Constitutional Court. Photo from the site www.state.rin.ru The Constitutional Court of Russia ruled that the republics that are part of Russia are not entitled to determine the structure of the alphabet of its national language.

The head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vyacheslav Fetisov, expressed regret that the president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), Vyacheslav Koloskov, does not keep his word, RIA Novosti reports. Fetisov said that business would not allow him to personally attend the qualifying match of the 2006 World Cup Russia - Estonia, which will be held in Krasnodar on November 17th. "Today I'm flying on a business trip to South America.

The Abkhaz section of the Russian-Georgian border was closed on the night of Monday to Tuesday. According to Interfax, at 8.00 Moscow time on Tuesday, the Vesele-Avtodorozhnoye checkpoint was reopened. According to an official representative of the North Caucasian regional department of the FSB of Russia, the decision to close the border for the night was made "in connection with the situation in Abkhazia." This, according to the source, is a one-time action.

Cars. The view from the back. Photo from the site www.izvestia.ru The transport tax rate in Moscow will be calculated taking into account environmental harm, which causes the car to the city and the length of the car, Valery Antifeev, Deputy Head of the Department of Transport and Communications of the city, told Izvestia. According to the amendments, which the Department of Transport and Communications prepared for the city law No.

Photo from the site www.physorg.com/news1966.html As you know, some types of dinosaurs, like modern crocodiles and turtles, had very strong armored shells. Most likely they served them to protect against numerous enemies. The structure of some types of this armor turned out to be much more complicated than so far.

Delhi will start withdrawing some military units from the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the Indian Defense Ministry said. It remains unclear how many soldiers will be withdrawn from the state, but the situation in the region as a whole is reported to be improving despite some incidents. The troop withdrawal is linked to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first visit to the state since he took office in May.

The Iraqi army will be equipped with Soviet-made weapons. An agreement in principle on this was reached during a meeting between the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Colonel-General Yuri Baluyevsky, and the Commander-in-Chief of NATO Allied Armed Forces (JAF) in Europe, American General James Jones, RIA Novosti reports.

The Moscow City Court recognized as legitimate the refusal to satisfy the claims of three residents of the capital, whose cars were damaged as a result of riots on Manezhnaya Square in June 2002 during the broadcast of the World Cup. This, according to Gazeta.Ru, is reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer of the victims, Lyudmila Lyulkova.

Margaret Hassan. Frame Al-jazeera television channel from Lenta.ru In Iraq, the British hostage Margaret Hassan was killed, reports Reuters with reference to the statement of her husband, who commented on the video with her execution. “This film is perhaps real, but I'm not sure about it,” Tahsin Hassan told the agency. The video soldier was received by al-Jazir, but the leadership of the television company decided not to publish a record.

Georgy Satarov and Lyudmila Alekseeva. Grani.ru collage The Organizing Committee of the Civil Congress "Russia for democracy, against the dictatorship" does not receive financial support from abroad; In particular, from Boris Berezovsky. The members of the organizing committee reported this, as the Grani.ru correspondent reported at an open meeting on Tuesday. Congress will be held on December 12 at the Moscow Cosmos Hotel.

A special parliamentary commission to investigate the causes and circumstances of the terrorist act in Beslan cannot yet name the final number of militants who took part in the seizure of the school. According to RIA "Novosti", this was announced at a press conference in Vladikavkaz on Tuesday by the chairman of the commission, Alexander Torshin. According to him, the commission has no information that any of the militants managed to escape.

RSPP. Logo A congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the fourteenth in a row, took place in the column hall of the House of Unions on Tuesday. As RIA Novosti reports, the congress was visited by Vladimir Putin. In his speech, the president said that the state should guarantee the inviolability of the results of privatization and protection of private property.

Port Paranagua. Photo by ar On Tuesday, early in the morning in Moscow time, an oil tanker exploded in the Brazilian port of Paranagua. As AFP reports with reference to a local radio station, at least 31 people died as a result. According to eyewitnesses, after a powerful explosion, the tanker collapsed into two parts. Firefighters and military blocked the scene. Local authorities have not yet commented on the causes of what happened and do not report the exact number of victims.

The prosecutor's office extended the term of the investigation into the case against Vyacheslav Ivankov, also known as Yaponchik, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to Ivankov's lawyer Yuri Rakitin, the Zamoskvoretsky Court extended the term of Ivankov's detention until January 18, 2005, until this date the investigation of his case was extended.

The building of the Supreme Court. Photo from the site http://www.russianboston.com The Supreme Court continued on Tuesday the consideration of the claim for the cancellation of elections to the State Duma. Representatives of the Yabloko party, the Communist Party and the Committee-2008 filed a lawsuit against the Central Election Commission. As it became known to the Franes.ru, the court hearing began with the speech of the lawyer of the Yabloko party, Vladimir Suvorov.