Passenger Tu-154 of Rostov Airlines, flying flight # 655 on the route Rostov - Nizhnevartovsk - Rostov, made an emergency landing in Ufa last night. As the Rosbalt correspondent was told on Friday in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Bashkiria, the reason for the emergency landing was the activation of the fire alarm of the third engine at an altitude of 11,000 meters. There were 59 passengers and 9 crew members on board the aircraft.

In the south of the capital, because of the threat of an explosion, people are being evacuated from the Sevastopol Hotel, RIA Novosti was told at the Moscow police department. According to the source, an anonymous message about an explosive device allegedly planted in the hotel was received by the duty officer "02" at 16.10 Moscow time. "The caller introduced himself as a 'Chechen wolf' and said that there was a bomb in the hotel," the source said.

So-called public informants may appear in Moscow in the near future. According to Ekho Moskvy, immediately after the terrorist attack in Tushino, deputies of the City Duma began to develop the relevant law. The experiment has already begun in the Tagansky district. The most active public figures will become informants. They will monitor those who rent apartments in the houses of the district and whether these people have registration in the capital.

In one of the largest cities in Pakistan, Karachi, an explosion occurred near an office building, BBC reports. As a result, at least two people died. A few more are injured. The building next to which the incident occurred is located on the main highway of the city, connecting its center with the local airport. The explosion thundered on Friday morning - the holy day of Muslims. The explosion killed a security guard and a passerby.

Five Albanian children arrived in Belgrade to testify in a trial against former Serbian special forces. As RBC was told in the Belgrade court, children are important witnesses for the prosecution. According to official information, at the end of March 1999, a detachment of the Yugoslav special forces "Scorpions" during the ethnic cleansing of the Albanian settlement of Podujevo shot several Albanian families.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the interests of about 1,500 record companies from 70 countries, has published a report on the distribution of counterfeit music. According to IFPI, the total number of illegal CDs in the world in 2002 for the first time exceeded one billion. The federation estimates that every two out of five CDs or cassettes sold are pirated.

As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the Department of Internal Affairs of Primorye, after information about suspicious bags was received on the control panel of the Department of Internal Affairs on duty, all people were evacuated from the clinic building, the building itself was cordoned off. However, after checking, it turned out that there were no explosives in the bags. They were simply forgotten by one of the visitors.

The commander of the White Legion Georgian partisan unit operating in Abkhazia, Zurab Samushia, declared his readiness to assist the Georgian Armed Forces in the event that a decision was made to resolve the conflict by force. reports "The partisans will do everything possible to facilitate the movement of regular army units," Samushiya PRIMA .

In the center of Moscow, a resident of the Voronezh region was detained, from whom a TNT bomb was confiscated. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. "A 53-year-old resident of the Voronezh region was detained on Zemlyanoy Val street near house 24," the agency's source said. According to her, a 200-gram TNT bomb and an electric detonator were confiscated from the detainee. The source of the acquisition is established.

A World War II German bomber crashed in the United States on its way to an air show. The plane crashed into an unfinished building, according to AP. As a result, both pilots died. Witnesses of the incident claim that just before the fall of HE-111, they heard some kind of sharp sound. There were workers inside the building under construction, but they managed to run out of the burning structure. The causes of the accident are still unknown.

Vladimir Putin. Photo AFP On Friday, Rosia President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with the leadership of the chambers of the Federal Assembly, the Government, the Presidium of the State Council and the leaders of fractions and leading public organizations.

Photo from Newsru.com Within the framework of the course taken by the Kremlin to bring regional legislation in accordance with the federal, a significant adjustment of the Dagestan Constitution was carried out. Through a-three-four years, Dagestan will turn into a presidential republic with a compact single-fed parliament formed according to a mixed system.

Photo from the site www.chekhovfest.ru Muscovites are a sophisticated people. At least they are used to considering themselves as such. “What, kabuki? Tibetan monks on French horses? Singing Korean cooks? Well, of course,” said Muscovites, passing by two months passing by densely hung advertising stretch marks and posters V of the Chekhov International Theater Festival.

From 19 to 22 September, the International Jazz Festival Parliament jazz festival will be held in Moscow. World-class stars representing different styles of jazz will perform at the Rossiya State Concert Hall. Including - Gotan Project, David Sanborn, Anna Karam, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Al Gerro. The organizers of the festival have chosen participants from about a hundred famous "candidates".

There are already 18 candidates for the post of governor of St. Petersburg. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" in the city election committee. On Friday, the eighteenth notice of the desire to run for governor was submitted to the election commission by State Duma deputy Petr Shelish.