In Dagestan, a recruitment of contractors from the local population has been announced, who, after selection in the military registration and enlistment office, will be credited to the units and divisions of the Ministry of Defense deployed in the republic, Interfax reports.

According to updated data, over the past 24 hours, 22 militants have been killed in Dagestan, of which, as the FSB told Interfax, “three black mercenaries.” According to the FSB directorate, Islamists use the documents of Afghan citizens to legalize mercenaries from foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran, purchasing passports for five hundred dollars.

Andrei Vasiliev, the chief editor of the newspaper Kommersant and the chief editor of the ID, as we expected. In an interview with ITAR -TASSS, he said: “I left Kommersant three times, and each time the publication was on take -off. And I came in quite difficult periods. Including the first time that Kommersant had only a name and grandiose plans. So this situation is familiar to me.”

Boris Fedorov said in an interview with the Echo of Moscow that the “right business” movement ceased to exist, and emphasized that henceforth he had no obligations to associates in the “right business”. It is clear that Seleznev is sure that the “right business” is not a five percent barrier about the events of the end of the week. He said this to reporters in St. Petersburg.

The chairman of the State Council of Dagestan Magomedali Magomedov arrived today with a one -day working visit to Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. The Dagestan leader has already met with Vladimir Putin and "discussed with him the situation in the republic." In particular, it was about the "complicated migration situation", and the "further fate" of Dagestan militias. In the near future, a meeting of Magomedali Magomedov with Boris Yeltsin is expected.

In the Botlikh district of Dagestan, the Haras Pass is completely cleaned of the militants and the highway leading to Chechnya was blown up. This made it possible to deprive the militants of strategically important communication, Interfax was told in the FSB Office for Dagestan. Now Mujahideen are forced to use only bypass road through the settlements of Dai and Chat.

How can you find a Martian, do not encounter an iceberg, avoid the problem of 2000, get political asylum in the United States and relieve stress - find out from abroad.

Yeltsin hopes for Putin, is not going to create a party in power and feels well; Putin scolded Kalyuzhny and met with Zadornov; Aksenenko praised Gazprom and called for the protection of a domestic manufacturer; Khristenko gathered in Japan; Stepashin was not upset due to failure with the "right" coalition, and Gaidar is ready to give up the principles for her.

At least 10 banks will be able to take part in the tender for servicing regional customs departments, Prime-Tass said in the Ministry of Finance. The representative of the ministry confirmed that customs serviced by the Autobank and Sberbank will be put up at the tender. According to him, the Autobank will not be able to take part in the competition, as it does not comply with the standards of the Bank of Russia, which is mandatory for participation in the competition.

The Turkish government requested 45 thousand coffins from the international community for the burial of the bodies of the dead as a result of the earthquake. Most bodies are still under the wreckage of houses, today was said by the head of the European Regional Office for Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Sergio Piazzi. Official data to date say that as a result of the earthquake, 12 thousand 148 people were killed and 34 thousand 448 people were injured.

On Monday, a commission was created in Dagestan on the development of a law on the fight against religious extremism. It included deputies of the People’s Assembly, scientists, theologians and lawyers-practitioners. As Interfax told the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Dagestan Ahmednabi Magdigadzhiev, the draft law already exists. "The law will be as strict as necessary.

The weighted average exchange rate of the ruble to the US dollar at the end of the single trading session amounted to 24.8036 rubles per dollar, having increased by 2.1 kopecks compared to the previous working day.

Planned combat exercises were held on the ships of the Caspian Flotilla, writes the server "Russia. Regions". Seven warships and support vessels took part in them. The exercises were held in the regime of rigid fuel savings, in connection with which the tasks had to be solved not in the sea, but in river conditions. The Caspians worked out anti -mining support for both single ships and tactical groups.

The meeting of Vladimir Putin with the Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Ling is held in the Government House. The course of preparing the Union Agreement and the prospects of Russian-Belarusian relations is being discussed. According to UPI, tomorrow at 14:00 Putin will visit the international car dealership on Krasnaya Presnya. On Thursday, a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers will be held under his chairmanship. On Friday, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Valery Pustovotenko arrives in Moscow.

The Directorate of Government Information of RIA Novosti did not confirm some media reports that today the government may take place to re -examine the draft budget for 2000 with the participation of President Boris Yeltsin. The UPI reported that today about noon, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will consult with his Belarusian colleague Sergei Ling. It is expected that in the center of negotiations there will be issues of bilateral relations.