The international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague today will resume the hearing in the case of the ex-president of this country Slobodan Milosevich. The former Yugoslav leader, who refused the services of lawyers and defends himself, will make a four -hour speech, reports Reuters. Earlier, Miloshevich presented a list of more than 1631 witnesses whom he wants to invite to court.

Moody International rating agency S Investors Service today, August 31, appropriated OJSC "Transneft" credit rating at the BAA3 level, the company's press service reports. According to Jeremy Khous, senior vice president of Moody's, Transneft's rating reflects stably high growth rates of the company's production indicators, its sustainable financial situation, and a significant role in the development of the oil industry and its economy as a whole.

** Themes of the day ** The first lanes of today's release of newspapers are assessed by the assessment of the elections of the President of Chechnya held on Sunday , at which Major General A. Alkhanov won. The media notes that the results of the election did not surprise anyone - the name of the winner was determined a few months before the vote. And if, before the death of A. Kadyrov, A.

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine and the National Television Company determined the order of speeches by presidential candidates. This is stated in the schedule published in the newspaper Urorovy Kur'har . Candidates for the presidency of Ukraine will be made from September 1 to October 7. According to the schedule, they will be carried out from Monday to Friday, from 20:20 to 20:50, and September 24 and October 7 - from 20:20 to 20:40.

Explosions in the Tu-134 and Tu-154 aircraft could occur without the participation of Shahids, says the Russian Courier newspaper. According to the official version, the connection with the Tu-134 was interrupted at 22.56 Moscow time, then the next plane disappeared from the radar. According to radio, the difference between these events was only 1 minute 38 seconds. According to the newspaper, this is the time during which the last large fragments of the aircraft affected the earth.

Today, the Supreme Court will consider the possibility of mitigating the verdict in relation to Zarema Mykhoeva, found guilty of trying to commit a terrorist attack in the center of Moscow and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The lawyer of the convicted Natalya Evlapova appealed with the appropriate cassation appeal to the higher authority, RIA Novosti reports.

Today at about 8.00 Moscow time at the Riga metro station, an explosion has thundered. According to different sources, from 6 to 8 people died. About 25 people were injured. As the main version of the FSB and the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Russian Federation, a terrorist attack is considered. According to NTV , an explosive device filled with bolts exploded - 300-400 GR in TNT equivalent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that meetings in the Troika format-with Gerhard Schreder and Jacques Shirak-contribute to the favorable development of the international situation-ITAR-TASS reports. “In the course of such consultations, we manage to bring the position on key issues closer, even if they were different,” the president said.

The operatives of the Internal Affairs Directorate on the Moscow metro on Tuesday detained a 22-year-old resident of the Bryansk region at the Kurskaya-Koltsevaya metro station, who torn mobile phones from passengers from the neck. About this writes "Gazeta.ru" with reference to the press group of the Internal Affairs Directorate. The police believes that the detainee account has many such crimes.

The authorities of South Ossetia said that Georgian police beat detained Ossetians. A bus with passengers was a detained police of Georgia in the village of Eredvi, and 15 Ossetians were transferred to the police station. “The detained passengers began to return, five of them were beaten to half death and are now in the hospital,” Irina Gigloeva, Chairman of the Information and Press of South Ossetia, said by phone of RIA Novosti.

In the Main Directorate of the Internal Affairs of the Altai Territory, a meeting of the operational headquarters for harvesting 2004 was held - reports REGNUM . According to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Territory, agricultural producers were assisted for a total of 570 million for the future crop. At present, 30% of the space has already been removed, but there is a fear that some farms will evade the return of debts.

As a result of the explosion at the Riga metro station in Moscow, the twelve wounded are in serious condition, RIA Novosti was told in the Russian Emergencies Ministry. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, as a result of the explosion, eight people died and 18 were injured. Of these, 12 are in serious condition.

On September 2, in Odessa, a solemn opening of a monument entitled "The Oath of the Founders" Filika Eteriya will take place. Monuments intend to give Odessa representatives of the Greco-Ukrainian Commerce Chamber of the city of Piraeus. The sculpture, which will be installed in Krasnoy Lane, is devoted to three initiators of the creation in Odessa the secret organization "Filika Eteriya", which initiated the struggle for independence in Greece in the 1820s.

The overseer, who worked in one of the prisons of the city of New York, admitted the theft of Salvador Dali. In March 2003, he, along with accomplices who also served in the Rickers Iland prison, stole the canvas with the image of the crucifixion of Christ. In return for sincere recognition, 45-year-old Timothy Ping was sentenced to five years in prison. In addition, he will have to quit prison, Interfax reports.

Today, TNS Gallup Media, a unit of the TNS International Group of Companies, announced the decision not to take part in the Media Committee tender for the right to conclude a contract for measuring a television audience scheduled for September 16, 2004, Gazeta.ru reports. Non -profit partnership "Media Committee", uniting participants in television and advertising markets and organizing a tender, was supposed to call the winner on December 15, 2003, but could not come to consensus.