Kommersant-Daily No. 210 dated November 11, 1998 Exactly a year ago, on November 14, 1997, when the scandal surrounding the book “The History of Privatization in Russia” gained momentum, we called one of the authors of the book, Alfred Koch, and asked to comment on the situation. Koch replied: “Consider that you haven’t reached me.

The unlucky visitor to the British Cambridge, who in January defeated several valuable exhibits - the Chinese vases from the Tsin dynasty (from the age of about 300 years), said in an interview with Mail On Sunday, writes Guardian . Nick Flyn called the incident "incident in the spirit of Norman Uisdom" (an English comedic actor, whose character is known for his awkwardness). According to Flin, the fall occurred when Flyn realized that he had climbed the wrong stairs.

Russia can play the role of the conciliator in order to prevent confrontation between the West and the Islamic world, said the Ambassador for Special Acts on the Russian Foreign Ministry, responsible for the connection with the organization of the Islamic Conference, Benjamin Popov, RIA Novosti reports. In the event of a clash of civilizations, the confrontation will not meet anyone's interests, he emphasized.

According to updated data, 13 people were killed in Pakistan as a result of the bus explosion, 20 were injured, RBC reports with reference to the Air Force, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the country of AFTAB Khan Sherpao. At the time of the explosion, there were 50 passengers on the bus. The incident occurred in the southwest of the country in Kolpur. The bus followed from Kvetta to the east, to Lahor.

The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced the accused of organizing the riots in Cherkessk in the fall of 2004 for terms of three to six years in prison with a trial period of two years to each, RIA Novosti reports.

Representatives of the soldier Andrei Sychev will sue two newspapers crushed by his colleagues in the Chelyabinsk tank school, intending to recover compensation from them for moral damage. According to the lawyer of the victim Yevgeny Belov, the claims have already been prepared and submitted to the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.

Private Andrei Sychev will be transported from Chelyabinsk to the Burdenko Hospital in Moscow on Tuesday morning, Gazeta.Ru reports . As Sycheva’s sister said today, Andrei’s condition worsened sharply: he developed a fever and began vomiting. The assembled council made a decision on transportation. Sychev will fly to Moscow with his mother. They will be delivered on a special transport plane.

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg adopted in the first reading a law that significantly narrows the possibilities of the population to participate in the process of obtaining building permits in the city. According to the expert “Polit.ru” Lev Usyskin, this is the next measure of counteracting active defenders of historical development. Uskin notes an integrated approach in the “Attack” for this development.

The competition for the best works in the field of literature and art dedicated to the activities of the security service was announced by the FSB of Russia.

The Muslim world continues to fiercely protest against caricatures on the Prophet Muhammad published in the European press. In the capital of Lebanon Beirut, there was a thousands of rally, during which, despite the tear gas and water guns used by the police, the Danish embassy was burned. The day after the riots in neighboring Syria, a crowd with green and black flags, armed with stones and sticks, broke through through the police cordons surrounding Denmark Embassy in Beirut.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia Vano Merabishvili met today with the ambreditated by the ambassadors of the United States, France, Russia, Ukraine and Great Britain and asked them for help in establishing the origin of the Khrel, the Khloga, which was found in Karelia (East Georgia), said RIA Novosti .

The popularity of services like Google Earth and Live Local , which provides airborne users and space shooting of the surface of the globe, gives rise to a wide demand for new advertising areas. So, at least, the entrepreneur Colin Fitz-Jrald believes, writes Wired . Fitz-Dierld has just registered a company in Massachusetts, which offers to place giant advertisements on the roofs of houses so that they are visible in the pictures of Google Earth and Live Local.

The press service of the United Russia faction announced the postponement of the consideration of the bill of the first reading "On amendments to Article 4 of the Federal Law" On AGS ", the correspondent of Polit.ru reports. Earlier it was supposed to consider the draft law at Wednesday. The concept of the document allows citizens to pass the AGS in the territories of the constituent entities in which they are constantly living.

The growing international pressure on Iran in connection with its nuclear program is not a veiled attempt to overthrow the current Iranian regime, RBC reports with reference to the Associated Press, the statement of the Prime Minister Dominic de Vilpen. According to him, Iran himself assumed certain international obligations, and should now obey the requirements of the international community.

Olga Astakhova In the summer of 2001, the theater Olympics fell on Moscow. The impression was that the entire theater of the world was with us. And the ceremonial theater halls, unable to withstand the onslaught and tension, splashed out not tied to the streets. It was then that after a long break, Vyacheslav Polunin returned to Russia, taking with him violent street theaters, clowns friends and the play “Snowshow” (“Snow Show”, or in another graphic version of “Snow Show”).