Andrey Korolev, Murmansk: A group of specialists of the Norwegian-British company Stolt Offshore arrived in Murmansk, where the next round of negotiations with representatives of the Russian Navy is planned for the participation of Norwegian divers in the operation to raise the bodies of sailors from the Kursk nuclear submarine. As Radio Liberty said in the Norway General Consulate in Murmansk, the group consists of two Norwegian representatives of the Offshore Stroll and three British.

Soldiers-contractors who picket the building of the North Caucasus Military District in Rostov-on-Don, stopped the protest. Viktor Kazantsev, the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Southern District, personally promised to solve the problem of debt for the period of their service in Chechnya. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, more than 50 participants in the action said they had nothing to leave home.

"All people are born free and equal in their dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and should act in relation to each other in the spirit of the brotherhood." Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this issue: - Behind the fence of the nursing home. Danilovsky Psychoneurological boarding school. - Human rights news of the week. - Western seal about the problems of human rights and freedom of speech. - Censors with "Kalashnikov" and in camouflage.

Opposition candidate for the presidency of Yugoslavia Voislav Koshtunitsa - as the latest surveys show - confidently ahead of the current head of state Slobodan Milosevich. According to surveys, the democratic opposition of Serbia - the pre -election block, which is headed by the Koshtunitsa - goes ahead of the ruling socialist party and its ally, the party of the Yugoslav left. The opposition leaders warn, however, that Milosevich will certainly try to fade elections.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, on October 1, energy will completely stop the vacation of unpaid energy - the Khabarovskenergo press service said. To date, the debt of consumers is 5 billion rubles, which does not allow preparations for the winter heating season. The coal reserves in the region instead of the required million tons are just over 800 thousand, and the fuel oil reserves instead of the planned 90 thousand are 38 thousand tons.

A group of American Republican congressmen will present a report today, criticizing the administration of Bill Clinton in relation to Russia. According to Reuters, the report, in particular, contains reproaches against US Vice President Albert Gora, the current presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, who actively participated in the development of the American political course in relation to Moscow.

The presidential candidate of Yugoslavia from the Bloc of Opposition Parties Voislav Koshtunitsa said on Tuesday that the victory of the opposition would help return Yugoslavia the status of a full member of the world community.

The ministers of the transport countries of the European Union are discussing in Luxembourg the issue of admissibility of reducing taxes on fuel. France and a number of EU countries reduced these taxes to stop protests against high fuel prices. Germany and Great Britain are against such a step. Protest shares continue in Spain and Sweden.

The head of the International Monetary Fund Horst Keler said that there would be no new agreements with Russia until the Russian government begins to carry out real economic reforms. Speaking today in Prague at the annual session of the IMF and the World Bank, Keller praised the economic program of the Russian government, noting, however, that all these intentions are still on paper.

The United States called on Russia to free the American citizen Edmond Poup, arrested in Moscow on charges of espionage. The representative of the US State Department, Richard Bucker, expressed indignation on Tuesday in connection with the refusal of the Russian authorities to provide information about the health of the UPU or allow an American doctor to him.

Peru President Alberto Fuhimory said yesterday that he would remain in power until July 28. By tradition, on this day in Peru is the inauguration of the new president. On Saturday, Fuhimori announced the holding of early elections, in which he refused to participate. This was preceded by a show on television of a video that captured how one of the government officials gives a bribe to the deputy of the opposition so that he would go to the presidential camp.

The International Olympic Committee today canceled the results of two participants in the Olympic Games in Sydney - after the tests showed that both athletes used forbidden drugs. The Bulgarian Seedgist Ivan Ivanov thus lost the silver Olympic medal, won by him on Saturday in the weight category up to 56 kilograms. The second disqualified - Belarusian athlete Vadim Devyatovsky from Belarus.

The United States spoke in support of regional cooperation between Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Last week, senior representatives of these countries signed a memorandum of understanding in New York. The representative of the State Department Richard Bucher said that the United States wants to cooperate with the regional organization of five countries.

The Union of Russian Journalists called on President Vladimir Putin to comment on the situation around the Media-Most holding. The union that has been widespread today states that the transaction between the state represented by the Minister of Press Mikhail Lesin and the Media Magnat Vladimir Gusinsky, who was in prison, testifies to the impunity of officials and their contempt for the law.

The head of the Kyiv police, Yuri Smirnov, said that the disappeared Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze could become a victim of a planned murder. It is still unknown what has become with a journalist who disappeared on Saturday in Kyiv. Gongadze headed the opposition Internet newspaper Ukrainian Pravda. On Monday, Ukrainian journalists called on the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances of his disappearance.