The Ministry of Press and Broadcasting of Russia decided to stop the broadcasting of the Muscovy television company. As the deputy head of the ministry Mikhail Ceslavinsky said today, Muscovy grossly violated both the media law and the legislation on the fight against terrorism. According to Seslavinsky, in the broadcasts of the television channel, which took the air on Thursday and Friday, there were, in particular, statements, inciting interethnic distraction.

According to the latest data, terrorists released 8 children from about seven hundred hostages, which they hold in the building of the theater center in the southeast of Moscow. According to the operational headquarters, the children were brought out by the Red Cross, who were allowed to enter the building. It is expected that another group of children will soon be released. Earlier today, terrorists liberated seven people.

Leading Marina Katys Russia is the largest supplier of round forest, wood fiber and plates. On its territory there are also the last largest massifs in Europe of little violated forests. The World Wide Foundation, WWF, began in Russia a new project - partnership with IKEA to promote the development of responsible forest use and voluntary forest certification. Says the project manager by WWF Elena Kulikova.

Two concerts on October 27 and 28 at the State Kremlin Palace of Darren Hayes, the former vocalist of the Savage Garden group, will become a musical campaign against terrorism. The Australian singer in a telephone conversation with the organizers of the tour said that he would call Russian citizens not to give in to fear and panic. In Rome, two sculptures of the architect and sculptor of the 17th century Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini are exhibited in the church of St. Isidore.

With passers -by on the streets of Moscow, the correspondent of Radio Liberty Maryana Torocheshnikova talked. Man: complete failure. Yes, and I am not saying that you need to go for a storm or something, but this, as in everyday life, no decisions are made, so here. They are waiting for what will happen, without accepting any actions. Woman: Well, why, they try, of course ... Better, I would think, they would capture the State Duma, then they would work more actively.

Kristina Gorelik , Moscow: about a hundred people holding posters with slogans: “There is no war in Chechnya,” and chanting the same words aloud, appeared in view of the group of journalists for a cordon quite unexpectedly. They walked from the house culture on Melnikov Street around the corner to those journalists who were waiting for information about the fate of hostages from official representatives, the protesters tried to break through to journalists for the numbness.

Peter Vail: The man of the Day of Radio Liberty on October 25 is a famous Russian doctor, Red Cross officer Leonid Roshal, who today assisted hostages in the Dubrovka theater center and tried to agree with those who seized them. Leonid Roshal was born in the 33rd year in the city of Livna of the Oryol region. In the 57th year he graduated from the second medical institution with a degree in pediatrics. He worked as a local doctor.

The head of the transition government of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said that he intends to put an end to the confrontation between the leaders of ethnic groups fighting for power. Speaking in Kabul in front of Afghan judges, Karzai emphasized that government officials and local military leaders who use powers in personal interests will be held accountable.

Melanie Bachin talked with the president of the Russian Academy of Television Vladimir Pozner. Melanie Bachin: Vladimir Vladimirovich, TEFI was scheduled for today, and, as far as I know, it is canceled. You could tell about this, why did you make such a decision and what will happen next? Vladimir Pozner: It was clear, without making any collective decisions that, against the backdrop of what is happening in Moscow, it would be tactlessly to celebrate your professional day.

The United States insists that the UN Security Council must adopt their resolution on Iraq before the end of the next week. On this, according to diplomats, said on Friday at a closed meeting of the Security Council, the representative of the United States James Cunningham. France and Russia, the permanent members of the Council of Security with the right to veto, consider the American resolution too tough and at yesterday's meeting proposed their options for the document.

The UN Security Council today is going on discussing the draft new resolution on the disarmament of Iraq proposed by the United States. US Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed the hope that the document will be adopted no later than the beginning of November. The project says that Iraq should submit to the UN requirements and eliminate its arsenals of weapons of mass destruction, otherwise it will encounter serious consequences.

Vladimir Morozov , New York: in the suburbs of Washington, two people suspected of a series of murders were arrested, who from October 2 for three weeks in a row terrorized the population of the region. 10 killed and 3 people were seriously injured.

The correspondent of radio freedom in Washington Jan Runov talks with the Heritage Foundation. Jan Runov: Baker Spring said that he did not see a definite recipe for solving the problem with hostages: Baker Spring: Now the question is to pull time, be patient, and cool the euphoria of terrorists. The sympathy of the entire civilized world is now on the side of Russia.

The Philippine authorities accuse two leaders of the extremist group "Jema Islami" of involvement in the preparation of explosions of the American and Israeli embassies in Singapore last year. The attacks were prevented. One of the accused is arrested, the other is hiding. According to the prosecutor's office, an Indonesia citizen and a citizen of Malaysia helped the terrorists planning explosions to acquire a ton of dynamite.

The leaders of the European Union at the Summit in Brussels approved a compromise proposal on the ways of resolving the problem of the Kaliningrad region. The proposal was developed this week by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU countries. It provides that from July next year, Kaliningraders will be issued special transit documents for unhindered travel through Lithuania to Russia and vice versa.