The Minister of Internal Affairs of Great Britain signed an order to start the extradition of Ahmed Zakayev to Russia. This order created the legal basis for considering the case of extradition in court. During the trial scheduled today in the London Magistratian court, the parties should determine their actions in relation to the further trial. Pase adopted a resolution against the beginning of a military operation in Iraq.

The head of the UN inspectors Hans Blix and the head of the Magate Mohammed al-Baradei said that they agree to come to Iraq again only on the condition that the country's leadership would eliminate serious obstacles that interfere with their work, reports AR. Al-Baradei said, in particular, that Iraq should allow the UN to conduct a survey of Iraqi scientists face to face, as well as give the United States permission to use U-2 reconnaissance aircraft for flights over the country's territory.

Today, Ahmed Zakaev will appear to London's magistrate court, where the first meeting in the case of his extradition to Russia will be held. On the eve of the Court of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russia brought Russia to the lists of recognized participants in the European Convention on the fight against terrorism, which significantly facilitates the process of extradition of persons accused of terrorist activity.

Four people were detained in the case of the Mi-26 Mi-26, shot down in August last year. According to Interfax, Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky told, the circumstances of this case have been studied quite fully.

The first winners of the National Television Competition TEF-2002 are named. In the nomination, the “journalistic program” was won by the program “Wait for me” (ORT), in the “Tok Show” nomination - the program of Mikhail Shvydky “Cultural Revolution” (“Culture”). Vladimir Pozner was recognized as the best interviewer with the program “Times” (ORT), and Elena Masyuk won the “Journalistic Investigation” nomination with the copyright program “The Rising Sun Aquatic” (RTR).

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Svyatoslav Piskun said that the criminal case to investigate the circumstances of the Russian Tu-154 catastrophe on the Black Sea is still impossible to complete, Interfax reports.

Former Major of the Ukrainian state guard Nikolai Melnichenko, living in the United States, is going to return to his homeland. It is reported today by Times Online , which one of the organizers of Kuchmagate said that he was tired of living in the fear of V special services of the United States constantly warning him about threats.

In London, the first meeting dedicated to the extradition procedure of Ahmed Zakayev ended. At it, representatives of the parties asked for two weeks to prepare materials for the further process. The next meeting is scheduled for February 14. Zakaev was again released on bail, and his passport, as before, is in the police. It is worth noting that, as ITAR-TASS reports, the lawyer of the Chechen emissar Garrett Pierce appreciated the upcoming trial for how long.

Information is represented by Anna Petrova In this issue: <"I" of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia <"I" of the Chechens in Russia <"I> the heat of our houses <" I> is cold. Who is to blame and what to do? <"I> is cold. What can we? Political parties Liberal Democratic Party of Russia The liberal-democratic party occupies a special niche in the Russian political structure.

At the crash site of the Russian IL-76 cargo aircraft, the bodies of five crew members were found. As Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies, the bodies were found by soldiers of the UN International Peace Forces in East Timor, sent by the representative office of this organization to the place of disaster. According to the agency, all members of the deceased crew are Russian citizens.

VTsIOM presents the results of a representative express survey of 1,600 Russians conducted from January 24 to January 28, 2003 . The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that our sampling structure has changed. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements in 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%.

Galina Vitkovskaya , Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya Due to the transition of Russia to the open-door policy and the turning to a market economy, the migration situation on the Russian-Chinese border has radically changed: economic relations revived and cultural ties revived, bilateral “shuttle” trade was rapidly developed, and the Chinese and Russians got the opportunity to easily cross the border between the countries.

Yesterday, the authorities of Great Britain unveiled facts that, in their opinion, testifying to an attempt by the Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Network to collect radioactive material for the production of the so-called “dirty bomb”, BBC reports with reference to unnamed sources in the government. According to the television company, this information came from agents of English special services recruited in Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan.

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The processes of resignation of the head of the PACE mission in Russia, Lord Frank Judd, and the extradition of the Minister of Culture of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Akhmed Zakayev, began on the same day. The coincidence, of course, is not intentional, but it is also not accidental. As the ring around Iraq narrows, the global anti-terrorism consensus is naturally expanding.