- reunification of the energy systems of Russia and Ukraine. - Financial crisis in Argentina and IMF loans. - The President of Estonia requires a revision of the results of the privatization of the two main power plants of the country. * - personal computers. - A review of the publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist".

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: The Taliban’s unusually hostile attitude to employees of humanitarian organizations working in Afghanistan and to foreign diplomats trying to defend the rights of Western citizens arrested by the Afghan authorities may be evidence that real control in the country was in the hands of new forces. This is the opinion of the former senior Pentagon employee Eli Krakowski.

US President George Bush proposed to the post of chairman of the United Committee of the Chiefs of Staffs the candidacy of the Air Force General Richard Mayers. According to experts, the appointment of Mayers for the highest post in the American Armed Forces reflects Bush's desire to actively introduce the latest technologies in the army. In the past, Mayers commanded the US missile and public forces.

In the northwestern microdistrict of Saransk, where more than 100 thousand people live, in September it is planned to open a new dental clinic . The cabinets will be equipped with modern equipment, for the purchase of which the city authorities allocated two and a half million rubles. It is planned to purchase two Czech and seven Russian attitudes. However, so far the money has not arrived on the clinic’s account.

Alexander Gold, Tel Aviv: Last night, the Israeli defense army conducted a ground operation in Hebron in the Abu-Sneun region, from where the Palestinian snipers repeatedly fired at the Jewish quarters of the city. The last such case took place yesterday at about seven in the evening, when the 11 -year -old Jewish boy was seriously wounded by a bullet in the stomach, and the second bullet touched his brother, a soldier who was dismissed.

In Spain, another 6 people were arrested, suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization of Basque-seal. The arrests were made in Catalonia. During the police raid, a large supply of explosives was found and confiscated - about two hundred kilograms. This large -scale operation to detain militants began after a recent terrorist attack, when an elderly woman was killed as a result of the explosion, and her grandson, who picked up a toy filled with explosives, lost his sight.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: The so-called "mass sweeps" these days take place in the villages of Vedensky, Urus-Martan and Kurchaloevsky districts, as well as in Grozny and Argun. Today, the village of Centora, located about 12 kilometers east of the Kurchali district center, is completely blocked. This small village is known by the fact that the head of the Chechen administration Akhmad Kadyrov lives here. Residents of the Centor is not allowed to enter the village and leave it.

The premiere of the first musical about Lady Diana will be held in November in the German city of Saarbrukken. It is called "Lady Dai - Diana: a smile that fascinates the world." The music was composed by the 75-year-old composer Peter Thomas. The production budget is $ 930,000. The composer hopes that the musical will be translated from German into English. Of the twenty -two artists engaged in the production, only five are Germans.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations was named after Nikolai Soltys, the Ukrainian immigrant, in the list of 10 most dangerous wanted criminals. The 27-year-old Soltys, who recently killed almost all relatives, including a pregnant wife and three-year-old son, has not yet been found. According to the authorities, Soltys, who lived in Sacramento, California, was engaged in extortion and racketeering.

Kronprint Norway Haakon marry. The chosen one of the heir to the throne was the 28-year-old Mette-Marit Tessem Hoybi. The wedding will take place tomorrow in the cathedral of the capital of Norway. Representatives of all royal families in Europe will arrive for a marriage. The bride is a former waitress, a single mother with a 4-year-old son. The mother of the heir to the throne, the current queen of Norway, is also not from an aristocratic family.

The Champions League qualification matches were held on the football fields of Europe. The Moscow Lokomotiv, who had previously lost to Istanbul "Besiktash" away - 0: 3, was defeated and 1: 3 in his field. Besiktash will perform in the Champions League, and Lokomotiv in the UEFA Cup. The Kiev Dynamo, having played in Belgrade in a draw with the "Croven Star" - 1: 1, received a ticket to the Champions League thanks to the goal scored on someone else's field.

In Chechnya, at least three Russian troops were injured over the past day. Two of them were injured in the Kurchaloevsky district as a result of the explosion of the landmine, laid down at the checkpoint. According to the commandant’s office, the Ural military car was blown up in Grozny on a mine, after which the car was fired by unknown from automatic weapons. One soldier was wounded. Over the past day, the locations of Russian troops in Chechnya were shelling more than 10 times.

The court in Pyatigorsk today sentenced the former police officer Vladimir Mukhanin to 6 years in prison for receiving a bribe. On Thursday, a heavier accusation was removed from Mukhanin - in the organization of the explosion at the Pyatigorsk station in October last year. Then two people were killed and dozens were injured. Another accused was justified - a resident of Chechnya Ilyas Saraliev.

The Council of Europe said that the elections to local authorities planned in Nagorno -Karabakh will be illegal, and called for - to cancel them. Negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the ways of resolving the conflict around the Nagorno -Karabakh again came to a dead end. Residents of the Nagorno -Karabakh, in the vast majority of Armenians, at the 1988 referendum voted for leaving Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan still insists that Karabakh is its legal territory.

The number of victims of the explosion at the Zasyadko mine in Ukraine reached 50. Another Shakhtar died, which received burns and injuries in the explosion on Sunday. There are about 40 miners in the hospital, more than 10 in serious condition. At the mine, work continues to localize the fire arising from the explosion.