In Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk region, soldiers who left a military unit in Perm without permission were detained, the agency REGIONS.RU reports. Natives of the Republic of Tuva Andrian Ondar, Ertine Dunchen and Sholban Erendey escaped from military unit No. 5437 on September 4. On the evening of September 9, the servicemen were discovered in his house by the owner of one of the suburban garden plots. The Siren plan was immediately announced in Kamensk-Uralsky.

In the Norwegian Derzaler Port of Kirkenes, a large-sized sea barge Giant-4 arrived from Amsterdam today. This was announced by ITAR-TASS Consul General of Russia in Kirkenes Igor Bukharkin. According to him, on a giant barge, the length of which is 140 m, there is a complex technological equipment designed to lift the Kursk atomic submarine in the Barents Sea. The barge drags the marine tugboat "Smith Singapore".

Actor Rob Low, playing the role of the adviser to the US president in one of the most popular American series West Wing (Western Wing), said that once Bill Clinton gave his children to "play a nuclear suitcase" “I was with my sons in the White House, and my guys decided to play football on the southern lawn. Well, they played the same case with codes for launching nuclear missiles,” Love said in an interview with Playboy magazine.

At a meeting with Asian finance ministers in China this weekend, Paul O'Neill, the US Treasury secretary, said he expected early signs of a recovery in the country's economy. "I think you have to be optimistic," even despite the statistics, he says. O'Neill said that even August's record unemployment figures could not shake his confidence. Next year, the minister predicts American GDP growth of 3.2%.

Russia can become the dominant supplier of natural gas to Europe, according to experts from the American analytical center Stratfor. Interfax reports this with reference to the Polish news agency RAR. The agreement to supply natural gas from Norway to Poland over the next 20 years only accelerates the moment when Russia will play a major role in gas supplies to Europe. According to Stratfor, Norwegian gas reserves are decreasing by 50 billion cubic meters annually.

Today on the hunchback bridge at the Government House is the next protest picket. This time, sellers and entrepreneurs of the Moscow region gathered here, reports Echo of Moscow. About 100 people from all over Moscow came to the picket. All of them protest against the introduction in open markets of cash registers. The government who came to the building took out their banners and blocked the humpbacked bridge over its entire width.

In Dushanbe, during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the independence of Tajikistan on Sunday, an explosion occurred. The explosive device worked at the stadium, where solemn events were held at that time with the participation of President Emmomali Rakhmonov and the highest government officials. The corpse of a young man was discovered on the spot, RIA Novosti reports. According to Gazeta.ru, as a result of the explosion, an officer of the Ministry of the Interior died.

Patriarch Pavel of Serbia consecrated the Russian church in the name of the Holy Trinity and celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church, built in 1903 on the site of the death of Russian army colonel Nikolai Raevsky, reports the Communication Service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (DECR MP). “We are grateful to Russia, which raised a hero who died for our freedom, the freedom of his brothers in faith and blood,” said the Serbian Patriarch.

Last weekend, attackers took away 23 icons from the 18th-19th centuries, Interfax reports. From the apartment of a 61-year-old collector on Rustaveli Street, unknown criminals stole 17 icons of the 18th-19th centuries, including such unique works of ancient Russian art as “The Life of St. George the Victorious” and “The Archangel Gabriel.” The thieves also accounted for stolen gold jewelry and office equipment. A criminal case has been opened.

Now it is already possible to say with full confidence that Alexander Lukashenko wins in the election of the President of Belarus. According to the latest data from the CEC of the Republic, the current president voted from 74.8% of voters in the Vitebsk region, where about 15% of the ballots were processed, and up to 91.26% in the Mogilev region (12% of the ballots).

In the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region, investigators discovered plantings of a prohibited plant on an abandoned collective farm field, RIA Novosti reports. The police officers burned the field with an area of ​​2.5 thousand square meters. According to experts, the criminals could have collected about 500 kg of marijuana from the crops. An investigation is underway.

By 2005, Russia will be ready to completely switch to digital television broadcasting. This was announced by Interfax by the Director General of the Russian Agency for Management Systems, Vladimir Simonov. In Moscow, digital television will appear next year. In St. Petersburg, an experimental project is already ending, and in 2002 another coverage area will appear there. In addition, digital television is introduced in Nizhny Novgorod. "Judging by the projects in St.

American media company AOL Time Warner Inc. offered to AT&T Corp. to merge the AT&T Broadband cable television network with its Time Warner Entertainment division, Interfax reports. As The Wall Street Journal notes, citing informed sources, as a result of the merger, AOL Time Warner will receive about 40% of the combined company, AT&T √ 60%.

According to the IMF forecast, the inflation rate in Russia will be unexpectedly high. Price growth for the year will exceed 22%. This forecast of experts from the International Monetary Fund is contained in the new IMF report on the prospects of the world economy, ITAR-TASS reports. However, the IMF is quite optimistic about the prospects for economic growth in Russia: GDP growth is projected to be 4%.

So far, there can be no unequivocal answer to the question of how Russia to confront Islamic extremism. This opinion was expressed on Monday at a press conference in Moscow, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Center of Carnegie, Professor Alexei Malashenko, Interfax reports.