The head of the representative office of the International Tribunal in Belgrade Matias Helman demanded the immediate issuance of all persons accused of war crimes, regardless of state posts they occupied. Helman again emphasized that the Hague Tribunal did not recognize their right to inviolability. This, in particular, is about the President of Serbia Milan Milutinovich, who is accused of war crimes against the Albanian population of Kosovo in 1998-1999.

In Irkutsk, the director of the Rembettechnics enterprise Alexei Nikolaev was killed. According to law enforcement agencies, at the moment when Nikolaev put the car in the garage, an explosive device was put into effect. According to investigators, the murder of Nikolaev is associated with his commercial activity.

Vladimir Ivakhnenko, Kiev: the next anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine was met by few rallies in Kiev and other cities. Environmentalists on this tragic day called on the government to abandon plans to complete the construction of two new power units at the Rivne and Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant. Sixteen years later, whether the surviving liquidators recalled the Chernobyl accident, and representatives of the Ministry of Health talked about its consequences.

In Chechnya, over the past day, four Russian military personnel were killed in Old Atages and other settlements at least six Russian military and at least six were injured. In a number of areas of Chechnya, special operations were held, during which, as reported, dozens of Chechen fighters were killed and detained. In the Urus-Martan district, another suspect of involvement in the attack on the detachment of the Grozny riot police was arrested, as a result of which 18 policemen were killed.

The Soyuz-TM34 spacecraft, on the board of which is a businessman from South Africa Mark Shattlvort, made a successful docking with the International Space Station. The ship’s crew - commander Yuri Gidzenko, Bortinzhiner Roberto Wittori and Shattlvort - will try on the ISS for a week. Shattlvort - 28 years old, he is the second space tourist in history.

In the east of Afghanistan, the battles between the warring Afghan groups unfolded today - beyond the capital of the province of Pactia Gorodez. According to the Afghan Islamic Press Agency, the detachments of supporters of the ex-governor of the province of Poshshokhon Zadron attacked the forces supporting the council of the leaders of local tribes. At the end of January, about 50 people died in battles for control of the dressing room.

Georgy Kobaldze, Tbilisi: Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze made a statement that states that the damage from the earthquake that occurred in Tbilisi late in the evening of April 25 reaches a hundred million dollars. Hundreds of houses are completely destroyed or already unsuitable for housing. Thousands of people were almost left without shelter. Eduard Shevardnadze counts on the material assistance of friendly states and international organizations.

Yuri Zhigalkin, New York: according to official statements, the purpose of the visit of Donald Ramsfeld to Afghanistan and several other Central Asian states are a purely inspection. The last time the Minister of Defense was in the region before the victory over the Taliban. Now the situation is different, the tasks are new, but the future of the international contingent, the number of which increases at the expense of units from different countries, is less obvious.

In Afghanistan last night, three missiles at Kabul airport were released, where US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld arrives today. According to a representative of the Afghan authorities, there are no injured. According to him, the launchers were near the flight field. The shelling was carried out with the help of distinguished control.

Swedish scientists have discovered an unexpected danger associated with the use of a number of common food industry products. Experts of the National Directorate for Control of Food Products and their colleagues from the University of Stockholm announced at an urgently convened press conference that many varieties of corn and potato chips, crackers, cookies, crushed grain products and even bread contain unacceptably high amounts of acrylamide.

Israeli troops were withdrawn on Friday evening from the city of Calcilia on the western coast of Jordan. According to the Israeli command, army units with the support of tanks still remain in the vicinity of the city. This information was confirmed by a representative of the Palestinian authorities. US President George Bush again demanded from Israel to completely withdraw troops from the Palestinian territories.

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of French cities to again protest against the leader of the ultra-right, candidate for president of the country, Jean-Mari Le Pen. The largest demonstration took place in Paris. More than 75 thousand people participated in it. Protest marches took place in Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nancy, Brest. Gavre, Strasbourg and Tour. On May 1, supporters of Le Pen and his opponents intend to organize demonstrations in Paris.

Igor Korney, Minsk: a series of events dedicated to the sixteenth anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, took place in various cities of Belarus and beyond. About three thousand people took part in the main march of democratic forces - the Chernobyl gentry in Minsk. For the first time, the Chernobyl gentry was held in 1989. Before the coming to power, Alexander Lukashenko, the event was held at the state level and invariably gathered a large number of participants.

At least four Israelis were killed and six were wounded on Saturday as a result of the Palestinians' attack on the Jewish settlement of Adur near the city of Hebron on the western coast of Jordan. Among the dead are two children. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack.

In the village of Alkhan-Kala in the suburbs of Grozny on Saturday, during the special operation of the Russian military, the Chechen field commander Shirvani Magomadov was killed. This was announced by the commander of the united grouping of troops in the North Caucasus, General Vladimir Lalters. According to the general, Magomadov is involved in the attack on the detachment of the Grozny riot police, as a result of which 18 people died.