Marina Loboda, Vladivostok: Law enforcement officers joined the pre -election struggle in Primorye, supporters of rivals Yevgeny Nazdratenko in the struggle for the governor’s chair now spend a lot of time in the district departments of the internal affairs. Currently, in the Frunze and Pervomaisian branches of the Police of Vladivostok there are eight assistants Alexander Kirillichev, only on the grounds that they spread the sheets in support of their applicant.

Mikhail Sokolov: My guest is Anatoly Chubais. Anatoly Borisovich, is your position not changing in Chechnya now? Anatoly Chubais: My position ... The assault on Grozny, from my point of view, would be a large -scale mistake today. Putin’s position is that the assault on Grozny is nonsense. There are military mistakes. Of course, there are. Naturally. From my point of view, such errors include the so -called leaflet with an ultimatum with the term for the release of civilians.

The English "lids" , which alternately knocking out the Moscow Lokomotiv and Spartak Cup in turn, will meet with the Italian "Roma" in the 1/8 finals of the Cup. This became known after yesterday in Geneva a draw was held in two stages of the tournament. The Italian "Juventus" and "Parma" will play against the Spanish "Celta" and the German "Verder", and "Udinese" got a lighter opponent - the Czech "Slavia".

( part two ) Part 3 Tengiz Gudava: We continue the interview that the former Russian contractor, Ermek Spataev, who took part in the war in Chechnya gave our radio. We called this extensive interview "the confession of the Russian officer." Today is the third part of the cycle. I will briefly remind you what Ermek Spataev spoke about in the previous parts. He signed a contract for the service in the Russian army, mainly due to material interest.

Mikhail Sokolov talks with one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces, the chief of the Church of the ATP, Anatoly Chubais about the Chechen War, the position of the West and the situation in Russia. Mikhail Sokolov: Anatoly Borisovich, today we are talking on December 16, now, according to our correspondent in Grozny, there really was an attempt to storm the city, there really were serious losses, according to his information, seven units of armored vehicles were shot down.

Gennady Muravin, Helsinki: On the television battles held yesterday evening, the President of Finland, the Chechen topic took a prominent place, and all seven candidates condemned actions in Russia in Chechnya as an unjustified war against the entire Chechen people. Elizabeth Ren, who was a special UN authorized person in Bosnia, spoke out more sharply, and until recently she had a lead in polls for a long time.

The branches of Sberbank of Russia on December 17 will begin payment of interest on bonds of the state savings loan of the 28th issue, the Ministry of Finance said. To this end, the Ministry of Finance transferred to Sberbank of Russia 253 million 200 thousand rubles. Payment for one bond with a face value of 500 rubles will be 125 rubles 34 kopecks. The 28th loan bonds were released in June 98 for a period of 2 years in the amount of 1 billion rubles at 50 percent per annum.

Savik Shuster is talking with the editor -in -chief of the Moscow News newspaper Viktor Loshak and the observer of the newspaper Time - MN Arkady Dubnov.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: During these hours, the constant chairman of the OSCE Knut Vollebek makes a trip to the northern regions of Chechnya, under the control of the Russian military. Knuta Vollebek on a trip is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Nikolai Koshman. In the Northern Chechnya, the head of the OSCE intends to meet with Mufti Kadyrov, who, according to some reports, Moscow reads to the future leaders of the republic.

Elena Fanailova, Moscow: The order of Yuri Luzhkov, adopted at the height of the fight against terrorism in the capital, gave rise to police brutality and massive violations of human rights - beatings, illegal arrests, expulsion of people from Moscow, bribes in the police and passport offices. Legal opinions of the Russian Ministry of Justice and the Independent Expert Legal Council declared this document signed by the Moscow mayor unconstitutional and illegal.

In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, all salary debts to employees of the budget sphere should be repaid until April 15, 2000 , the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said today. As of November 1, the total amount of debt to state employees was 7 billion 300 million rubles. Two motorcades arrived in Mozdok, who delivered about 200 tons of humanitarian aid to refugees from Chechnya , the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

Hosted by Mikhail Sokolov Mikhail Sokolov: My guest is Anatoly Chubais. Anatoly Borisovich, does your position on Chechnya change now? Anatoly Chubais: My position... The assault on Grozny, from my point of view, would be a large-scale mistake today. Putin’s position is that the storming of Grozny is nonsense. Military mistakes happen. Of course they do. Naturally. From my point of view, such mistakes include the so-called leaflet with an ultimatum with a deadline for the release of civilians.

Gennady Muravin, Helsinki: In the Finnish presidential candidates' televised debate late last night, the Chechen issue featured prominently, with all seven candidates condemning Russia's actions in Chechnya as an unjustified war against the entire Chechen people. Elisabeth Rehn, who was the UN special envoy to Bosnia and, until recently, was a long leader in public opinion polls, spoke out more harshly than others.

In Moscow, candidates for the Literary Prize "Antibuker" were announced. Among the finalists in the categories of prose, poetry, drama, essays and literary research are 44 names. Here are the names of Sergei Anufriev, Pavel Pepperstein, Boris Ekimov, Andrei Dmitriev, Igor Melamed, Denis Novikov, Yuri Kublanovsky, Viktor Sosnora, Bakhyt Kenzheev and others.

Savik Shuster talks with the editor-in-chief of the Moscow News newspaper Viktor Loshak and columnist for the Vremya - MN newspaper Arkady Dubnov.