Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Vladimir Rushailo began a working trip to Siberia. On Monday evening he arrived in Irkutsk. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the administration of the Irkutsk region, on September 2, an interdepartmental meeting on the problems of environmental protection and ensuring environmental safety in the territories of the federal subjects of the Baikal region will be held here.

The court of the North Caucasian Military District in Rostov-on-Don released Artur Arakelyan, head of the Mozdok military hospital, on bail. about this Writes "Kommersant". Arakelyan was released on health grounds. The officer who fell ill with bilateral pneumonia will remain in the hospital. When health permits, he will move home. Lieutenant Colonel Arakelyan was arrested the day after the explosion of the hospital.

In the village of Gorki Chirikovy, Ivanovo region, an emergency occurred: a MAZ fuel truck overturned. As RIA "Novosti" was informed in the Information Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, 15 tons of gasoline leaked from the damaged tank. Part of the fuel got into the Teza River, which flows into the Klyazma. Booms have been installed downstream of the Teza, and work is underway to collect and neutralize spilled gasoline.

Russian-Norwegian exercises "Barents-2003" began in the Barents Sea, RIA Novosti reports. As reported on Tuesday at the Marine Rescue Coordination Center of the port of Murmansk, the purpose of the exercises is to work out joint actions to rescue the crews of ships in distress. Helicopters and vessels of the Norwegian Coast Guard, the Northern Fleet, the fishing and commercial ports of Murmansk are taking part in the exercises.

On Tuesday, at a meeting of the Moscow government, a project for the withdrawal of enterprises from the center of Moscow will be considered, RIA Novosti reports. As part of the Prom City Moscow project, two sites will be allocated for the decommissioning of production facilities. One, with an area of ​​105 hectares, in the north of the capital in Molzhaninovka and the second, 300 hectares - in South Butovo.

Photo by ar In the Baghdad district of Rasafa, the mined car exploded in the parking lot at the police headquarters, reports Sky News. The explosion occurred at 11 in the morning local time. As a result, 14 police officers were injured. Now a strong fire is burning at the scene of the explosion. According to the Air Force, next to the police station is the building of the Iraq Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Vladimir Putin signed a Decree scheduling elections to the State Duma for December 7. The President of Russia signed the document before the meeting with the head of the CEC of the Russian Federation Alexander Veshnyakov, RIA Novosti reports. "I signed the decree. You can proceed," Putin said at a meeting with the head of the CEC of the Russian Federation, Alexander Veshnyakov.

Last weekend in Moscow, a Jew with sidelocks was removed from advertising posters of the Moscow fair complex. According to Kommersant , his image was closed with a question mark. We are talking about 6 posters with the slogan "'Moscow' works on Saturdays". Religious organizations and human rights activists have been protesting against them since spring, because such advertising, in their opinion, offends the feelings of the Jews.

In the village of Rumyantsevo, Ulyanovsk region, the Groshev family found a treasure from pre-revolutionary times during repairs in their own house. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Under the casing was a package tied with twine containing 12,495 tsarist rubles. Banknotes of 1898, 1909, 1905 and 1906 were wrapped in a pre-revolutionary newspaper in denominations of 1000, 250, 10, 5, 3 and 1 rubles. All of them are well preserved.

Eduard Shevardnadze will not run for president for the third time in Georgia. He announced this on Monday evening, NTV reports. Shevardnadze denies that he intends to change the clause in the constitution that forbids running three times. According to him, refusal to participate in new elections is the final decision. Shevardnadze's presidential term ends in April 2005.

Animation to the film "Fantastic Voyage", inspired by researchers from the University of Talsa for their period American researchers from the University of Tulsa ( University of Tulsa , Oklahoma) patented a technology that allows you to create batteries with a diameter into thousandths of millimeters. The manufacture of such microscopic power supplies is the first and perhaps the most urgent step towards the construction of real nanomas.

The largest Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, has announced that it is ending the unilateral truce with Ankara, Reuters reported. The PKK observed the truce for 5 years, but during all this time, the Turkish government, according to the Kurds, did not take a step towards them and did not even support the ceasefire initiative. "From September 1, we no longer observe a truce, since a truce can only be bilateral," the group said in a statement.

Abu Bakar Bashir. Photo by ar The Jakarta court partially justified the 65-year-old Muslim clergyman Abu Bakar Bashira, the Air Force reports. Bashira was accused of leading the radical group of Jamaa-Islamia, and that he intended to make a coup d'etat with the help of this group. Another point of prosecution is the involvement in the organization of a series of explosions in Christian churches. If he had been found guilty, he would have to spend 15 years in prison.

Photo from the site www.rybakov.narod.ru Payments to relatives of the two sailors who died on the K-159 submarine, whose death has already been confirmed, will begin in the near future, when the necessary documents will be collected. This was announced to the granim.ru by an employee of the press service of the military insurance company (VSK) Oleg Sobgnev.

On Tuesday night, a car accident occurred on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. According to RIA Novosti, in the area of ​​Poklonnaya Gora, a Mercedes-Gelendvagen collided with a VAZ-2107 car. "Zhiguli" caught fire. 4 people died. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred due to the fault of the Mercedes driver, who was making a U-turn through a solid dividing line.