The idea of ​​a successful crossing of Teru and hedgehog came to mind by the Nizhny Novgorod defenders: "What if you crank up the grandiose interim operation and get rid of the many years of state debts to the military -industrial complex, and from the equally old debts of the military -industrial complex to RAO" UES "?" - they suggested Chubais.

The approaching typhoon "Jelavat" completely paralyzed transport on the island of Okinawa, RIA Novosti reports. Due to the wind, more than 200 flights connecting the island with the outside world were canceled with a speed of 150 km per hour, bus and ferry communication was stopped. In the city of Nago, where two weeks ago, the leaders of the "eight" met, more than 19 thousand families were left without electricity.

Prices of Russian shares rose today against the backdrop of positive macroeconomic data for the United States, reducing the likelihood of a new Fed rate hike. As a result of trading, the RTS index increased by 0.52% to 212.99 points. Trading volume on the RTS amounted to about $22 million, which is $1.5 million lower than yesterday's level.

Putin covered the entry into the WTO by one of the priorities of foreign policy. The theme of the WTO, as Alexander Becker notes, "does not let go of the president." Meanwhile, the entry into this organization is a stick about the two ends.

As RTR reports from the scene, on the Tverskaya, not far from the place of the tragedy, from where they barely managed to evacuate the victims, under the blue flag of the LDPR, villains are manifested with the poster "Good Chichik - Dead Chichik". Their main - Personally Vladimir Zhirinovsky - suggests "arrange Bartholomew’s night for Chechens."

The FSB claims that there was a conspiracy against the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev. A joint investigative group of the Russian FSB Directorate for the Novosibirsk Region and the Directorate of the General Prosecutor's Office in the Siberian District yesterday conducted searches and arrests in Moscow and Novosibirsk of persons suspected of organizing an attack on Tuleyev's life. Currently, an investigation is underway under Article 277 of the Criminal Code.

Putin met with the Minister of Justice Yuri Chaika. The minister told the president about the results of the first audit of local legislation for compliance with the federal. Already now (and the audit is far from finished) the Ministry of Justice revealed 263 local legislative acts that violate the federal law.

Babitsky’s case continues to remind of himself from time to time. Today, the journalist has changed the measure of restraint. Previously, he was under the subscription of the wizard, from now on he was released for public guarantee. The editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov and deputies of the State Duma Sergey Yushenkov and Yuri Shchezhkhikhin instructed that Babitsky would come to the court if the criminal case was not terminated against him.

The Oryol region was obliged to return 520 million rubles, which she withdrawn from the treasury. As the press secretary of the Minister of Finance told reporters, the “mutually acceptable conditions” were reached to return this money, illegally withdrawn in favor of the regional budget through violations of the current legislation on the separation of VAT between the federal and regional budgets. 250 million rubles. will have to be returned in August, another 270 million rubles.

Aslan Maskhadov quickly reacted to the accusations of explosion in Moscow, which had been sprinkled against Chechens. As ITAR-TASS reported with reference to AFP, he stated that the fighters of the "regular army of Ichkeria" are not involved in the terrorist attack on Pushkinskaya Square, and expressed condolences to the families of the dead.

Employees of the Tajikistan Embassy in Moscow denied the reports that appeared on the eve of the fact that groups of militants entered from Tajikistan to Uzbekistan. The embassy claims that the militants located in Uzbekistan are local, "Uzbek residents from Namangan." Today's "News Time" writes that yesterday the terrorists tried to capture several villages, as a result of which a battle with the Uzbek soldiers began. On both sides there are dead.

The head of Gazprom Ram Vyakhirev said that the gas crisis awaits Russia in 2001. This winter, according to him, the concern will still provide gas to all Russian consumers (about 2 billion cubic meters of gas will be accumulated above the limits), but the next year a deficit will begin to be felt.

Today at about 11 in the morning on the outskirts of the village of Samashki, militants shot the infantry fighting vehicle. Two policemen died, four were seriously injured. The units of the internal troops cordoned off the area, artillery began to fire. In addition, the military completely blocked the samashki and a new step and blocked the movement on the roads. The passage is closed through the blocks on the federal highway "Caucasus".

Che Guevara never drank vodka, Vladyka Swaziland is arranged in September, and the Chinese, as always, suffer from mass vhranes

An interview with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ Vladimir Kadannikov by Kommersant was gone by a sensation - the head of the auto giant rightfully feels the winner.