One of the leaders of the British rescue team, who visited the Kursk Russian submarine catastrophe, sharply criticized the organization of a rescue operation. According to an interview with the Scottish branch of the Bi SI television company, the senior pilot Paddie Heron, the Russian authorities in every possible way prevented the participation of British specialists in saving the Kursk crew.

The defense of businessman Edmond POUP, accused of espionage against Russia, intends to appeal the decision of the court who refused to change the US citizen to change the preventive measure. The Lefortovo Court of Moscow did not take into account the state of the POUP suffering from cancer, and decided not to free him from custody before the court. Russian intelligence services claim that the PRO was trying to receive secret materials on underwater weapons in Russia.

Afghan Taliban again accused Tajikistan of providing military and material support to the coalition forces opposing the Taliban in the north of Afghanistan. According to the representative of the Taliban, the Tajik authorities allow the detachments of Ahmad Shah Masud to use the Kulyab air base in the south of Tajikistan. Abdurrahman Khotak - Deputy Minister of Information in the Government of Taliban - greeted the UN plans to introduce an embargo for the supply of weapons to Afghanistan today.

"Moscow Libertarium" calls for citizens to appeal to the Supreme Court of Russia with protests against the introduction of eavesdropping systems (SORM). The introduction of these systems in all communication operators was launched on the recent order of the Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman. The order gives the FSB the right to not represent the operators of either the documents on the basis of which the listening is carried out, nor the names of the subscribers who are eavesdropped.

Russian artillery and aviation on Wednesday struck the Vedensky, Argun and Itum-Kalin gorges in the south of Chechnya, where, according to the military, Chechen forces were concentrated. The surroundings of the village of Nozhai-Yurt were subjected to intensive artillery and missile shelling. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, one peaceful resident died, two were injured.

Iranian President Mohammad Hatam spoke today before the leaders of the Iranian Jewish community. According to Hatam, the case of a group of Iranian Jews, sentenced in July to the long time of imprisonment on charges of espionage, has nothing to do with religious persecution. Hatam noted that among those sentenced to espionage were Muslims. According to the Iranian president, the verdict may be softened by the court of appeal, which is now considering the case.

Irina Lagunina, Washington: One of the versions, namely the version that the Kursk submarine was damaged due to a collision with the American Memphis submarine, refuted the US Ministry of Navy on Wednesday. "The stay of the American submarine" Memphis "in Norway is a regular, routine entry of the boat, which was planned more than two months ago," said Radio Liberty, the representative of the US Navy, the fleet Lieutenant Jensin Sommer.

"This lawsuit does not aim to get money, and his task is to call the state to answer and force it in the person of certain bodies to admit the blame for what happened ..." Relatives of the crew of the Kursk submarine believe that the state did not take sufficient measures to save the submariners. They intend to apply to the court with the Ministry of Defense, the Government and the President of Russia. The legal side of the process is ready to take on the Foundation "Mother's Right".

The United States urges the people of Serbia, which is part of Yugoslavia, take part in the federal elections of the president and parliament scheduled for September 24. Speaking yesterday in Washington, US Secretary of State Madlin Albright expressed the hope that the Serbian opposition would be able to achieve good results in the elections in Yugoslavia, although they are unlikely to be free and honest.

Israel and Palestinians have reached some progress in negotiations on issues about the borders, fate of Jewish settlements and security guarantees, ”said the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Shlomo Ben -Ami, yesterday. Still, according to him, disagreements on the status of Jerusalem and the problems of Palestinian refugees are not regulated. Ben-AMI, heading the Israeli delegation at negotiations with the Palestinians, holds a meeting with the leadership of Egypt today in Cairo.

The Yugoslav Army blocked the road leading from the city of Klovel in North of Montenegro to Bosnia, the Reuters agency reported with reference to the Republican Radio station of Montenegro. According to radio community, only pedestrians can cross the border. The Yugoslav army is actually the only federal structure functioning in Montenegro. Relations of the Montenegro authorities with federal military mosquito in recent months have sharply worsened.

The opposition Serbian renewal movement announced today that it would take part in the Egoslav Parliament elections. The movement of the movement says that the lists of his candidates for both chambers of the parliament are approved. Earlier, the movement, led by Voku Drashkovich, announced the intention to boycott the elections. The Serbian renewal movement also nominated the mayor of Belgrade Voislav Mikhailovich as a presidential candidate of Yugoslavia.

One Russian soldier died and somewhat injured last night as a result of the attack of Chechen fighters on the Russian block-post in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. According to the correspondent of Radio Svoboda, the battle lasted about 20 minutes. In total, over the past day, the positions of the Russian troops in Grozny and Gudermes were fired seven times. One soldier was blown up by a mine near the village of Bachi-Yurt in the Kurchali district.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia intends to verify the legality of the decision of the Court of the Central District of Krasnoyarsk, who changed the measure of restraint to the former head of the Krasnoyarsk aluminum factory Anatoly Bykov and freed him from custody for guaranteeing people known in the region. According to the press center of the General Prosecutor's Office, after studying the case file, the court ruling may be protested.

Lev Roitman: Between the “Swan Lake” and the Barents Sea 9 years and the era. On August 19, 91st, the authorities in the Soviet Union pulled the GKChP, and the viewers never saw such an alarming “Swan Lake” as that day. And in the evening they saw Yeltsin on the tank, the era of Gorbachev ended, the era of Boris Yeltsin began - anxiety, hopes, chaos.