At a meeting with the deputy authorized representative of the president in the North-Western Federal District, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Petersburg relatives of the Kursk sailors announced yesterday that they were insisting on the suspension of work to raise the bodies of the dead.

The program opens the material of Alexander Kostinsky, dedicated to the discussion on the Internet about the anthem of the Russian Federation. Kostinsky Recently, the possibility of taking the anthem of the Soviet Union as a anthem of Russia has been actively and seriously discussed. Polls of a wide audience showed an unexpectedly large number of supporters of the Soviet anthem.

American troops on the military base of the Inchirlik in Turkey, as well as in Bahrain and Qatar, are brought into a state of increased combat readiness - due to the threat of new terrorist attacks against US citizens and American facilities in the Persian Gulf region. This was reported by representatives of the Pentagon, whose names are not called. According to them, the corresponding measures were taken last weekend and are warning.

The American space agency (NASA) yesterday for the third time postponed the landing of the "shuttle" "Discovery". Due to the strong wind in Florida, the ship may land today in California. The Discovery crew spent a week at the International Space Station and fully prepared it to receive a long -term expedition. The Russian-American crew consisting of three people starts from the Cosmodrome in Baikonur on October 31 and will spend 4 months at the orbital station.

The Serbian parliament today again pleads to resolve the issue of the transition government, which should manage the republic to the parliamentary elections appointed on December 23. Yesterday, the work of the parliament was blocked by ultranationalists from the Serbian Radical Party, who do not participate in the formation of the office. They performed with long speeches, accusing the “Democratic opposition of Serbia” of illegal seizure of power.

Radio Freedom editor Dmitry Volchek is talking with the deputy director of Radio Free Iraq Kamran Karadagi. Dmitry Volchek: Mr. Karadagi, speaking of the psychological portrait of Yasira Arafat: it seems that he belongs to the number of politicians who feel great in a situation of confrontation, emergency and rather helpless in everything that concerns the banal, everyday life, as evidenced by the Palestine economy at zero. Is such a judgment true, or does it seem too sharp to you?

Andrey Korolev, Murmansk: Throughout the night of the work of divers in the area of the death of the Kursk atomic submarine, a sluggish nature was of a sluggish. At 4 o’clock in the morning, the storm in the Barents Sea is a verse, and the divers again began to descend under the water in the apparatus "Bell" to continue installing technological templates on the rubber coating of the light body of the seventh submarine compartment.

In anticipation of the elections to the city council of Krasnoyarsk, on Monday, the election block of Anatoly Bykov, the former head of the Krasnoyarsk aluminum plant, detained on charges of involvement in the murder, was registered. Bykov himself does not participate in the elections. The list of candidates of his bloc is headed by the local television journalist Marina Dobrovolskaya and the coach of the Yenisei hockey team, multiple world champion in the ball hockey, Sergei Lomanov.

In the early 1990, Soviet intelligence services tried to establish contact with the current Prime Minister of Norway Ens Stoltenberg. This was announced today, speaking on the radio, deputy head of the Norwegian special services. According to him, at the very beginning of 1990, when Stoltenberg became a noticeable figure in the political arena, he met in Oslo with an employee of the Soviet embassy - within the framework of ordinary diplomatic contacts.

The leader of the Yabloko association Grigory Yavlinsky believes that freedom of speech in Russia is in danger. In his opinion, the pressure that power exerts on the press is the most stringent over the past 10 years. Human rights programs are excluded from state television and radio programs, everything related to the protection of citizens, their rights and freedoms, ”Yavlinsky believes.

Roman Bronfman said that after a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Igor Ivanov, all his doubts about the position of Russia as an intermediary in the Middle Eastern peace process were completely removed.

In Montreal, a two -day meeting of ministers of finance and heads of central banks of 20 countries of the world has opened today. The main topics are the state of the global economy and methods of resolving financial crises. The so-called "group of twenty" was created in September last year after financial crises in Asia, South America and Russia in 1997-1998. Member of the country's group produce 87 percent of the volume of world products.

The conference participants - in addition to the general resolution - adopted two separate statements regarding the situation in the Chechen Republic and the provisions of the Mesti Turks in the Krasnodar Territory. According to human rights activists, the intention of local authorities to hold a referendum on the eviction of the Messegite Turks from the territory of the Krasnodar Territory is anti -constitutional and only overshadows national tension.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko expressed concern about Russia's plans to build a new gas pipeline for transporting Russian gas to the west, bypassing the territory of Ukraine. Yushchenko said that Kyiv introduced convincing arguments to Moscow in favor of an existing gas pipeline that passes through Ukraine, but is not used at full capacity. Ukraine is in great duty for Russian gas supplied to it. In addition, Moscow accuses Kyiv of systematic pumping of gas from the pipeline.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak continues attempts to form a government of national unity. Yesterday's meeting of the barrack with the head of the Likud right bloc, Ariel Sharon, did not lead to the signing of the agreement. Sharon opens against any concessions to the Palestinians. He seeks the right to make decisions related to the peace process along with the barrack. Today, representatives of both blocks will try to develop an agreement.