In St. Petersburg, a collection of works of art and jewelry was stolen from the apartment of an antiques specialist. As Rosbalt was informed in the St. Petersburg police department, the offender climbed into the apartment, located on the 2nd floor of building 1 on Chekhov Street, through the window, climbing up the drainpipe.

The personnel of the headquarters of the Group of Russian Forces in Transcaucasia should be reduced four times, Alexander Lutskevich, head of the press service of the GRVZ, told reporters. This is reported by the agency PRIMA. In accordance with the directive of the commander of the North Caucasian Military District, from August 1 to December 1, 30 people should remain at the headquarters instead of the current 120.

State Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev denied the information that he was moving from the Union of Right Forces faction to the Yabloko faction in the State Duma. He stated this in an interview with Grany.Ru. "I'm not going to add up my obligations to the SPS electoral bloc, which were absolutely unambiguously taken in 1999 (mutual obligations - however, this is not about the party, but about the SPS electoral bloc)," the deputy said.

The Chelsea owner has given Peter Kenyon, the former chief executive of Manchester United, a major challenge: to get Sven-Göran Eriksson as the club's head coach. about it. writes British Sun According to the newspaper, Kenyon interested Roman Abramovich not only as a talented manager, but also as a person who is very close to the head coach of England. The fate of current Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri remains in doubt.

GDP growth for 8 months of this year amounted to 6.9 percent, Alexei Ulyukaev, First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, said in Moscow at the Russia and the CIS-2003 conference. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Ulyukaev also said that, following the results of eight months, the volume of investments in fixed assets increased by 12%, consumer demand increased by 14.5%. He noted that these parameters are higher than last year.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) plans to resume space shuttle flights in March 2004. NASA suspended space shuttle flights after the death of the American Columbia spacecraft in February this year, when seven astronauts on board became victims of the shuttle crash shortly before its landing on Earth. In this regard, at the moment, the task of delivering cosmonauts and cargo to the International Space Station is entirely entrusted to Russia.

As part of the New York High Fashion Week, the Best Foreign Fashion Designer of the Year award will be presented on Tuesday. The award was won by Russian designer Elena Yarmak, RIA Novosti reports. At the evening in one of the most popular places in the largest US city - the building "Capital" - there will also be a show of an exclusive collection of about 60 author's works of the fashion designer.

ATP. Grani.ru collage Gaidara - in Iraq, Chubais - in the locomotives Party -registry, democracy and open economy - to the country. These are the main results of the third Congress of ATP, which was of very important psychological significance for a somewhat depressed party. A couple of months ago, the Union of Right Forces observed a scatter, staggering, uncertainty in their own capabilities, accompanied by excessively attentive reading of sociological reports.

Seven cars collided on Monday evening as a result of a traffic accident on Zemlyanoy Val Street in Moscow. As the Rosbalt correspondent was told on Tuesday in the department of propaganda and information of the traffic police of the capital, at 23.00 the driver of the Ford car lost control at high speed. The foreign car jumped into the oncoming lane and crashed into an Audi that was driving in the opposite direction.

A new research company in the field of research services - "Analytical Service of VCIOM (VCIOM-A)" - is starting to work in Russia. This was reported to Interfax on Tuesday in the press service of the company. Currently, VTsIOM-A is officially registered and its trademark is patented. The founders of the new campaign are employees of the well-known All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) as individuals. The legal form of the new company is an autonomous non-profit organization.

$50,000 will be given to a person or group of people for information that will help in the investigation of the explosion of an electric train near Kislovodsk on September 3. This decision was made on Monday by the leadership of the North Caucasian Railway (NCRR). This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the press service of the North Caucasus Railway. At the same time, those who reported the information about the attack are guaranteed complete anonymity.

In Ukraine, former policeman Sergei Dovzhenko, found guilty of killing 21 people, was sentenced to life in prison. According to ITAR-TASS, the verdict was issued by the Primorsky District Court of the city of Mariupol. In all cases, the guilt of the offender was proved, among the victims of which were four policemen and a 12-year-old girl. Dismissed from the police in the mid-90s, the accused committed violent crimes for three years and was detained only in May last year.

South Korean intelligence agencies found new launchers and medium-range ballistic missiles in the DPRK. It is reported by AFP with reference to the Seoul media. Rocket launchers were spotted 11 kilometers from Pyongyang near the Mirim airport. North Korea is celebrating its 55th anniversary on Tuesday. A military parade was held in Pyongyang, at which, according to Western agencies, no new types of weapons were demonstrated.

On Tuesday at 10.00 at the plenary session of the State Duma, the autumn session of the chamber opened. Of the 450 deputies of the chamber, 410 take part in the first plenary session after the summer recess. The deputies plan to approve the program of work for the autumn session as a whole, as well as for September, Interfax reports.

In the Leningrad region, the head of the hotel management department under the administration of St. Petersburg was killed. As Rosbalt was informed in the St. Petersburg police department, the corpse of 53-year-old Oleg Kournikov was removed on Monday evening from Lake Ladoga, 1 kilometer from the Defense Islands. According to the preliminary conclusion of experts, the official was killed with several stab wounds in the neck.