Russian border guards conduct the operation "Echelon-2003" on the state border in the North Caucasus. "This operation involves the overlap of all known and alleged routes in the mountains to prevent the transfer of militants to Chechnya and from Chechnya," interfax told the temporarily acting commander of the North Caucasus Regional Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, Lieutenant General Valery Putov.

Israel and Palestine resumed negotiations on the issues of ensuring mutual security last night. The Palestinian side at a meeting in the Israeli city of Herzlia in the residence of the US ambassador was represented by the Security Minister Muhammad Dahlan, Israeli - representative of the Ministry of Defense, General Amos Gilad. The results of the negotiations have not yet been reported.

The thunderstorm front fell to the south of Germany last night. In Bavaria, a 29-year-old man was killed with a lightning strike, two more people were injured, the German DPA news agency reported on Sunday. The local fire department performed more than 600 trips to citizens, the reason for which were the thunderstorms of electricity shutdown, trees, fallen with hurricane gusts of winds, basements flooded with flows of rainwater and underground garages.

In the Ministry of Printing of the Russian Federation, they consider the option in which, instead of the TVS channel on the sixth meter channel, the federal channel "Sport", which was aired on June 12 at the 25th decimeter frequency, may begin temporary broadcasting. “The main reason that we can take this step is the situation on the TVS.

The second time in this season, the younger brother of the five-time champion Michael Schumacher Pilot “Williams-BMV” Ralph Schumacher won Pole-Upersish at the stage of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. In Montreal, at the Zhilnev Vilnev Avtodrome, where the Canada Grand Prix is ​​taking place these days, he showed the time 1.15.529. Last time, the German won the pole at the Monaco Grand Prix. In second place is the partner of Ralph on the team of Juan -Pablo Montoya - 1, 15.923. Schumacher Sr.

As a result of the strongest thunderstorm in Austria, which erupted on Sunday night, in some areas of the country, floods and gatherings from the mountains of mud-sel streams were marked. This was announced by the Hydrometeorological Center in the Vienna Observatory "Hoe Warta". There are no victims. Flooding, blockade of roads with trees that have fallen on them and villages are recorded primarily in the areas of federal lands Lower Austria and Burghenland, RIA Novosti reports.

In the small resort town of Herzlia late in the evening on Saturday, a meeting of representatives of Israeli and Palestinian law enforcement agencies took place. According to the Israeli media, the meeting was held at the Villa of the US ambassador in Israel Dana Kerzer. The Israeli delegation was led by Major General Amos Gilad, Palestinian - Minister of Internal Security Mohammed Dahlan.

A series of attempts and robberies of entrepreneurs was committed in Chechnya over the past day. As the head of the administration of the Urus-Martan district, Shirvani Yasaev, said on Sunday, about midnight in the district center of two unknown armed persons in civilian clothes, penetrated the house of entrepreneur Aset Idrisova, born in 1965, and shot her. From the received bullet wounds, Idrisova died on the spot.

The Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margaryan appealed to the chairman of the Russian government Mikhail Kasyanov with a request to provide an additional quota for the supply of wheat. This was announced by the head of the Armenian government. As the prime minister noted, an increase in Russian wheat imports in Armenia will preserve the previous prices for bread and grain products to the crop.

60 people, including ordinary citizens and police officers, were injured as a result of student unrest in the Iranian capital from June 11 to 14, ITAR-TASS reports. According to official figures widespread on Sunday, in the course of riots, five banks were defeated, serious damage was caused to dozens of cars and motorcycles. It is noted that the police took all measures so that these unrest did not spread throughout the city.

Maria Sharapova could not reach the final of the DFS Classic tournament in English Birmingham, whose prize fund is 170 thousand dollars. A 16-year-old Russian woman living in Florida, who broke through the main “grid” from qualification competitions, with a score of 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 7 (3: 7) lost to the 26-year-old Japanese Sinobu Asagoe. The duel was on equal terms, and the winner was revealed only on the Tay-Bray of the third batch.

Russia is not interested in an excessive increase in energy prices, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the Global Energy Prize laureates and representatives of Russian and foreign energy companies, ITAR-TASS reports. "We are not interested in excessive overpressure of energy prices, since it ultimately hit the Russian economy," said Vladimir Putin.

The 23 -year -old Portuguese student of the theater school jumped on Sunday from the Vasco da Gama bridge - the largest in southern Europe - and survived, RIA Novosti reports. The suicide was driving in a taxi along the bridge over the Taja River when he suddenly demanded that the driver stop the car. Then he opened the door and jumped down over the railing of the fence.

On Sunday, the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov arrived in Islamabad on a one -day visit. This is the first trip of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry to Pakistan over the past 10 years, RIA Novosti reports. In Islamabad, Igor Ivanov will negotiate in a wide range of problems, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Indo-Pakistani relations, with his colleague Hursshid Mehmud Kasuri.

The fire that arose on Sunday in Moscow on Neglinnaya Street was liquidated in house N 16. As Interfax was told in the UGPS of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow, the signal of the fire entered the remote control in the city of "01" at 08:40. The firefighters who arrived at the scene established that the fire occurred in a three-story office-administrative building. The fire of the fire was on the third floor. However, it was not possible to hold the fire and he switched to the attic.