Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the son of film director Elem Klimov, as well as to the widow of Leonid Filatov. The telegram to Klimov's son notes: "An outstanding director, a bright and talented person, a representative of the generation of legendary domestic filmmakers, has died. His films are the work of a real creator, a professional of the highest class, a principled and courageous artist.

On October 28, the TEFI-Region All-Russian Television Competition opened in Irkutsk, which is held by the Academy of Russian Television Foundation. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. Representatives of about 300 studios working in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East will be able to compete for the statuette of Orpheus. There are 11 nominations in the competition. The jury is headed by Alexander Lyubimov.

Mikhail Mashkovtsev. Photo from Newsru.com The governor of Kamchatka Mikhail Mashkovtsev is officially notified of the case set against him. On Tuesday, he was called for interrogation to the regional prosecutor's office, RIA Novosti reports. We are talking about the investigation of a criminal case on the facts of an inappropriate spending of 140 million rubles of budget funds by officials of the administration of the region.

From the site www.yukos.ru After the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yukos negotiations with Chevrontexaco and Exxonmobil were not suspended. It is reported by Reuters with reference to informed sources in London. “Negotiations are not so suspended,” the source explained. "It is difficult to imagine that any of the negotiation participants decided to make a transaction when the president and owner of the largest stake in Yukos is in prison.

The Constitutional Court (CC) of the Russian Federation will announce its decision on the constitutionality of a number of provisions of the law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation" on October 30, 2003. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

The prosecutor's office of the Tver region returned to the state an architectural monument of the 19th century - the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the Nativity of Christ Monastery. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The prosecutor of the Tver region filed a claim with the arbitration court. He demanded that the agreement on the redemption of state property not subject to privatization be declared invalid.

Two tractor drivers of the Bula agricultural enterprise in the Batyrevsky district (Chuvashia) died at night while plowing a field, reports REGNUM news agency . One was only 28 years old, the other 33. Machine operators drove out into the night on caterpillar tractors DT-75 to carry out a production task. One of them decided to take a break, turned off his car and moved into his friend's cab. The noise of the car lulled them both.

On Tuesday, several dozen women blocked one of the streets of the Sakhalin city of Korsakov, along which the motorcade of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, was driving. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru with reference to Inetrfax. The minister is now on a campaign leave and is touring the Far East to meet voters. "Shoigu, help us.

Vasily Shakhnovsky. Photo from the site www.old.echo.msk.ru A group of investigators of the prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory flew in the tour (Evenkia) and representatives of the prosecutor's office of the Siberian Federal District are expected to arrive.

The Rodina electoral bloc announced a reward for assistance in the capture of Shamil Basayev, the leader of this bloc, State Duma deputy Sergei Glazyev, told reporters on Tuesday. It is reported by RIA Novosti. "The fact that terrorist number 1 is at large has a negative impact on the state of our society," Glazyev said.

Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov called for measures to stabilize the Russian financial market and restore it after Monday's fall. "Indeed, yesterday there was a very tense situation on the market. But, I think, there is no need to panic, on the contrary, measures must be taken to stabilize the market and restore it," Kasyanov is quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.

Logo FBR. FBI The former hostage of Nord-Ost Svetlana Gubareva arrived in the United States to testify the FBI in connection with the investigation of the death of her fiancé, US citizen Sandy Boker. This is stated in a press release from the Civil Freedom Fund received by the editors of the Grani.ru. The FBI conducts its own investigation of Dubrovka events. According to the law, terrorist attacks against American citizens abroad are in the federal jurisdiction of the United States.

Richard Bucher. Photo by ar The US State Department officially expressed its position on the situation around the Yukos case in Russia. According to the AR, the official representative of the State Department Richard Bucker at a briefing on Monday said: "We are afraid that these events can adversely affect the situation with the rule of law (in Russia. - Ed.)." According to Baucher, the State Department is closely monitoring the development of events.

Fire in California. Photo La Times According to official figures, the number of fire victims in southern California reached 15 people, reports Ar. According to the unofficial data that the Echo of Moscow leads, almost 40 people have already died from fires. On Monday, strong winds that contributed to the spread of fire were subsided. This gives firefighters a chance to stop the element. US President George Bush announced the area of ​​the California area covered by a forest fire zone.

On Monday, militants from the Hezbollah extremist organization shelled Israel's northern border. Beginning at 3:30 pm local time, the militants fired several mortar shells and anti-tank missiles in the area of ​​Mount Dov and the village of Rajar near the Lebanese border. As a result, an Israeli soldier was slightly wounded. The military fired back at Hezbollah positions. This area has not been shelled by militants for several months, since August of this year.