In the Primorsky Territory, 10 people died as a result of severe floods. Primorye governor Sergei Darkin ordered an investigation. In his opinion, some victims could have been avoided, if not for the negligence of officials. About one and a half thousand square kilometers of the territory are flooded in Primorye. The cities of Vladivostok, Arsenyev and Fokino were most affected. According to the authorities, the elimination of the consequences of a natural disaster will take a few more days.

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The leaders of the 75 countries agreed to take part in September in a special session of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the problems of children. According to the UN, in the near future, even more state leaders will be announced about their participation in the session. The General Assembly intends to discuss the measures necessary to reduce child mortality and ensure normal childhood conditions.

In Chechnya, a local policeman was killed in the village of Oktyabrskoye Kurchali district. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, he was shot on the street last night. In the Samashkinsky forest, an attack was attacked on the Russian military column. Six military personnel were injured. In the area of the village of Simsir, three Russian troops were injured, undermining a mine. Two - hospitalized.

In St. Petersburg, private pilots on Thursday partially resumed work after a meeting with representatives of the Russian government. Details of negotiations are not reported. According to the Radio Liberty correspondent, the pilots held several passenger ships. However, about 20 ships remain in the port. The strike of the pilots of St. Petersburg began three days ago-in protest against the decree of the government to introduce the state pilot service, eliminating private ones.

At the World Athletics Championship in Edmonton, 5 sets of awards were played on Wednesday. The assets of Russians have three silver medals. One of them was won by Julia Nosova in a barrier running of 400 m. The Russian woman lost only Biduang from Morocco. The third prize winner was the cube of Daimi Permani. Two more silver medals were received by Russians in high jumps.

Three former high -ranking officers of the Army of Bosnian Muslims should be presented today before the Hague International Tribunal for Military Crimes. Retired Generals Mehmed Aladzhich and Enver Khadzhihasanovich, as well as Colonel Amir Kubur, are accused of involvement in the massacres of the Serbian and Croatian population during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia. All three last week voluntarily surrendered to the Bosnian authorities who transferred them to the tribunal.

The US Department of Defense regards the “very positive” results of the first stage of the American-Russian negotiations on the problem of missile defense in Washington. Negotiations are underway at the level of high -ranking representatives of defense departments and military specialists. Their details are not disclosed.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: In Chechnya, a local policeman was killed in the village of Oktyabrskoye Kurchaloevsky District. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, he was shot on the street last night. The attack on the Russian military column occurred near the Samashkin forest in the west of Chechnya. Fire from automatic weapons and under -barrel grenade launchers was conducted from the forest, as well as from a roadside shrub.

Maria Persanova, Moscow: Now in Moscow there is intensive preparation for the upcoming city Day in September. The results of the work complex of the capital have already been summed up in the first half of 2001. By the day of the city, the construction complex prepared several gifts to Moscow, in particular, a comprehensive school was completed on Michurinsky Prospekt, in which children will study under a program agreed with Moscow University.

Author of the program Leonid Gerzhoy Host Ivan Tolstoy The program that we bring to your attention could have several names: “Tinted Pushkin” or “I Love You in All Your Beauty” or “Disputes Around the Anthem of St. Petersburg.” In any case, City Day, officially celebrated annually on May 27, has once again raised a heated debate about whose poetic text is worthy of glorifying the northern Russian capital. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the appropriate music has been chosen correctly.

Mikhail Sokolov: The Central Election Commission of Russia in the fall will offer the State Duma the reform of the electoral legislation. For the sake of "clean" elections, it is proposed to prohibit underestimating the cost of election services, tighten control mechanisms. True, only the court will be able to cancel the registration of the candidate in two weeks, and officials of the highest category will be obliged to go on vacation during the campaign.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine intends to protest the release of former leaders of the United Energy System of Ukraine, Alexander Tymoshenko and Valery Falkovich from custody. This was stated in Kyiv by Deputy Prosecutor General Nikolai Handword. The Kiev-Svyatoshinsky court decided on Thursday not to renew the detention of Tymoshenko and Falkovich.

See also Turkmen in Sweden. Part 1 The program is conducted by Tengiz Gudava. He talks with the Turkmen Power Poet Shirali Nurmuradov. Tengiz Gudava: Everyone probably noticed that at the recent CIS summit in Sochi there were no two presidents - Georgia (Shevardnadze) and Turkmenistan (Niyazova). Eduard Shevardnadze "Good reason" - the murder of journalist Georgy Sanya put the country on the brink of a social explosion.

The US Helsinki Commission called on the Belarusian authorities to allow observers of the organization on security and cooperation in Europe for the coming presidential elections in September. So far, representatives of the OSCE cannot get Belarusian visas to start observing the course of preparation for the elections. The Chairman of the Helsinki Commission of the United States Ben Nighthors Campbell condemned the actions of the authorities of Belarus.