Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov announced today two suspects of involvement in the murder of State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov. Gryzlov did not name the names of the detainees. He also said that on July 7 in the Tver region, the police detained two criminals preparing terrorist acts in various cities of Russia. According to Gryzlov, more than 30 kilograms of TNT have taken from them.

In Ukraine this morning, the first block of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was disconnected due to the malfunction. According to the Ukrainian national company Energoatom, the accident occurred in the turbine regulation system. The threat of radiation leakage is not. Zaporizhzhya NPP - the largest nuclear power plant in Europe - produces about 20 percent of the electricity of Ukraine.

In Azerbaijan, the presidential election campaign began. Voting is scheduled for October 15 this year. Applicants for the post of head of state were registered, but the main person who unfolded in Azerbaijan of the campaign, observers still consider Heydar Aliyev. From Baku, our correspondent Yalchin Tair-Oglu passes from Baku. Yalchin Tair-Oglu: his son Ilham fights the post of president of Azerbaijan along with the head of state by 80-year-old Heydar Alihev. Aliyev Jr.

The Government of France, continuing the struggle for the purity of their native language, forbade civil servants to use the English e -mail name - "e -mail". Now all ministries in their documents, publications and on the Internet sites should use the French word "courel" - reduction from "courier electronics" (e -mail).

Ayia Kuga , Belgrade: the Naples prosecutor’s office, according to the press, suspects Prime Minister Montenegro Milia Dzhukanovich that he, along with close associates and members of the Italian mafia, led the criminal organization for smuggling of cigarettes. Dzhukanovich, allegedly, personally provided illegal licenses for the transport of cigarettes through Montenegro to Europe, receiving huge ladies.

In Spain, two militants of the group of Basque-Saratrians are sentenced to imprisonment with a total of about 3 and a half thousand years. The verdict was carried out for the participation of the defendants in a terrorist attack in the summer of 1986. Then, in Madrid, 12 police officers and about 80 more people died as a result of an attack on a military motorcade - including the city’s inhabitants - were injured.

Three student leaders who protested against the ban on demonstration on the occasion of the next anniversary of the suppression of student unrest in Tehran were arrested in Iran. The leaders of the students today held a press conference in Tehran, at which they sharply criticized President Iran Mohammad Hatam for the inability to carry out the promised reforms and accused law enforcement agencies of violating human rights.

"All people are born free and equal in their dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and should act in relation to each other in the spirit of the brotherhood." Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By the beginning of next year, about 1.5 million people with old Soviet passports in their hands can become illegal emigrants.

In the capital of Iran, clashes occurred between the participants in the demonstration in support of democracy and the militarized detachments of the Islamist - supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the spiritual leader of the country. Despite the ban on the authorities, thousands of people took today to Tiegran's streets in order to celebrate the next anniversary of the suppression of student unrest in the summer of 1999.

In the Amur Region, the official opening ceremony of the Bureyaya hydroelectric power station, the first large hydroelectric power station built after the collapse of the USSR, took place today. The honorary right to launch the hydraulic unit was granted to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian authorities say that the new hydroelectric power station will reduce electricity deficiency in the Far East and reduce tariffs by 8-10 percent.

The Moscow City Court today has left in custody six of the seven arrested in the so -called werewolves in uniform. Another cassation appeal will be considered on July 15. Lieutenant General of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia Vladimir Ganeyev and 6 employees of the Moscow criminal investigation department asked them to change the measure of restraint for a recognizance not to leave or release on bail.

In Iraq, the American military confiscated several hundred missile and non-meter shells. Shells were discovered yesterday in a truck during a regular road check halfway between the cities of Ramadi and Al-Assad. 4 people are arrested. The American command announced the detention in Iraq two more associates of Saddam Hussein, listed in the so-called "List of 55". Mizban Hadr al -Hadi, a former high -ranking functionary of the BAAS party - number 23 in the list - surrendered yesterday in Baghdad.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammed El Baradey is located in Tehran. He will try to convince President of Mohammad Hatam, Foreign Minister Kamal Harrazi and other Iranian officials in the need to sign the so -called additional protocol, which would grant the Magate the right to conduct an inspection anywhere in the country in order to detect secret nuclear facilities.

In the Kaliningrad colony for minors last night there were mass riots. According to official messages, teenagers, barricaded, set fire to things, beat glass and insulted the guard. It was possible to suppress the rebellion only after the arrival of the special forces detachment. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. The reasons for what happened are being clarified.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. Radio Liberty correspondents Vladimir Baburin and Andrey Babitsky and representative Aslan Maskhadova Salambek Maigov participate. Andrei Sharry: A decree of Vladimir Putin on the presidential elections of the Chechen Republic has been published in Rossiy Gazeta on Tuesday. Thus, the document entered into force.