Death at the Tip of the Tail, Doll for a Monster, Crystal Trap.

In Novosibirsk, 33-year-old Yuri Shanin was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer. Shanin, previously convicted four times for theft, extortion, hooliganism and rape and spent a total of 13 years in prison, made a brawl on the train "Novosibirsk-Toguchin" and wounded a policeman in the thigh with a knife. The policeman was forced to open fire, as a result of which the criminal was wounded.

Salman Raduev. Photo from the site www.news.bbc.co.uk In the correctional colony of the city, Solikamsk died one of the most famous Chechen field commanders Salman Raduev. This was reported to the Russian BBC service was reported in the press service of the Office of the Penitical Personality of the Perm Region. Nothing has been reported about the cause of the death of Salman Raduev.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation Alexander Veshnyakov was recognized as the Newsmaker of the Year. This decision was made by the jury of the competition organized by the Press Foundation (www.fondpressa.ru), dedicated to the 300th anniversary of journalism in Russia.

In the East End of London, four whites beat a Somali native with metal bars, BBC reports. As a result, a 40-year-old man lost sight in one eye and is now in a hospital in serious condition. The police are looking for criminals. On Saturday morning they approached him in Mare Street and asked for a cigarette. He refused them. They began to insult him, alluding to his race, then began to beat him with fists, kicks and metal bars. Then he was found by a passerby.

Poster from the site www.voin.orthodoxy.ru FSB director Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting with the heads of ITAR-TASS, RIA Novosti, Interfax, Channel One and VGTRK summed up the work of his department for the outgoing year. In particular, Patrushev said that the investigation of the hostage seizure in the theater center on Dubrovka received information about the involvement of the leaders of Chechen separatists - Aslan Maskhadov, Shamil Basayev, Movladi Udugov and Zelimkhan Yandarbiev.

In the city of Otradnoye, Samara Region, a 68-year-old pensioner decided to get even with a neighbor with whom he was in a quarrel, and threw a grenade at the house of a 74-year-old woman. As RIA Novosti was informed on Sunday in the information department of the regional police department, according to the preliminary version, an RGD-5 grenade exploded. At the time of the explosion, the pensioner was visiting her 57-year-old friend.

The body of the Chechen terrorist Salman Raduev, who died in the colony, most likely will not be released for burial to relatives. "Convicted Raduev will be buried according to the instructions, in accordance with the current legislation," a source in the Main Directorate for the Execution of Punishments (GUIN) of the Russian Ministry of Justice told Interfax on Sunday.

Three Islamic extremists plotting a terrorist attack against US diplomats were arrested Sunday in Karachi. It is reported by Reuters, citing sources in the city police. Said Kamal Shah, head of the Sindh police department, said a car with 10 kg of explosives was seized during the operation to apprehend the criminals. All the detainees are Pakistani citizens and belong to the banned extremist organization Lashkar-e Jhangvi.