Elections to the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic are being held in Adjara on Sunday. As Interfax was informed in the electoral committee of Adzharia, the elections are held at 301 polling stations. Eight political parties and one electoral bloc take part in the elections. 18 deputies are to be elected to the Supreme Council under the proportional system, and 12 deputies under the majoritarian system.

About 300 Chechen fighters crossed into Iraq on Friday, Lenta.Ru reports with reference to the Italian news agency ANSA. The militants are associated with the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Previously, they were in Afghanistan. Information about the transfer of 300 Chechen fighters to Iraq was received by the Italian special services from their British counterparts.

Ukraine intends to present its new military doctrine at the NATO summit, which will be held June 28-29 in Turkey. As Rosbalt was informed in the Administration of the President of Ukraine, this was stated at a meeting with journalists by Deputy Head of the Administration Vasily Baziv. "Ukraine will most fully inform the members of the Alliance about the main provisions of the doctrine adopted and approved by Leonid Kuchma," he said.

On Sunday, India and Pakistan adopted a moratorium on nuclear testing, reports Reuters. The agreement was adopted as a result of negotiations between the two states. In addition, the delegations agreed to establish a direct hotline between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan.

Vladimir Schmitser, author of the victorious goal. Caricature from the site www.elbobo.org.uk From the very first minutes of the match, the Dutch, who had one point before the game with the Czech national team, rushed to attack and succeeded. By the 19th minute, Holland led 2-0. The goals scored Wilfred Baum and Ruud Van Nistelra. After 5 minutes, the Czechs managed to reduce the gap in the score - the goal in the 23rd minute was scored by Jan Colller.

Vladislav Tretyak. Photo from the site www.hockey.nm.ru The “legend” of the Russian hockey, the former goalkeeper of the USSR national team Vladislav Tretyak, said in an interview with the Kazakhstan weekly “Caravan” that he made the final decision to nominate his candidacy for the post of governor of the Saratov region. It is reported by IA REGNUM. Three -time Olympic champion, multiple world and European champion now presents in the State Duma the Saratov district No.

As a result of a pipe rupture on the main oil pipeline Tikhoretsk-Baku in the territory of Dagestan, near the settlement of Almalo, a large amount of harmful substances was released into the atmosphere. In addition, according to updated data, due to oil leakage, land degradation took place in an area with a strip of 1,700 meters in length and a width of 20 meters.

Svetlana Gannushkina. Photo from Deutsche Welle The Nansen Prize in the field of protection of refugee rights will be awarded on Sunday in Barcelona. It will be received by the head of the Migration and Law program "Human Rights" Memorial ", a member of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of Russia Svetlana Gannushkin. This was announced by the radio stations "Echo of Moscow" one of the leaders of the "Memorial" Alexander Cherkasov.

Two terrorist attacks have been thwarted in the past 24 hours on the Grozny-Shatoy highway, Gazeta.ru reports citing Interfax. According to the Grozny rural district department of internal affairs, during engineering reconnaissance near the village of Starye Atagi, two land mines were found on the side of the specified road, planted at a short distance from each other. Explosive devices were assembled on the basis of artillery shells.

Latvia - Germany. Photo from the official website of the championship As in a meeting with the Czech Republic, the players of the Latvian national team did not bang in front of an eminent rival. According to Sport-Express, a team that was recorded before the tournament to the deliberate outsiders not only properly organized the defense, but also responded with a blow to the blow. The most remembered moment of the first half was the breakthrough of Marisa Verpakovsky.

Placebo's performances creeped and did not wait. Photo from the site www.x-bay.de “I understand perfectly well that you will write everything tomorrow,” the girl from the organizing committee tells the crowd of journalists. Well, yes, what is incomprehensible here. At this moment, the second or third performance at the Maksidr festival is already going on, and the organizers are still trying to persuade the administration of the Olympic SK to let us into the hall.

Ragad, daughter of Hussein. Frame RTR Saddam's sorrowful daughter, Hussein Ragad, intends to nominate her candidacy for the post of President Iraq in future elections, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Iraqi ELEF Electronic newspaper.

The head of the public relations department of the public security police of this city, Captain Manuel Jorge, called speculative fabrications that appeared in the press about an allegedly planned terrorist attack in Faro. It is reported by RIA Novosti. "These statements have no basis, otherwise we would resort to increased security measures," he said.

Special anti-terrorist units of the Portuguese police are looking for three suspicious Arab men who have been filming for several hours in a shopping center on the main square of the city of Faro, where on Sunday, June 20, the Euro 2004 football championship game between teams will take place at the Algarve Stadium Russia and Greece, and it is the Russian football team that can become a target of terrorists, writes Lenta.Ru with reference to the Portuguese newspaper Publico.

In St. Petersburg, a well-known expert on national and racial issues, a senior researcher at the Kunstkamera, Nikolai Girenko, was killed. According to Ekho Moskvy, Girenko was shot dead in his apartment on Saturday afternoon. According to investigators, the killer shot through the door. The version of contract killing is being considered. It is not excluded that the motives of the crime are connected with the activities of Girenko as a forensic expert on national and racial issues.