Interfax contacted NATO headquarters. The representative of NATO said that the message about the order was not coming from the President of Russia, so NATO "refrains from any comments." However, the NATO representative recalled that there is an agreement between Russia and NATO on mutual non-infliction of missiles, which was confirmed in May 1997 by the President of Russia, signing the fundamental act of the Russian Federation-NATO.

Today, Yeltsin called the information of V. Ilyukhin about the imminent introduction of the emergency "speculation" and "rumors" and urged them not to believe. The Communists Yeltsin sharply criticized their sluggish activities in the Duma, assigning to them responsibility for the weak "acceptability" of laws (only 40% of the intended). But the president does not intend to dissolve the Communist Party.

The presidential press service disseminated the statement that Yeltsin did not give any additional orders regarding the established initial state of combat duty of strategic nuclear forces.

IMF mission began work: Opinions The Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Viktor Gerashchenko in an interview with Eho Moscow expressed the hope that negotiations with the IMF mission in Moscow would be successful.

The European Central Bank for the first time after the introduction of the euro reduced on Thursday evening the main refinancing rate from 3% to 2.5% to increase the rate of economic growth and combat unemployment. The euro began to rise, but after that he fell again - the traders are justified by the fact that they were completely not ready for such a sharp decrease in the rate.

Over the past time, the position of the Seleznev Secretariat regarding his current speeches has changed somewhat - if in an interview with Polit.ru, immediately after the meeting with Seleznev, his spokeswoman Mikhail Belyata insisted on the accuracy of formulations, then for some time, communicating with journalists, Belyata said that the statement of the State Duma speaker was admitted.

As ITAR-TASS reports, President of Yugoslavia Miloshevich turned to the President of Russia Yeltsin with a request to annex Yugoslavia to the Union of Belarus and Russia, which was transferred to Yeltsin. And the speaker of Seleznev, who returned from Belgrade yesterday, speaking today at the plenary meeting of the State Duma, told the deputies that today in his presence Yeltsin supported this request and even phoned Lukashenko, who was also not opposed.

The General Prosecutor's Office appointed a verification of the legality and validity of the decision on the charges of Berezovsky and Glushkov, as well as the declaration of the latter on the wanted list, Echo of Moscow reports. And Interfax reports that the prosecutor’s office is not related to the investigation. Investigator Volkov, the head of the investigative group, called this event a regular procedure.

Meanwhile, Seleznev himself, as Interfax reports, told reporters that he intends to immediately call President Yeltsin to find out why the statement made by the head of state is still not shown by the results of their morning meeting (which was reported by Polit.ru Belya). “I intend to find out who is falsifying what is happening,” he said about Yeltsin’s statement regarding the order to aiming missiles.

At a meeting with the heads of the Russian republics, Yeltsin made a number of significant statements. He categorically denied rumors that E.M. Primakova was preparing the resignation and wants to return to his place Chernomyrdin.

This afternoon, NATO aircraft struck the suburbs of the capital of Kosova Privatina. At a briefing at the headquarters in Brussels, the representative of NATO David Wilby admitted that one of the bombs entered the residential area, deviating from the course of 200-300 meters.

According to Interfax/AFP, this morning on the border between Albania and Yugoslavia, battles with the use of artillery and small arms began. Shoots take place in the Tropoja area in the northeast of Albania. Details, apparently, will be known in the near future.

The press service of the Prime Minister-SV advertising agency told Interfax that the Golovinsky inter-municipal court of Moscow on Thursday generally refused the complaint of S. Lisovsky about the actions of the Federal Tax Police Service, considering it unreasonable. The victim declared his disagreement with the court decision and the intention to file a cassation appeal. The press service noted that "the trial took place with numerous violations."

Member of the Communist Party faction, chairman of the Security Duma Committee Viktor Ilyukhin, said yesterday that compromising is preparing for him, "similar to compromising against Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov." Under anesthesia, probably.

As Interfax said today, Speaker Seleznev, Yeltsin informed him, Seleznev in the morning, that he had given an order to aim Russian missiles in the direction of those countries that are fighting against Yugoslavia today. " Meanwhile, Yeltsin himself has once again spread about the inadmissibility of Russia's retraction into war.