Marina Timasheva , Moscow: From March 27 to April 13, the Golden Mask festival will be held in St. Petersburg. The move of the festival from Moscow to St. Petersburg is timed to the 300th anniversary of the Northern capital. The list of nominees for the Russian National Theater Prize has already been announced. The jury of drama theaters will be headed by Zinovy Korogodsky, musical - Nikita Dolgushin. In the nomination, the Drama Theater presents 16 performances of Moscow, St.

The Russian Ministry of Health refused to name the composition of the gas used in the release of hostages in the Moscow Theater Center on October 26. The response of the Ministry of the State Duma of Russia says that this information constitutes a state secret. As a result of the assault on the building of the theater center on Dubrovka, of 800 hostages, 129 died.

In the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, four fighters of the Karelian riot police were wounded last night. In the Naderechny district of Chechnya in the village of Podgornaya yesterday, the house of an employee of the local police department was fired yesterday. The policeman was seriously injured. Two policemen-Chechens were stolen in Grozny on the same day. Their search for results did not bring them.

The opinion of the permanent members of the UN Security Council regarding Iraq's report on their military programs will probably become known in the future week. This was announced on Tuesday by the chief of military inspectors of the UN Hans Blix. He discussed with representatives of all 15 states included in the Security Council, the procedure for working on the Iraqi report, copies of which will be distributed to members of the Council in the near future.

Yesterday a memorandum was signed on the general principles of the anti -doping movement. The document was developed based on the results of a two -day conference of the World Anti -Doping Agency in Moscow. According to the head of the state sports of Russia Vyacheslav Fetisov, the memorandum reflects the readiness to adopt the anti -doping movement code next year.

In Chechnya last night, a police officer’s house was fired in in the village of Podgornoye, Nadtererchny district. The policeman is seriously wounded. Two more policemen-Chechens were stolen in Grozny on the same day. Their search for results did not bring them.

Yemen demanded that he return the Skad missiles to him, which were on the ship, which was intercepted by the Spanish warships in the Indian Ocean and transferred to the United States. Foreign Minister Yemen Abu Baker Abdullah al-Karbi told today the American ambassador in a dignity against the confiscation of cargo, claiming that the weapons were bought for defensive purposes. The ship was stopped on Monday off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

The main applicants for the National Prize of Cinemics and the Press "Golden Aries-2002!" Were identified. In the category “Best Film of the Year”, this is “War” by Alexei Balabanov, “Cuckoo” Alexander Rogozhkin and “Chekhov’s motives” by Kira Muratova. The same films are nominated for the directory for directing. The founder of the award is the guild of film science and film critics of Russia with the support of Kinotavr.

The host of the St. Petersburg hour of the Liberty Live program Viktor Rezunkov: Today we will talk about sexual minorities, about how gays and lesbians in Russia and St. Petersburg are violated, in particular. Today we visit the head of the youth public organization "HS Association" Ignat Fialkovsky. Ignat, decipher the name of your organization and tell us about it, what do you do? Ignat Fialkovsky: The abbreviation "HS" in our understanding has three main meanings.

In Gudermes, delegates of the Congress of the Chechen people organized by the Russian authorities today adopted an appeal to the people of the Russian Federation, in which they confirmed the belonging of Chechnya to Russia. The appeal says that all Chechens consider themselves Russians and want to live according to the laws common to all of Russia. The congress participants supported the idea of a speedy referendum in the Republic of the Constitution.

Rescue work at the place of gathering of the glacier in the Genaldom Gorge will continue, - the government of North Ossetia decided today. The Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic and representatives of the Prosecutor General of Russia insisted on the termination of searches, because due to poor weather conditions, the work of rescuers is associated with a huge risk.

The congress of the peoples of Chechnya, which was supposed to take place in Grozny, was today transferred to Gudermes. The reason is unknown. More than 400 delegates representing different peoples living in the republic, as well as Chechen communities from other regions of Russia will take part in the work of the congress.

Georgy Kobaladze , Tbilisi: the story of Extradition from Georgia to Russia Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, who is accused of organizing houses of houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk in the fall of 1999, is overgrown with new conflicting details, since the Ministry of State Security does not want to officially confirm or unequivocally refute the fact of the transfer of Krymshamkhalov to Russian law enforcement agencies.

Maria Persanova , Moscow: December 12, Russia celebrates the Constitution Day. The basic law of the country, which proclaimed human rights and freedoms with the highest value of Russian society, was adopted 9 years ago. According to the December data of the Public Opinion of the All -Russian survey of the urban and rural population, it is clear that most Russians relate to the Constitution is quite indifferent.

Yuri Zhigalkin , New York: The second day of the international experts on Iraq report on the programs for creating weapons of mass defeat brought little information about what is contained in this document, some security council members were involved in the likeness of the scandal, the next Iraqi accusations against the United States were formed. On Tuesday, Baghdad accused Washington of twisting his hands to members of the Security Council.