According to "Echo of Moscow" with reference to Interfax and MK-Novosti, the explosion occurred on the 20th floor of the "Intourist", at least ten people were injured as a result, part of the wall was destroyed. Four Caucasians are suspected of organizing an explosion. "Echo" recalls that on the 20th floor there is an office of Kobzon and a number of other organizations. According to ITAR-TASS, the explosive device worked in the elevator.

Neither peace, no war

The governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleev received an invitation to join the electoral bloc "Fatherland - all of Russia", but did not yet make decisions on this issue, Tuleyev himself said at a press conference in Kemerovo.

Egor Straev told today to reporters that the chief military prosecutor Yuri Demin "refused to give consent to publish his conclusion on Yuri Skuratov." According to Staryev, Demin even intends to sue if this conclusion is nevertheless published. Recall that the letter of Demin in the field allegedly contains new facts about the abuse of Skuratov with his prosecutors, which is unknown.

Primakov gave an interview to the TV-6 Observer yesterday. In addition to general phrases, two interesting things said. Firstly, that the crisis in Yugoslavia can put Russia to the need to change the expenditure part of the budget, namely, allocate more money for defense. Secondly, that he does not consider it possible to revise the results of privatization, because This can lead to "bloody" consequences.

RIA Novosti claims that as a result of the incident around 14:30 the explosion, a fire began, one person was sent to the hospital. According to information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, immediately after the explosion from the hotel, the “Lada” of the fifth model drove away from the hotel. The car number is known, the city interception plan has been introduced in the city.

Minister of Internal Affairs Stepashin essentially made an emergency statement on Chechnya and issued an order to “effectively close” the administrative border with it. Speaking at a rally in the village of Kurskaya, Stavropol Territory, he said: “In essence, we are closing the border with Chechnya. We can no longer tolerate such lawlessness as kidnappings and murders. There are no restrictions on the destruction of bandits from today. This is my order ".

This weekend passed according to the sign of party construction - their congresses were held by the movements of the Fatherland and NDR. The mayor of Moscow Luzhkov at a meeting of the "Fatherland" in Yaroslavl said, in particular, that neither he nor his movement is responsible for the mistakes that the authorities made in recent years.

Representatives of the International Red Cross Committee this morning were admitted to three American soldiers, whom the Serbian military captured more than two weeks ago. This fact was confirmed today by Reuters, the press secretary of the ICKK Amanda Williamson. The delegation led by the President of the Red Cross of Cornelio Sommaruga (Cornelio Sommagaa) flew to Belgrade this weekend for negotiations with Milosevich.

The Prime Minister met with the former Prime Minister; Nikolai Glushkov, unlike Berezovsky, is in no hurry to see the investigator - the fourth Monitor.

On Saturday in Vladikavkaz, Kulik told which government see the Land Code. According to him, no more than 50% of the land can be passed on bail. If the creditor cannot pay with the bank, the state will do it instead, and the land will move into the ownership of the state. Kulik believes that it is necessary to make a cadastral assessment of land in order to take taxes only for their quantity and quality.

Maslyukov came to Washington and immediately talked with reporters. It turned out that negotiations with the IMF are much more successful than one might think. He is "almost 100%" confident in the success that the fund will allocate a loan to Russia.

“The global financial crisis has ended,” George Soros said after Brazil successfully placed bonds on the financial markets with a five -year repayment period, managing to attract $ 2 billion. Thus, he disavowed his prophecies relative to the rapid fall of the American stock market and the end of the "open society" made last year.

At today's special session of the MICEX, the weighted average dollar rate fell by another 9 kopecks and amounted to 24.5311 rubles. The official CB, therefore, will be 24.53 rubles per dollar.

All about today's press conferences and meetings; Details about the congresses of the NDR and the "Fatherland"; Transcript of Zhirinovsky’s interview for REN-TV and the abstract of Primakov in the “Observer”; election results in Karachevo-Cherkessia; Other weekend news - read the monitor.