Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church), the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROCS) and a number of public organizations were left today in Jerusalem. They must deliver the relics of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna to Russia.

The mechanism for supporting the export of Russian industrial products in Russia for 2004 was practically not sold, said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, German Gref at a government meeting on Thursday. "We missed the time. Despite the fact that there is all the necessary regulatory framework, we have to admit that we lost 2004 to support the export of industrial products of the Russian manufacturer," he said.

By the new school year, every metropolitan school will have a "security passport". This was reported on Thursday in the Office of Prospective Development, the content of the material and technical base of education and property relations of the Department of Education of the capital.

In Turkey, a high -speed train left the rails, which followed the route Istanbul - Ankara. The representative of the Ministry of Health of Turkey said that 139 people were killed. Another 57 people are injured. In total, there were about 250 people in the train. It is not yet clear what caused the disaster under the city of Sakaria, in the northwestern part of the country, reports Reuters. According to preliminary data, the train could get off the rails as a result of technical problems.

Opportunities for further convergence of Orthodox churches exist. This opinion was expressed in an interview with the correspondent of ITAR-TASS, held in Jerusalem, Bishop of Boston Mikhail. He arrived here as part of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROCS) to deliver the relics of the Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna to Russia. According to Bishop Dmitrovsky Alexander ( Moscow Patriarchate ), "we all would like such a rapprochement to happen as soon as possible.

In Chechnya, militants threw grenades into the building of the village administration of the village of Chechen-Aul, RIA Novosti was told in the press center of the regional operational headquarters (Rosh) to manage a counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus. "On the eve of about 3 in the morning in Moscow time in the village of Chechen-Aul, the Grozny district, two militants, striking to the building of the rural administration, threw two grenades into its windows.

The leadership of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus demanded that the heads of sports federations of receipt with the obligation bring the medal from the Olympic Games in Athens. The financing of a particular sport will directly depend on this. This was confirmed by the head of the Belarusian Kanoe Federation Vladimir Parfenovich. "Indeed, the leadership of the NOC requires writing a receipt of the obligation to bring a medal from Greece.

An absolutely naked man found in the very center of Moscow on Thursday the Arbat Department of Internal Affairs. According to law enforcement agencies, the police met a man at 4:15 in the morning during the patrol of the territory in Gogolevsky Boulevard in the area of ​​N20. There were no panties on the passer -by. The police had not yet managed to shout the unusual passerby, as he rushed to run. The outfit hurried after him.

Paul Simon and Art Garfankel made the first of the two concerts in Germany. At a concert in Cologne on Tuesday evening there were about 15 thousand fans of the legendary duet. On average, according to estimates, the same amount remained without tickets, despite their impressive cost - from 50 to 150 euros. Immediately before the concert, tickets at the auction of Ebay left at a triple price.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has appointed a consideration of the Yukos Tsukos claim on August 25 to invalidate the decision on the additional calculation of the company 99 billion rubles of tax payments for 2000. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the court. Earlier it was reported that on April 14, 2004, the Ministry of Taxes and Duties made a decision on the additional charge of Yukos 99 billion rubles of taxes, penalties and fines.

The smallest cat in the world lives in the city of Beijing, the American state of Illinois. This was reported by the WFTV television company. Kotu Mr. Piblz is two years, and he weighs only 1 kilogram and 300 grams. Mr. Piblz is officially recognized as the smallest home cat in the world. This record is confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records. The record holder of the veterinary clinic Good Shepherd Veterinary Clinic belongs.

The vast majority of Russians (63.2%) drink beer, while 36.8% are not. Such this one publishes the Romir Monitoring research holding based on the results of the study in order to find out how often and whether a lot of beer are drinking citizens of the Russian Federation. Judging by the study, 49% of women replied that they did not drink beer, this indicator is also high among representatives of the older age group.

The Yukos oil company can reduce oil production, which will affect the global oil market. This was announced on Thursday during the press conference by the chairman of the board of Yukos Stephen Tidi. "There is a risk of reducing oil supply (in the world market) in connection with the situation around the company. How this fact will affect the price, I do not know.

An independent commission for investigating the circumstances of the attacks on September 11 today at about 19:30 Moscow time will be published in Washington its final report, in which, as expected, a picture of the tragedy of three years ago will be recreated in detail.

Pope John Pavel II appointed a special inspector who has to figure out the situation with the seminarium of the Austrian diocese St. Pelten, where a number of pornographic materials were discovered. The Apostolic Visiter, or Papal Inspector, was appointed Bishop of the city of Felkirh Klaus Kung. Prolate himself stated in an interview with APA that the task that dad gave him is "very delicate and complicated." Bishop Kung is a member of the personal prelate Opus Dei .