Another mass brawl broke out in Bratislava. Fans of the national teams of Slovakia and Russia fought among themselves after the game of the national teams, which ended in a goalless draw at the Slovan stadium. Thanks to the intervention of the police, the riots were stopped after five minutes, RIA Novosti reports . The clash, which occurred after Russian fans left the stands of the stadium, involved approximately 80 people from both sides.

The Sigma group, which specializes in hostile mergers and acquisitions, claims to have acquired 5 shares of the cellular operator SMARTS from the Marshall fund, as well as the right to claim the buyout of a blocking stake in the company. All shares of SMARTS are now under arrest, and it is unclear how Sigma could become their owner.

The Ministry of Finance has re-prepared the tax amnesty bill. The main innovation in it was the possibility of legalizing foreign capital without the participation of Russian banks and Rosfinmonitoring, reports the newspaper Gazeta . The first version of the amnesty was rejected by experts - only tax offenses were covered by the law, while Rosfinmonitoring could have questions regarding large sums unexpectedly arriving in Russian bank accounts.

A Dutch court has seized for 30 days the shares of YUKOS subsidiaries - YUKOS Finance BV and YUKOS International, the Interfax agency reports , citing a source in YUKOS. Previously, the Yuganskneftegaz company had already achieved the imposition of a protective arrest on the shares of Yukos Finance BV belonging to the Yukos Oil Company. This arrest was imposed in addition to the judicial arrest made at the request of YUKOS creditors, the RusEnergy agency reports .

On Thursday evening, as a result of an explosion in the entrance of a residential building in the south of Moscow, one person, presumably a high-ranking employee of the prosecutor's office, was injured, RIA Novosti reports . According to the capital's law enforcement agencies, a shell-free explosive device went off in the third entrance of building 2 of building 23 on Shipilovskaya Street. The explosion occurred at 20:10.

On the night of October 13, the Shenzhou VI spacecraft deviated from its orbit and is now flying a little closer to Earth, reports Xinhua News Agency. As representatives of the Chinese space agency note, this change in flight path is not dangerous. During the day, the taikonauts must carry out an operation to correct the Shenzhou's orbit. The reason for the deviation of the ship from its intended orbit, according to Xinhua, is the earth's gravity.

The US Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency published their annual ranking on October 12, which determines the degree of fuel efficiency of cars. This document is issued each year to make it easier for American consumers to choose the most fuel-efficient vehicle. The only gasoline-powered car in the top ten is the Toyota Corolla, which gets 32 miles per gallon in the city and 41 miles on the highway. The rest of the top ten cars have either a hybrid or a diesel engine.

In the third police department of Nalchik, where the militants barricaded themselves, there are still hostages. As Interfax reports , this was stated by First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Chekalin. “In the third district police department of Nalchik, the militants were forced out from the first floor of the building into two offices. Several people were captured with them,” noted a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

13.10.2005, 21:27:25 version Print | PDA/PDA Police department building in Nalchik. NTV frame War has come to Nalchik The capital of Kabardino-Balkaria was attacked by Wahhabis On the morning of October 13, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, the city of Nalchik, was attacked by militants. They entered the city in several mobile groups.

The Political Council of Democratic Forces of Belarus supported the initiative to create a Public Tribunal to investigate the circumstances of the disappearance and death of famous opposition figures. As Rosbalt reports , the initiative was put forward by Lyudmila Karpenko, the widow of the former vice-speaker of the Belarusian parliament Gennady Karpenko, who passed away six and a half years ago under what the opposition and family consider mysterious circumstances.

OJSC Severnaya Verf is starting to build a new generation frigate of Project 22350 for the Russian Navy, Kommersant reports . The cost of the first Russian ship of this class will be from 320 to 400 million dollars. The decision to transfer the contract to Severnaya Verf was made over the past few months. At the beginning of 2002, the Ministry of Defense announced a closed tender for the construction of a frigate. The contract will be concluded until October 20.

Eurocement Group promised to reduce cement prices as part of the order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). At the same time, the company noted that it is ready to do this if the discount does not exceed five percent, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the company’s president, Mikhail Skorokhod.

The State Committee for Work with Religious Structures of Azerbaijan managed to prevent the spread of non-Islamic religious movements in the republic by 80 percent. this . As reported by the Trend agency , the chairman of the state committee, Rafik Aliyev, stated According to him, today 97 percent of the population of Azerbaijan is of the Islamic faith, the remaining 3 percent are Orthodox, Catholics, Judaists and representatives of other religious movements.

A group of designers from the Lockheed Martin corporation is developing a new anti-submarine helicopter based on the MH-60G Pave Hawk military transport helicopter (a variant of the famous UH-60 Black Hawk produced by Sikorsky), according to the NBC television channel website . Work on creating a new machine should be completed within the next five months. The first car has already arrived at the corporation's plant in Stratford, Connecticut.

On Wednesday, US President George W. Bush instructed the country's Treasury Department to ensure payment of compensation to victims of Hurricane Katrina, Reuters reports. The President decided to allocate up to $3.5 billion for these expenses. Payments will be made through the National Flood Insurance Program administered by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The main clients of the program will be private homeowners and small businesses.