Vladimir Ivakhnenko, Kiev: German experts who examined the body found in the Tarashchansky forest claim that it does not belong to the Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze, who disappeared in September 2000. An independent examination was carried out in one of the German laboratories at the request of a parliamentary commission investigating the circumstances of the death of an independent journalist, Georgy Gongadze.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: The newspaper New York Times suggested that the history of the arrest of Robert Hanssen, who was suspected of espionage in favor of Russia, may have an unexpected continuation. According to the FBI, received by the newspaper, from the United States last week, the press attaches of the Russian embassy, which could oversee Hanssen, hastily departed.

The information department, created in the administration of the President of Russia, will not be an alternative to the presidential press service, ”said the head of the new unit Sergey Yastrzhembsky.

Spy passions are raging in Bulgaria. According to the official statement of Sofia, three Russian diplomats, whose names are not specified, must leave the country until Friday. The media conducts their investigation of this case. Reporting Tatyana Vaxberg from Sofia: Tatyana Vaxberg: According to publications, we are talking, first of all, about Vladimir Lomakin - a military attache at the Russian Embassy.

Victoria Munblit, Tel Aviv: Washington said that the Lebanese have the right to pump water from the Akhazbani River, and stiffly criticized the word of the representative of Israel that these works could cause war. Israel with anxious attention monitors ongoing work on pumping water, providing a third of the entire water supply of Lake Kineret, the main reservoir of Israel.

In Rostov-on-Don, the hearing in the case of Colonel Yuri Budanov, accused of killing a Chechen girl, will continue today. The murder was committed a year ago. The accused confessed to the crime, saying, however, that the murdered was a sniper and fought against the Russian troops. The court of the North Caucasus Military District began consideration of the case at the end of February. The meetings were interrupted in connection with the disease of the mother of the deceased.

The UN warns the Afghan Taliban, which will sharply reduce food assistance if women and then are prohibited from working in humanitarian organizations operating in Afghanistan. Representatives of the UN in Kabul said that if the Taliban does not cancel the prohibition, the distribution of bread among a significant part of the population of Afghanistan will have to be stopped for a long time.

In Macedonia, clashes between government troops and Albanian rebels continue on the border with Kosovo. In the suburbs of the Tertovo artillery fire, two residential buildings were destroyed. Yesterday, the government sent tanks, armored vehicles and additional military units to the theato. The Macedonia authorities reported that the troops were preparing for a large -scale attack on the positions of Albanian rebels in the vicinity of the city.

Vladimir Abarinov, Washington: The Protection Committee for journalists presented in New York his next annual report on the position of the world press in 2000. According to the Committee, in 2000, 24 journalists were killed due to their professional duties, 81 was serving prison. The greatest “success” in the press suppression of the press achieved, according to the authors of the report, China, where 22 journalists are currently in custody.

Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations Luis Frei positively responded to the decision of the Bulgarian authorities - to send three employees of the Russian embassy from the country. According to Free, this measure meets the interests of the national security of Bulgaria. Free made this statement in Sofia, where he discussed with the Bulgarian leadership the problem of security cooperation.

The host of the final information hour Andrei Sharry: The journalists' protection committee based in New York published on Monday the annual report on the treatment of the press and representatives of the media in different countries. This report evaluate the situation of journalists and the media, as well as information about various kinds of attacks on representatives of the press, including physical attacks and infringement of their professional rights.

The examination conducted in Germany showed that the remains found in the fall of last year in the forest near Kiev are not the remains of journalist Georgy Gongadze. This was announced today by a representative of the special commission of the Ukrainian parliament. The conclusions of German experts contradict the examination previously conducted in Russia, which confirmed that the body of Gongadze was found near Kiev. The Ukrainian opposition intends to achieve another - the final examination.

The Russian Embassy in the United States confirmed that Vladimir Frolov left Washington’s press attache. The Russian Foreign Ministry refused to comment on the message of the New York Times that Frolov is a senior intelligence officer and was engaged in espionage activities in the United States. The representative of the Ministry told the Reuters agency that the Russian Foreign Ministry does not make public statements about the movements of his diplomats.

Keifor's sizes arrested five people in Kosovo, presumably local Albanians suspected of organizing a bus explosion last week. As a result of this attack, 11 Serbs died. The investigation was carried out jointly by the forces of Keifor and the UN police.

In California, the second day in a row the electricity is continued. Due to the unprecedented for this time of the year, people began to include air conditioners, which led to a sharp increase in electricity consumption. Many state power plants - for repair, and electricity supplies from other states have been greatly reduced. On Monday, a million two hundred thousand people were left in California without electricity. Air temperature in Los Angeles is 30 degrees Celsius.