The spiritual leader of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Mohammad Omar ordered the special parts of the commandos to take control of all the most important objects in the country, in particular, in Kabul and Kandagar. About this, as RIA Novosti reports, the press secretary of Omar said by phone by phone.

Two candidates from the Union of Right Forces - Vyacheslav Alekseev and Vladimir Kapustyansky - were denied registration in the elections of the Governor of the Oryol Region. This was reported by the Echo of Moscow radio stations in the press service of the Executive Committee of the ATP.

The British parliament will gather at an extraordinary meeting to discuss the situation in the world that has developed after the attacks in the United States. According to RIA Novosti , the parliamentarians will be faced with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Defense Minister Jeffrey Hong and Foreign Minister Jack Str. This meeting will be the second emergency after the terrorist attacks committed in the United States.

About a hundred couples are combined today in marriage in the Mongol capital, RIA Novosti reports. This day, according to Buddhist canons, is considered the most favorable for the conclusion of marriage ties. The number of people who want to create a family on this day increases in the Ulan-Bator Palace of Marriage by 7-8 times.

In the Naro-Fominsk City Court on Thursday, a second hearing will begin the case of the murder of the State Duma deputy Leo Rokhlin. In the death of the general, the Prosecutor General accuses his widow Tamaru Rochlin. On Thursday, Rochlin’s lawyer Anatoly Kucheren said that he was counting only on an acquittal.

The highest officers of the Russian army will have to think about the future. More than 300 general posts will be reduced in the Russian Armed Forces in 2001-2002, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced on Thursday by the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Administration of the General Staff, Colonel General Vladislav Putilin. According to him, during 2001-2002, the tendency to reduce general positions in the Armed Forces will remain.

In the capital of Adygea Maikop, for the third year, the department of the Libyan terrorist "World Organization of the Islamic Supply" has been operating for the third year. Moreover, as reported by Izvestia.Ru , with the official permission of the authorities of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

The new season, which today opens the Satyricon Theater, is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of its founder, the legendary artist Arkady Raikin. This was reported to reporters by the artistic director of the theater Konstantin Raikin. According to him, on October 24, Satyricon will spend an evening dedicated to the anniversary of Raikin. “We decided to abandon the stereotypes of such evenings, where wonderful cultural and art figures make memories,” Raikin said.

The consideration of the case of the murder of General Rokhlin was postponed on October 22, RIA Novosti reports. Today, Naro-Fominsky City Court postponed the trial due to the failure to appear of the sister of General-Lydia Zorina, who is taking place in the case as a victim. Lawyer Rokhlina Anatoly Kucheren filed a request for transferring hearings to the Moscow Regional Court.

The situation in Abkhazia has sharply aggravated. This morning, Georgian and Chechen militants captured the village of Georgievskoye near the Kodor gorge, the Interfax agency reports. According to information received from local residents, a detachment of about 500 people is now being strengthened in the village. They say that the militants are Chechens and Georgians.

The Tu-154 liner, flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, could be shot down by the Ukrainian rocket land-air. This sensational version was expressed by one of the American officials, who wished, however, to remain unknown, reports Reuters. According to this source, a plane crash is rather a tragic accident than a terrorist act.

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma directed condolences addressed to Israeli President Moshe Katsav and Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the death of Israeli and Russian citizens as a result of a crash near Novorossiysk, Interfax reports. This was reported in the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Administration of the Head of State.

On Wednesday, about nine in the evening, due to increasing the excitement of the sea, up to four points, deep-sea work was suspended on the corps of the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea. As the assistant to the Commander -in -Chief of the Russian Navy, the first rank captain Igor Digalo, said on Thursday, at the moment, seven hydraulic captures are installed on the Premier League building, six of them are brought into working condition.

In April 2002, instead of South African entrepreneur David Shattlvort, the Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori will most likely go to the international space station as part of an expedition of a short -term visit to the ISS. This was announced by RIA Novosti by the head of Rosaviacosmos Yuri Koptev. According to him, Rosaviacosmos on this occasion has already begun negotiations with the European Space Agency, on behalf of which this new candidate is proposed to Russia.

In Chechnya, terrorists blew up two civilians. One person died, one was injured. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the group of public relations of the Department of the Federal Security Service (UFSB) in the Chechen Republic. The Gazelle car, belonging to a local resident, was blown up by bandits on the road between the villages of Gordali and Shauni. One of his passengers died, the other was injured.