Moscow officials for the unscrupulous performance of official duties will be punished financially. The order "On increasing the responsibility of employees of the executive authorities of Moscow" was signed by the mayor of the capital, Yuri Luzhkov.

On September 13, the fifth anniversary ceremony of the award of Artem Borovik will be held in the GCZ "Russia". This year, more than 800 applications from 72 cities of Russia were submitted for participation in the competition. The names of the laureates and diplomats of the competition will be known today late in the evening, the newspaper Version reports.

US President George Bush took responsibility for failures in the actions of the US government to eliminate the consequences of the Hurricane Katrina. At a joint press conference with President Iraqi Talabani, on Tuesday, Bush said that the hurricane raised a number of questions about the ability of the United States government to respond to natural disasters, as well as terrorist acts, RIA Novosti reports.

In Yekaterinburg, Koltsovo International Airport does not accept and does not produce aircraft due to thick fog, the airport’s dispatch service on Tuesday reported. The fog sank to the airfield last night, because of which the departure and reception of all aircraft were temporarily discontinued. "At present, the fog is still holding on the airport. Aircraft are sent to spare airfields," the dispatch service noted.

After two or three years, "alarming butts" will appear in all residential buildings of Moscow. This was announced on Tuesday on the air of the TVC TV channel by the first deputy mayor in the Moscow government, Yuri Roslyak. He added that the Muscovites Safety program, which has been implemented in the city since 2002, also provides for the installation of video cameras in the entrances and on territories adjacent to the houses, the installation of electronic systems in attics and basements.

The Beslan Mother Committee is outraged by the statements of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Nikolai Shepel and intends to raise the question of removing him from the investigation of cases of a terrorist attack in Beslan, Interfax reports. “So excite the people, as the deputy general of the prosecutor does, is not serious and irresponsible. Our children died from this frivolity and irresponsibility. We will no longer allow us to continue the same way.

Patriarch Alexy II will make a visit to Azerbaijan on September 14-15. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church) will go to the republic at the invitation of the President of the Republic Ilham Aliyev and the head of the Department of Muslims of the Caucasus Sheikh-ul-Ilama Allahshukur Pasha-Zade.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to inform the UN General Assembly about the successful implementation of the Steaming Program with Palestinian autonomy and officially declare that Israel is no longer responsible for the situation in the gas sector. The performance of the head of the Israeli government at the 60th session of the General Assembly is scheduled for September 15.

At least 28% of residents of the University District of Moscow from among those who will go to the elections on December 4, 2005, are ready to vote for the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The survey was conducted by the analytical center of Yuri Levada in the University District of Moscow. This figure is all the more indicative that in December 2003, Mikhail Zadornov required 27% of the vote in December 2003, Khodorkovsky’s press center reports.

Russian diplomats in Australia established contact with the citizens of the Russian Federation - sailors of the Taruman vessel under the Cambodian flag, which was detained on September 10 on suspicion of poaching. This was reported on Tuesday by RIA Novosti in the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Sydney.

The Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed concern in that the supply of weapons from NATO countries to Georgia can lead to its hit in the hands of international terrorists.

The authorized rally of the North Ossetian branch of the United Civil Front , which is headed by Harry Kasparov, was dispersed by unknown in Vladikavkaz on Tuesday. According to Interfax in the law enforcement agencies of North Ossetia, a rally under the leadership of the head of the Vissarion Aseev branch on the central Square of Freedom, whose participants protested against a change in the system of elections of regional heads in the Russian Federation, began on Tuesday at 11:00.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and its party supporters are not going to work in the government, which will be formed, headed by Yuri Ekhanurov. “I think that this is not the government in which I would like to participate in our political force.

The Lagos Federal Court postponed the consideration of the case of Russian sailors. “The consideration of the case of our sailors was postponed for organizational reasons,” Dmitry Ereyutin, a representative of the UNESCO ARA ARA ARARMIAN, representative of the Lagos Ambassador, told Interfax on Tuesday. On August 4, the Nigerian court decided on the release of Russians on bail. However, until recently, they remained in custody in connection with the coordination of the necessary documents.

US President George Bush, who fell under the fire of criticism for the inept leadership of the liquidation of the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, will make an appeal to the nation from the devastated elements of the state of Louisian on September 15 at 21:00 east, Reuters reports.