The host of the program "Themes" Peter Vail: the person of the day of Radio Liberty on October 7th - President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who turns 50 years old. Our observer Yakov Krotov says about the man of the day of Radio Liberty: Yakov Krotov: The President of Russia is difficult to solve. The Monomakh hat is the best invisible hat in the world.

Aya Kuga , Belgrade: Extremely unfavorable trends are manifested in Bosnia and Herzegovina - a great success in the elections of nationalist -oriented parties. Much more voters voted for them than in a general election two years ago. It is known that in five regions of Bosnia, where the vast majority of the Croats, the Croatian ultra -nationalist party "Croatian Democratic Commonwealth" won, having gained, perhaps, even 70 percent of the vote.

Evgeny Bovkun , Bonn: General Prosecutor of Germany Kai, an investigation against members of the Islamic terrorist cell, traces of which were found in three federal lands: Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse. The main suspect is considered to be a forty -year -old Algerian. On Saturday evening, the security forces, taking his apartment in a cottage, found a sufficient number of incriminating documents in it, the nature of which has not yet been disclosed.

The mayor of Kaliningrad for a second term was elected the current head of the city administration Yuri Savenko. In the election held on Sunday, he scored more than 60 percent of the vote. His main rival, a deputy of the regional Duma Igor Rudnikov, supported 17 percent of voters.

The UN military inspectors begin technical preparation for work in Iraq, where they will have to check whether weapons of mass destruction are being developed in the country. The head of the group of inspectors Hans Bliks returned to Vienna to speak in front of them in the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Permanent members of the UN Security Council are trying to overcome disagreements on the Iraqi problem. British Foreign Minister Jack Strot holds negotiations today in Paris with the head of the foreign policy of France Dominik de Wilpen. Then the strip will go on a trip to the countries of the Near and Middle East. Great Britain and the United States advocate the adoption of a tough resolution of the UN Security Council, which provides for the possibility of using force against Baghdad.

The European Commission expresses the hope that all 10 candidate countries for joining the European Union in 2004 will be able to withstand economic competition within the EU. This is stated in the draft annual report of the European Commission on the problem of EU expansion. Group 10 countries include Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Arkady Dubnov , Chisinau: the CIS summit that begins today in Chisinau could be called the anniversary event named after the 50th anniversary of the second president of Russia. It was in the Moldavian capital in the working setting that Vladimir Putin preferred to spend such a significant day. Although, tonight he will already return to Moscow, where, apparently, he will celebrate his birthday in a very close circle of people.

The CIS summit has opened in Chisinau today. Leaders of 11 countries of the Commonwealth, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrived in the Moldavian capital. Only President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov refused to meet. The leaders of the CIS countries will discuss programs to combat crime, terrorism and drug distribution. Safety problems will also be considered in connection with the anti -terrorist operation in Afghanistan and the companions around Iraq.

In Stockholm, the names of the Nobel Prize of 2002 in medicine and physiology are announced today. It was received by researchers from England Sidney Brenner and John Salston and their American colleague Robert Horvitz - for outstanding achievements in the study of genetic mechanisms for the formation of organs and tissues and programmed cell death.

The Murmansk Regional Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case against the regional energy company Colenergo - for restricting the supply of electricity in the village of Teriberk. According to the prosecutor's office, energy violated the rights of the inhabitants of the village, where, due to daily power outages, kindergartens and schools cannot work normally.

Israeli military personnel, with the support of tanks and helicopters, entered the city of Khan-Junis and the neighboring Palestinian refugee camp in the gas sector. According to the Palestinian side, at least two Palestinians were killed in shootouts and 10 were injured. The Israeli army has not yet made an official statement. A few hours before the start of the operation, the Palestinians subjected one of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. About the victims - is not reported.

Residents of the city of Boltsano in northern Italy, at a referendum on Sunday, spoke out against the renaming of the Victory Square, named after the victory in the First World War - to the world Square. The referendum took place at the request of the German-speaking minority of the region, called the Italian Alto Adige, and in German-the South Tyrol. After the First World War, this territory, belonging to Austria-Hungary, moved to Italy.

In Afghanistan today - on the first anniversary of the beginning of the anti -terrorist operation - new banknotes are put into circulation. The new Afghani is a thousand times heavier than the previous one - which was printed in the former USSR during the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet troops. In the Kabul market, lines of hundreds of people who wanted to change money were lined up. On Monday, the New Afghani rate amounted to 47 and 8 tenths of Afghani for one US dollar.

One of the five Chechen separatists, last week transferred to Russia by the Georgian authorities, pleaded guilty. As the Deputy Russian Prosecutor General Sergey Frida, Deputy Russian Prosecutor General Friedinsky, told today, three more accused pleaded guilty and one does not consider himself guilty. Chechens are accused of attempted law enforcement officials, illegal border crossing and weapons storage.