Interpol put on the wanted list of the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Akezhan Kazhegeldin, who held this post from 1994 to 1997. He is accused of causing damage to the country totaling more than 11.3 million dollars. This was announced today by the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Onalsyn Zhumabekov.

The pogroms of the Chechens, the possibility of which were mentioned a lot after the capture of hostages in Moscow began. On Wednesday night in the city of Orekhovo-Zuevo, unknown people set fire to a store belonging to the Chechen family. The investigators who came after the firefighters found two inscriptions on the walls of the store and adjacent to it: “Chechens, we will kill you,” Izvestia.ru reports.

The robot scream appeared in Japan. A funny creature named IF-chan "is extremely shy. It is worth praising him, as it immediately begins to blush bashfully. Outwardly, a robot of 40 cm high is similar to a egg with short handles and legs dressed in a space spacesuit.

The premiere of the first Russian children's musical "Tale.Ru" will be held in Moscow in the State Kremlin Palace on Saturday, November 2, on the first day of school holidays. The press service of the project informed Interfax that the author of the musical, the famous Russian composer David Tukhmanov arrived in Moscow from Germany, where he lives in recent years, specifically to complete the work on Skazaz.ru and its production.

One of the sites of Chechen separatists posted a statement by the head of the military committee of the self -proclaimed Republic of Ichkeria Shamil Basayev, in which he takes responsibility for the capture of hostages in Moscow, the Russian Air Force service reports. "Although, unfortunately, we did not achieve our main goal - the termination of the war and the genocide of the Chechen people, the fulfillment of the majority of the tasks set, we, inha Allah, achieved," the statement said.

In the Vatican, the ceremony of presenting to the Pope John Paul II of the diploma of an honorary citizen of Rome was held, ITAR-TASS reports. With the words "appreciation and respect" to the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the mayor of the eternal city of Walter Veltroni addressed. The Roman high priest was very touched by attention and thanked all the inhabitants of the Italian capital: "I always feel your intimacy and warmth." Dad noted that Rome considers his second hometown.

Journalists of the American magazine Wired entered the electronic mailbox of Hussein, whose address is Press@uruklink.net - published on the official website of the Iraqi administration. According to Wired employees, it turned out to be easier to get into the mailbox of the Iraqi leader. It was enough to use a “hole” in the software system of an Iraqi state -owned company that provides residents of this country by access on the Internet, BBC reports.

In the atmosphere of the election company in Turkey, national problems bizarrely intertwined with the interests of foreign policy. A conflict arose between the two closest US strategic allies in the Middle East - Turkey and the Autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq. Politicians of the entire political spectrum would like to avoid war, because it can destabilize a weak economy. However, the refusal of US support can be very expensive. The war in Iraq has a specific monetary equivalent: oil fields.

The mayor of Veliky Novgorod Alexander Korsunov died as a result of an accident. The murder version is recognized as insolvent. According to RIA Novosti in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Novgorod Region, it was officially established that the assistant mayor Elena Beldieva, while intoxicated at the wheel of the mayor’s personal car, hit Korsunova. He died of injuries.

The law enforcement agencies of the Shali district of Chechnya have information that the place of the destroyed field commander Movsar Baraev will be occupied by his assistant in gangs. The search and detention of this person is currently engaged in employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Interfax reports.

In the southern regions of Italy, a new strong earthquake was registered on Friday afternoon. The strength of the underground shocks was 5.2 points on the Richter scale. According to preliminary data, seven people were injured. In the region of Molisa, the most affected by the earthquake on Thursday, the bell tower of the local church collapsed in the city of Kampobasso. Therefore, it is possible that the number of victims may increase. In the cities of San Juliano and Larino there is a panic.

A native of Chechnya arranged on Thursday a firing machine in the center of Moscow. According to Friday, MK-Novosti agency in the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital, at 21:30 in the courtyard of the house on New Basmannaya 35-year-old resident of the same house. As it turned out, the criminal was intoxicated. According to the investigation, he fired 10 shots from the AKM machine gun. No one was injured. The criminal was detained. A criminal case has been opened.

The President of the Russian Academy of Arts, a well-known sculptor-monumentalist Zurab Tsereteli presented his personal exhibition on Friday to the court of journalists. The famous artist acted as a guide and conducted spectators along the halls of the art gallery on the Prechistenka, showing his old and new works, the correspondent of Interfax reported.

25 people, among them children, died and 65 are seriously injured - this is the result of a strong earthquake in southern Italy. Under the wreckage of a kindergarten in the town of Sanjuliano, according to CNN , several children remain and one adult. Rescuers are trying to break through to them in the hope of finding survivors.

The State Duma on the initiative of the Security Committee adopted on Friday immediately in three readings amendments to the current law "On the fight against terrorism", according to which the bodies of the dead terrorists for burial are not issued to relatives and the place of burial is not reported. A deputy from the agro -industrial deputy group Pavel Burdukov made a proposal to discuss the amendment.