Hasin Raduev , North Caucasus: According to Chechen sources, a meeting of field commanders was held in one of the mountain settlements of Chechnya. According to the Russian military, Chechen detachments plan to attack the cities of Gudermes, Argun and Urus-Martan, and in the formidable a possible direction of the blow are the factory district and the village of Kirov, located on the western outskirts of the city.

Reporting of his own correspondent Radio Liberty in Washington Irina Lagunina about the results of the testing of anti -Iseters: Irina Lagunina: As a result of the test of the interceptor’s rocket released against the Minitment -2 missile, which imitated the blow to the United States, it was not possible to achieve the main thing: to bring down the target missile during the flight.

Vladimir Dolin, Moscow: According to the chairman of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov, what happened in Ingushetia is not even provided for in the election legislation. The legislator could not imagine that members of the precinct election commissions suddenly would resign all at once. But in Ingushetia it happened just that.

The 54th Avignon Theater Festival began . He was opened by the play by Pina Baush "Windows Windows", played in the honorary courtyard of the papal palace of Avignon. Russia at the festival is represented by the performance of Yuri Lyubimov and the Taganka Theater "Marat-Sad". The Moscow Gallery "The House of Nashchokin" holds an exhibition cycle dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the philanthropist and friend of Pushkin, Pavel Nashchokin .

The host of the Radio Liberty program "Elections 2000" Mikhail Sokolov comments on the situation in the Russian parliament. The program is conducted by Vladimir Baburin. A report is also given from the Council of the Federation Correspondent Radio Freedom Vladimir Dolin.

Cardiologists from the University of Yale came to the conclusion that the degree of excess of the upper level of blood pressure above the lower allows us to judge the likelihood of heart pathologies in older people than these levels themselves separately. An increase in the difference between the pressure, which accumulates over the years, serves as a symptom of the aortic hardening, which, in turn, is fraught with the development of heart failure.

Oleg Kusov, North Caucasus: The Dagestano-Chechen border these days local law enforcement agencies pay increased attention. The Dagestan police and self -defense units are trying to block the mountain and foothill areas of the administrative border, since it was through them that Chechen rebels tried to break into the deeper of the neighboring republic. Along the paths of Mountain Dagestan, it is easy to get to Azerbaijan.

“ Look a little more attentive, ” Mr. Lotkov from Moscow about Putin writes to us, “ and you will understand that this is a young energetic democrat, with whom we associate high hopes. Do not be afraid to make a mistake! ” In addition, the author of the next letter calls us out: “ After Yeltsin in Russia, they no longer need them, and there will not be a tsarist personality. Russia will need a technical power that will preserve and develop the Yeltsian democracy, quite enough.

Marina Katys, Moscow: The former chairman of the State Ecology, Viktor Danilov-Danilian, believes that the Russian authorities in all ways will counteract the conduct of the All-Russian environmental referendum. The abolition of state -caries and Rosleskhoz led Russian ecologists to a decision on the need to hold the All -Russian referendum.

Hasin Raduev , North Caucasus: Units of Russian internal troops and police on Friday conducted special operations in different regions of the republic. In the village of Silkovskaya, a shootout arose during the so -called "targeted check", as a result of which a local resident Murtaz Yakhyaev was killed. According to the official version of law enforcement agencies, he was on the federal wanted list for crimes committed in 1996.

In this issue: - Chechen refugees between war and tuberculosis; - to serve in the army under escort - the Mordovian version; - Will the Second World War finally end in the Kuban? - the Krasnoyarsk authorities were indicated in their place in the market; - vodka death in Siberia and the Amur Region; - Orenburg: Where to find apartments for the heroes of the-ties?

Khasin Raduev , North Caucasus: A joint meeting of the State Defense Committee, the parliament and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ichkeria took place last night in one of the settlements of mountainous Chechnya. According to Maskhadov’s press service, 33 deputies, 7 field commanders, senior officials and 18 ministers took part in it. The main issue of discussion concerned the situation in Chechnya and the tactics of further actions of the Chechen armed formations in conditions of guerrilla warfare.

Oleg Kusov, , North Caucasus: Local law enforcement agencies are paying increased attention to the Dagestan-Chechen border these days. Dagestan police and self-defense units are trying to block off the mountainous and foothill sections of the administrative border, since it was through them that the Chechen rebels tried to break through into the neighboring republic. It’s easy to get to Azerbaijan along the paths of mountainous Dagestan.

Elena Fanailova, Moscow: “The private life of Russian citizens is becoming the property of special services,” said Sergey Sokolov, head of the network agency of federal investigations. The Federal Investigation Agency, founded by former employees of the newspaper "Top Secret", published the so-called "database" of the Safety Service of the Media-Most group in the Russian Internet.

Over the past day, Russian troops in Chechnya were at least 7 times to be shelling. Data about the victims - no. Aviation bombed goals in the Argun Gorge. In the Chechen villages, checks of the passport regime continue. A large number of weapons were discovered by military personnel and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including two ZARLEA anti -aircraft missile systems.