Victoria Munblit, Tel Aviv: Despite solitary flashes near Hebron and Ramalla, it is safe to say that a wave of violence has subsided, and the Palestinian leadership is clearly making efforts to stop the riots. Since, thus, the conditions of Ehud Barack are fulfilled, he will apparently agree to a meeting with Yasir Arafat and negotiations that will take place under the auspices of the United States. So far, neither the time nor the venue for the meeting has not been stipulated.

Ashot Amirjanyan, Berlin: In the current budget of the EU, the financial assistance of Yugoslavia was not provided, which indicates that in the Western European capitals were not ready for the change of power in Belgrade this year. The revolution was expected no earlier than next year, in the budget of which 200 million euros were reserved for unprumised expenses.

The topic is led by Andrei Shary. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Rome Irina is participating. Andrey Sharry: The Switzerland authorities reported that in the accounts frozen by the government, the accounts of the former president of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich lay about 100 million Swiss francs. There is reason to believe that these are not the only means taken out by the instructions of Milosevich from the country. Is it possible to measure the sizes of the state of Slobodan Milosevich?

In the Military Court of Azerbaydan, the process began in the case of an attempt to coup this year. The conspiracy, according to the investigation, was headed by the former speaker of the parliament, chairman of the opposition democratic party Rasul Kuliev. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, one of the district courts Baku issued a Kuliev arrest warrant in another case - about the embezzlement of state funds.

In Edinburgh, the head of the government of Scotland Donald Dewe died today. Last year, the elections of the local parliament were held in Scotland and the government was formed - for the first time in almost 300 years. London provided the Scots with limited self -government - as part of the policy of the current British government to transfer power authority to places.

Despite solitary flashes near Hebron and Ramalla, it is safe to say that a wave of violence has subsided, and the Palestinian leadership is clearly making efforts to stop the riots. Since, thus, the conditions of Ehud Barack are fulfilled, he will apparently agree to a meeting with Yasir Arafat and negotiations that will take place under the auspices of the United States. So far, neither the time nor the venue for the meeting has not been stipulated.

Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik won yesterday the second batch of the match for the world championship in the current champion - Harry Kasparov. A draw was recorded in the first batch on Sunday. This is the first defeat of Kasparov since January 1999. The match for the title of world champion, held in London, consists of 16 parties. In the case of a draw, Kasparov will remain the champion. The winner of the match will receive 1 million 300 thousand dollars, the loser - 600 thousand.

The 2000 Nobel Prize winners in the field of the economy were American scientists James Hekman and Daniel McFadden. They are awarded for work on microeconometric - in particular, for the development of the theory and methods of statistical analysis of consumer motivations.

In Washington, negotiations between US Secretary of State Madlin Albright are held with the deputy chairman of the DPRK Defense Committee ChO Men Rock. Cho - the second most important figure in the North Korean hierarchy - is the most senior representative of the DPRK that have ever visited the United States. Washington hopes that Chon’s visit will help improve relations between the DPRK and South Korea.

. Konstantin Simis: On September 1, President Putin signed a decree on the formation of the State Council. This event aroused clearly increased interest in information. Most observers who commented on the decree believe that the president, creating the Council of State, was striving, as one journalist put it, to “sweeten” the bitterness, which are experienced by governors and presidents of the republics due to the loss of the status of members of the Federation Council.

Three people - two children and one woman - died yesterday as a result of a gas explosion in a residential building in Barnaul. At least five people are hospitalized. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the explosion occurred when liquefied gas began to be supplied to the house - after a month break. Several apartments are completely destroyed. The residents of the house are evacuated and placed in the hotel.

The meeting of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan with the head of the Palestinian Autonomy Yasir Arafat - the second in the expired day - ended to no avail. Today, Anann, continuing active attempts to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, again met with Israel's Prime Minister Ehuda Barack. Details of negotiations are unknown. Apparently, the UN Secretary General was not able to convince Barack and Arafat to take part in a tripartite summit with the participation of the United States.

According to Radio Liberty at the headquarters of the Northern Fleet, the transfer of the campaign of the brigade of the fleet ships to the Adriatic is primarily associated with the inability to fully form a shock group due to the ban on the Minister of Defense of Russia Marshal Igor Sergeyev to operate atomic submarines, similar to the disaster in the Barents Sea, Kursk submarine.

Three people died yesterday as a result of a gas explosion in a residential building in Barnaul. Among the dead is a 14 -year -old girl. Seven people were injured in varying severity. Several apartments are completely destroyed by the explosion. All 142 tenants of the house are evicted. According to the preliminary version, the gas leak occurred due to the fault of the residents, which arbitrarily turned on the gas installation.

Murat Canaev, Dagestan: The Dagestan authorities believe that the amnesty of the Wahhabis convicted of religious and extremist activities during military events in the mountainous regions of the republic is declared without reason. Almost half of about 300 Islamists, in respect of which criminal cases were instituted on the events of last year in the Karamakhinsky zone of Dagestan, was released. Having received a short time, they fell under an amnesty declared by the State Duma.