Colonel Yuri Budanov announced a sentence. By a court decision, he was found guilty of all three articles incriminated to him - the abduction of a person, the murder and excess of official powers - and sentenced to 10 years in prison in a maximum security colony. By court decision, the colonel is also deprived of the officer rank and state awards. Four psychological and psychiatric examinations were appointed Budanov.

The next rise in price of used foreign cars in Russia was “waiting” for long - only six months. Despite the protests of motorists and lulling the promises of the government , the used foreign cars so popular among the people will become more expensive. From today, customs duties on the “age” foreign cars from three to seven years will be equalized (increased). Now citizens will pay 2-2.5 times more due to the fact that VAT and excise tax will be included in the fee.

This afternoon, the crew of the Russian Mi-26T helicopter, arrested yesterday in Sudan, was released, ITAR-TASS reports. The transport helicopter was carried out by the UN humanitarian flight from Russia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was detained by the military authorities of Sudan in the city of El Fasher. Sudan’s authorities considered the helicopter to the military and claimed that he had no appropriate permission to fly through the country.

VTsIOM continues to represent the results of a representative express survey of 1600 Russians conducted from July 17 to 21, 2003. The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%. What do you think about the initiation of criminal cases, the arrests of the leaders of the company Yukos? Which of the following points of view is closer to you?

Today, perhaps, a point in the long business of Colonel Budanov will be set. After two years of litigation and three psychiatric examinations, the court will finally have to make a verdict - we are sane or insane by the military at the time of the murder of the Chechen girl Elsa Kungaeva and it is criminally responsible or not. The accusation and lawyers of the Kungaev family insist on 12 years of imprisonment.

Musa Nuchaev The nomination of candidates for the presidency of Chechnya begins . And the point is not just in the next election: for the Chechens, the bet that the Kremlin will make will be an important, determining sign, the answer to the question of what regime Moscow seeks to establish in the republic. “Kadyrov” is the answer is already quite defined and unsatisfactory.

In law enforcement, they continue to clean the ranks . Today, the Novosibirsk Regional Court convicted the investigator of the internal affairs department. For illegal exemption of the suspect in a serious crime, falsification of evidence and the illegal termination of the criminal case, the investigator was sentenced to two years in prison. Naturally, for these two years the court forbade him to occupy any positions in law enforcement agencies (then, probably, it would be possible to return).

In the UK, many experiences this week caused reports about the deaths of Saddam Hussein Kusai and Videya, today the consequences of the Extraordinary decision of the Bush administration to convince skeptics and publish photographs of the disfigured heirs of the leader (the topic of discussion is also directly related to Russia V before the eyes of the scrolls of the dead with the bodies of the deceased on Dubrovka of terrorists). Read more in the review of the British press.

In the Park of the Estonian city of Pyarn, a new monument to the SS men will be erected. Such a decision was made on a round table, convened by the Povino Hallikmye, Povino Khallikmye, RIA Novosti reports. This is not the first attempt by local authorities to perpetuate the memory of the Estonians who fought on the side of Germany.

VTsIOM presents the results of a representative express survey of 1600 Russians conducted from July 17 to 21, 2003. The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%. On a number of the same questions, "you generally approve or do not approve of activity:?" - The answers are placed in the summary table.

VTsIOM continues to represent the results of a representative express survey of 1600 Russians conducted from July 17 to 21, 2003. The distribution of answers is given as a percentage of the number of respondents. The survey was conducted in 100 settlements of 40 regions of the country. Statistical error within 3.4%. How long, in your opinion, will the attacks that are organized by Chechen fighters continue?

A great friend of the Iraqi people and Saddam Hussein personally Vladimir Zhirinovsky expressed his condolences today in connection with the death of his sons. The letter “legally elected President of Iraq” was transferred to the embassy of this country in Moscow, Interfax reports. "Dear friend! It hurt me to find out that your sons died. They died, like real warriors, in battle, with weapons in their hands, resisting surrounded, having no chances to escape.

A large explosive warehouse was found in the suburbs. According to ITAR -TASS in the metropolitan Department of Internal Affairs, the warehouse - six belts with explosives - was discovered during a special operation in a private house. According to their configuration, explosive devices are identical in that they were blown up in Tushino and on the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya street in Moscow in early July. Now the FSB explosives are working to neutralize the arsenal.

A new terrorist attack in Spain. Before the court building in the city of Estell in the north of the country, terrorists blew up a bomb. One person is wounded, reports Reuters. 10 minutes before the explosion, the police received a phone call with a message about the laid bomb. The caller introduced himself as an action movie of the Basque movement of ETA ("Country of Basque and Freedom").

The military decided to follow the example of the Moscow authorities, who, to restore order in the city, want to take advantage of the sound instincts of some citizens. Today, the Moscow military prosecutor's office organized a trust phone, according to which everyone can report the facts of desertion or crimes committed by the military.