The Council of Legislators, which includes the heads of all legislative assemblies of the Russian regions, intends to provide all-round assistance to the Chechen Republic in the development of the parliamentary system, RIA Novosti reports. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Council's presidium will be held in Moscow, at which this issue will be considered.

The Ministry of Transport of Russia plans to start negotiations in January 2004 with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the possibility of obtaining a loan of up to $100 million. According to RIA Novosti, referring to the words of the First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, head of the State Road Service Igor Slyunyaev, it is assumed that it will be a loan without guarantees from the Russian government. "This will be a pilot project," Slyunyaev said.

The President of Turkmenistan said that the investigation into the case of the attempted coup in November last year has not been completed. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Saparmurat Niyazov instructed the investigative commission to once again carefully study this issue, the republic's television reported.

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan Serdar Charyyarov is accused of complicity with terrorists who attempted to assassinate the President of the country, ITAR-TASS reports.

Photo from the site www.keepkidshealthy.com All television channels managed to show a girl who was born the first on the day of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg - at 0.03 - and, accordingly, should receive an apartment as a gift. However, according to RIA Novosti, the situation is not so clear. The boys and then managed to jump the weaker sex: in the Kolpinsky district of the city, a boy was born a minute earlier. The weight of the boy is 2 kg of 700 g.

An anti-American slogan was found on a government highway in St. Petersburg, Interfax reports. Under the poster was a box with wires sticking out from under it. The sappers who arrived at the scene carefully opened the box and found rotten potatoes there. The law enforcement agencies noticed that in style and content it resembles the action of radical left groups.

In the Darkylakh district of Yakutsk, 117 residential buildings were flooded, 123 people were resettled. This was reported to RIA Novosti on Tuesday by the Information Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The increase in the water level in the Lena River, which led to the flooding of houses, was due to an ice jam 30 km below the village of Kangalassy. The water in the river rose to a mark of 722 cm at a critical level of 780 cm.

In northern Indonesia, a powerful earthquake shook the island of Morotai (North Sulawesi province), reports AP. The strength of the tremors was approximately 6.4 points. One person died as a result; dozens of houses were damaged, 20 houses were completely destroyed. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 350 km east of the city of Bitung.

At the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and the Leningrad highway, there was a quarrel between two motorists. This was reported to Interfax at the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. The dispute between the drivers of cars "Skoda-Felicia" and "Mercedes" arose because of a minor accident. "Some of the participants in the accident even managed to call the traffic police," said an employee of the Department.

In Chechnya, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was detained while trying to commit a terrorist act, Interfax reports. Chechen prosecutor Vladimir Kravchenko said on Tuesday that 34-year-old Aslanbek Duraev was detained last Sunday while installing a radio-controlled land mine on the side of the road along Pervomaiskaya Street in Grozny.

11:09 In Latvia, a car driven by a drunk driver ran into a woman sunbathing on the banks of the Musa River. The incident took place in the town of Bausk, Leta reports. According to the traffic police department inspector Iveta Pukite, on May 25 at 16:13 the driver of the Ford Escort Zigmund L., born in 1980, while driving in a state of intoxication, drove over the river Inese S., born in 1964, lying on the bank of the river. The driver was arrested at the scene.

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), led by the country's prime minister, took first place in the parliamentary elections. The Central Election Commission of Armenia told Interfax that according to the preliminary count of almost all ballots, the RPA won more than 22.5% of the vote. Representatives of the party also won in ten of the 75 majoritarian districts.

On Tuesday, the White House will discuss possible US policy towards Iran, CNN reports. The meeting will be attended by representatives of the US administration and deputy heads of the Pentagon and the State Department. Recently, accusations against Tehran of harboring al-Qaeda terrorists and developing nuclear weapons have been increasingly heard.

The first in Moscow "intercepting" parking is put into operation on Tuesday in the Central Administrative District of Moscow. According to Interfax, referring to the words of the prefect of the Central Administrative District Gennady Degtev, "intercepting" parking for 320 cars has been created on the Peasant Outpost Square. Leaving the car in such a parking lot, the driver and passengers can continue their journey by metro, fixed-route taxi or tram.

Photo BBC In protest against the decision of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs on its occasion, the Iranian Kurd, living in Nottingham, announced a hunger strike. According to the Air Force, the 33-year-old Abas Amini aggravated his position by sewing his eyelids, ears and mouth. He also refuses drugs - painkillers and antibiotics, despite the fact that the inflammatory process has already begun on the eyelids. Doctors believe that he was a few days to live.