- Unfortunately, the researchers of the relations of Chechnya and the Empire today are still inaccessible to documents, informationally comparable to the material of the 50s of the last century. We are forced to limit ourselves to them.

Belgian tennis player Justin Enen-Ardenne won the final of the Warm Tournament of the US Open Championship. She won in two sets of her compatriot Kim Klesters. This is the second victory of Enen-Ardenn in the tournaments of the "Big Slam" this year. Previously, she became the winner of the open championship of France on the Courtes of Roland-Garros in Paris.

Nadezhda Pertseva: In the Moscow Studio of Radio Liberty, the author and presenter are Yegor Yakovlev and his guest - economist, first mayor of Moscow Gabriel Kharitonovich Popov. Julie Bekhtold, a German edition of the Radio Voice of Russia, also takes part in the program. Good afternoon, gentlemen. And let me, Yegor Vladimirovich, already according to the prevailing tradition, we will begin with the story about your GOST. Gabriel Kharitonovich Popov was born on October 31, 1936.

The British police will conduct a terrorist attack in the subway today. In the center of London and at the metro station located under the building of the Bank of England, firefighters, ambulances and rescuers will work out evacuation and first aid to the victims as a result of a chemical attack. The exercises are carried out to prepare city services for a possible terrorist threat.

On Sunday, the delegates of the Yabloko Party Congress called on the upcoming congress of the Union of Right Forces not to abandon the agreements as agreed by candidates for deputies in single -mandate districts. Participants of the forum passing in Moscow also called on the ATP "not to use unethical methods" of the election campaign. The Yabloko Congress has already called the first three of his candidates in the State Duma elections.

The United States will seek the implementation of the International Plan of the Middle East settlement, despite the resignation of the Prime Minister of the Palestinian autonomy of Mahmud Abass, the representative of the White House said. Abbas resigned on Saturday, but it is still unclear whether its head of autonomy Yasir Arafat will accept it.

In the area of Mount Fisht near Sochi, rescuers continue to search for the bodies of the Ka-32 helicopter who died as a result of the catastrophe. On Sunday, in a crevice at a depth of about 100 meters, a destroyed helicopter case was discovered. Nothing is known about the fate of the crew and passengers of the helicopter. According to preliminary data, there were four crew members and five passengers on board the helicopter.

On the Borodino field near Moscow, celebrations on the occasion of the 191th anniversary of the famous battle of the Patriotic War of 1812 will be held today. In the Vladimir Cathedral of the Spaso-Borodinsky Convent, the Liturgy and the Panichid for the dead soldiers will be served. Then, in the Borodino Museum-reserve, a theatrical performance reproducing the main episodes of the battle will be held.

Victor Shenderovich: We are on Radio Liberty. And as always, another guest ... I would say so, he is extraordinary, as, however, I hope, every guest in our program. Poet and writer Sergei Gandlevsky. In 1996 - I read the excerpt from the official biography - I received the Small Bouquer Award for the romance of the cranial of the skull. The novel "NRZB" was recognized as the "Roman of the Year" in Russia.

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalu said that Yasira Arafat must be sent outside the Palestinian territories due to the resignation of the temperate head of the Government of the Palestinian Autonomy of Mahmoud Abbas. The Foreign Minister of Autonomy Nabil Shaat in response said that the expulsion of the arafat will have destructive consequences for the peace process in the region.

The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai postponed until mid -December the convocation of the Council of Elders - Loya Jirgi. The Council must approve the new Constitution of the country, a representative of the government said in Kabul today. According to him, it is necessary to study proposals emanating from ordinary Afghans. The representative also stated that universal elections planned for June should take place in accordance with the planned terms.

In Moscow, the Congress of the Yabloko party continues. Forum participants are discussing the party’s election program. Yesterday, candidates for the election of deputies of the State Duma were approved on December 7. The first three party list included the party leader Grigory Yavlinsky, his first deputy Vladimir Lukin and Deputy Head of the Yabloko Parliamentary faction Igor Artemyev. Regional lists in the Moscow region and St.

In Myanmar (formerly Burma), representatives of the International Red Cross visited on Saturday the democratic opposition leader Aun San Su Zi on Saturday. According to the organization’s employees, Aun San Su Sui is healthy. They refuted previously reports that she announced a hunger strike. Aun San Su Ji was arrested at the end of May during a demonstration of protest against the ruling military regime.

In Chechnya, in the village of Komsomolskoye Urus-Martan district, one soldier died, another was wounded as a result of the explosion of the landmine. In the village of Samashka, Achkhoy-Martan district, unknown persons underwent local television studio. In a shootout, one of the attackers is wounded. None of the employees of the television studio was injured. The building is damaged. In the village of Sernovodsk, a member of the Chechen armed groups is a cut of the Magomades.

The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said that his country could not cope with terrorists without the help of neighboring Pakistan. In the south of the country in the province of Zabul, the Afghan units and the troops of the anti -terrorist coalition for more than a week have been conducting fierce battles with Taliban detachments. American aviation strikes bombing on the base of militants in mountainous areas. The anti -terrorist operation continues in another Afghan province - a pact.