The MPS is ready to modernize the Transcorean Railway in North Korea on the debt of the USSR South Korea, Interfax reports. According to the agency from sources in the Ministry of Railways, "the ministry made such an offer at the beginning of the year, which is currently being considered at the government level in Russia and South Korea." The length of the North Korean section of the highway is 960 km. The USSR debt to South Korea is estimated in the amount of more than $ 1 billion.

Moscow Art Theater. Chekhova opens a new season on Monday, RIA Novosti reports. The third season is headed by this famous theater as artistic director Oleg Tabakov, and as an actor he has been playing on this stage for almost 20 years. In the evening, they will show the "buncture of the Holy" Mikhail Bulgakov, where the color of the illustrious troupe is busy led by Oleg Tabakov, playing the role of Moliere.

The transfer of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (EPC MP) 15 cult buildings was proposed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Estonia, ITAR-TASS reports. The relevant documents were sent to the heads of both churches acting in Estonia. Now the buildings are at the disposal of the Moscow Patriarchate, but formally are the property of another religious organization - the Estonian Apostolic and Orthodox Church of the Patriarchate of Constantinople .

About 3 million people took part in festive events in the Russian capital on the occasion of the City Day. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the situation in the city at midnight became calm. On the first day of the celebration of the 855th anniversary of Moscow, police officers stopped several fights. However, despite their efforts, as a result of riots in the southwest of Moscow, three people received stab wounds, one of whom died .

Based on the results of the investigation of the tragedy in the village of Yaroslavka, Primorsky Territory, four senior police officers are dismissed, and another 12 employees were declared strict penalties. This was announced by the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Lieutenant General of Police Anatoly Zolotarev, RIA Novosti reports.

If meteorological conditions in the late 2002 and early 2003 are unfavorable, it may be necessary to introduce a tough regime for saving water in all areas of urban economy. This was reported to "Interfax" on Monday in the press service of the Moscow Region "Mosvodokanal".

For 40.6 million Russians today the new academic year will begin. That is how many people learn or work in the system of Russian education, ITAR-TASS reports. The new academic year will bring many positive changes. So, in 2003, the expenses of education from the federal budget will increase by 22 percent, and the consolidated budget of education (taking into account the funds of local budgets) will increase by 33 percent compared to 2002.

The question of a significant change in the form of participation of local Orthodox churches in the World Council of Churches (VSC) is discussed at a meeting of the Central Committee of this international organization, which unites various Christian denominations and sets their goal to promote international problems, reports RIA Novosti .

After the introduction of the new Code of Criminal Procedure (CPC) of the Russian Federation, the number of contingent in the investigative insulators of the country was significantly reduced, Interfax reports. On Monday, the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika said that this year the number of people held in jail was reduced by 53 thousand people, and only in July - by 26 thousand people.

Deputy Prime Minister Iraq Tarik Aziz rejected the US accusation that Baghdad produces weapons of mass destruction. Washington’s statements that Saddam Hussein is a “deadly threat” do not have sufficient grounds, Aziz said in an interview with CNN in Johannesburg (South Africa), where the UN Self -Development summit is taking place.

In the fact of the accident, a criminal case has been instituted in the Park of Gorky in the Park of Gorky on the attraction of the American Hills in Gorky Park, as a result of which eight people were injured.

According to the recently conducted survey, British children have no idea about the great composers of the past. For most adolescents, the entire world musical culture is concentrated in Eminema and the like. When asked who, in their opinion, can claim the title of the greatest representative of classical music, some children, without expressing the slightest doubt, confidently answered that, of course, the immortal Britney Spears, Mirror reports.

Five Japanese atomic energy officials were resigned, including the President of Tokyo Electric Power, Nobuya Minami and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Hiroshi Araki. According to Bloomberg , the reason for the resignation was scandalous information that officials falsified reports on the repair of nuclear power plants. Mins told reporters that this practice has been continuing since the late 1980s, since then reports have been forged for three power plants.

On Monday night, a woman suspected of involvement in a robbery on the technical employee of the Iraq embassy, ​​jumped out of the Presnensky ATS building, sources in the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate told Interfax. The 46-year-old Avad Karim, who was missing on the night of August 24, was discovered on Sunday in serious condition , with a traumatic brain injury in the 33rd city hospital.

Two British psychologists were in the center of the public scandal after they stated that the drug ecstasy is not dangerous for long -term use. Scientists from the University of Liverpool John Coll and Harry Samnell, as well as their American colleague Charles, sharply criticized the study conducted on animals and people, according to which, with long -term use of ecstasy, it destroys the brain and leads to insanity.