The Yabloko Party protested in connection with the actions of employees of the Mordovian law enforcement agencies that prevent the meeting of the chairman of the regional branch of the party Vladimir Gridin with the Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, said the deputy chairman of Yabloko Sergey Mitrokhin. The day before yesterday, Mironov went to Mordovia to adopt experience in the field of applying a local government system.

Washington assures Moscow that the United States is considering Basayev as an international terrorist, Daniel Russell, interim attorney in Russia in Russia, said today. Russell’s statement was quoted in the “ Comments of the Department of Information and Press Midrossia in connection with the show on the American television channel“ ABCy News ”interview with Sh. Basaev, posted on the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. "The US line in the war with terrorism remains unchanged.

A fire in the building of the FSB of the Republic of Tatarstan was liquidated, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic. As a result of the fire, the roof burned out, there are no victims. It was possible to issue all official documentation. According to the preliminary version, the fire occurred as a result of the electrical wiring. The day before, a strong thunderstorm was held in the city.

The Tagansky court of Moscow appointed preliminary hearings on the claim of the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography (Roskultura) Mikhail Shvydkolok to the Minister of Culture Alexander Sokolov, RIA Novosti reports. Lawyer Pavel Astakhov, representing the interests of Shvydky, recalled that his client filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of Roskultura. According to the lawyer, Shvydka removed all the material claims to the Minister of Culture.

In the city of Vitoria of the Autonomous Region, the Basque Country of Basque, this terrorists on Friday blew up a low -power bomb at the car dealership, whose owner refuses to pay the “revolutionary tax”, RIA Novosti reports . According to the National Radio of Spain, there are no victims and victims, the explosion caused material damage to the building of the car dealership and the cars standing next to it.

“Independent Gazeta” today is ironic about the several grown rating by Vladimir Putin, stating that he is “now everything is in order”. Compared with a weekly survey, the rating increased by 8%, reaching 26 points.

In Gaza, two UN employees - Australian citizen and Palestinian, were released, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the al -Arabiya satellite television channel. According to preliminary information, the UN staff were abducted by people from the encirclement of Colonel of the Palestinian Security Service of Jihad Abed, who was seized by the Jennin Brigade group the day before. This group mainly consists of activists of the Fath movement.

The death of two more citizens of Great Britain-mother and daughter, who were considered missing from the moment of terrorist attacks in Sharm El Sheikh, was confirmed, the newspaper reports. ru , citing BBC. 70-year-old Valeria Brachchi and 50-year-old Leslie Eyers, rested in Egypt and lived in the Ghazala Gardens hotel, which was destroyed as a result of the explosion.

Residents of the Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria are ready to defend their head of the administration, although the president of the republic Valery Kokov wants to shift it, and for this even troops were introduced into the district, Lava of Movement for Human Rights Lev Ponomarev on the air "Echo of Moscow" He noted that, according to some reports , special forces were introduced into the city of Tyrnyaus of the Elbrus district.

More than six thousand spectators could observe today the beginning of the air show "Legends of World Aviation" . At the Monino airfield near Moscow, today it was possible to collect a real antiques from the Great Patriotic War. Airplanes were brought from all over Russia and from other countries of near and far abroad, the Channel One reports. Tomorrow, most of them will rise into the air, and today everyone could look at the legendary cars and even climb into the cabs of some of them.

From August 5 to 7, in the village of Emmaus of the Tver Region, the summer festival "Our Radio" Invasion "will be held. After February 1, 2005 it became known about the departure of Mikhail Kozyrev from the post of general producer of our Radio, fans of Russian rock was interested in whether the festival format would change.

The Security Service of Ukraine checks information about the impending attempt on the prime minister of the country Yulia Tymoshenko, correspondent.net reports. As the Deputy Chairman of the SBU Vasily Krutov stated on Thursday, information about the possible preparation of the assassination attempt was received from foreign special services through some diplomatic missions in Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice announced the strengthening of the State Department to promote democracy abroad in accordance with the instruction of US President George Bush, RIA Novosti reports. “In today's world, support for the growth of democratic ideals and institutions is not a luxury. This is a vital national interest and the call of our time,” Rice said on Friday in Washington.

In the Jewish Autonomous Region, a 16-year-old teenager, who shot his peer from the hunting rifle, was sentenced to one and a half years. As Interfax was told in the press service of the EAO court, the murder was committed when exceeding the limits of the necessary defense. The convict was with friends and girls in the house in the village of Kyrgyz, and the deceased broke the doors and threatened the physical reprisal from zealous feelings inside. He was taller and stronger than shooting.

The American ABC television channel showed in the Nightline evening program an interview with the leader of Chechen militants Shamil Basayev, despite the protests of the Russian embassy in Washington. The interview was shot in Chechnya, in the dugout of Basayev; The conversation was led by the journalist of Radio "Freedom" Sergey Babitsky, known for his trusting relations with the militants - because of this he had previously had problems with Russian justice.